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     THE BLACKSMITH'S PRAYER

'O Lord, since childhood we've fought a dirty fire,
And forged on iron so bad, we wished to retire,
We forged on, digging out those clinkers we hate,
Without a thought of what was to be our fate.

Is this life a vision of purgatory that is to come?
Is sulfurey coal, and slaggy iron the total and sum,
Of my eternity spent, ever tending the fires of hell?
Or will you, 'o Lord, save me before that final knell?

Oft' I hear men rambling on of the gates of paradise,
And if I'm worthy to go there, it would really be nice,
But all the talk of pearls, and gold, gives me a fright,
In a portal of vintage wrought iron I would delight.

Let the gates be made by the masters of antiquity,
With pieces forged by us all, to repent our iniquity,
Enter, ye smiths and founders that toiled at the fire,
Enter the Kingdom of Heaven where you never tire.

Joe E. Jay
    copywrite 2003
      and used by permission
 
 


 


 

ONLY HE CAN OPEN THE GATE

In this mixed up world
People have so many views
Of how to get to heaven
But they haven't got a clue.

Because Jesus has the only key
Only He can open the gate
And they might miss their chance
If they sit back and wait.

They think they have a lot of time
And that all they have to do
Is live a kind and thoughtful life
But that won't get them through.

Because Jesus has the only key
Only He can open the gate
And they might miss their chance
If they sit back and wait.

Wouldn't it just be a shame
Wouldn't it be a crime
If they got locked out of heaven
When the key was there all the time?

Because Jesus is the only key
Only He can open the gate
And they might miss their chance
If you don't tell them before it's too late.

Sandy Moffett 6/14/03
Copyright 2003
www.sandymoffett.com


 
 
 

The Building of the Gate
Photos by Joe E. Jay
 

               
 

               
 

               
 
 

The gate in the above two graphics is a real gate  that opens by human hands...
to the Globe Theatre.
 It was designed, made and copyrighted by Charly Fary of Midland, TX.
The gate can be seen at the Globe Theatre,  0n south side of Odessa College,
2308 Shakespeare Rd., Odessa, TX

But the gate that Jesus opens is to Eternal Heaven and being with Him.
 
 

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