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Dedicated to my pastor, Dean Andrew Cheah Come, hear me now as I tell you a tale An inspiring tale of William Tyndale A man who poured out his life to translate God's Word from Greek, not the Latin Vulgate He fled from country to country Living like an unsettled refugee He had to flee to continue God's work From his arduous task, he did not shirk God sent him helping hands along the way Partners in the Gospel, to ease his day Walsh, Monmouth, Frith, Poyntz and others Who aided the great Bible translator After much sweat and perspiration He finished the English New Testament He tried to print it, but was discovered From Cologne, he had to flee for cover He printed copies in Worms by God's grace They were smuggled and spread at great pace Those were dangerous times of persecution Having God's Word in English was treason Bibles were burnt, but copies increased God's Word brought the common people release Sweet release from the darkness of their age God's Truth shone brightly on each precious page In Antwerp, he was betrayed by a friend Imprisoned for fifteen months before his end Vilvoorde prison was a dark, cold place In suffering, his faith was not effaced With a noose around his neck, he still prayed 'Lord, open the king of England's eyes,' he said Strangled to death, then burnt as a heretic Executed in the eyes of the public God answered Tyndale's dying prayer The eyes of the king were opened a year later He encouraged the distribution Of the English Bible to the nation Tyndale's blood was spilled upon the pages Of God's Word that's lasted through the ages Do we treasure the Bible we've bought with ease? Do we value His Word in times of peace? God's Word was brought to us with much bloodshed How do we respond to the verses we've read? Are our hearts burning with unyielding passion? Passion for the message of salvation!
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