HOSEA 14 by Max Hill

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Mountain View, California · Mar 14, 1906

By Max Hill

O ISRAEL, turn to the Lord, to thy God, His chosen have fallen away; Too long in iniquity's path hast thou trod, O hasten, repent ye to-day.

And take with you words and say to the Lord, "Receive us, the good O receive, For praise would we render to Thee at Thy word, Thy promise, O Lord, we believe.

"Salvation in Asshur can never be found; We ride upon horses no more; In humble contrition we're brought to the ground, Nor worship our gods as of yore.

"Nor say to the work of our hands as we did, 'By thee are the fatherless fed.'" For God has proclaimed, "My fierce anger is hid, My own from backsliding are led.

"To Israel I shall be life-giving dew, Like blossoming lily he'll be, Like Lebanon's cedars his roots shall hold true, His branches shall spread like a tree.

"His beauty shall be as the fair olive tree, Like Lebanon fragrant as morn; And they that dwell under his shadow shall be Revived and refreshed as the corn."

And then shall fair Israel build and abide, And blossom and grow as the vine,— For strong is Jehovah who stands at his side— His scent is like Lebanon's wine.

The wise who are prudent shall know of His word, His laws, they shall know them all; The righteous shall walk in the way of the Lord, Transgressors therein shall fall. MAX HILL.

HOSEA 14.