Listen
to the Watchman
Clay
Willis & Alan Vining
Isaiah
9:2 “The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that
dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined.”
Matthew
4:16 “The people that sat in darkness saw a great light; and to them that sat
in the region and shadow of death, to them did light spring up.”
[See
also Isaiah 21:6-17; Ezekiel 3:17-21; 33:2-9; Hosea 9:8-17]
Here’s a song composed and performed by Clay Willis
and his longtime music partner and talented musician Alan Vining based on this
prophecy. Click on this link to listen to the
song.
The
people who walk in darkness have seen a great light
They
who dwell in the land of the death shadow, Light has shown on them.
Listen
to the watchman
Listen
to the word of God.
(Verse
1 – recitation)
The
watchman talks and then he sings
From
his parapet high on the tower.
He
watches TV and reads the Times
As
if watching the bloom of a flower.
The
door will be opened to the one who knocks
Peace
will come and the seeker will find
The
signs of the times are there to read
For
those with open hearts and mind.
(Chorus)
(Verse
2 – recitation)
The watchman sees the clouds and dust
Raised by the Jackboots on the rise.
He faithfully calls the warning to his friends
Who may not choose to surmise.
The true meaning of the rise of the Fourth Reich
But busy themselves with their mundane things
While the watchman calls and their doom falls
And the bell of disaster rings.
(Chorus)
(Verse
3 – recitation)
The price of their blood will not be charged
To the one who warns swift and true.
But to each his own fate is
charged
And he must pay the bill when it’s due.
Not from virtue, but by faith will be saved,
Those who love and strive for the right.
The promises true are for me and for you
And comfort us in the coming dark night.
(Chorus)
©
1991 Clay Willis & Alan Vining