SEARCHING FOR JESUS

GO YOU FORTH AND SEEK YOUR SAVIOR, THUS I HEARD A VOICE SAY,

SO I SOUGHT HIM IN THE CHURCHES WHERE THE PEOPLE KNEEL TO PRAY,

TILL THAT SAME SMALL VOICE WHISPERED, JESUS IS NOT HERE TODAY.

YOU BEHOLD THE PEOPLE PRAYING, BUT THEIR HEARTS ARE FULL OF SIN,

JESUS KNOCKED UPON THE PORTALS, BUT THEY LET THE DEVIL IN,

FOR THE GOLDEN CHURCH OF MAMMON HAS NO OTHER GOD BUT HIM.

I WENT SEEKING FOR THE SAVIOR IN THE HALL OF CRIME AND WOE,

HE HAD DIED UPON A MOUNTAIN FOR THE SINNERS LONG AGO, AND I THOUGHT,

IT'S THERE I'LL FIND HIM HELPING THOSE WHO HAVE FALLEN LOW.

SO I SEARCHED AND CALLED FOR JESUS AND THE WICKED LAUGHED IN GLEE,

WHILE THE DEVIL AND HIS COHORTS MADE A MOCK OF ME.

SO ONCE MORE I SEARCHED FOR JESUS, SEARCHED THE MOUNTAINS AND THE SEA,

SEARCHED THE HEAVENS AND THE OCEANS, AND I WONDERED WHERE IS HE?

AND THE SILVERY VOICE ANSWERED  YOU WILL GET NO HELP FROM ME.

AS I TURNED AWAY IN SORROW THERE THE SAVIOR STOOD AND SMILED.

IT'S YOUR OWN EYES THAT ARE BLINDED, LIFT THEM UP AND SEE, MY CHILD.

I'VE BEEN WALKING HERE BESIDE YOU ALL THESE LONG AND WEARY MILES,

TAKE THIS MESSAGE TO THE PEOPLE, I AM WITH YOU NIGHT AND DAY,

WAITING FOR THAT GLAD TOMORROW WHEN YOU BREAK THE DEVIL'S SWAY.

THOSE WHO TRAFFIC WITH THE DEVIL WILL IN SORROW DEARLY PAY.

THERE IS ONE WHO WAITS TO GREET YOU WHEN THE WEARY DAY IS DONE.

FOR THE GATES WILL OPEN FOR YOU AT THE SETTING OF THE SUN.

(The old Hillbilly)