“O, thou, the God who parted Egypt’s seas,

And cloud or fire in Israel’s van appeared,

Send down thine angel now, if so it please,

That forth from Church within the State ensphered

He guide my steps, to where there yet may be

A Church not ruled by men, but ruled by Thee.”

XVII.

Our Father ceased.—The tempest roared around

With double fury at this moment drear,

The cottage trembled, and the very ground