The son of God at length appeared,
And was baptized by John,
The Father sent the spirit down
And owned him for his son.
He to his own the gospel preached,
His own received him not,
Despised all his mighty works,
And counted him as naught.
At length their Lord they crucified,
While nature stood amazed,
The solid rocks in sunder rent,
While Jew and Gentile gazed.
But soon the third bright morn appeared,
When, rising from the dead,
To his disciples he appeared
And thus unto them said:
PART THIRD.
Go ye, and preach in all the world,
Baptizing in my name,
He that believes and is baptized
Salvation shall obtain.
Then rising from Mount Olivet
Unto his Father's throne,
On high to reign until he claims
The kingdoms for his own.
His servants then, in mighty power,
Soon made his gospel known,
The Jews reject while Gentiles come,
And glad their Saviour own.
The Jews dispersed through all the earth,
Jerusalem trodden down,
In desolation long has lain,
And cursed has been the ground.
The Gentile churches for a while
Produced the natural fruit,
Being grafted in the natural vine,
Partaking of the root.