Volume 47   Number 8                                                                       April 2005

America the Beautiful, or so you used to be.
Land of the Pilgrim’s pride, I’m glad they’ll never see,

Babies piled in dumpsters, abortion on demand,
Oh, sweet land of liberty, your house is on the sand!

Our children wander aimlessly, poisoned by cocaine,
Choosing to indulge their lusts, when God has said abstain.

From sea to shining sea, our Nation turns away
From the teaching of God’s love and a need to always pray.

So many worldly preachers tell lies about our Rock,
Saying God is going broke, so they can fleece the flock.

We’ve kept God in our temples, how callous we have grown,
When earth is but His footstool, and Heaven is His throne.

We’ve voted in a government that’s rotting at the core,
Appointing godless judges who throw reason out the door.

Too soft to place a killer in a well-deserved tomb,
But brave enough to kill a baby before he leaves the womb.

You think that God’s not angry, that our land’s a moral slum?
How much longer will He wait before His judgment comes?

How are we to face our God, from Whom we cannot hide?
What then is left for us to do, but stem the evil tide?

If we who are His children, will humbly turn and pray,
Seek His holy face and mend our evil way,

Then God will hear from Heaven and forgive us of our sins,
He’ll heal our sickly land and those who live within.

But, America the Beautiful, if you don’t then you will see,
A sad but holy God withdraw His hand from thee.

“If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.” ~ 2 Chronicles 7:14

Editor’s Note: As a rule, we like to use original articles, but this poem is exceptional in its description of spiritual conditions in America. Judge Moore of Alabama has suffered loss for taking a stand on the public display of the Ten Commandments. We are still trying to figure out why things that have been done for over 200 years on government property have suddenly become ‘unconstitutional.’