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A DEAD MAN’S HOPE
Dry your tears for this poor soul,
at rest, asleep in peace.
Lying here in this dark hole,
a grave I have on lease.
I’ ve paid my dues, I’ve run the race,
the battle of life I’ve won.
I lie asleep in Christ’s good grace,
waiting for Him to come.
How long I’ll wait, I do not know,
but of this I am quite sure.
One day He’ll come and call me out
to a life that’s new and pure.
When the trumpet blows and moves the earth
a new body I’ll be given.
There’ll be no tears, no pain, no death
on the new Earth where I’m living.
So in this dark hole there is a light
shining forth from selfless sacrifice
By one who killed eternal night
our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
Ralph Jackson 4 Aug 1987
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