Tonart: Ab major
Verse 1
the Lord has given me a
little illustration
that I'd like to apply with the
life of today.
For every day some mother's son
is leaving their families
and going overseas
to give their lives in Vietnam.
And today, just thinking of that,
I'm reminded of a little story,
a little illustration that I heard,
of a minister that had two children
and by the time the
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young man had become of age
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It is said that the minister
every Sunday morning
he'd get up and he'd ask the
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saints, the mothers board,
the prayer band union
to get together and pray that God
would bring the young man back home.
Every night before he'd go to bed,
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he'd get on his prayer boards
and stay right there,
saying, Lord,
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bring my son back home.
Well, amen.
One day, while sitting in
his pastor's study,
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he heard a knock at the door.
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He went to the door to see who it was.
A young man was standing there
with a telegram in his hand.
As the old minister opened the telegram up,
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it read your son is missing in action.
The minister became discouraged.
He became tired.
Yes, he did.
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He kept on praying anyhow.
He said to himself,
my son is dead.
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The saints kept on praying.
The mothers kept on praying.
The choir members kept on praying.
His wife kept on praying.
His daughter kept on praying.
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But oh, early one morning,
there came another knock
at the door.
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Glory to God.
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Two men stood there,
dressed in army attire,
they said brother pastor,
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sad news, your son is dead,
we hate to tell you this bad news,
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your son was killed on the front line,
my, my, my, my, my, my lord.
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The old minister walked
away from the door,
his head dropped in his shoulder,
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he began to question God,
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saying, Lord, why me, why my son,
other people have four and five sons,
why did you take my son?
He walked around moping,
glory be to God,
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he forgot about the church services.
He forgot about the choir
members.
He forgot about his services.
glory to God.
About two weeks later,
while sitting in the pastor's study,
there came another knock at the door.
An old deacon stood there.
The minister said,
I don't want to be bothered.
The deacon said, I've got to talk with you.
The members want to know
what's wrong with you.
You've been walking around
and moping and groping.
You don't come
to prayer meeting anymore.
You don't preach on Sunday
anymore.
We want to know
what's wrong with you.
The old pastor got up from his seat,
laid his hand on the deacon's
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and said, Brother Deacon,
down through the years.
I'd like to ask you a question.
my question.
The reason I'm like I am.
Answer me this
question, Brother Deacon.
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Where was God all of those nights
When I was praying, where was God?
All of those days,
when your saints were praying,
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when the church got together,
The deacon stood there, head white,
From the cares of this old world,
Face wrinkled,
from carrying the burdens of this world,
Looked at that old preacher,
and said, Brother Pastor,
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I'd like to tell you this,
God was right where he was
when they took his only son.
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They led him out to Calvary.
They stretched him high
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between two dirty feet.
He was right where he was
when they took his son.
from judgment hall, to judgment hall.
he didn't have but one son.
He took that son
for the sins of this world.
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The old minister got up and
thought about that thing,
and said to himself,
I've left the front line from fighting.
My son died on the battlefield,
men and women out there dying
right now, because I've left the church,
because I've stopped preaching,
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men are dying on the spiritual
battlefield.
I've got to go back to church
and repeat that I've been wrong,
repeat that I've done wrong.
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All at that Sunday morning,
the pastor made his way back to the church,
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walked into the
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I used to hear my mother sing it,
we don't sing it much anymore,
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but that old preacher began to sing this song,
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and I heard him say, I am old,
I'm old enough to be dead,
I'm gonna
I'm stay right here for Jesus,
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Lord, yes I am, Lord
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Even though my son is dead and gone,
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I heard that old minister say
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I'm gonna stay right here,
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oh yes I am, Lord, yes I am
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For my Lord, Lord, my Lord
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Oh, and I heard him say
that I promised God that I, yeah,
and I won't take it back.
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I gave God my word. Yes, I did.
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Once I'm in heaven, yeah.
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