From: Steven Wallace 
Subject: SNET: AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL
Date: 30 May 2000 22:39:22 -0400
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: This poem was written by Judge Roy Moore. Judge Moore was 
:  recently sued by the ACLU for displaying the Ten Commandments
:  in his courtroom. After a lengthy appeal process the case has been
:  dismissed and the Ten Commandments remain on display.
:
:  AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL
:  by Judge Roy Moore
:
:  America the Beautiful, or so you used to be.
:  Land of the Pilgrims' pride, I'm glad they'll never see
:  Babies piled in dumpsters, Abortion on demand,
:  Oh, sweet land of liberty, your house is built on sand.
:
:  Our children wander aimlessly, poisoned by cocaine,
:  Choosing to indulge their lusts, when God has said abstain.
:  From sea to shining sea, our Nation turns away
:  From the teaching of God's love and a need to always pray.
:
:  So many worldly pastors tell lies about our Rock,
:  Saying God is going broke so they can fleece the flock.
:  We've kept God in our temples, how callous we have grown,
:  When earth is but His footstool and Heaven is His throne.
:
:  We've voted in a government that's rotting at the core,
:  Appointing Godless Judges who throw reason out the door,
:  Too soft to place a killer in a well deserved tomb,
:  But brave enough to kill a baby before he leaves the womb.
:
:  You think that God's not angry that our land's a moral slum?
:  How much longer will He wait before His judgment comes?
:  How are we to face our God from Whom we cannot hide?
:  What then is left for us to do, but stem this evil tide?
:
:  If we who are His children will humbly turn and pray,
:  Seek His holy face and mend our evil way,
:  Then God will hear from Heaven and forgive us of our sins,
:  He'll heal our sickly land and those who live within.
:
:  But America the Beautiful if you don't, then you will see,
:  A sad but Holy God withdraw His hand from thee.
:  AMEN!
:
:  THIS IS A POWERFUL POEM. I don't think I have ever read
:  anything more apropos as to what is going on right in front of
:  our face - and what are WE doing about it? America, face
:  exactly what you have become. Each and everyone of us
:  is AMERICA. We each represent the best of what we are,
:  and, if we do nothing about it, each of us represents the worst
:  of what we are.
:
:   ~ Justice ~ When you get what you deserve.
:   ~ Mercy ~ When you don't get what you deserve.
:   ~ Grace ~ When you get what you don't deserve.
:



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