RIVER*

The seas astir in winds of change

Call to empty souls that wander--

O haughty world, that will not bow
Behold: your Maker's splendor.

Almighty God restrained his anger
And poured forth his billowing rains
That mankind might turn from darkness
And be saved from Hell's long pain.

O the blood of his Son, disregarded--
That rushing river of Life that flows--
Will turn to torrents of righteous judgment,
For fools who disdain to know--

Oh, darkened heart canst thou see thine end?
Immerse thy stain in Calvary's surge!
That the fetters of sin be washed away,
That the corrupted soul be purged--

For Salvation is in God's river--
Behold the flood part- if thou wilt repent,
Death drowned in the love of  Jesus
In the river that mercy sent.

Beyond the deluge, deep and wide,
Behold the daystar shining, true

Kiss the feet of the King that bled

The one they pierced for you.

--Abby Elizabeth Charland


1 God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in times of trouble.
2 Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea;
3 Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof, Selah.
4 There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the most High.
5 God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help her, and that right early.
                                                                                 --Psalm 46