Hymns · 1762

Lord, while at Thy command

Details

Hymnal / album Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures, Vol. 2

Publisher Farley

Copyright Public Domain (Disclaimer: This is not legal advice. The publication year, if correct, suggests that this work may be in public domain in the U.S..)

Scripture connections

Expository

This passage is the main idea of the song

Ezekiel 37:1-14

Allusions

Verses this song echoes or alludes to

John 6:63 Romans 8:11 Romans 13:11 Ephesians 5:14 II Timothy 3:5

Lyrics

Verse 1
Lord, while at thy command
Thy servants prophesy, (Ezek. 37:4, Ezek. 37:7)
O let it spread thro’ every land,
The sound of Jesus nigh!
The dead professors shake,
Before thy life they breathe, (Ezek. 37:9)
Dispose their senseless souls to wake
Out of the sleep of death: (Rom. 13:11, Eph. 5:14)

Verse 2
Let every answering bone
By secret instinct move,
With sinews cloath’d, the flesh put on,
And then the skin above! (Ezek. 37:7-8)
The form of godliness, (II Tim. 3:5)
And then the virtue give,
Inspire them with thy Spirit of grace,
And bid the body live. (Ezek. 37:10, John 6:63, Rom. 8:11)