Do You Believe?

"Do you believe in God, my friend?"
One asked another one.
"Do you believe in Jesus Christ,
God's one begotten Son?"

"Do you believe that all have sinned'
Yes, all of Adam's seed?
And Jesus Christ was crucified
To satisfy this need.

"That mortal man was lost, so lost,
He could not find his way,
Was stooped and bound and steeped in sin
And just grew worse each day.

"He did not even love this God
Who watched him from on high
And reached so far, so very far
To lift him to the sky.

"Had there been any other way
To bring us to His side,
God would not have allowed His Son
To thus be crucified.

"Yet many walk right through His blood
And go right on their way
To spend eternity in hell
And none may tell them nay.

"For God gives every man a right
To make a choice his own
Yet He inviteth everyone
To gather at His Throne.

"And there receive a Crown of Life
Oh, God, give this to me.
A hope in Christ, my soul redeemed,
Eternal life in Thee."

Vester Cooper
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