'Twas the night Jesus came'

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‘TWAS THE NIGHT JESUS CAME
TWAS THE NIGHT JESUS CAME AND ALL THROUGH THE HOUSE
NOT A PERSON WAS PRAYING, NOT ONE IN THE HOUSE
THE BIBLES WERE LEFT ON THE SHELF WITHOUT CARE
FOR NO ONE THOUGHT JESUS WOULD COME THERE
THE CHILDREN WERE DRESSING TO CRAWL INTO BED
NOT ONCE EVER KNEELING OR BOWING A HEAD
AND MOM IN HER ROCKER WITH BABY IN HER LAP
WAS WATCHING THE LATE SHOW WHILE I TOOK A NAP
WHEN OUT OF THE EAST ROSE SUCH A CLATTER
I SPRANG TO MY FEET TO SEE WHAT WAS THE MATTER
AWAY TO THE WINDOW I FLEW LIKE A FLASH
TORE OPEN THE SHUTTERS AND LIFTED THE SASH
WHEN WHAT TO MY WONDERING EYES SHOULD APPEAR
BUT ANGELS PROCLAIMING THAT JESUS WAS HERE
THE LIGHT OF HIS FACE MADE ME COVER MY HEAD
IT WAS JESUS RETURNING JUST AS HE SAID
AND THOUGH I POSSESSED WORLDLY WISDOM AND WEALTH
I CRIED WHEN I SAW HIM IN SPITE OF MYSELF
IN THE BOOK OF LIFE WHICH HE HELD IN HIS HAND
WAS WRITTEN THE NAME OF EVERY SAVED MAN
HE SPOKE NOT A WORD AS HE SEARCHED FOR MY NAME
WHEN HE SAID, “IT’S NOT HERE” MY HEAD HUNG IN SHAME
THE PEOPLE WHO’S NAMES HAD BEEN WRITTEN WITH LOVE
HE GATHERED TO TAKE TO HIS FATHER ABOVE
WITH THOSE WHO WERE READY HE ROSE WITHOUT A SOUND
WHILE ALL THE REST WERE LEFT STANDING AROUND
I FELL TO MY KNEES BUT IT WAS TOO LATE
I HAD WAITED TOO LONG AND THUS SEALED MY FATE
I STOOD AND I CRIED AS THEY ROSE OUT OF SIGHT
OH, IF ONLY I’D KNOWN THAT THIS WAS THE NIGHT
IN THE WORDS OF THIS POEM THE MEANING IS CLEAR
THE COMING OF JESUS IS NOW DRAWING NEAR
THERE’S ONLY ONE LIFE AND WHEN COMES THE LAST CALL
WE’LL FIND THAT THE BIBLE WAS TRUE AFTER ALL