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hath part in the first resurrection .”*—But in length of time, or when 
the Millennium, mentioned by St. John, be expired, Satan shall regain 
his power; shall “ deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the 
earth , shall travel over the whole breadth of the earth , shall compass the 
camp of the saints , and the beloved city” till at last, “fire shall come down 
from heaven and devour them” 
Writers, both of the Old and New Testament, having declared that 
another world will arise from the dissolution of that wdiich we now inhabit, 
by fire, the Evangelist gives us, in the xxth chap, a short and summary view 
of those several important events which that new heaven and new earth will 
* CHRIST’S REIGN DESCRIBED, 
As the good shepherd tends his fleecy care. 
Seeks freshest pasture and the purest air. 
Explores the lost, the wand’ring sheep directs, 
By day o’ersees them, and by night protects. 
The tender lambs he raises in his arms, 
Feeds from his hand, and in his bosom warms; 
Thus shall mankind Christ’s guardian care engage, 
The promis’d father of a future age. 
No more shall nation against nation rise. 
Nor ardent warriors meet with hateful eyes. 
Nor fields with gleaming steel be cover’d o’er. 
The brazen trumpets kindle rage no more; 
But useless lances into scythes shall bend, 
And the broad falchion in a ploughshare end. 
The lambs with wolves shall graze the verdant mead. 
And boys in flow’ry bands the tyger lead; 
The steer and lion at one crib shall meet, 
And harmless serpents lick the pilgrim’s feet; 
The smiling infant in his hand shall take 
The crested basilisk and speckled snake. 
Pleas’d the green lustre of their scales survey. 
And with their forky tongue shall innocently play. 
Rise, crown’d with light, imperial Salem , rise! 
Exalt thy tow’ry head, and lift thy eyes! 
See a long race thy spacious courts adorn; 
See future sons and daughters, yet unborn; 
See heav’n its sparkling portals wide display, 
And break upon thee in a flood of day. 
No more the rising Sun shall gild the morn, 
Nor ev ning Cynthia fill her silver horn; 
But lost, dissolv’d in thy superior rays. 
One tide of glory, one unclouded blaze 
O’erflow thy courts: the Light himself shall shine 
Reveal’d, and God’s eternal day be thine! 
Pope. 
