Copyright 1990 James C. Knox
A tall and bearded gentleman was approaching heaven's gate,
He never thought that he'd be called, Or that death would be his fate.
As he came upon St. Peter, he asked, "may I come in?
"Then St. Peter said this to the man, with top hat and bearded chin,
"Before I open up these gates, there is much that you must tell,
GOD alone will judge your worthiness, of heaven, or of hell."
A tear then glistened in the eyes of this kind and gentle man,
"Yes, I will tell my story, and beg GOD to understand."
"I am from a land much blessed; of clear lakes and fertile sod,
In my early years I prospered, we worked hard and trusted GOD."
"Each day at school we said a prayer, and would read His sacred word,
and lived our lives in keeping, with His commands that we had heard."
"How beautiful our lives were then, we had riches, wealth and fame,
GOD's blessings were upon us, and we exalted His Holy name."
"Then one day something happened, there were no more prayers in school.
We no longer had compassion, or lived by the golden rule."
"We grew openly perverted, an act that GOD would scorn,
then there came a holocaust, of death to those unborn."
"Yes, we had turned our backs on GOD, we were evil in His sight,
and those who killed an unborn child, would scream `it is our right."
"Though GOD was slow to anger, one day, at His command,
There spread incurable diseases; drugs and violence plagued the land."
"There were hurricanes and earthquakes, and droughts from shore to shore,
And warnings to return to GOD, for He would tolerate no more."
"Still we ignored His warnings, sex and perversion were the rule,
we worshipped only money, we were arrogant and cruel."
"When were you born," St. Peter asked, "July 4, 1776" the man replied.
"For you see my name is Uncle Sam, and today my country died."
