The other side we face a steep ascent;
To immigrants a big ask for consent.
COME ON
CALLING OUT AROUND THE WORLD ARE YOU READY FOR THE JUDGEMENT DAY
JESUS WILL SOON SPLIT THE SKY AND TAKE HIS BRIDE AWAY
LISTEN CLOSELY HIS TRUMPET WE SHALL HEAR
THEN IN THE CLOUDS JESUS SHALL APPEAR
COME ON EVERYBODY SING PRAISES TO OUR KING
SING OUT LOUD MAKE THE BELLS OF HEAVEN ALL RING
HIS RETURN LET US CELEBRATE
HE IS ON TIME NEVER LATE
COME ON RAISE YOUR HANDS AND SHOUT
LET THE WORLD KNOW WHAT ITS ALL ABOUT
OUR KING IS COMING IT COULD BE TODAY
ARE YOU READY TO FLY AWAY
SING GLORY HALLELUJAH TO OUR KING
ALL ACROSS THIS WORLD LET HIS PRAISE RING
HE IS COMING IN ALL HIS POWER
WHO KNOWS THIS MAYBE THE VERY HOUR
RUTH PHIPPS
A named Mercury plies the air
above his fountain
in the Phipps Conservatory.
Children wet their fingers
in the receiving pool
and stare
up at possibilities
that may enable them
someday
to match the blossoming
in the Amazonian Room.
Co-eds with athletic boys,
muscular Pitts and tall Duquesnes,
meander through
the scented aisles,
enlisting spirits of the place
to augment flirtatious smiles.
Wedding guests accompany
a bride and groom
who set their basic blue
amidst the foil
of dappled bloom
and celebrate their day
with words they’ve learned to say.
Then from a group home crowd
a single swain steps forth
and casts his gaze on all around
and asks the god,
“O where is my Marilyn;
who took my Marilyn away?”
I cannot answer him
and the god above,
as silent as a stone,
appears to have no power--
no balloons or wedding bells
or maps to Love’s sweet bower.
When the saddened lover asks again,
"O Marilyn; who took my Marilyn away?"
she appears,
not taken, only loaned,
to trees and flowers
and charmingly atones
for all her wandering.
Standing before the door,
she smiles broadly at her lover.
I see him see her.
Our hearts soar.
GOD'S PEACE
AS I SIT OUTSIDE TONIGHT
THE STARS ARE SHINING BRIGHT
THERE IS A SOFT BREEZE BLOWING
THE STREAM, OVER ROCKS, FLOWING
AS I SIT AND LISTEN TO THE SOUND
THERE IS A SINCE OF PEACE ALL AROUND
PEACE OUTSIDE AND INSIDE TOO
BECAUSE I KNOW GOD HOW ABOUT YOU
GOD WRAPS HIS ARMS AROUND ME
SAFE WITH HIM I WILL ALWAYS BE
AS THESE QUIET TIMES WE DO SHARE
GODS' PEACE IS EVERYWHERE
RUTH PHIPPS
A PRAYER
MIGHTY GOD, PRECIOUS KING
PRAISES TO YOU WE BRING
IN OUR HEARTS WE INVITE YOU TO LIVE
OUR LIVES TO YOU WE NOW GIVE
MOLD US INTO WHAT YOU WOULD HAVE US TO BE
OPEN OUR EYES SO THAT WE MIGHT SEE
LOST SOULS THAT NEED TO BE BROUGHT IN
AND RECEIVE FORGIVENESS OF THEIR SIN
TOUCH US ,HEAL US,MAKE US WHOLE
BODY MIND SPIRIT AND SOUL
WE WILL BE READY FOR THAT DAY
WHEN YOU CALL YOUR CHILDREN AWAY
WITH YOU FOREVER WE SHALL BE
PRAISING YOU ETERNALLY
RUTH PHIPPS
PRAISE HIM
SUN SHINING, BIRDS SINGING
TO GOD OUR PRAISES WE'RE BRINGING
THIS IS A WONDERFUL DAY
AS WE FOLLOW JESUS ON THE NARROW WAY
HIS LOVE FOR US IS ALL AROUND
IN THE AIR AND ON THE GROUND
LOOK AT ALL HIS CREATION AND SEE
HE DID IT ALL FOR YOU AND ME
HE EVEN GAVE HIS LIFE ON A TREE
JUST SO YOU AND I FROM SIN COULD BE FREE
SO LET'S PRAISE HIM WITH THE HEAVENLY HOST
LET'S ALL PRAISE FATHER, SON, AND HOLY GHOST
RUTH PHIPPS
MY JOURNEY
THIS JOURNEY THAT I STARTED LONG AGO
IS NOW ABOUT OVER, THIS I KNOW
ON THIS JOURNEY I HAVE HAD
UPS AND DOWNS GOOD TIMES AND BAD
I HAVE SEEN SO MANY SIGHTS
BOTH IN DARKNESS AND IN LIGHT
ONE SIGHT I WILL NEVER FORGET
OH HOW I REMEMBER IT YET
HE SHOWED ME MY HOME ABOVE
WHERE I WILL LIVE IN HIS GREAT LOVE
TO MY FAMILY LET ME SAY
GIVE YOUR HEART TO JESUS TODAY
THEN ONE DAY TOGETHER WE SHALL AGAIN BE
AT HOME WITH HIM ETERNALLY
RUTH PHIPPS
GOD HAS FORGIVEN ME
HOW CAN YOU TURN YOUR BACK AND WALK AWAY
I'M NO LONGER A MEMBER YOU SAY
I MESSED UP, I AGREE
BUT GOD HAS FORGIVEN ME
I HAD TO LEAVE MY CHURCH HOME
FOR A LONG TIME I DID ROAM
BUT NOW WHY CAN'T YOU SEE
GOD HAS FORGIVEN ME
I CAN'T COME BACK THERE ANYMORE
FOR ME THAT IS A CLOSED DOOR
THAT'S OKAY, THAT'S ALRIGHT
WITH YOU I WILL NOT FIGHT
YOU DON'T WANT TO TAKE ME BACK IN
EVEN THOUGH GOD HAS FORGIVEN MY SIN
GOD WILL FIND FOR ME A PLACE
ONE DAY I WILL SEE HIM FACE TO FACE
FROM HEAVEN YOU CAN NOT KEEP ME OUT
I WILL BE THERE THERE'S NO DOUBT
WHEN JESUS DIED ON THAT TREE
HE NOT ONLY DIED FOR YOU, HE ALSO DIED FOR ME
RUTH PHIPPS
HE LOVES THEM ALL
THE PEOPLE LINED THE HALL
THEY HAD HEARD HIS CALL
THEY LINED UP FOR HIS TOUCH
THEY HAD BEEN THROUGH SO MUCH
DEATH HAD COME FOR THE FAMILY OF SOME
OTHERS FOR A HEALING HAD COME
FROM HIS PATH OTHERS HAD SLIPPED
SOME NEEDED DELIVERANCE FROM SINS GRIP
THERE WERE THOSE BENT WITH AGE AND PAIN
THEY WANTED THEIR HEALTH TO REGAIN
SOME COULD NOT SPEAK, SEE OR HEAR
THEY WANTED TO BE WHOLE SO TO HIM THEY DREW NEAR
FOR MANY REASON PEOPLE CAME
HE LOVES THEM ALL JUST THE SAME
DIFFERENT PEOPLE, DIFFERENT NEEDS
TO HIS VOICE THEY ALL HEED
IF ASKED WHAT WOULD YOU SAY
WHY DO YOU COME TO JESUS TODAY
RUTH PHIPPS
I SAW HEAVEN
AS I STEP THROUGH THE GATE
THE BEAUTY MY BREATH DID TAKE
THE CITY WAS ALL GOLD
WHAT A SIGHT TO BEHOLD
THEN A HEARD A SOUND NEAR
I FOLLOWED THE SOUND I DID HEAR
AROUND THE CORNER WHAT DID I SEE
A CROWD OF PEOPLE THERE HAPPENED TO BE
AROUND A THRONE THEY ALL STOOD
I GOT AS CLOSE AS I COULD
TOGETHER THEY ALL DID SING
PRAISES TO JESUS OUR KING
THE BEAUTY OF THE CITY FADED OUT OF SIGHT
AS THEY PRAISED THE LAMB THAT IS THE LIGHT
ALL THEIR VOICES AS ONE DID SOUND
AS THE LORD THEY GATHERED AROUND
RUTH PHIPPS
WILL YOU
WILL YOU TURN FROM YOUR SINFUL WAY
GIVE YOUR LIFE TO JESUS TODAY
WILL YOU LET HIM INTO YOUR HEART
FROM HIM NEVER EVER PART
WILL YOU LISTEN AND HIS VOICE OBEY
FOR OTHERS WILL YOU PRAY
WILL YOU FOLLOW THE WAY HE LEADS
BE A PLANTER OF GOOD SEEDS
WILL YOU TELL OTHERS FOR THEM HIS LIFE HE DID GIVE
FOR HIM EVERYDAY WILL YOU LIVE
WILL YOU HIS PRAISES SING
AS YOU ACCEPT HIM AS YOUR KING
WILL YOU WALK THE NARROW ROAD
HELP CARRY ANOTHER'S LOAD
WILL YOU WITH OTHERS HIS JOY SHARE
TELL THEM THAT HE DOES CARE
WILL YOU STAND FOR HIM EVERYDAY
TELL OTHERS THE PRICE HE DID PAY
WILL YOU TO HIM SURRENDER ALL
AND BE READY FOR THE CALL
RUTH PHIPPS
STORMS OF LIFE
LIGHTENING FLASHING ALL AROUND
THUNDER CRASHES AND SHAKES THE GROUND
THE WIND IS GETTING VERY STRONG
THE TREES CAN'T LAST VERY LONG
AS ALL THIS GOES ON OUTSIDE
IN OUR SHELTER WE DO HIDE
WHEN STORMS OF LIFE COME OUR WAY
WE HAVE A PLACE WE CAN STAY
WE DON'T HAVE TO RUN AND HIDE
WHEN WITH JESUS WE ABIDE
AS THE STORMS RAGE ALL AROUND
IN HIS ARMS WE ARE SAFE AND SOUND
RUTH PHIPPS
GOD'S SON
GOD LOVED HIS CREATION VERY MUCH
HE KNEW TO SAVE IT WOULD TAKE A SPECIAL TOUCH
SO MANY HEARTS, SO BLACK WITH SIN
HOW COULD HIS LOVE GET IN
JESUS,GOD'S SON,SAID I WILL GO
I WILL TO THEM YOUR LOVE SHOW
IF IN ME THEY DO BELIEVE
THE SIN IN THEIR HEART WILL LEAVE
WITH THIS GOD DID AGREE
JESUS CAME AND LIVED LIKE YOU AND ME
TO THE POOR COMPASSION HE DID SHOW
HE HELPED US MORE ABOUT GOD TO KNOW
THERE WERE THOSE WHO DIDN'T LIKE JESUS YOU SEE
THEY WERE JEALOUS AS THEY COULD BE
THEY WANTED THE ATTENTION THAT JESUS DID GET
SO IN THEIR MINDS A PLAN THEY SET
ONE NIGHT SOLDIERS LEAD JESUS AWAY
WITH HIM MOST OF HIS DISCIPLES DID NOT STAY
THEY BEAT HIM, LAUGHED AND BAD THINGS SAID
THEY PUT A CROWN OF THORNS ON HIS HEAD
FOR HIM NO ONE STOOD UP TO SAY
THIS IS WRONG YOU CAN'T DO HIM THIS WAY
THAT WAS ALL PART OF HIS PLAN
THIS YOU MUST UNDERSTAND
HOW COULD WE FROM SIN BE FREE
IF JESUS DIDN'T DIE ON THAT TREE
HE FINISHED WHAT HE CAME TO DO
THE BLOOD HE SHED WAS FOR ME AND YOU
JESUS WENT BACK TO SIT ON HIS THRONE
BUT HE DIDN'T LEAVE US ALL ALONE
HIS SPIRIT IS WITH US TODAY
LEADING,GUIDING,SHOWING US THE WAY
RUTH PHIPPS
WORDS
DO YOU KNOW WORDS CAN CUT LIKE A KNIFE
THEY CAN RUIN SOMEONES LIFE
YES, WORDS ARE POWERFUL THINGS
THE WOUNDS THEY CAUSE REALLY STINGS
WORDS CAN CAUSE A LOT OF PAIN
WHEN OUR WORDS HURT WHAT DO WE GAIN
WE NEED TO USE OUR WORDS FOR GOOD
JUST LIKE GOD SAID WE SHOULD
WE NEED TO WATCH WHAT WE SAY
FOR ONE DAY WE WILL HAVE TO PAY
RUTH PHIPPS
DON'T FORGET GOD
WE DON'T FORGET TO EAT, SLEEP AND DRINK
WHY DO WE FORGET GOD DO YOU THINK
GOD IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN ALL THE ABOVE
HE CARED ENOUGH TO SEND DOWN HIS LOVE
JESUS IS GODS' LOVE YOU SEE
HE CAME TO DIE FOR YOU AND ME
ON THE CROSS HIS LIFE HE DID GIVE
SO THAT WE MIGHT WITH HIM LIVE
WE NEED HIM WITH US EVERYDAY
WALK BESIDE HIM ALL THE WAY
DON'T GET AHEAD, DON'T FALL BEHIND
KEEP HIM IN SIGHT, HEART AND MIND
SO DON'T FORGET TO PRAY AND GIVE HIM PRAISE
TO HIM EACH DAY OUR VOICES RAISE
HE WILL ALWAYS HEAR OUR PRAYER
BECAUSE FOR US HE REALLY DOES CARE
RUTH PHIPPS
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