MIGHTIER THAN THE SWORD...

The pen is mightier than the sword, my friend,
And that statement is not new;
'Tis borrowed from the pen of one
Who found the premise true.

The written and the spoken word
Have done far more for man
Than fighting and killing with sword or gun
And such like ever can.

No writing is more powerful
Than that that's from the Lord,
That Holy Book, God's Living Word,
That is the Spirit's Sword.

A man so armed, friend, cannot fail,
No matter what the strife,
For inscribed upon its blessed pages
Are the precious words of Life,

Words God-breathed and written down
By men filled with His Spirit,
That men might read and understand,
Know God's will and fear it.

Yea, the pen is mightier than the sword,
For the sword brings naught but death,
But from the pen of inspired men
Comes life's Word breathed by God's breath.

  a. franklin staples

January 18, 1995


Copyright © 1995 by A. Franklin Staples