I Met A Man

Today I met a man!

He said he could free me from Sin!

He said he could make my life over, and

That he'd clean me from within!

Today I met a man!

Today, I met a man!

Oh, what pleasures he offered!

The joys! What laughter!

He said forget the Hereafter!

Today I met a man!

Today! Two Men!

Two Joys! One Plan!

Calm and Elan!

Today, I met a man!

Today I must choose a man!

Choose sorrow and pain

For later Joy Unrestrained, or

Wild gaiety, and tomorrow

What will be, will be!

Today, I must choose a man!

I asked each one a question

But only one replied!

He said He chose to die for me

To spend Eternity with Him so

Today, I chose The Man!

All that glitters is not gold!

All that laugh often oft' hide bare souls!

I choose to take the sorrows now

For one day I will no more plow

For I'd have reached the furrows' end, and

I'd have planted and tended my ground

And at Harvest Celebration

I'll wear a Victor's Crown

Rewarded for my battle long

And Joys Everlasting will be my song!

Thank God! I chose The Son of Man!

Have you met a man?

New Life Is FREE!

Don’t lose your life over a penny

Don’t give up New Life for a pound

The Master is bringing His rewards for all with Him

And, believe me, there is going to be a throng!

The things in this world loud call you

The call of New World is still, soft, see

And if old world’s joys are what fills your eyes

New World for you won’t hold glee!

No jangling, no murmuring

No grasping, no pretty no petty besetting sins

No warmonger, whore-master, fornicator

Will find welcome when he beholds the King!

Think once, think twice you who are traveling

The path that offers no return

On your investment of time, talent, love and labor

Save filthy lucre and whirl around this dark world!

Our Master, the King of all Creation

Our Savior, Redeemer, our Friend

Is gently calling all to faith - and a life of fulfillment

Through repentance, and forsaking the ken of men!

The picture I hold in my heart of the coming Kingdom

Of love, joy, peace, and rest forevermore

Is not even a shadow of all the Master has

For those who are His children

Eyes, ears, have never seen or even heard the whole!

I have chosen to believe in Jesus Christ for salvation

I have chosen not to set my heart on this common world

I have lifted my heart to behold the Promise

And I know, thank God, I’ll not be marked for a stubborn goat!

I’m a sheep, a woolly sheep -  and thankful for it!

I won’t be stubborn - you’ll find no goat parts in me!

I’m trusting Jesus to deliver on the Promise of Calvary

Eternity’s the Place! - come along, please join me!

It’s beautiful, and wonderfully duty free!