[2] "For since the days of Joshua the son of Nun unto that day had not the children of Israel done so; and there was very great gladness."— Ib. 17.
[3] "Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon and thou Moon, in the valley of Ajalon."—Josh. x. 12.
[4] "Fetch olive-branches, and pine-branches, and myrtle-branches, and palm-branches, and branches of thick trees, to make booths."
—Neh. viii. 15.
[5] "And the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of the Lord stood firm on dry ground in the midst of Jordan, and all the Israelites passed over on dry ground."—Josh. iii. 17.
IS IT NOT SWEET TO THINK, HEREAFTER.
(AIR.—HAYDN.)
Is it not sweet to think, hereafter,
When the Spirit leaves this sphere.
Love, with deathless wing, shall waft her
To those she long hath mourned for here?
Hearts from which 'twas death to sever.
Eyes this world can ne'er restore,
There, as warm, as bright as ever,
Shall meet us and be lost no more.
When wearily we wander, asking
Of earth and heaven, where are they,
Beneath whose smile we once lay basking,
Blest and thinking bliss would stay?