Mr. Black's Booklet

My Song

Oh, Jesus of Nazereth, Oh, Christ of Calvary's Cross,
Be Thou The Holy Theme of Highest Praise
In This Our Song To Urge the Millions Lost
To Grasp Thy Great Salvation! - - In Faith we Raise
On High or Pealing Anthems, our Lowly Lays
Of Simple Gospel Truth. Let Every Nation
In Child-like Faith Surrender in these later Days
Of Golden Opportunity! - - Their Adoration
Give To Him, Our God of All Creation!

Oh, faltering Moses Nation of our Day,
Thou hast so greatly Sinned and Must Yourself
Return unto the Lord! Without Delay - -
Your Worldly Humanistic Trappings Left
Behind - - Repent, Turn Back; Consider Thy Wealth
And Mark Its Power, Not in Things, in Gold,
Nor always in the Realm of Perfect Health,
Nor Entertainment fair; for the New and the Old
Am in God's Power, As in His Word Foretold!
In God's Creation All Has Always Been!
Nothing is New in matter or in mind;
In All of God's Creation Can Be Seen
His Perfect Handiwork of Every Kind!
But Shame and Sin and Spiritual decline
Come always from Satanic power and Curse;
No evil can originate, nor subtly find
Its source in God! Indeed, He Must be First
In All our Reckoning and our Christian Thirst!

Oh, Condition, Let us Humbly Own It Now!
Oh, Confession, Let us in sincere Meekness
Bow! Oh, Contrition, God Of Grace Wilt Thou
In Mercy Grant us Peace, Thy Righteousness,
Thy Forgiveness Even Now! Then faultless,
Let us Stand in Thee and Here Begin
To Carry Out Thy Plan! O Let Us Bless
Thy Name, Take Up Thy Cross, and Send
Thy Gospel To Save the Dying World from Sin!
Though this stupendous Task shall not detract
From All the Glory and the Mystery
Thou didst Declare to Peter and didst Enact
Thy Church, yet Its Onward March to Victory
In this dark world shall show Triumphantly
That "The Gates of Hell Shall Not Prevail'' Nor Curtail
The Onward March of Christian Soldiers as We
Boldly Fight the Battle, defend the Faith, assail
All sin, and Preach The Crucified That Rent the Veil!

Oh, Fruit of the Unknown Grave on Nebow's Mount,
Conversing with Jesus and Elias in the Land
Where, in Thy flesh Thou could not enter! Your Account
Includes the Prophecy of Him Who breaks the Ban
Of death - - The Prophet Like unto Moses - - How Grand
Are all the Works of God within His Choice Creation!
The Crowning Decree of God, "Let Us Make man",
Precludes All Other Accounts of Origin! So, Nations,
Now Take Heed, Repent, Receive His Great Salvation!

Last, in an Ode of Clarification
I must Exalt the Name and Theme of My Song:
Show forth some details of Its Holy Inspiration
And further ascribe to our Forbears the Wisdom, Long
Denied Them by modern Popular-thought! The wrong
Perspective dims the picture, and can Blur
The vision of the Weak and can set forth strong
Delusion! Sound the Chord, United! Bestir
Thyself, O Church! Our Triune God, Prefer!