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MOSES ON MOUNT SINAI.
Even Moses with exceeding fear was bowedWhen in the midst of lurid lightning-flashes,
And quick, reverberating thunder-crashes,
God gave His law from the tempestuous cloud;
Israel below witnessed, with spirits cowed,
The sight tremendous, while the whirlwind lashes
The mountain-peaks, and down the earthquake dashes
The toppling crags—'mid blasts of trumpet loud.
Oh! as we ponder on that scene appalling,
When God from Sinai spoke His holy law,
Like Moses on our faces humbling falling,
We feel and own our guilt with trembling awe,
But soon we hear a voice from Calvary, calling
Our eyes to see what Moses never saw.
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