ZACHEUS WAS A LITTLE MAN

WHO ONE DAY CLIMBED A TREE

FOR JESUS WAS TO PASS THAT WAY

AND ZACHEUS COULD NOT SEE.

SO UP THIS BIG OLD TREE HE WENT

ABOVE THE CROWD BELOW,

FOR EVERYBODY HATED HIM

AND LET THEIR HATRED SHOW

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SAFELY HIDDEN IN THE BOWS

ZACHEUS WAITED TENSE

NEARER-NEARER-CAME THE LORD

GREAT WAS HIS SUSPENCE.

ZACHEUS PEERED IN GREAT DELIGHT

AS JESUS CAME IN VIEW

THEN HE GASPED IN AWFUL FRIGHT

WHAT EVER SHOULD HE DO?

FOR JESUS STOPPED BENEATH THE TREE

AND LOOKED HIM IN THE EYE

“ZACHEUS MAY I COME TO TEA”,

WAS THE SAVIOUR’S CRY.

ZACHEUS QUICKLY SCRAMBLED DOWN

AND TO HIS HOUSE MADE HASTE,

THE LORD HAD TO COME TO SEEK HIM OUT

HIS TIME HE WOULD NOT WASTE.

“FORGIVE ME LORD”, FOR ALL THE WRONG

I’VE DONE TO EVERY ONE.

I PROMISE TO REPAY THEM ALL

AND HUMBLY TO ATONE.

ZACHEUS MET THE SAVIOUR

AND REPENTED OF HIS SIN

TRUSTED IN THE LIVING WORD

FOUND NEW LIFE IN HIM.

CHRIST’S VOICE IS JUST AS CLEAR TODAY

HE SEEKS US ONE AND ALL

BE READY WAITING TO RESPOND

WHEN YOU HEAR HIS CALL

HE SEEKS A PLACE WITHIN YOUR HEART

SWING OPEN WIDE THE GATE

REPENT AND LET HIS LOVE FLOW IN

LEST IT BE TOO LATE.

By Doris A. Rulton

Photo by Clifton Franks