Stones made children of Abraham. <br /> <br />Matt. 3:9. <br /> <br />Vain are the hopes that rebels place <br />Upon their birth and blood, <br />Descended from a pious race; <br />Their fathers now with God. <br /> <br />He from the caves of earth and hell <br />Can take the hardest stones, <br />And fill the house of Abram well <br />With new-created sons. <br /> <br />Such wondrous power doth he possess <br />Who formed our mortal frame, <br />Who called the world from emptiness, <br />The world obeyed and came.<br /><br />Isaac Watts<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/hymn-99/
