CXLI. The Iniquity of sacrificing GOD's Children; or The Evil of a bad or neglected Education.

BEHOLD, O Israel's GOD,
From thine exalted Throne,
And view the desolate Abode,
Thou once hast call'd thine own.

The Children of thy Flock,
By early Cov'nant thine,
See how they pour their bleeding Souls
On ev'ry Idol's Shrine !

To Indolence and Pride
What piteous Victims made!
Crush'd in their Parents fond Embrace,
And by their Care betray'd.

By Pleasure's polish'd Dart
What Numbers here are slain!
What Numbers there for Slaughter bound
In Mammon's golden Chain!

O let thine Arm awake,
And dash the Idols down!
O call the Captives of their Pow'r
Thy Treasure, and thy Crown.

Thee let the Fathers own,
And Thee the Sons adore,
Join'd to the Lord by solemn Vows
To be forgot no more.