Christian poem 'RENDER TRIBUTE DUE' by Pearl Sturgis (Christart.com)

RENDER TRIBUTE DUE
by Pearl Sturgis

CAN YOU IMAGINE HOW GREAT IT WILL BE?
WE'LL GET TO HEAVEN AND THERE WE WILL SEE
MOSES,HE TALKS WITH THE LORD FACE TO FACE
NEVER A PROPHET HAS STOOD IN HIS PLACE.

JOSHUA WHO MARCHED ROUND THE CITY SO TRUE
ONLY BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT GOD SAID TO DO.
HIS ONLY WEAPON WAS TRUE FAITH AND TRUST.
JUST FOR A GLIMPSE OF THAT MAN IS A MUST.

DANIEL WHO SLEPT WITH THE LIONS ONE NIGHT
SUFFERED NO FEAR FOR HE KNEW HE WAS RIGHT
DANIEL ALREADY HAD TAKEN HIS STAND.
NOW HE WOULD REST AS THE LORD DID COMMAND

THERE WITH HIS SARA WILL BE ABRAHAM;
FATHER OF NATIONS. GOD CALLS HIM FRIEND!
ISAAC AND JACOB AND JOSEPH, HIS SON...
THERE WITH HIS BROTHERS.TRIALS ALL DONE.

PAUL, THE APOSTLE WAS BEATEN AND ROBBED
COUNTING IT JOY THAT HE SUFFERED FOR GOD
THINK ABOUT JOB WITH PATIENCE OF GOLD.
WHAT CAN I SAY WHEN I ENTER THAT FOLD?

JOB I WILL HONOR YOUR NAME IN MY RHYME
IN SPITE OF COMPLAINTS I HAD ALL THE TIME
THOSE I'VE FORGOTTEN IN THIS WORLD BELOW
GOD HAS THEM WRITTEN IN HEAVEN, I KNOW.

WHAT ABOUT DAVID WHO WENT ALL ALONE...
KILLING THE GIANT WITH ONE LITTLE STONE?
LUTHER AND TYNDALE AND ROGERS AND MOORE,
BRADFORD AND BREWSTER WAIT ON THE SHORE.

LET US NOW RENDER THE TRIBUTE THATS DUE.
HONOR TO HONOR WITH LOVE THAT IS TRUE.
ADAM AND EVE WHO HAD SOLD US TO SIN;
JESUS, OUR LORD, WHO REDEEMED US AGAIN.

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