Preachers may, from Ezekiel’s case

The words

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   Stanza 1. Preachers may, from Ezekiel’s case,Draw hope in this declining day,A proof like this, of sovereign graceShould chase our unbelief away.

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   Stanza 2. When sent to preach to mould’ring bones,Who could have thought he would succeed?But well he knew, the LORD from stonesCould raise up Abram’s chosen seed.

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   Stanza 3. Can these be made a num’rous host,And such dry bones new life receive?The prophet answered, “LORD thou knowstThey shall, if thou commandment give.”

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   Stanza 4. Like him, around I cast my eye,And O! what heaps of bones appear!Like him, by JESUS sent, I’ll try,For he can cause the dead to hear.

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   Stanza 5. Hear, ye dry bones, the Savior’s word!He, who when dying, gasped, “Forgive,”That gracious, sinner–loving LORD,Says, “Look to me, dry bones, and live.”

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   Stanza 6. Thou heav’nly wind awake and blow,In answer to the prayer of faith;Now thine almighty influence show,And fill dry bones with living breath.

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   Stanza 7. O make them hear, and feel, and shake,And, at thy call, obedient move;The bonds of death and Satan break,And bone to bone unite in love.

Olney Hymns (1779), Book 2, Hymn 15. John Newton. Public domain. CCEL transcription with modernized spelling. www.praylock.com/olney-hymns/2-15