IV.

NOAH COMMANDED TO MAKE AN ARK.


Jehovah unto Noah said:--
"I will destroy the earth,
For violence is in the land,
And wickedness and mirth.

"Men's hearts are full of laughter wild,
Their lives are full of sin;
And I will send destruction swift,
And show my power divine.

"I'll rain upon the earth a flood,
And drown men in the storm,
And they shall find no arm to save,
Amid their fearful gloom.

"But thee I have found true and good,
A follower of my ways;
And I will save thee from the flood,
And lengthen out thy days.

"Now therefore build thyself an ark,
According to my word;
To save thyself and family,