<TITLE>24. Par 142-146</TITLE>L-142 Oh, what a great God He is. What a merciful Father. Friends, let me say this as your pastor: You don't realize the privileges that you're living under. You don't realize. There's many great men; there's many saints; there's thousands of holy men that died in years gone by, spirit-filled men who would've loved to have seen this day that you're living in. Let's you and I take advantage of it.
What else have we got to look to? What can we do after this? Where are we going? What's going to happen? We got to go somewhere. You can't stay here all the time. You can mow your grass; next week it needs mowing again. Yeah, twice before that time. You can raise your children. You feed them their dinner; at suppertime they're hungry again. Feed them at supper, they're hungry again the next morning. You buy them a pair of shoes; if they're like mine, about two or three months you buy another pair. You buy them clothes this month; a month or two you buy them new clothes. See? There's nothing continuing; there's nothing stable. There's nothing that can stand.
Covet not this world's vain riches,
That so rapidly decay,
Build your hopes on things eternal,
They will never pass away!
Time is filled with swift translation,
Naught on earth unmoved can stand,
Build your hopes on things eternal,
Hold to God's unchanging hand!
Hold to God's unchanging hand!
Hold to God's unchanging hand!
Build your hopes on things eternal,
Hold to God's unchanging hand!
Listen.
When our journey is completed, (He'll let us know when it's over.)
If to God we have been true,
Fair and bright our home in glory, (That anointed City)
Our enraptured soul shall view!
Hold to God's unchanging hand!
Hold to God's unchanging hand!
Build your hopes on things eternal,
Hold to God's unchanging hand!
Covet not this world's vain riches,
That so rapidly decay,
Just build your hopes on things eternal,
They will never pass away!
Hold to God's unchanging hand!
Hold to God's unchanging hand!
Build your hopes on things eternal,
Hold to God's unchanging hand!
As we bow our head. If you've never took His Hand, won't you just come do it now.
Hold to God's unchanging hand!
Build your hopes on things eternal,
Hold to God's unchanging hand!

L-144 Little girls, you're a pretty little lassies now. Your little hair is pretty; your little cheeks are rosy. But you know, it's just going to be tomorrow till it'll fade away. How do we know that next week the bugs will not be eating in the ground those pretty little rosy cheeks?
Young brother, you're strong, big, strong muscles; you have great anticipations. But after while, just tomorrow, that pretty curly hair will slip out, and what you got left will turn gray. Them big, straight shoulders will stoop down, and the bugs will go to eating in the arms and in the flesh. They'll pack you away into the dust.
So build your hopes on things eternal,
They shall never pass away!
Hold to God's unchanging hand!
Hold to God's (Won't you reach up and get His hand now?)
Build your hopes on things eternal,
Hold to God's unchanging hand!
Then when this journey is completed, (It will be someday.)
If to God you have been true,
Fair and bright your home in glory,
Your enraptured soul shall view.
(Why don't you) Hold to God's unchanging hand!
Hold to God's unchanging hand!
Build your hopes on things eternal,
Hold to God's unchanging hand!

L-146 Many sights have I seen pretty near thirty-one years behind the desk. I've seen sad sights; I've seen glorious sights. The saddest sight that I ever seen in my life, as much as I've seen starving children in the streets, I've seen mothers begging for one piece of bread. The saddest sight I ever seen is see a man, a human being who wished to be a son of God, dying without knowing God.


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