Brother Nathanael - A Solemn Vow
Aired: 2025-04-26
Duration: 01:57


=== Solemn Vow to Kill (01:55) ===

[00:00:02]  There were three men came out of the west, their fortunes fought to try.
[00:00:07]  And these three men made a solemn vow, John Barleycorn should die.
[00:00:13]  They ploughed, they sowed, they hurled him in through clots upon his head.
[00:00:18]  And these three men made a solemn vow, John Barleycorn was dead.
[00:00:26]  The Bible tells us in a New Testament verse of certain Jews binding themselves with a curse.
[00:00:31]  They made a solemn vow not to eat nor drink until they had killed St. Paul that night.
[00:00:38]  In Jerusalem's jail, Paul, with no clue of the murderous tale, the Lord stands by and says, Be of good cheer.
[00:00:44]  You're going to preach at Rome in a whole new sphere.
[00:00:49]  Then they let him lie for a very long time till the rain comes and they fall.
[00:00:54]  But little son Paul sprung up his head and soon amazed them all.
[00:01:00]  The cursed causes shall not come.
[00:01:03]  God's wisdom orders these all that the plans of man will fall.
[00:01:07]  Paul's sister's son, like a man, told the captain of the band.
[00:01:11]  Takes the child by his head, and says, "This shall not stand!
[00:01:16]  Prepare a troop!
[00:01:17]  Move horses from the stalls!
[00:01:18]  Out of harm's way, I'm sending St. Paul!"
[00:01:21]  And they let him start till his summer come, till he looked both male and warm.
[00:01:26]  But little Sir Paul, he grew a long beard, and so became a man.
[00:01:35]  The moral of the story is this a solemn vow with a religious twist is bereft of God's wish.
[00:01:41]  Making sacred another man's death is nothing short of devilishness.
[00:01:46]  Religious fervor is turned into sin when split from true righteousness.
[00:01:50]  Here's my altar call.
[00:01:52]  Give your life to Christ.
[00:01:53]  Make a solemn vow.
[00:01:55]  It's righteous and it's right.