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IU "?' LINES "I TO THE KEilOSi? OF THE LfTE REV. DR. COKE. II Lpt It din's sous rejoice, and eù] her isles In strains ot triumph sing—Lo light and truth Display their beams refulgent o'er the lands Where darkness brooded, where cruelty and lust every step ofAraiua's blood-stain'd iiost." Thus sang the Muse of Sion on that day Whati Britain's Senate listened to the voice Of tens of thousands who, with blest accord, Juill'd to unite in supplication loud Fi. r India's weal. Then with fervid zeal The breast of COZF,, whose breast so oft had felt That sacred ardour hi the Christian cause. Which bore him totlle TransAtlantic isles To pubii-h Christ to Afric's swarthy race. Unmindful of his fast declining sun, And full of zeal and love, firm to his purpoge, Ai with y-otuhiol vigour fraught he brav'd The perils oi" the deep and burning climes. Great wAs the thought and noble was thy aim To extend the Saviour's reign., and wide diffuse The knowledge of his name through Indian climes. It was enough that ihy lov'd master saw The purpose of thy heart so nobly 'form'd: Accepted was thy offering, Jesus said-- Thy work is done, now enter into re<t, Reclining on the bosom of thy Lord." What though the bed of ocean be thy grave, And coral weeds thy shroud, yetshalt thou riie ttic itiartyr,(] f l).S t. And ail who and all who died to God.

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