He Bridged the Gap Between God and Man

What's New

On our home page, an article called Silence Is Golden, about my experience with the gifts of the Holy Spirit.

Full-length Hymn Midis These are distinct from the midis included with the hymn lyrics files, which are quite short.

What Christians Believe A series of articles about the basics of our faith.

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THE QUILTING BEE


It is not an ordinary quilt   

Made at this quilting bee

In fact, if you trace its being built

You will discover the heart of a family


                                        There is no real beginning   

It began so long ago

Like a circle with no ending

It will forever grow


                        

The quilt has no set pattern   

Each piece is unique you see

If you study it you will learn

It connects us all, you and me


                                     You will see the courage that it took   

From our ancestors so long ago

Its pieces like pages in a book

Tells stories of happiness and woe


That worn and tattered piece there

Was once a beautiful gown with lace

Worn by the mother of a royal heir

Loyalty to the Irish brought him disgrace      

 

                               On a slave ship with his mother   

To America he was bound

The sorrow like no other

A whole new life was found   


Qualities like courage, faith and dignity

Many pieces in this fine quilt were sewn

Hope, love and liberty

                      The mighty quilt well known


                        Those two pieces woven together   

Eleven pieces wound about

A family first and forever

Together will work things out




Some pieces may unravel

The thread will weaken too

With patience and love to mend it

It will become as new

 

And when pieces are destroyed

By ways we cannot foresee

Their beauty remains unchanged

Forever in our memory


                                                    The quilt is still growing

New pieces added every year

And each in its way more beautiful

And each piece is very dear


And when our days are ended

And time shall be no more

The quilt will be completed

More wondrous than before   





 

 

 


 


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