APPENDIX

appendix

consistingofthelongerpassagesfrombooksreferredtobylambinhisletters

bernardbarton's"thespirituallaw"

fromdevotionalverses,1826(seeletter388,page746)

"butthewordisverynighuntothee,inthymouth,andinthyheart,thatthemmayestdoit."—deut.xxx.14.

saynotthelawdivine

ishiddenfromthee,orfarremov'd:

thatlawwithinwouldshine,

ifthereitsgloriouslightweresoughtandlov'd.

soarnotonhigh,

noraskwhothenceshallbringitdowntoearth;

thatvaultedsky

hathnosuchstar,didstthoubutknowitsworth.

norlaunchthybark

insearchthereofuponashorelesssea,

whichhasnoark,

nodovetobringthisolive-branchtothee.

thendonotroam

insearchofthatwhichwanderingcannotwin;

athome!athome!

thatwordisplac'd,thymouth,thyheartwithin.

oh!seekitthere,

turntoitsteachingswithdevotedwill;

watchuntoprayer,

andinthepoweroffaiththislawfulfil.

barton's"thetranslationofenoch"

fromnewyear'seve,1828

(seeletter467,page841)

"andenochwalkedwithgod:andhewasnot;forgodtookhim."

genesis.

throughproudlythroughthevaultedsky

wasborneelisha'ssire,

anddazzlinguntomortaleye

hiscarandsteedsoffire:

tomeasgloriousseemsthechange

accordedtothyworth;

asinstantaneousandasstrange

thyexitfromthisearth.

somethingwhichwakesadeeperthrill,

thesefewbriefwordsunfold,

thanalldescription'sproudestskill

couldofthathourhavetold.

fancy'skeeneyemaytracethecourse

elijahheldonhigh:

thecarofflame,eachfieryhorse,

hervisionsmaysupply;—

butthytransitionmockseachdream

framedbyherwildestpower,

norcanhermasterysupreme

conceivethypartinghour.