The great Jehovah speaks to us
In Genesis and Exodus
Leviticus and Numbers see,
Followed by Deuteronomy;
Joshua and Judges rule the land;
Ruth gleans the sheaf with trembling hand,
Samuel and numerous kings appear,
Whose Chronicles we wondering hear;
Ezra and Nehemiah now
Esther, the beauteous maiden, show;
Job speaks in sighs, David in Psalms,
And Proverbs teach to scatter alms;
Ecclesiastes then comes on
And the sweet song of Solomon,
Isaiah, Jeremiah, then
With Lamentations takes his pen;
Ezekiel, Daniel, Hosea’s lyres
Swell Joel, Amos, Obadiah’s;
Jonah, Micah, Nahum come
And lofty Habakkuk finds room;
Zephaniah, Haggai calls;
Rapt Zechariah build his walls,
And Malachi, with garments rent,
Concludes the ancient Testament.
This is the way the gospels run:
Matthew, Mark and Luke and John;
Then come the Acts inviting you The apostolic church to view;
The Romans and Corinthians are
To cities sent renowned afar;
Galatians and Ephesians then
Wrote by the same inspired pen;
Philippians and Colossians stand
With Thessalonians near at hand;
Timothy leads to Titus on;
This brings us down to Philemon;
The Hebrews then we gladly find,
And that of James comes close behind;
To Peter then our thoughts we give,
With loving John we ,wish to live;
Pious Jude will pierce the soul,
And Revelation close the whole.