SINAI, HOREB, PENTECOST.
By George Lansing Taylor
(George Lansing Taylor, D.D., L.H.D., in Christian Advocate.) On Sinai when Jehovah came
To teach the world His heavenly law,
The mount was wrapt in smoke and flame,
And shuddering nature quaked with awe. On Horeb bowed God's seer of yore,
While wind, and fire, and still small voice
Still preached their ancient message o'er,
And bade him tremble, yet rejoice. And so on Zion, later still,
The wind, the flame, the earthquake fell,
Christ's new-born church to illumine and thrill,
The Great Salvation's tale to tell. O, threefold sign, in ages three,
Past, present, future still are Thine;
Baptize this age, Thy churches, me,
And fill the world with breath divine! Three signs, one power, one heavenly birth,
One heavenly life the ages through:—
Lord, let Thy grace sweep on o'er earth,
And nations in a day renew!