TELL THEM, FATHER ABRAHAM!

By Yasen Vedrin
(The Copper Bowl)

Tell them, O Father Abraham,
To all within this world of sin,
That Word of God is like a Temple,
And man is truly rich within.

Tell them, O Father Abraham,
About the Hill with God’s own Ram,
For there the truest meaning grew –
To prove that all your faith was true.

Tell them, O Father Abraham,
Of Lazarus, whom you did cheer,
For nowadays by grand deceit
The faithless souls are swaying here.

Tell them, O Father Abraham,
To people who have wealth untold,
The wicked burns in hellish flame,
If in his life his heart was cold.

Tell them, O Father Abraham,
Even about the dark beyond,
For it is like a blackened pit,

Where sinners to the judge respond.

Before his conscience – man is lone,
His breath and soul to God are due…
Tell them, O Father Abraham!
Reveal the Holy Covenant true!