"Brown"-
..Arr. by A. Bailey.
A Building Of God
By O. Allen Bailey
CMWhat a blessing it is today
When given eyes to see;
When lightened by the Spirit's ray,
And Jesus dwells with me.
When orderly, sets in array
The wonders of His Love,
Our thoughts in earth, no longer stay,
But are transformed above.
When we again are made to hope
In Christ and Grace so free;
In nature's grasp no longer grope,
But with new eyes can see -
Beyond the earth, and earthly things,
And things of nature too;
When Heaven's music in us rings,
And earthly days are through.
Our hardened hearts He takes away,
For we do yet here stray;
For now He's come in His Own day,
To take these stones away.
Salvation comes while it's To-day,
God to prove all His way;
And we His mercies daily weigh,
While in this desert stay..
The things that are material,
All these shall pass away;
Still, the things that are eternal,
Are known in this our day.
The things beyond our time and sense
Forever with us stay;
When from the earth we shall go hence,
And pass to that Great Day.
Our earthly house must be dissolved,
A building to put on;
When all God's cycles have revolved,
Throughout Time's own aeon.
If nature's house shall be dissolved,
What then must we put on?;
When all these changes have evolved,
What clothing shall we don?
When nature's house has no more room,
A building yet here stands;
Eternally in us doth bloom,
Till there in Heaven lands.
*Copyright 2001
O. Allen Bailey
*This material may be freely copied and distributed, but shall not be altered or sold.
