AUTUMN LEAVES

Thanksgiving 1999

Autumn leaves, turned red and brown,
One more year, are falling down.
Crops combined and ground fresh plowed
Hail Thanksgiving clear and loud.

November weather brings on winter,
Our hearts will soon the Advent enter,
And prophecies of Christ we’ll hear
Again on this Two Thousandth year.

Years through which faith was tested,
And for some, that faith arrested;
But for all who held steadfast,
Christ is real; that faith will last.

His mission works in all the world;
Where Christian flags are now unfurled;
Selfish greed is overthrown
As new converts become His own.

And yet, the task is never—ending;
Our children still we keep on sending,
To lighten loads and burdens bear,
‘Til Christ is Master everywhere.