You Spurned My Love
You Spurned My Love When My arms said, ”Come to Me,”You merely crossed your own.My love lay shattered at your feet,Your heart as hard as stone. You did not grasp My proffered love.You spurned My sacrifice.You chose to turn and walk away,Embraced a life of vice. But one day at the judgment throneMy book shall […]
No Room For God
No Room For God No Room for God, Oh ChristianNo room for God, Oh Christian?Your life has crowded grown.You filled it up with mundane things;You govern it alone. The Master has been ousted.Your heart He does not own.And so you selfishly stride on,Wrapped in yourself alone. ‘Tis true the child of God may grieveThe Spirit […]
Procrastination
Procrastination As unsaved: I am not hardened to God and His ways.I’ll seek His pardon in more distant days.This is the time to live life to the brim.Why should I repent and finish with sin? Then a loud screeching and slamming of brakes,A crumpled vehicle all that it takesFor the procrastinator to weep and cry,Why […]
Too Proud
Too Proud Too proud to acknowledge your need of God;Too proud to bow to Him;Too proud to turn to from depravity,Your waywardness and sin. So, lost without God, eternallyYour soul in turmoil lands,Because your pride had closed the doorAnd barred God’s helping hands. Too proud to acknowledge, child of Mine,The error of your way;Too proud […]
Well Done! Good and Faithful Servant
Well Done! Good and Faithful Servant When he had passed through dark JordanWhen he at last saw the Lord When he had passed through dark JordanWhen he at last saw the LordAh with what reverence and wonderHis heart the Master adored Earth’s cares had suddenly vanishedHeart-ache was his never moreWeariness he had forgotten‘Heaven’s bliss’ only […]
Judgment Had Fallen
Judgment Had Fallen Judgment had fallen upon sinful man;God’s word had warned them again and again: Judgment had fallen upon sinful man;God’s word had warned them again and again:How can they argue with sin at the door,Seek God, Repent, the old prophets implore. Judgment had fallen, but men would not heed,Sin they would cling to, […]
Carried Hence
Carried Hence Her feeble light is flickeringShe lay upon the bed Her feeble light is flickeringShe lay upon the bedAnd people whisper tenderlyAs in and out they tread She lingered on and childhood daysSo long ago crowd inHer father, mother, home-so muchOf all that’s past and been Oh glorious trust-eternal restT’was not in vain-His values […]
That Other Land
That Other Land A second journey take us to that other landor is it less? A second journey take us to that other landor is it less?When-In the twinkling of an eye-we areso blessedFor Heaven’s gates are opened wide-and we areat our Savior’s sideTo worship at His feet-unending joy-oh blisscomplete! But we still labour on-‘tis […]
Prepare to Meet thy God
Prepare to Meet thy God Prepare the earnest prophet criedMore time that day will be denied Prepare the earnest prophet criedMore time that day will be deniedOh man take care oh man bewareYou’ll surely meet God over there God calls to you upon life’s wayYou still His Voice from day to dayYou do not think, […]
Too Late
Too Late Wide doth the door of God’s mercyBeckon–oh enter within Wide doth the door of God’s mercyBeckon–oh enter withinHigh was the price paid on Calv’ryTo conquer and cover all sin God Mighty King Heaven’s GloryLife-giving, Hope-Filling LordMercy and truth met each otherMan fallen man He restored. Still at thy heart, man, He standethKnocking–Oh bid […]
Regret
Regret Standing in awe at the Judgment throneI thought back on the past–spent years Standing in awe at the Judgment throneI thought back on the past spent yearsI encountered my youthful mischievous friendsAnd the others who’d been very dearThen suddenly a force gripped my heartAnd I cried out in anguished moanAs I turned around and […]