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1261.
[A voice of shrieking fear]
A voice of noise from the city, &c.
—lxvi. 6–8.
A voice of shrieking fear
Doth from the city sound,
A voice ye from the temple hear
While tumbling to the ground!
A voice from heaven proclaims
The vengeful wrath of God!
The bloody city sinks in flames,
The temple is destroy'd!
Doth from the city sound,
A voice ye from the temple hear
While tumbling to the ground!
A voice from heaven proclaims
The vengeful wrath of God!
The bloody city sinks in flames,
The temple is destroy'd!
Yet Sion stands secure,
And ever shall abide,
She must from age to age endure
By Jesus multiplied:
Out of Jerusalem
The Lord a church shall raise,
To magnify the Christian name
And spread the Founder's praise.
And ever shall abide,
She must from age to age endure
By Jesus multiplied:
465
The Lord a church shall raise,
To magnify the Christian name
And spread the Founder's praise.
Let all mankind adore
The miracle unknown:
Sion brought forth her child, before
Her bearing throes begun:
Who can the birth explain?
The birth to God she owed,
Without a sharp or lingering pain
Deliver'd of her load:
The miracle unknown:
Sion brought forth her child, before
Her bearing throes begun:
Who can the birth explain?
The birth to God she owed,
Without a sharp or lingering pain
Deliver'd of her load:
Shall teeming earth at once
Autumnal fruits display,
The church produce her countless sons,
A nation in a day?
Yes, when the word applied
Begat the faithful race,
Nations at once were justified
By instantaneous grace.
Autumnal fruits display,
The church produce her countless sons,
A nation in a day?
Yes, when the word applied
Begat the faithful race,
Nations at once were justified
By instantaneous grace.
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