"And Mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the Lord descended upon it in fire: and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly.... And the Lord said unto Moses, Go down, charge the people, lest they break through unto the Lord to gaze, and many of them perish" (Exodus 19:18,21). "And when they were come to the place, which is called Calvary, there they crucified Him... Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do" (Luke 23:33,34).
How fearful was the sight and sound
Of Sinai's mount of smoke,
Where no approach to God was found,
As God in judgment spoke.
How merciful the words of grace
On Calvary's mount we hear,
Where Jesus suffered in our place,
And prayed to draw us near.
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