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Show tord of the Alabaster Hot15$ Ii Fatk-er lline. or Ute the giver" chedshing all j bebolding tdl., Lord, whof$'$ power benign' eKte:nds over all, in htav$n and earth. II Th0 baw.s' fortb from bNv'on the seasons and the rain 4 fho,'ia, wtehu'ft, lite and 1ieldest sbowers. Who L"l lua.ven is high _DUe-d.? 'hou, sublime - in thy r.ign. Wbo on $arh.'? Thou:, sublime, in thy reign. Tb$u reveal$$t 'th,- 1fill in h$s,ven, ,q(i celestial ' spirits praise thee, inou r$vealest- thy will below, .and subdu$st tb$ of earth, tla,,," w.ill $hitu!$ in heaven like t.he ra4it light J On earth thy ,cleeds declare it 1;,0 ••• Thou, till' wUl, whQ knoweth? With wh_t e. man eompare it? "LQrd., in heaven and earth" thou Lord. of gods, none excels the,•• 15 $piris gu.a.ge, oceur n$$t" the end of tn. the is Abram's Sons !! $0Jr_91l, book; prabe om. J which is borrowed in part from of sara!) BeholEi, thouar\ tair IIT love.. Bft'.h,<t)ld thou art fab. !hO\1 ha$t dt)vets eyes, 'JfA'T l.evfh Thy oh&&ks are comely with raws ot jewels; thy ftGek witb ehains of gQld. tUld • t,empl$ of myrrh is bed shall be green. fh$ be.s of .:t well-bdOVed. unt(), m$. ()r house shall be eedal" and the rili.ra of ;fir. As, the lilY' among the thorns, $0 i tl\Y loV"e among the daughters .16 O\tr. Abraha.lllf,s final speech is a .'s_lm-U.k,e avowal of his faith and tkal)k.e.giving. Like his praise of Sara!, it is not set in stanzat'o t0r.ttl" but its a_ea e,t,17 throu:,gh as cle-arlY los d,oes that of the models from which 1 15 Pl"e, g£, t)r-, GeGrg$ School ch. pp. 75..;76,. See also for .. study in parlJ.lels, Am$doan 6unuy pp. 515-S20, and. !!!S l!'!! Mble ('hiladelphia: Ali. krtoll',. Arha'.19S1 Union.., 1''-3) 6th edition. See espedally ch. XXV, nIl, 496-;04. 16Ibid.., p. 243. |
