In Genesis the World created was by God’s divine command;
In Exodus the Hebrews marched to gain the promised land;
Leviticus contains the law, holy, and just and good;
Numbers records the tribes enrolled—all sons of Abraham’s blood;
Brave Joshua into Canaan’s land the host of Israel leads;
In Judges their rebellion oft provokes the Lord to smite;
But Ruth records the faith of one well-pleasing in His sight;
In First and Second Samuel of Jesse’s son we read;
Ten Tribes in First and Second Kings revolted from his seed;
In First and Second Chronicles see Judah captive made;
But Ezra leads a remnant by princely Cyrus’ aid;
The city walls of Zion Nehemiah builds again;
Whilst Esther saves her people from the plots of wicked men;
In Job we read how Faith will live beneath affliction’s rod;
And David’s Psalms are precious songs to every child of God;
The Proverbs like a goodly string of choicest pearls appear;
Ecclesiastes teaches man how vain are all things here;
The mystic Son of Solomon exalts sweet Sharon’s Rose,
Whilst Christ the Saviour and the King the rapt Isaiah shows;
The warning Jeremiah apostate Israel scorns;
His plaintive Lamentations their awful downfall mourns;
Ezekiel tells in wondrous words of dazzling mysteries;
Whilst kings and empires yet to come in vision Daniel sees;
Of judgment and of mercy Hosea loves to tell;
Joel describes the blessed days when God with man shall dwell;
Among Tekoa’s herdsmen Amos received his call;
And Obadiah prophesies of Edom’s final fall;
Jonah enshrines a wondrous type of Christ our risen Lord;
Micah pronounces Judah lost—lost, but again restored;
Nahum declares on Nineveh just judgment shall be poured;
A view of Chaldee’s coming doom Habakkuk’s visions give;
And Zephaniah warns the Jews to turn, repent, and live;
Haggai wrote to those who saw the Temple built again;
And Zechariah prophesied of Christ’s triumphant reign;
Malachi was the last who touched the high prophetic cord;
His final notes sublimely show the coming of the Lord.