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OLD ERIN IS WAKING.

OLD ERIN is waking,

The night of her slumber

Is yielding its gloom

To the sunrise of hope, And her sires and her sons,

Mighty armies in number, Deserting the ranks

Of the Priest and the Pope: They are hasting the day,

When old Erin shall soar,

In the dust of her darkness

To grovel no more.

There's a Spirit revealing
The system of lies,
Its doing and dealing,

Its craft and disguise;
'Tis the Spirit of Wisdom,
Of Counsel, and Might,
Dispelling the shadows
Of Popery's night;
Exposing the meshes,

That Rome has entwined

On the limbs of the conscience, The wings of the mind.

And old Erin has sons,

Who aspire to be free,

And await but the signal

To arm cap-a-pie:

And the word has been given

The standard on high

Proclaims to her bondmen

That freedom is nigh;

For the "Truth as in Jesus"

Is marching along,

And thousands are singing

The Protestant song.

In the dales of the South,
On the hills of the West,
In the Robe of Redemption
Ten thousand are drest,

They have cast off the tatters,
The "scarlet" attire,

And they wear the white raiment,

That angels admire ;

While they take up the armour,

The "shield," and the "sword,"

The soldiers of Christ,

As the sons of the Lord.

Oh! speed on thy mission,

Thou Spirit of Might,

Till Rome is confounded,
And shrinks from the light;

Till the sunshine of Truth,

Like the sunbeam of day,

Has chased every shadow
Of error away;

And old Erin, mavourneen,
Unclouded shall be,

"First flower of the earth,

And first gem of the sea!"

LET IT GO FREE.

(WRITTEN FOR THE BIBLE SOCIETY.)

"That the Word of the Lord may have free course and be glorified."

YES! let it

go

free!

2 THESS. iii. 1.

Let the winds and the sea

Bear outward the call

For the world's jubilee;

Let the voice of Jehovah,
The "glorious voice,"
Go forth to the nations,
And bid them rejoice.

'Tis spoken!-'tis done!

From the Isles of the North"

The Word of Jehovah

Is echoing forth;

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