"Save Your Sympathy" ~ Dr. Tom Milam

Twin Falls State Park, Pineville, WV

“Save Your Sympathy,”

First published in Dr. Milam's book, 

"Beside Still Waters"

They mocked and some mourned, that

  Sacrificial Jew;

He garnered no sympathy, as he died

  for me and you. 

He was not a victim,

  Of that railing mob;

It was love that drove him to that

  jagged knob. 

He didn’t wander there helplessly, nor

  venture there aimlessly;

But the will of His Father constrained

  him publicly. 

He could have called legions from

  Glory;

But that would have selfishly altered

  The whole story. 

He laid down his life, to take it

  Up again;

To bring justification, and cleanse

  All our sin. 

Pitiful it seemed,

  But not in weakness;

The strength of the Savior was found

  In his meekness. 

The crowd sorely wept, but for the

  The wrong thing;

They felt sorry for the man, but rejected

  Him as king. 

This is my victory! I hang not

  In defeat;

My tormentors are forgiven, soon

  Salvation is complete. 

By my living I loved you,

  I died to save;

I’ll be buried to carry,

  Your sins far away.

I will raise for your justification,

  Believing will make you free;

I’m coming back to get you,

  And forever, you’ll be with me. 

We weep in shame,

  Our sins put you there;

All of mankind contributed,

  We all had a share,

Sentimentality for his sufferings,

  Closely resembles repentance;

But without confession and profession,

  You can’t expect deliverance.  

Mourning and weeping has never saved

  A single soul;

But trusting the blood from Calvary

  Which flowed. 

Love is: Applied blood, from the Savior

  To a sinner;

Where faith and repentance,

  Makes us a winner. 

Judgment is coming, and God’s wrath

  No doubt;

But- on, “come up hither”,

  The bride’s pulling out!

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