the seal

...start

The foretaste, earnest, and the pledge....

...And mark me tru­ly Thine.

With ho­li­ness in view,...

...Angels clothed in shin­ing rai­ment

While their faces, like the lightn­ing,...

...And to His tes­ta­ment of love

end...

...With grace and par­don in His hands;

To bless the dist­ant dark­ened lands....

...Lo, in swift des­cent an­gel forms are bent,

Sing His tri­umph, tell the won­drous sto­ry;...

...All in vain, the faith­less na­tion

Ye need not fear, ye need not fear,...