Hymns and Spiritual Songs, in Three Books ‎#I.XCIX

I.XCIX. Stones made the children of Abraham: or, grace not conveyed by religious parents

1 Vain are the hopes that rebels place
Upon their birth and blood,
Descended from a pious race;
(Their fathers now with God.)

2 He from the caves of earth and hell
Can take the hardest stones,
And fill the house of Abr'am well
With new created sons.

3 Such wondrous pow'r doth he possess,
Who form'd our mortal frame;
Who call'd the world from emptiness;
The world obey'd and came.

Text Information

• First Line: Vain are the hopes that rebels place
• Title: Stones made the children of Abraham: or, grace not conveyed by religious parents
• Meter: C. M.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1793
• Scripture:
  Matthew 3:9

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