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Robert Montgomery. 1807-1855

And thou, vast ocean! on whose awful face

Time's iron feet can print no ruin-trace.[610:3]

The Omnipresence of the Deity. Part i.

The soul aspiring pants its source to mount,

As streams meander level with their fount.[610:4]

The Omnipresence of the Deity. Part i.

The solitary monk who shook the world

From pagan slumber, when the gospel trump

Thunder'd its challenge from his dauntless lips

In peals of truth.

Luther. Man's Need and God's Supply.

And not from Nature up to Nature's God,[610:5]

But down from Nature's God look Nature through.

Luther. A Landscape of Domestic Life.