Heritage Baptist Church Titusville Florida -Poem

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"Touch of the Master’s Hand,"

T’was battered and scarred, and the auctioneer
Thought it scarcely worth his while
To waste much time on the old violin,
But held it up with a smile.

" What am I bidden, good folks," he cried,
" Who’ll start the bidding for me?"
" A dollar, a dollar," then, two! Only two?
" Two dollars, and who’ll make it three?

" Three dollars, once; three dollars, twice;
Going for three . . . "But no,
From the room, far back, a grey haired man
Came forward and picked up the bow;

Then, wiping the dust from the old violin,
And tightening the loose strings,
He played a melody pure and sweet
As a caroling angel sings.

The music ceased, and the auctioneer,
With a voice that was quiet and low,
Said: "What am I bid for the old violin?"
And he held it up with the bow.

" A thousand dollars, and who’ll make it two?
Two thousand! And who’ll make it three?
Three thousand, once; three thousand, twice;
And going and gone," said he.

The people cheered, but some of them cried,
" We do not quite understand
What changed its worth?" Swift came the reply:
" The touch of a master’s hand."

And many a man with life out of tune,
And battered and scarred with sin,
Is auctioned cheap to the thoughtless crowd,
Much like the old violin.

A "mess of potage," a glass of wine;
A game, and he travels on.
He is "going" once, and "going" twice,
He’s "going" and almost "gone."

But the Master comes and the foolish crowd
Never can quite understand
The worth of a soul and the change that’s wrought
By the touch of the Master’s hand

by
Myra Welsh

“For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit.” I Peter 3:18

Christ has suffered for sin - Surely Christ suffered when He died on the cross. But why was He suffering? He was suffering for sin. Our sin. God placed the sin debt of everyone on His only Begotten Son. The Lord Jesus Christ experienced all of the Father’s wrath for our sins.

Christ suffered once for sin - When Jesus died on the cross, He cried, “It is finished.” He did all that was
necessary to pay for the sins of mankind. Matt.27:51 tells us that God ripped the veil of the Temple in half when Christ died. Why? Because the Old Testament sacrifices were no longer necessary. The Lamb of God died for sins once and for all.

Christ suffered as our substitute - The above verse states that Christ, “the just,” died for us, “the unjust.” He died in our place. He took to Himself our penalty for sin. We deserved the death penalty and separation from God in Hell. But He died in our place.

Christ suffered to bring us to God - Why did Jesus die that awful death on the cross? To bring us to God, so that we could have a personal relationship with the Father that starts right now on earth, and lasts for all eternity.

Because Christ died for us and rose from the dead, we can be saved. Once saved, we can and should bring others to God through salvation in Christ.

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T’was battered and scarred, and the auctioneer Thought it scarcely worth his while To waste much time on the old violin, But held it up with a smile.

" What am I bidden, good folks," he cried, " Who’ll start the bidding for me?" " A dollar, a dollar," then, two! Only two? " Two dollars, and who’ll make it three?

" Three dollars, once; three dollars, twice; Going for three . . . "But no, From the room, far back, a grey haired man Came forward and picked up the bow;

Then, wiping the dust from the old violin, And tightening the loose strings, He played a melody pure and sweet As a caroling angel sings.

The music ceased, and the auctioneer, With a voice that was quiet and low, Said: "What am I bid for the old violin?" And he held it up with the bow.

" A thousand dollars, and who’ll make it two? Two thousand! And who’ll make it three? Three thousand, once; three thousand, twice; And going and gone," said he.

The people cheered, but some of them cried, " We do not quite understand What changed its worth?" Swift came the reply: " The touch of a master’s hand."

And many a man with life out of tune, And battered and scarred with sin, Is auctioned cheap to the thoughtless crowd, Much like the old violin.

A "mess of potage," a glass of wine; A game, and he travels on. He is "going" once, and "going" twice, He’s "going" and almost "gone."

But the Master comes and the foolish crowd Never can quite understand The worth of a soul and the change that’s wrought By the touch of the Master’s hand

by Myra Welsh