Jesus is Lord

From time to time, I have shared some of my own poetic endeavours. The piece that follows was written about 1977, while I was minister at Bellshill: St.Andrew's Parish Church. We had been experiencing some vandalism at the Church Hall, and I had decided to sit in my car in the adjacent car-park to keep an eye on things. Ex-Beatle, Paul McCartney, had recently brought out his hit number "Mull of Kintyre" and, as I sat there humming the melody, words began to form in my mind. The Youth Fellowship sung them some months later, at a Worship Service but, as far as I can recall, they have not been used on any other occasion!

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Jesus is Lord!
O let the sound echo all over the world,
'til all of the people know
Jesus is Lord.

1. Sing out His praises, and shout out His Name;
tell of the love of the Saviour Who came.
Came to redeem us, and save us from sin
if we'll open our hearts, and let Jesus come in.

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2. Lord of creation, and Giver of light;
He is the One Who brings hope to our night.
Died there, at Calvary, on man's cruel tree
so that sin might be conquered, and sinners set free.

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3. Just as He promised, He rose from the grave;
First-fruit of all those whom He'd come to save.
Then He ascended to heaven above
that His Spirit might fill us with power and with love.

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4. Soon He's returning, our Lord and our King;
all of the ransomed to Glory He'll bring;
to live there, forever, the Scriptures record -
that's your future if, in your life, Jesus is Lord.

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