YOU FORGOT MY SOUL
By Dr. Hoyt W. Allen, Jr.
This came to me recently and I thought that it needed to be distributed to others. Please help us pass it on to others!
YOU LIVED NEXT DOOR
TO ME FOR YEARS,
WE SHARED OUR
DREAMS, OUR JOYS,
AND TEARS;
A FRIEND TO ME YOU
WERE INDEED.
A FRIEND WHO HELPED
ME WHEN IN NEED.
MY FAITH IN YOU WAS
STRONG AND SURE.
WE HAD SUCH TRUST AS
SHOULD ENDURE.
NO SPATS BETWEEN US
EVER ROSE,
OUR FRIENDS WERE
ALIKE--AND SO, OUR
FOES.
WHAT SADNESS, THEN
MY FRIEND, TO FIND,
THAT AFTER ALL, YOU
WEREN'T SO KIND.
THE DAY MY LIFE ON
EARTH DID END,
I FOUND YOU WEREN'T
A FAITHFUL FRIEND.
FOR ALL THOSE YEARS
WE SPENT ON EARTH,
YOU NEVER TALKED OF
SECOND BIRTH.
YOU NEVER SPOKE OF
MY LOST SOUL
AND OF THE CHRIST
WHO MAKES ME WHOLE!
I PLEAD TODAY FROM
HELL'S CRUEL FIRE,
AND TELL YOU NOW MY
LAST DESIRE--
YOU CANNOT DO A
THING FOR ME;
NO WORDS TODAY MY
BONDS WILL FREE.
BUT DO NOT ERR, MY
FRIEND, AGAIN--
DO ALL YOU CAN FOR
SOULS OF MEN.
PLEAD WITH THEM NOW
QUITE EARNESTLY,
LEST THEY BE CAST IN
HELL WITH ME!
--ANONYMOUS--
THIS POEM REVEALS AN INSIGHT FROM SOMEONE WHO IS CRYING OUT FOR THE CHURCH TO SEE WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN TO THE LOST. IF A CHRISTIAN DOES NOT TELL THEM ABOUT JESUS, WHO WILL?
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