As the eagles fly and soar, As they fly two and no more, The Great Architect lets them fly free. Then with the free will by design, One turns and descends The other flies on even against the wind!
The eagle high above with the Great Architect’s Plan, Must fly on led by the Great Architect’s Hand,
For one moment; even in a second, The eagle that descended may lose his way And if one does not stray The course straight and narrow, How will the straying Brother find his way?
For ages and ages men have set to labor Designed by the Great Architect’s Hand, Only to find the Master’s Plan.
But for one or maybe two, more if they are willing, Will ever lead men from darkness to light, Teach others that integrity is right, Soar high above the grave to lead others to be brave,
What if no one stayed the course? What if no one cared to ascend to the High Place At the Great Architect’s right hand?
Darkness would prevail, Doom and gloom, even hell would await us all If one eagle did not stay the course when the one was made to fall.
Stay the course my Brother, stay the course For in your heart is the Great Architect’s Plan For all Brothers that fly with you, lead them hand in hand,
And always remember the eagle that has descended For he is looking for a course to fly in whose direction Is light until this life is ended.
REACH
by: WM Tommy G. Monk
From darkness man reaches to grope light, For wisdom comes to us in morn or night,
From Samuel to David to King Solomon we see, Man reaching for a Savior come down from a tree, Neither sound of axe, hammer or tool of iron was heard by me,
Still I reach from darkness to grope light, For wisdom comes to us in morn or night,
Reach then my Brother into the dry well, Always needing another true hand of another true man,
Reach beyond that which was lost but now is found, Reach beyond that which was found in the ground,
For I still reach from darkness to light, For wisdom comes to us in morn or night,
Reach for that which Enoch knew well, Through that hole in the ground where light from darkness, And that which was lost was found,
As important as the beginning, the middle or the end, Until the last breath is drawn, Reach! Reach! Reach from darkness to light, For wisdom comes to us by morn or night.
Psalm CXXXIII (133)
King James Version (KJV)
1. Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity! 2. It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, even Aaron's beard: that went down to the skirts of his garments; 3. As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion: for there the Lord commanded the blessing, even life for evermore.
Amos VII (7), 7-8
King James Version (KJV)
7. Thus he shewed me: and, behold, the Lord stood upon a wall made by a plumbline, with a plumbline in his hand. 8. And the Lord said unto me, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A plumbline. Then said the Lord, Behold, I will set a plumbline in the midst of my people Israel: I will not again pass by them any more.
Ecclesiastes XII (12), 1-7
King James Version (KJV)
1. Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them; 2. While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, be not darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain: 3. In the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out of the windows be darkened, 4. And the doors shall be shut in the streets, when the sound of the grinding is low, and he shall rise up at the voice of the bird, and all the daughters of musick shall be brought low; 5. Also when they shall be afraid of that which is high, and fears shall be in the way, and the almond tree shall flourish, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail: because man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets: 6. Or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern. 7. Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.