“Come, O Thou that hast the seven stars in Thy right hand,
appoint Thy chosen priests according to their order and courses of
old, to minister before Thee, and duly to dress and pour out the
consecrated oil into Thy holy and ever-burning lamps. Thou hast
sent out the spirit of prayer upon Thy servants over all the earth to
this effect, and stored up their voices as the sound of many waters
about Thy throne. . . . O perfect and accomplish Thy glorious
acts; for men may leave their works unfinished, but Thou art a
God ; Thy nature is perfection…..The times and seasons pass
along under Thy feet, to go and come at Thy bidding; and as
Thou didst dignify our fathers’ days with many revelations, above
all their foregoing ages since Thou tookest the flesh, so Thou canst
vouchsafe to us, though unworthy, as large a portion of Thy Spirit
as Thou pleasest; for who shall prejudice Thy all-governing will?
Seeing the power of Thy grace is not passed away with the primitive
times, as fond and faithless men imagine, but Thy Kingdom is now
at hand, and Thou art standing at the door, come forth out of Thy
royal chambers, O Prince of all the kings of the earth ; put on
the visible robes of Thy imperial majesty, take up that unlimited sceptre
which Thy Almighty Father hath bequeathed Thee; for now the
voice of Thy bride calls Thee, and all creatures sigh to be renewed.”
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