Afraid? Of what?
To feel the spirit's glad release?
To pass from pain to perfect peace,
The strife and strain of life to cease?
Afraid of that?
Afraid? Of What?
Afraid to see the Savior's face
To hear His welcome, and to trace
The glory gleam from wounds of grace?
Afraid of that?
Afraid? Of What?
A flash, a crash, a pierced heart;
Darkness, light, O Heaven's art!
A wound of His a counterpart!
Afraid of that?
Afraid? Of what?
To do by death what life can not -
Baptize with blood a stony plot,
Till souls shall blossom from that spot?
Afraid of that?
This poem was written by E. H. Hamilton who was inspired by the courages death of freind Jack Vinson.
Vinson was killed in mainland China in 1931 while spreading the Gospel.
