And join the white-robed choir that sings Or the voice of mighty thunderings ; The Lord God Omnipotent reigneth! Hallelujah! For the Lord God Omnipotent reigneth! NOTES. "The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of water he turneth it whithersoever he will." Prov. xxi. 1. 2 Isaiah lix. 1. 3 Prov. xviii. 10. + Psalm ii. 4. "And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers." Isaiah xlix. 23. 6 Rev. xix. 11-16. 7 Lauwine, an avalanche. * Maxentius was drowned in attempting to cross the Tiber. 9 1 Kings i. 38, 39. Vide Coronation Anthem. 10"And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia, for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth." Rev. xix. 6. ETHIOPIA STRETCHING OUT HER HANDS UNTO GOD. THE POEM WHICH OBTAINED THE SEATONIAN PRIZE IN THE YEAR 1838. January, 1838. "The Examiners this year gave notice, that, should any poem appear to them to possess distinguished merit, a premium of £100 would be adjudged instead of the ordinary prize." Cambridge, October, 1838. "The above premium was this year awarded to the REV. THOMAS EDWARDS HANKINSON, M.A., of Corpus Christi College." |