TITLE: SOUTHWEST MISSION

ARTIST: J.C. BEHLEN, JR.

THE MISSION

THE MISSION SITS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN,

BESIDE A BEAUTIFUL STREAM.

THE PADRE OF THE MISSION SLEEPS,

AND THIS IS WHAT HE DREAMS:

HIS PARISHIONERS ARE BY THOUSANDS,

HIS CHOIR IS FILLED WITH SUCH SONG,

THEIR VOICES ARE SO HARMONIOUS,

LOVELY, AND EVER SO STRONG.

THEY SING OF THE JESUS HE PREACHES,

HE PREACHES SO LOUDLY AND CLEAR,

THAT THE PARISHIONERS ALL DO HEAR HIM,

EVEN AT THE PEW IN THE REAR.

IN HIS DREAM, HE IS GARBED IN WHITE LINEN,

HIS MITER IS GLOWING OF GOLD,

HIS WORDS ARE PIERCING AND CONVINCING,

HIS PRESENTATION IS EVER SO BOLD.

FROM THIS DREAM, HE DOES AWAKEN

UNTO THE BEAUTY OF THE SURROUNDING HILLS,

AND KNEELS AND THANKS THE FATHER ABOVE,

FOR THE GIFTS FROM THE FATHER'S WILL.

HE IS THANKFUL FOR THE BEAUTIFUL MISSION,

IT IS SO LOVELY WITHOUT AND WITHIN,

FOR HERE HE IS USED BY HIS SAVIOR,

TO TELL THE PEOPLE, THEIR SINS ARE FORGIVEN.

THE MISSION BELLS ARE RINGING,

RINGING SO LOUD, AND SO CLEAR,

THEY CALL EVERYONE TO THE MISSION,

SO JESUS' WORD THEY CAN HEAR.

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POETRY COPYRIGHT 1998 BY: TULSABUTTERFLY. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.