With blazing Sinai still in view,
A molten calf they cast.
3 Yea, Aaron, God s anointed priest.
Who on the mount had been,
He durst prepare the idol-beast,
And lead them on to sin !
4 Lord, what is man, and what are we,
To recompense thee thus ?
In their offence our own we see
Their story points at us.
5 From Mount Sinai we heard thee speak.
And from Mount Calv ry too ;
And yet to idols oft we seek,
While tliou art in our view.
6. Some golden calf, or golden dream,
Some fancied creature-good,
Presumes to share the heart with Him
Who bought the whole with blood.
7 Lord, save us from our golden calves,
Our sin with grief we own ;
We would no more be thine by halves,
But live to thee alone.
19.
The True Aaron. Levit.—viii, 7–9.
1 SEE Aaron, God s anointed priest,
Within the veil appear,
In robes of mystic meaning dress d,
Presenting Isr el s pray r.
2 The plate of gold which crowns his brows
His holiness describes ;
His breast displays, in shining rows,
The names of all the tribes.
3 With the atoning blood he stands
Before the mercy-seat ;
And clouds of incense from his hands
Arise with odour sweet.
