But these, like tongues, o'er all the earth
  Proclaiming life to come:

And as on Israel's awe-struck ear
  The voice exceeding loud,
The trump, that angels quake to hear,
  Thrilled from the deep, dark cloud;

So, when the Spirit of our God
  Came down His flock to find,
A voice from Heaven was heard abroad,
  A rushing, mighty wind.

Nor doth the outward ear alone
  At that high warning start;
Conscience gives back th' appalling tone;
  'Tis echoed in the heart.

It fills the Church of God; it fills
  The sinful world around;
Only in stubborn hearts and wills
  No place for it is found.

To other strains our souls are set:
  A giddy whirl of sin
Fills ear and brain, and will not let
  Heaven's harmonies come in.

Come Lord, Come Wisdom, Love, and Power,
  Open our ears to hear;
Let us not miss th' accepted hour;
  Save, Lord, by Love or Fear.

Since all that is not Heaven must fade,
Light be the hand of Ruin laid
  Upon the home I love:
With lulling spell let soft Decay
Steal on, and spare the giant sway,
  The crash of tower and grove.