Part 33 (2/2)
He commanded Aaron To go and meet Moses; When both addressed the king, And wrought divers miracles.
The king hardened his heart And would not let them go; Wherefore G.o.d was angry And sent lice and locusts.
He also sent flies, Together with frogs, Which entered their palaces And crept into their ovens.
When the king still refused, The river was turned into blood!
And the water became bitter Throughout all Egypt.
G.o.d sent boils and blains, With pestilence and murrain; He also sent hail, Which was very grievous.
The king still refusing, He slew their first-born; When the King of Egypt Had no resource,
But let them go Out of his land; The Great G.o.d Upheld and sustained them.
By day in a cloud, By night in a pillar of fire; The Great G.o.d Himself saved them.
The king hardened his heart, And led his armies in pursuit; But G.o.d was angry And displayed his majesty.
Arrived at the Red Sea, The waters were spread abroad; The people of Israel Were very much afraid.
The pursuers overtook them, But G.o.d stayed their course; He himself fought for them, And the people had no trouble.
He caused the Red Sea With its waters to divide; To stand up as a wall, That they might pa.s.s between.
The people of Israel Marched with a steady step As though on dry ground, And thus saved their lives.
The pursuers attempting to cross, Their wheels were taken off, When the waters closed upon them, And they were all drowned.
The Great G.o.d Displayed his power, And the people of Israel Were all preserved.
When they came to the desert They had nothing to eat; But the Great G.o.d Bade them not be afraid.
He sent down manna, For each man a pint; It was as sweet as honey, And satisfied their appet.i.tes.
The people l.u.s.ted much, And wished to eat flesh, When quails were sent By the millions of bushels.
At the Mount Sinai Miracles were displayed, And Moses was commanded To make tables of stone.
The Great G.o.d Gave his celestial commands, Amounting to ten precepts, The breach of which would not be forgiven.
He himself wrote them, And gave them to Moses; The celestial law Cannot be altered.
In after ages It was sometimes disobeyed, Through the devil's temptations When men fell into misery.
But the Great G.o.d, Out of pity to mankind, Sent his first-born Son To come down into the world.
His name is Jesus, The Lord and Saviour of men, Who redeems them from sin By the endurance of extreme misery.
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