The Way

The way is open, man is free
To choose his path and what he’ll be

No two paths are quite the same
And yet we often point and blame

We do not see our brother’s burden
Instead we seek for ways to hurt him

Condemning him in all his sin
Not him alone but all his kin

Is this the way the Master taught us,
Whose blood, and sweat, and tears have bought us?

Did He truly teach us to condemn him?
Or to love and nurture and befriend him?

If you do not know the answer man
You have not heard His gospel plan

For while he suffered on the tree
For all mankind to know and see

Between two murderers he hung
When we heard His perfect gospel sung

One said to Him, “Remember me,
Thou Son of God from Galilee…

When to thy kingdom thou dost fly
Have mercy on me when I die!”

For to this man, the Lord did say,
“With Me you’ll be this very day…

In paradise beyond this world
My gospel in your heart unfurled.”

For this is why He came to Earth
To save from sin, give second birth

To kill in us the man of war,
To live in love forevermore.

Did we not hear the words he cried
Unto His Father when He died?

“Forgive them, please, they do not know
From whence I came and whence I go,”

He came to Us, Our debts to pay
He said to men, “I Am The Way”

The way is open, man is free
To choose his path and what he’ll be.

Joseph Smith - The Great Prophet

There once was a lad who, at age of fourteen,
Had the purest heart that this world’s ever seen,

Except for the Master, the Lord that he sought,
By whom he was patiently nurtured and taught.

He saw God, our Father, and Jesus, His Son,
By whom all the worlds were made and begun.

He spoke with Jehovah amidst all the trees.
His heart filled with love as he bowed on his knees.

Who was this great man who was filled with such joy?
Was he rich? Was he famous? Or just a farm boy?

He was all of these things, but the first are the last.
He received all of them when his test he had passed.

He received all God’s riches in heaven above.
He is crowned now with glory, and mercy, and love.

His name is now mentioned in all tongues of men.
If you’ll listen, you’ll hear it again and again.

Why is it, the name of this boy just won’t die?
It’s because, Jesus Christ, he refused to deny.

In the end, his great witness was sealed with his blood.
Now nothing on earth can turn back this great flood.

You can put out your arm, you can take a strong stance,
But against God’s great truth, you don’t stand a chance.

Nothing can stop this great work from progressing,
So all of you saints, will you please stop distressing?

God will protect and uphold one and all,
If you stand with the Lord, you can’t lose, you can’t fall.

Just hold to the rod, it is straight, it is true
Then do all the things God is asking of you.

Joseph Smith taught us the way we can live.
We can love, we can laugh, have faith, and forgive.

There once was a lad who, at age of fourteen,
Had the purest heart that this world’s ever seen,

Except for the Master, the Lord that he sought,
By whose blood, sweat, and tears, we were lovingly bought.