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The Celeſtail Country.
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Who made the Croſs their watchword
Of Jesus Nazarene,
Who (fed with heavenly nectar
Where ſoul-like odors play)
Draw out the endleſs leiſure
Of that long vernal day.

11.

And, through the ſacred lilies
And flowers on every ſide,
The happy dear-bought people
Go wandering far and wide;
Their breaſts are filled with gladneſs,
Their mouths are tun'd to praiſe,
What time, now ſafe for ever,
On former ſins they gaze:
The fouler was the error,
The ſadder was the fall,
The ampler are the praiſes
Of Him who pardoned all.

12.

Their one and only anthem,

The fulneſs of His love,