Hosea shows the Father’s heart
So grieved for sin on Ephraim’s part.
And Joel tells of judgment near; The wicked nations quake and fear.
Then Amos, from the herdmen sent, Calls hardened sinners to repent.
In Obadiah, Edam’s fall
Contains a warning word for all.
Jonah, though prophet of the Lord, Yet fled to Tarshish from His word.
Then Micah sings in sweetest lays The glory of Millennial days.
And Nahum tells the fear and gloom Of Ninevah and her doom.
Habakkuk, though the fig tree fail His faith and trust in God prevail.
Then Zephaniah tells of grace
And love that comes in judgment’s place.
And Haggai in the latter days Repeats: “Consider well your ways.”
In Zechariah’s wondrous hook, We find eight visions, if we look.
Then Malachi, the last of all, Speaks sadly still of Israel’s fall.
ML 11/29/1942