This Poem Is From A Colletion Of Christian And Patriotic Poetry
Title: "Thoughts In Verse"
By George A. Wiens

LET CHRIST ARISE IN YOU

IT WAS IN A COURT-YARD LONG AGO,
THAT A MAN STOOD ALL ALONE,
ON TRIAL FOR HIS VERY LIFE,
YET NO EVIDENCE WAS SHOWN.

THIS MAN, HE WAS CONVICTED,
THE JUDGE WAS QUITE AFRAID,
FOR THE TRAIL WAS ILLEGAL,
AND HISTORY WAS BEING MADE.

THE PRISONER'S NAME WAS JESUS.
HE WAS THE SON OF GOD.
HIS ONLY CRIME WAS HELPING THOSE
WHO ON LIFE'S PATHWAY TROD.

HE GAVE HIS LIFE SO WILLINGLY
UPON THAT CRUEL TREE,
SO THAT HIS BLOOD COULD COVER
THE SINS OF YOU AND ME.

HIS CROSS WAS IN THE MIDDLE,
WITH THORNS THEY MADE HIS CROWN.
THEY SAID "IF YOU ARE THE SON OF GOD,
THEN MAKE YOURSELF COME DOWN".

HE COULD HAVE, BUT DID NOT.
FOR HIS LOVE WAS TO GREAT.
FOR HE HAD TO CONQUER SIN AND DEATH,
TO OPEN HEAVEN'S GATE.

THEY LAID HIM IN A BORROWED TOMB.
THEY KNEW THAT HE WAS DEAD.
BUT YET THEY PLACED THE SOLDIERS,
TO GUARD THAT SACRED BED.

CHRIST HAD ALREADY TOLD THEM
THAT THE GRAVE COULD HIM NOT HOLD,
AND THE PROOF CAME THAT GREAT MORNING
AS THE ANGLE'S PRESENCE TOLD.

AS MARY CAME THAT MORNING,
THE TOMB WAS OPEN WIDE,
AND AS SHE STOOPED TO ENTER,
THE ANGEL SAT INSIDE.

THE ANGEL TOLD THE STORY,
THAT CHRIST AROSE AND LIVES,
AND HE LIVES IN HEAVEN THIS MOMENT,
AS ETERNAL LIFE HE GIVES.

HE NOT ONLY LIVES IN HEAVEN,
BUT HE LIVES WITHIN MY HEART.
HE GUIDES, HE KEEPS, HE STRENGTHENS,
IF I ONLY DO MY PART.

MY PART IS BUT TO LET HIM,
HE WILL NOT FORCE ME TO.
YOU TOO CAN HAVE THIS BLESSING,
IF YOU LET CHRIST ARISE IN YOU.