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17. THE SCOFFERS AT THE BIBLE. (notes)

If God is holy Governor supreme,

And star-born, earth-born subjects must obey,

Or bear the Judge's sentence as they may;—

If they, endow'd with intellect's bright gleam,

Free-will, and conscience, see God's Truth outstream,

Yet scoff, instead of trembling with dismay,

And infidels defiant prove; the day

Is nigh, when Christ will say—(it is no dream,

They'll hear the trumpet's blast, no soothing lyre—)

Unto the devil's proud, poor dupes ensnar'd,

No longer bold against God's Son t' conspire,

Their sin and all its damage unrepair'd—

"Depart, ye cursed, into endless fire,

For Satan and his angel-hosts prepar'd!"