60
THOUGHTS AT AN ORDINATION.
The time has come, the charge and sermon o'er,
Our saintly bishop sitting in the chair,—
Rising, beseeching all their hearts to pour,
And occupy a space in silent prayer.
Our saintly bishop sitting in the chair,—
Rising, beseeching all their hearts to pour,
And occupy a space in silent prayer.
Invested now with righteousness and power,
Go forth, and teach poor sinners how to pray;
Go soothe the stricken in affliction's hour,
To happy realms above, O point the way;
Then at the Judgment, when the scroll is read,
May these blest words fall gently on your ear:
"You've clothed the naked, and the hungry fed,
Now with your flock, my chosen one, draw near."
Go forth, and teach poor sinners how to pray;
Go soothe the stricken in affliction's hour,
To happy realms above, O point the way;
Then at the Judgment, when the scroll is read,
May these blest words fall gently on your ear:
"You've clothed the naked, and the hungry fed,
Now with your flock, my chosen one, draw near."
