GO, AND DO THOU LIKEWISE
by Mark Bullen
THE MAN IN THE DITCH
IN LUKE CHAPTER TEN
WAS A PICTURE OF MY LIFE
WASTED BY SIN.
ROBBED AND WOUNDED,
AND LEFT TO ROT.
DECEIVED BY THE DEVIL
IN HIS WICKED PLOT.
THE END WAS DEATH,
THOUGH THE WAY SEEMED RIGHT.
ALONE ON LIFE'S ROAD,
I WAS TOO WEAK TO FIGHT.
MY VERY FIRST HOPE
WAS A PASSING PRIEST.
LATER I'D FIND,
HE CARED THE LEAST.
A LEVITE CAME
WITH JUDGMENTAL EYE,
BUT SOON HE LEFT
WITH A HEARTLESS SIGH.
OTHERS TOO
PASSED BY ON THAT ROAD:
SOME TOO BUSY,
AND SOME TOO COLD.
SOME WITH MUCH MONEY,
BUT NONE TO SPEND
TO HELP A POOR SINNER
WHO'S AT HIS END.
SOME WITH GREAT SMARTS,
AND YET TOO DUMB
TO REMEMBER THE DITCH
HE HAD COME FROM.
SOME WITH DEGREES
AND HONORS MUCH;
TOO GOOD AND TOO GREAT
THIS OLD SINNER TO TOUCH.
THANK GOD, THERE WAS ONE
WHO CAME WHERE I LAY,
COULD HAVE GONE BY;
BUT DECIDED TO STAY.
BOUND UP MY WOUNDS
AND POURED IN SOME OIL;
THOUGH IT MEANT TIME,
LABOR, AND TOIL.
HE WALKED, WHILE I RODE,
ON DOWN TO THE INN.
HE THEN PAID THE PRICE
TO RESTORE ME FROM SIN.
'TWAS JESUS THAT DAY,
WHO CAME DOWN THAT ROAD:
WAS MADE AS A MAN
TO CARRY MY LOAD.
HIS BLOOD WAS THE MONEY
THAT PAID FOR THE INN;
AND RESTORED WHAT I LOST
WHEN ROBBED BY MY SIN.
THANK GOD SOMEONE STOPPED!
THANK GOD SOMEONE CARED!
THANK GOD SOMEONE SAW ME,
AND HELPED ME THEY DARED!
NOW, I AGAIN AM ON THAT ROAD
LOOKING FOR A MAN
WHO'S BEEN ROBBED, DECEIVED,
AND WOUNDED, BY SATAN'S EVIL PLAN
NOW I TOO TAKE A DONKEY,
SOME OIL AND SOME WINE;
SO I TOO CAN BIND UP WOUNDS
AS JESUS BOUND UP MINE.
I TAKE THEM TO THE SAME OLD INN
WHERE JESUS LIFTED ME.
AND THERE THEY COME TO MEET MY LORD,
AND FROM THEIR SINS BE FREE!
YOU TOO, MY FRIEND, WAS LIFTED ONCE
FROM THE DITCH OF SATAN'S PLAN
WHY DON'T YOU FIND A DONKEY,
GO HELP SOME OTHER MAN!
The Solid Rock
by Mark Bullen
THE MAN IN THE DITCH
IN LUKE CHAPTER TEN
WAS A PICTURE OF MY LIFE
WASTED BY SIN.
ROBBED AND WOUNDED,
AND LEFT TO ROT.
DECEIVED BY THE DEVIL
IN HIS WICKED PLOT.
THE END WAS DEATH,
THOUGH THE WAY SEEMED RIGHT.
ALONE ON LIFE'S ROAD,
I WAS TOO WEAK TO FIGHT.
MY VERY FIRST HOPE
WAS A PASSING PRIEST.
LATER I'D FIND,
HE CARED THE LEAST.
A LEVITE CAME
WITH JUDGMENTAL EYE,
BUT SOON HE LEFT
WITH A HEARTLESS SIGH.
OTHERS TOO
PASSED BY ON THAT ROAD:
SOME TOO BUSY,
AND SOME TOO COLD.
SOME WITH MUCH MONEY,
BUT NONE TO SPEND
TO HELP A POOR SINNER
WHO'S AT HIS END.
SOME WITH GREAT SMARTS,
AND YET TOO DUMB
TO REMEMBER THE DITCH
HE HAD COME FROM.
SOME WITH DEGREES
AND HONORS MUCH;
TOO GOOD AND TOO GREAT
THIS OLD SINNER TO TOUCH.
THANK GOD, THERE WAS ONE
WHO CAME WHERE I LAY,
COULD HAVE GONE BY;
BUT DECIDED TO STAY.
BOUND UP MY WOUNDS
AND POURED IN SOME OIL;
THOUGH IT MEANT TIME,
LABOR, AND TOIL.
HE WALKED, WHILE I RODE,
ON DOWN TO THE INN.
HE THEN PAID THE PRICE
TO RESTORE ME FROM SIN.
'TWAS JESUS THAT DAY,
WHO CAME DOWN THAT ROAD:
WAS MADE AS A MAN
TO CARRY MY LOAD.
HIS BLOOD WAS THE MONEY
THAT PAID FOR THE INN;
AND RESTORED WHAT I LOST
WHEN ROBBED BY MY SIN.
THANK GOD SOMEONE STOPPED!
THANK GOD SOMEONE CARED!
THANK GOD SOMEONE SAW ME,
AND HELPED ME THEY DARED!
NOW, I AGAIN AM ON THAT ROAD
LOOKING FOR A MAN
WHO'S BEEN ROBBED, DECEIVED,
AND WOUNDED, BY SATAN'S EVIL PLAN
NOW I TOO TAKE A DONKEY,
SOME OIL AND SOME WINE;
SO I TOO CAN BIND UP WOUNDS
AS JESUS BOUND UP MINE.
I TAKE THEM TO THE SAME OLD INN
WHERE JESUS LIFTED ME.
AND THERE THEY COME TO MEET MY LORD,
AND FROM THEIR SINS BE FREE!
YOU TOO, MY FRIEND, WAS LIFTED ONCE
FROM THE DITCH OF SATAN'S PLAN
WHY DON'T YOU FIND A DONKEY,
GO HELP SOME OTHER MAN!
The Solid Rock
Hymn by Edward Mote, 1797 - 1874
My hope is built on nothing less
Than Jesus’ blood and righteousness;
I dare not trust the sweetest frame,
But wholly lean on Jesus’ name.
Than Jesus’ blood and righteousness;
I dare not trust the sweetest frame,
But wholly lean on Jesus’ name.
Refrain:
On Christ, the solid Rock, I stand;
All other ground is sinking sand,
All other ground is sinking sand.
When darkness veils His lovely face,
I rest on His unchanging grace;
In every high and stormy gale,
My anchor holds within the veil.
His oath, His covenant, His blood
Support me in the whelming flood;
When all around my soul gives way,
He then is all my hope and stay.
When He shall come with trumpet sound,
Oh, may I then in Him be found;
Dressed in His righteousness alone,
Faultless to stand before the throne.
His oath, His covenant, His blood
Support me in the whelming flood;
When all around my soul gives way,
He then is all my hope and stay.
When He shall come with trumpet sound,
Oh, may I then in Him be found;
Dressed in His righteousness alone,
Faultless to stand before the throne.
This soul searching hymn is a checklist for the heart...
"Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith..." 2 Corinthians 13:5a
Is Thy Heart Right with God?
Hymn by Elisha A. Hoffman, 1839-1929
Verse 1
Have thy affections been nailed to the cross?Is thy heart right with God?
Countest thou all things for Jesus but loss?
Is thy heart right with God?
Chorus
Is thy heart right with God,
Washed in the crimson flood,
Cleansed and made holy, humble and lowly,
Right in the sight of God?
Verse 2
Hast thou dominion o’er self and o’er sin?
Is thy heart right with God?
Over all evil without and within?
Is thy heart right with God?
Verse 3
Is there no more condemnation for sin?
Is thy heart right with God?
Does Jesus rule in the temple within?
Is thy heart right with God?
Verse 4
Are all thy pow’rs under Jesus’ control?
Is thy heart right with God?
Does He each moment abide in thy soul?
Is thy heart right with God?
Verse 5
Art thou now walking in heaven's pure light?
Is thy heart right with God?
Is thy soul wearing the garment of white?
Is thy heart right with God?
Chorus
Is thy heart right with God,
Washed in the crimson flood,
Cleansed and made holy, humble and lowly,
Right in the sight of God?
