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BOOK II. 3 &quot; God ! if I thy servant am, If tis thy message fills my heart, Now glorify thy holy name, And show this people who thou art.&quot;

4 He spake, and lo a sudden flame Consumed the wood, the dust, the stone. The people struck, at once proclaim &quot; The Lord is God, the Lord alone.&quot;

5 Like him we mourn an awful day, When more for Baal than God appear. Like him, believers, let us pray, And may the God of Israel hear.

6 Lord, if thy servant speak thy truth, If he indeed is sent by thee, Confirm the word to all our youth, And let them thy salvation see.

7 Now may the Spirit s holy fire Pierce every heart that hears thy word, Consume each hurtful vain desire, And make them know thou art the Lord !

1 PREACHERS may from Ezekiel s case Draw hope in this declining day. A proof like this of sovereign grace Should chase our unbelief away.

2 When sent to preach to mouldering bones, Who could have thought he would succeed ? But well he knew the Lord from stones 3 Could raise up Abr am s chosen seed.

3 Can these be made a num rous host, And such dry bones new life receive ? The prophet answer d &quot; Lord, thou know st They shall, if thou commandment give.&quot;

4 Like him- around I cast my eye, And oh ! what heaps of bones appear ; Rh