Hymnal: The Hartford Selection of Hymns from the Most Approved Authors #CCXLIV (1799) Meter: 8.8.8.8 First Line: Look down, O Lord, with pitying eye Lyrics: 1 Look down, O Lord, with pitying eye;
See Adam's race in ruin lie;
Sin spreads its trophies o'er the ground,
And scatters slaughter'd heaps around.
2 And can these mouldering corpses live?
And can these perish'd bones revive?
That, mighty God, to thee is known;
That wondrous work is all thy own.
3 Thy ministers are sent in vain
To prophesy upon the slain;
In vain they call, in vain they cry,
Till thine almighty aid is nigh.
4 But if thy spirit deign to breath,
Life spreads thro' all the realms of death:
Dry bones obey thy powerful voice;
They move, they waken, they rejoice:
5 So when thy trumpet's awful sound
Shall shake the Heav'ns and rend the ground,
Dead saints shall from their tombs arise,
And spring to life beyond the skies. Topics: Dead sinners quickened; Burdened soul praying for relief Scripture: Ezekiel 37:3 Languages: English
Ezekiel's Vison of the dry bones