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TOM GRAY'S DREAM

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TOM GRAY'S DREAM

Tom Gray lay down on the Bar room floor
Having drank so much, he could drink no more.
So he fell asleep with a trobled brain,
To dream that he rode on a hell-bound train:
The engine with blood was red and damp,
And brillieantly lit with a brimstone lamp;
An imp for fuel, was shvelling bones,
While the furnace rang with a thousand groans.
The boiler was filled with lager beer;
And the devil himself was the engineer.

The passangers made such a motley crew...
Church members, atheist, Gentile and Jew,
Rich men in broadcloth and beggers in rags,
Handsome young ladies, and withered old hags,
Yellow and black men, red, brown and white;
And all chained together -- a horrible sight,
While the train dashed on at an awful pace,
And a hot wind scorced them on hand and face.

Wilder and wilder the country grew,
As faster and faster the engine flew;
Louder and lourder the thunder crashed,
And brighter and brighter the lighting flashed,
Hotter and hotter the air became, till...
The clothes were burnt from each quivering frame,
Then! in the distance there rose such a yell,
Ha! ha! croaked the devil, were nearing hell:
Then oh, how the passangers shierked with pain,
And begged of the devil to stop the train.

But he capered about and sang with glee...
And laughed and joked at their agony;
"My faithful friends, you have done my work,
And the devil can never a payday shirk;
You have bullied the weak, you have robbed the poor,
And a starving brother, turned from your door;
You have laid up gold where the canker rusts...
And given free vent to your fleshly lusts;
You have justice scorned and corruption sown,
And trampled the laws of nature down;
You have drunk and rioted, murdered and lied,
And mocked at God, in your hell born prde;
You have paid full fare, and i'll carry you through,
For it's only right that you get your due;
Why, the laborer always expects his hire,
SO I'll LAND YOU SAFE IN THE LAKE OF FIRE....
Where your flesh shall roast in the flames that roar,
And Imps torment you more and more."

Then Tom awoke with an agonized cry,
His clothes soaked with sweat, his hair standing high'
And he prayed as he never prayed before...
To be saved from drink and the devil's power;
And his prayers were not made in vain,
For he nevermore rode on the hell-bound train.

"Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has contentions?
Who has wounds without cause? Who has redness of eyes?
They that tarry long at the wine:
they that go to seek mixed wine,
Look not thou upon the wine when it is red,
when it giveth his colour in the glass, when it moveth itself aright,
At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder."
(Proverbs 23:29-32)

Oh how God does love sinners; drunkards,harlots and all
He has saved all that ever trusted Him
He proved His great love for us by taking
the punishment of our sins on the cross;
He died and rose again on the third day,
that we might be forgiven and have a
glorious resurrection... Isn't that wonderful!?
"Only trust Him! Only trust Him! Only trust Him now!"

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