The Doctrine of Christ

Some of the greatest doctrines ever given

From our Father above who lives in Heaven

Are written so simply and pure

And the simplest of all is to endure

We trudge through this existence each day

And suffer what reverses come our way

We fight with despair and trial and sin

And are often tempted to just give in

But God has not left us by ourselves

Nor placed our lives upon His shelves

To be glanced at on occasion

But reaches us with the Spirit's persuasion

He tells us that we must pray to Him

To love Him and forsake all sin

In humbling ourselves in this way

He promises to be with us through our days

He also tells us that we must feast

Upon His word - daily, at least

For therein can we find the power

That will sustain us hour by hour

We may feel that we are alone and weak

We dare not pray or ask or seek

We doubt ourselves and our poor state

We fear, we fail, we learn to hate

But these things are not from God

Who raises us from this mortal sod

To a higher sphere of love and grace

And holds us in His arm's embrace

He sent His Son to pay the price

His love is thus displayed in a trice

And all he wants is for us to love Him

To follow his ways and abandon all sin

This is what makes us happy, anyway.

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