...before me the vast Atlantic Ocean. This is the place where Charles Wesley composed those fine lines, ' Lo, on a narrow neck of land Twixt two unbounded seas...that heavenly place, — Or shuts me up in hell.' " With the danger of our situation thus strikingly and solemnly set forth, who of us can hesitate to...

...End, is remarkably striking, especially — to any one acquainted with the locality — the stanza — Lo ! on a narrow neck of land, 'Twixt two unbounded seas I stand, &c. Yet nothing, it is clear, can be further removed from the true idea of a Church hymn than these...

...I cry ; A half-awakened child of man ; An heir of endless bliss or pain ; A sinner born to die ! 2 Lo ! on a narrow neck of land, 'Twixt two unbounded...me to that heavenly place, Or shuts me up in hell. 3 O God, mine inmost soul convert ! And deeply on my thoughtful heart Eternal things impress ; Give...

...earth, I cry ; A half-awakened child of man ; An heir of endless bliss or pain ; A sinner born to die ! Lo ! on a narrow neck of land, 'Twixt two unbounded...time, a moment's space Removes me to that heavenly glace, Or shuts me up in hell. O God, mine inmost soul convert, And deeply on my thoughtless heart...

...boundless space ! Meantime, how many of the children of men may say, " Lo, on a narrow neck of land, 'Midst two unbounded seas I stand, Secure, insensible ! A...space, Removes me to that heavenly place, Or shuts mo up in hell !" 6. But leaving one of these unbounded seas to the Father of etermty, to whom alone...

...separated by an impassable gulf, and distinguished from each other by the extremes of happiness or woe ! " A point of time, a moment's space Removes me to that heavenly place, Or shuts me up in hell." The period of our life may not be the most important in the world's history, but it is the most important...

...point of Land's End. How eminently suggestive of the grand thought expressed in the second stanza — " Lo !^on a narrow neck of land, 'Twixt two unbounded seas I stand, Secure, insensible." It has been computed that Charles Wesley published 4,100 hymns, and left upwards of 2,000 others in...

...between two eternities." It has been supposed that the striking and sublime thought in verse 2 — " Lo ! on a narrow neck of land, 'Twixt two unbounded seas, I stand " was first suggested to Mr. Charles Wesley by the bold scenery in the neighbourhood of the Land's...

...disclosed In majesty severe, And sit in judgment on my soul, O how shall I appear ! 5O7. The same. CPM 1 LO ! on a narrow neck of land, ' Twixt two unbounded seas I stand ; Yet how insensible ! A point of time, a moment's space, Removes me to yon heavenly place, Or —...

...earth, I cry ; An half-awaken'd child of man, An heir of endless bliss or pain, A sinner born to die ! Lo ! on a narrow neck of land, Twixt two unbounded...place, Or shuts me up in hell. O God, mine inmost soul convert! And deeply on my thoughtless heart Eternal things impress : Give me to feel their solemn...