Come at last the nuptial day,
Tears forever passed away;
Fled the prison-house, the clay,
And the thrall;

God forever your sure stay,
And your all!

In His presence is the store,
Purest joys for evermore,
And the fountain flowing o'er;
No more night,
Safe upon the happy shore
Of the light!

What was royalty's short flower,
Or the triumph of an hour?
What fleet pleasure's fading bower
And control?

God's own presence is the dower
Of the soul!

Wondrous, glorious mystery,

When the soul from flesh is free!
Bond of sweetness which shall be
When the heart

Joined is to Deity,
N'er to part!

THE HEAVENLY STATE.

Ye are come unto Mount Zion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels, and to God the judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect, and to Jesus, the mediator of the new covenant.-Heb. 12: 22-24.

An inheritance incorruptible and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you.-1 Peter 1 : 4.

And I, John, saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God, out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.-Rev. 21: 2.

In thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand are pleasures forevermore. -Ps. 16: 11.

THE HEAVENLY STATE.

THE HOLY CHURCH INVISIBLE. HOLY

LYRA APOstolica.

HE holy Jerusalem

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From highest heaven descending,

Is crowned with a diadem

Of angel bands attending:

The Living City built on high,

Light with celestial jewelry!

She comes the Bride, from Heaven's gate,

In nuptial new adorning,

To meet the Immaculate

Like coming of the morning.

Her streets of purest gold are made—

Her walls, a diamond palisade.

There with pearls the gates are bright

Upon that Holy Mountain;

And thither come forth day and night, Who in the Living Fountain

Have washed their robes from earthly stain, And borne below Christ's lowly chain.