46. TRANSFIGURATION OF CHRIST.Nature's idolater the mount ascendsTo gaze around: Jesus went up to pray;And as he pray'd, there beam'd a tenfold day,And brightness, that all earthly light transcends.What company is this, that Him attends?Celestial forms appear in pure array,And speak of suff'rings at a future day,His certain death, which shame and anguish blends.But soon the light recedes; there comes a cloud,Dark and terrific in th' apostles' eyes,And spreads its curtains round, beneath, above;And from that gloom a voice is heard most loud—"This is my Son, who came from upper skies,My Son beloved, hear ye Him and love!"
46. TRANSFIGURATION OF CHRIST.
Nature's idolater the mount ascendsTo gaze around: Jesus went up to pray;And as he pray'd, there beam'd a tenfold day,And brightness, that all earthly light transcends.What company is this, that Him attends?Celestial forms appear in pure array,And speak of suff'rings at a future day,His certain death, which shame and anguish blends.But soon the light recedes; there comes a cloud,Dark and terrific in th' apostles' eyes,And spreads its curtains round, beneath, above;And from that gloom a voice is heard most loud—"This is my Son, who came from upper skies,My Son beloved, hear ye Him and love!"
Nature's idolater the mount ascends
To gaze around: Jesus went up to pray;
And as he pray'd, there beam'd a tenfold day,
And brightness, that all earthly light transcends.
What company is this, that Him attends?
Celestial forms appear in pure array,
And speak of suff'rings at a future day,
His certain death, which shame and anguish blends.
But soon the light recedes; there comes a cloud,
Dark and terrific in th' apostles' eyes,
And spreads its curtains round, beneath, above;
And from that gloom a voice is heard most loud—
"This is my Son, who came from upper skies,
My Son beloved, hear ye Him and love!"