THE ANGEL AND THE ROSE

I SENSED A DIFFERENCE LATE ONE NIGHT

AND AROSE FROM MY BED BEFORE DAYLIGHT.

WALKED INTO EVERY SINGLE ROOM,

AND TO MY SURPRISE, I SAW IN THE GLOOM

AN ANGEL CHILD WITH A VERY LARGE ROSE

STANDING IN THE ROOM IN WHICH I CHOSE

TO ENTER, AND I WAS ASTONISHED TO SEE

THAT SHE HAD BROUGHT THE ROSE TO ME.

SHE WAS A DARLING ANGEL CHILD,

ONE WHO WAS LOVING AND SO MILD.

SHE WALKED TOWARD ME, AND AS I LOOKED,

HANDED ME THE ROSE, THEN SHE TOOK

HER HAND AND TOUCHED MY ARM,

IT WAS SO SOFT AND FILLED WITH WARM

LOVE TO IMPART UNTO MY SOUL,

AND THEN SHE TRIED TO CONSOLE ME ,

FOR I HAD STARTED TO CRY

WITH LOVE FOR HER, AND I TRIED

TO HOLD HER IN MY ARMS,

BUT SHE ELUDED ME, AS I CRIED,

"OH, ANGEL CHILD, DO NOT LEAVE,

FOR YOU ARE FILLED WITH SUCH SWEETNESS

THAT I WOULD GRIEVE FOR THE LOVE YOU GIVE

TO ME, AND LOVE FOR ALL THE WORLD TO SEE."

AFTER SHE HANDED ME THE ROSE

SHE LEFT, AND NO ONE KNOWS

WHY SHE CAME, EXCEPT JUST ME,

FOR I NEEDED THAT ROSE FROM CALVARY.

IT WAS A ROSE OF LOVE FROM MY SAVIOR DEAR,

MY JESUS, WHO IS ALWAYS NEAR

TO EACH AND EVERYONE WHO BELIEVES

HE IS THE RISEN SON OF THE LIVING GOD, YOU SEE.

"PLEASE BELIEVE IN HIM?" ASKS THE ANGEL CHILD,

"HE IS SO VERY MEEK AND MILD,

HIS LOVELY LIFE HE GAVE FOR ALL TO BE

WITH HIM IN HEAVEN FOR ETERNITY. "

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