And, best of all, forever

Shall I in peace recline

On thy kind arms, dear Savior!

Safe folded to thy breast,

And none shall ever tear me

From that sweet place of rest.

September 6, 1840.

GOD’S LOVE TO ISRAEL.

Jerusalem! Jerusalem! I’ve set my love on thee;

O! foolish and ungrateful! to wander thus from me.