Grade 7 – Speech Choir Piece

THE INCOMPARABLE CHRIST

More than two thousand years ago there was a man born contrary to the laws of life.

This man lived in poverty and was reared in obscurity. He received no formal education and never
possessed wealth or wide-spread influence.

He never traveled extensively. He only once crossed the boundary of the country in which He lived.
But this man’s life has changed the course of history.

In infancy He startled a king; in childhood he puzzled doctors; in manhood He ruled the course of nature,
walked upon the waves, and hushed the sea to sleep.

He healed the multitudes without medicine and made no charge for His services.

He never wrote a book. Yet His life has inspired more books than any other man.

He never wrote a song. Yet He has furnished the theme for more songs than all songwriters combined.

He never founded a college. But all the schools put together cannot boast of having as many students.

He never marshaled an army, nor drafted a soldier, nor fired a gun. Yet no leader ever had more rebels
surrender to Him without a shot fired.

He never practiced psychiatry. Yet He has healed more broken hearts than all the doctors far and near.

Though time has spread two thousand years between the people of this generation and His birth, He still
lives. Great men have come and gone, yet He lives on. Herod could not kill Him, Satan could not seduce
Him, Death could not destroy Him, the grave could not hold Him.

He laid aside His purple robe for a peasant’s gown. He was rich, yet for our sake He became poor. He slept
in another’s manger. He cruised the lake in another’s boat. He rode on another man’s donkey. He was
buried in another man’s tomb. All failed but He never.

This man stands forth upon the highest pinnacle of heavenly glory, proclaimed of God, acknowledged by
angels, adored by His people, and feared by devils, as the risen Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
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The Rich Man and the Poor Man

“Food and money I give to you. Why do you shout so mercilessly hen I give you your part?” queried the
rich man.

The poor man replied: “Your question you cannot answer, for from pain and agony you are free, but I have
suffered and borne the situation that I don’t like to be in.”

“That I couldn’t understand because life for me is easy; I take this and take that, and life is just what I want
it to be.” consented the rich man.

“Comfort your mind, rich man, with realities of death. Your wealth I do not envy, for you cannot buy
eternity with money. If to live happily is to live in hypocrisy, then I prefer to be silly so I would be holy.

Life you love so much you will lose and only then will you understand what agony is,” the poor man
shouted.

“Ha! Ha! Ha! You say so, for you desire this place of mine. Indulgence you have clouded with reason
But I understand because of your situation.” boastfully the rich man said.

Outraged the poor man answered: “How pitiful the person blinded with pleasure; no, you don’t care of
our journey that you have created through your greediness. Come now, man of weak soul! Your days are
numbered for you to face

The Man of Love.

You may not cry now but later you will when the chilling reality of the last judgment comes across your
way; yes, then you will pity, but not for me. Not for anybody else but for yourself only!

Yes, eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow you shall die!
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PROMISE LAND

"Where am I?"

"Is this the real world?"

A lot of things are on my mind. I may be young and innocent, but not ignorant. I can clearly see what's
present.

I can only imagine life when the world was first created, a beautiful scene yet to be exploited. A dash of
green and blue then add the bright yellow sunshine that lights up the day. God gave us a world full of
promise. He wanted us to use it, take care of it and make sure that there is plenty for everybody.

The water is not blue as it was. The air we breathe is not healthy anymore. The forest that used to be rich
and full, nowhere to be seen.

Dead. Denuded. Destroyed.

"What happened to the promised land?" "How dare we ruin it!" "Look at it people! Look at it!" "If the
world could only speak, it would tell us how much it hurts." "All of us can do something but not everyone
is willing to do it." "Now, I can't imagine what the future holds."

Living. Hoping. Praying

The chances are getting thinner every time. Time is running out. We better do it now or pay the price
later.

Let's rebuild this world and plant new life for a new day. In the end, we destroyed the heaven that was
called Earth. The Earth had been beautiful until our spirit moved over it and destroyed all things.
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REVERSE CREATION

And we said...

Let there be darkness... and there was darkness. And we liked the darkness; so we called the darkness,
Security. And we divided ourselves into races and religions and classes of society. And there was no
morning and no evening on the seventh day before the end.

And we said...

Let there be a strong government to control us in our darkness. Let there be armies to control our bodies
so that we may learn to kill one another neatly and efficiently in our darkness. And there was no evening
and no morning on the sixth day before the end.

And we said...

Let there be rockets and bombs to kill faster and easier; let there be gas chambers and furnaces to be
more thorough. And there was no evening and no morning on the fifth day before the end.

And we said...

Let there be drugs and other forms of escape, for there is this constant annoyance - Reality - which is
disturbing our comfort. And there was no evening and no morning on the fourth day before the end.

And we said...

Let there be divisions among the nations, so that we may know who our common enemy is. And there
was no evening and no morning on the third day before the end.

And finally we said...

Let us create God in our image. Let some other God compete with us. Let us say that God thinks as we
think, hates as we hate, and kills as we kill. And there was no morning and no evening on the second day
before the end.

On the last day, there was a great noise on the face of the Earth. Fire consumed the beautiful globe, and
there was silence. The blackened Earth now rested to worship the one true God; and God saw all that we
had done, and in the silence over the smoldering ruins... God wept.