Thirty Pieces of Silver
Thirty pieces of silver what a price they did pay For the life of our Saviour who died on that day No wonder he tried to retract that sad deed But too late - to his conscience, he would give no heed. It was Satan who caused this disciple to stray From the flock that he worshiped with day after day No record is there if he counted the cost How his friends would be hurt or his soul would be lost. He listed to Satan on that fateful day No promise from Satan on how he would pay But we read in the Bible the payment he got When filled with remorse how his own life he took. Thirty pieces of silver, can we ever forget As down through the ages, we hear these words yet. Judas Iscariot - he received on that day Thirty pieces of silver for the one he'd betray. I have sinned by betraying this innocent man Were the words that he said as he stood there in shame The money he scattered all over the floor His head bowed with shame as he went through the door. The Scriptures records that his life he did take What a price he did pay for that fatal mistake This should be a warning for mankind today When Our Lord we betray there's a price we must pay! Bramwell B. Quinton Charleston, B.B. [no date appears on the newspaper clipping, but somebody has written "April 15th 1979" on it]
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