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Standing in awe at the Judgment throne I thought back on the past–spent years I encountered my youthful mischievous friends And the others who’d been very dear Then suddenly a force gripped my heart And I cried out in anguished moan As I turned around–and searched among crowds For those precious friends–my own Oh how far the distant parted them Forlorn and lost they were For they stood in the group that God had damned I saw them through tear-stained blur I looked at my hands ‘that were stained with their blood’ And remembered the searching souls Those friends of mine who knew not the way The emptiness–yearn for console Then their eyes were fixed on me Each of them filled with despair I saw each heart accusing me And regret welled to great to bare I stood among the blessed group Yes–Heaven my home would be But for time without end–in the depth of hell Their lot for eternity! |