The Covenant. - Ezekiel xxxvi.25-28.

The Lord proclaims his grace abroad! "Behold, I change your hearts of stone; Each shall renounce his idol-god, And serve, henceforth, the Lord alone. "My grace, a flowing stream, proceeds To wash your filthiness away; Ye shall abhor your former deeds, And learn my statutes to obey. "My truth the great design ensures, I give myself away to you; You shall be mine, I will be yours, Your God unalterably true. "Yet not unsought or unimplored The plenteous grace shall I confer; No—your whole hearts shall seek the Lord, I'll put a praying spirit there. "From the first breath of life divine, Down to the last expiring hour, The gracious work shall all be mine, Begun and ended in my power."