VOICE.
The voice of the Lord is upon the waters, the God of glory thundereth.
The voice of the Lord is powerful: the voice of the Lord is full of majesty.—Psalm xxix. 3, 4.
A fool’s voice is known by multitude of words.—Ecclesiastes, v. 3.
The Lord shall cause his glorious voice to be heard.—Isaiah, xxx. 30.
Let me Thy voice betimes i’ the morning hear!
Call, and I’ll come; say Thou the when and where:
Draw me but first, and after Thee I’ll run,
And halt not once until my race be done.
Herrick.
There seems a voice in every gale,
A tongue in every opening flower,
Which tells, O God, the wondrous tale
Of Thy indulgence, love, and power:
The birds, that rise on quivering wing,
Appear to hymn their Maker’s praise,
And all the mingling sounds of Spring
To Thee a general anthem raise.
Mrs. Opie.
There is a tongue in every leaf,—
A voice in every rill;—
A voice that speaketh everywhere,
In flood and fire, through earth and air!
A tongue that’s never still!
’Tis the Great Spirit, wide diffused
Through every thing we see,
That with our spirits communeth,
Of things mysterious—life and death,
Time and eternity.
Miss Bowles.
The voice of the Lord on the ocean is known,
The God of eternity thundereth abroad;
The voice of the Lord from the depth of his throne
Is terror and power;—all nature is awed.
The voice of the Lord through the calm of the wood
Awakens its echoes, strikes light through its caves;
The Lord sitteth King on the turbulent flood,
The winds are his servants, his servants the waves.
J. Montgomery.