Is there no God?
If not, whence came the trees and flowers--
And whence the rain's refreshing showers?
And I, frail creature of the dust,
From whence came I here on earth's crust?
Evolved you say?
Ah, then tell me this--from whence the power
That made me out of noting tower?
Perpetual motion can't be found,
This must from higher source abound
Is there no God?
Then why through all the ages down
Is thought of Higher Being found?
In which of tribes beneath the sun
Has this tremendous thought begun?
A myth you say?
And what is a myth?--this too must come
From higher source From whence it sprung;
Can finite Infinite conceive
Unless it be from there received?
Is there no God?
Ah look above, whence came the stars--
The heavenly bodies near and far?
Explain the harmony of all,
Can nothing this from nothing call?
By chance you say?
Do ships upon the ocean float
By chance--these grand gigantic boats?
Must there not be some Master Mind
To plan and make all this design?
Is there no God?
But please explain that Man of Men
The Christ whom God Jehovah sent;
The One to whom all history points,
He who is its essential joint
Just a teacher?
How were, by prophets long ago,
The detail of His life foretold?
And would man die for just a claim
If all he sought were earthly fame?
There is no God?
The fool hath said "There is no God,"
And this he cries until the sod
Looms up before his ghastly face,
And then he pleads to God for grace.
There Is a God!
And all the power and might there be
Cannot take this belief from me;
Both now and when I reach yon shore
I'll praise my God forever more!
--Henery J. Heydt (Founder & 1st President of Lancaster Bible College)
If not, whence came the trees and flowers--
And whence the rain's refreshing showers?
And I, frail creature of the dust,
From whence came I here on earth's crust?
Evolved you say?
Ah, then tell me this--from whence the power
That made me out of noting tower?
Perpetual motion can't be found,
This must from higher source abound
Is there no God?
Then why through all the ages down
Is thought of Higher Being found?
In which of tribes beneath the sun
Has this tremendous thought begun?
A myth you say?
And what is a myth?--this too must come
From higher source From whence it sprung;
Can finite Infinite conceive
Unless it be from there received?
Is there no God?
Ah look above, whence came the stars--
The heavenly bodies near and far?
Explain the harmony of all,
Can nothing this from nothing call?
By chance you say?
Do ships upon the ocean float
By chance--these grand gigantic boats?
Must there not be some Master Mind
To plan and make all this design?
Is there no God?
But please explain that Man of Men
The Christ whom God Jehovah sent;
The One to whom all history points,
He who is its essential joint
Just a teacher?
How were, by prophets long ago,
The detail of His life foretold?
And would man die for just a claim
If all he sought were earthly fame?
There is no God?
The fool hath said "There is no God,"
And this he cries until the sod
Looms up before his ghastly face,
And then he pleads to God for grace.
There Is a God!
And all the power and might there be
Cannot take this belief from me;
Both now and when I reach yon shore
I'll praise my God forever more!
--Henery J. Heydt (Founder & 1st President of Lancaster Bible College)
