Surely I now shall boast no more,
Nor censure, nor complain.
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The Covenant.—Ezek. xxxvi, 25-28. C.
1 THE Lord proclaims his grace abroad !
"Behold, I change your hearts of stone ;
Each shall renounce his idol-god,
And serve, henceforth, the Lord alone.
2 "My grace, a flowing stream, proceeds
To wash your filthiness away ;
Ye shall abhor your former deeds,
And learn my statutes to obey.
3 " My truth the great design ensures,
I give myself away to you ;
You shall be mine, I will be yours,
Your God unalterably true.
4 " Yet not unsought or unimplored
The plenteous grace shall I confer;
Noyour whole hearts shall seek the Lord,
I ll put a praying spirit there.
5 " From the first breath of life divine,
Down to the last expiring hour,
The gracious work shall all be mine,
Begun and ended in my power."
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Jehovah-ShammaJi.—Ezek. xlviii, 35. C.
1 As birds their infant brood protect,
And spread their wings to shelter them ;
Thus saith the Lord to his elect,
"So will I guard Jerusalem."
2 And what then is Jerusalem
This darling object of his care?
Where is its worth in God s esteem .
Who built it? who inhabits there .
3 Jehovah founded it in blood.
The blood of his incarnate Son ;
