THE KINGDOM HALL

No tongue have I, nor mouth, nor lips

A speech I cannot make

But if I could, the things I'd say

Would long, long hours take.

For I was born to fill a need

In answer to a call

And those who brought be forth to life

Have name me "Kingdom Hall."

So I've a royal name, you say

And royal was my birth

I'm here for service to a king

I hope to prove my worth

I want to so much to be just right

To suit the need I fill

To aid in serving Kingdom truth

To people of good will.

Oh give me lips and mouth and tongue

And let me tell to all

The reason I am standing here

Why I'm a Kingdom Hall

But what's a Kingdom Hall, you ask

You mean you haven't heard

Why, I'm the place where all may come

and freely learn God's Word

No, I'm no "Church" and don't get me wrong

I have no pews nor steeple

And never will collection plates

Be used to milk the people

The things you'll hear within my walls

Will not be false tradition

You'll never hear that hell is hot

For that's a contradiction.

Nor will the pagan idea of

A god who's three-in-one

Be ever preached beneath my roof

Such doctrine you should shun

But, rather, here inside my doors

You'll hear of things reliable

Because they'll be taken from

A truthful source...the Bible

You'll learn Jehovah God intends

to rid the earth of its woes

Destroy it's sorrows, sin and death

All mankind's deadly foes

Then in their place will blossom forth

A world of truth and love

An earth where God's will shall be done

Just as in heave above.

There will be no sickness, pain nor death

No tear to mar the smile

No more war will the bring grief and strife

No devil will beguile

But all who live in that new world

Will humbly bow the knee

Before Jehovah God who reigns

In Grand Supremacy.

This is the part of what you'll hear

Within these walls of mine

But more than that, you'll learn just how

To make this light to shine

And that's the point I want to stress

Which may seem rather odd

That I'm not built just as a place

In which to worship God.

No here it is you'll learn of God

To know what is his will

To learn what he requires of you

His laws how to fulfill

To worship God means more than sit

It means to act, to serve, to preach

To preach to all who have not heard

Of Jehovah God's most precious word

So that is why I said before

You worship not in me

But in your daily life you must

Jehovah's Witness be

Outside my doors, amidst the world

You just apply what you have learned

To worship God aright.

How great my joy...I want to shout

My privilege is so rare

You other building of the earth

Cannot with me compare

If I could talk I'd raise my voice

And make all buildings know

That my importance excels theirs

For from me truth will flow

So listen, all you structures proud

You giants of steel and stone

Your tops may scrape a passing cloud

Or soar where birds have flown

Your cornerstone may have been laid

By worldly men of fame

But you cannot Boast that you've been made

To praise Jehovah's name.