For the sins of Israel's children.
III.
As but a day, four thousand years, when told,
With Him, who was, and is to be,—
Eternal—Three in One,—Omnipotent:—
Such was the span of ripening promise,
Until the hour matured, and Saving Grace,
The full Redemption offered,—by gift
Of Spotless purity,—His Only Son.
IV.