English poem
GOD'S quickening the Dead. Isaiah xxvi. 19
by Philip Doddridge (1773–1832)
The Ever-living GOD Th' expiring Church shall raise; Our Hearts his Promises receive, And wake a Shout of Praise.
Death shall not always reign, Where Grace hath fix'd its Throne; His soft Compassion views the Dust, He once hath call'd his own.
"Yes," saith the GOD of Truth, "My Dead shall live again; "The Foe shall see their Leader's Breath "Reanimate the Slain.
"The Dew of Heaven shall fall "In rich Abundance round, "And a redundant Harvest rise "To cloath the teeming Ground.
"Now from your Dust awake, "And burst into a Song; "Then spurn the Earth, and mount the Skies "In a triumphant Throng."
Thy Zion, LORD, believes A Promise so divine, And looks thro' all her flowing Tears To see the Glory shine.
More by Philip Doddridge
- GOD's Name profaned, when his Table is treated with Contempt. Malachi. i. 12
- GOD'S Name the Encouragement of our Faith. Psalm ix. 10
- GOD'S Presence desireable. Exodus xxxiii. 15
- GOD's Purposes effectual, and CHRIST's Invitations sincere. John vi. 37
- GOD's Readiness to give all Things argued from the Gift of his Son. Rom. viii. 32
- GOD'S reasonable Expectations from his Vineyard. Isaiah v. 1. 7
- GOD'S saying to the Soul, that he is its Salvation. Psalm xxxv. 3
- GOD'S speaking Peace to his People. Psalm lxxxv. 8