The Sixth Chapter of Isaiah

I Saw the Lord in light array'd,
And seated on a lofty throne,
The' Invisible on earth display'd,
Tr e Father's co-eternal Son.

The Seraphim, a glittering train,
Around His bright pavilion stood,
Nor could the glorious light sustain,
While all the temple flamed with God.

Six wings each heavenly herald wore;
With twain he veil'd his dazzled sight,
With twain his feet he shadow'd o'er,
With twain he steer'd his even flight.

One angel to another cried,
"Thrice holy is the Lord we own,
His name on earth is glorified,
And all things speak the great Three One.

"The earth is of His glory full;
Man in himself his God may see,
In his own body, spirit, soul,
May trace the Triune Deity."

He spake: and all the temple shook,
Its doors return'd the jarring sign;
The trembling house was fill'd with smoke,
And groan'd beneath the Guest Divine.

Ah woe is me! aghast I said,
What shall I do, or whither run?
Burden'd with guilt, of God afraid,
By sin eternally undone!

A man I am of lips unclean,
With men of lips unclean I dwell;
And I the Lord of Hosts have seen,
The King of heaven, and earth, and hell.

I cannot see His face, and live;
The vision must my death foreshow —
A seraph turn'd, and heard me grieve,
And swift to my relief he flew.

Angel of gospel peace he came,
And signified his Lord's design;
He bore the mighty Jesu's name,
Type of the Messenger Divine.

Upon my mouth he gently laid
A coal that from the altar glow'd;
Lo! this hath touch'd thy lips, he said,
And thou art reconciled to God.

His offering did thy guilt remove,
The Lamb who on that altar lay;
A spark of Jesu's flaming love
Hath purged thy world of sin away.

Soon as I found my heart set free,
I heard that all might be forgiven;
The council of the Trinity,
The sovereign Lord of earth and heaven.

I heard Him ask, whom shall I send
Our Royal message to proclaim,
Our grace and truth, which never end? —
Lo! here, Thy messenger I am.

Send me, my answering spirit cried,
Thy herald to the ransom'd race:
Go then, the voice Divine replied,
And preach My free unbounded grace.

Go forth, and speak My word to all,
To every creature under heaven;
They may obey the gospel call,
And freely be by grace forgiven.

They may, but will not all believe:
Yet go, My truth and love to clear;
I know they will not all receive
The grace that brings salvation near.

They Me, I did not them, pass by:
My grace for every soul is free,
I would not have one sinner die:
How dare they charge their death on Me!

Go tell the reprobates their doom,
Because they will not Me receive.
Ye will not to your Saviour come,
And therefore ye shall never live.

His grace doth once to all appear,
Through which ye all may pardon'd be;
But having ears ye will not hear,
But having eyes ye will not see.

Ye hear, and will not understand,
And, capable of God in vain,
Rebel against His mild command,
And will not let your Saviour reign.

Ye will not, what ye see, perceive;
Ye will not with your idols part;
Your bosom sins ye will not leave,
Or tear them from your harden'd heart.

Ye fear to use the grace ye have,
Ye dare not with your God comply,
Ye will not suffer Him to save,
But salvable resolve to die.

Against the truth ye stop your ears,
Ye shut your eyes against the light,
And mock your Saviour's cries and tears,
And perish in His love's despite.

Yet O! my God (I said) how long,
How long shall the self-harden'd race
Thy justice dare, Thy mercy wrong,
And trample on Thy patient grace?

Until their cities are destroy'd,
Until their palaces lie waste,
Formless the earth, and dark, and void —
The penal power of sin shall last:

Yet all the faithful shall not fail,
Diminish'd from the sons of men;
The gates of hell cannot prevail,
Or make the word of promise vain.

A remnant shall be left behind,
A tenth to hallow all the race;
Faith upon earth I still shall find,
The' election of peculiar grace.

As trees that cast their leaves retain
Their substance in themselves entire,
So shall the holy seed remain,
And flourish, and to heaven aspire.

A tenth shall still return, and grow,
And furnish heaven and earth with food,
Till all mankind to Jesus flow,
And every soul is fill'd with God.