I Want To Be One of Them
Aug 6th, 2008 by Jenn
This Sara Groves song has really been inspiring me lately….Oh Jesus, how I want to be one of them!!!
I see the long quiet walk along the Underground Railroad
I see the slave awakening to the value of her soul
I see the young missionary and the angry spear
I see his family returning with no trace of fear
I see the long hard shadows of Calcutta nights
I see the sisters standing by the dying man’s side
I see the young girl huddled on the brothel floor
I see the man with a passion come and kicking down the door
I see the man of sorrows and his long troubled road
I see the world on his shoulders and my easy load
And when the Saints go marching in
I want to be one of them
and when the Saints go marching in
I want to be one of them
Chills. Oh how I want to be one of them too. By the way, Mike’s working on a documentary called “Grandfathers” which is a follow up to “Beyond the Gates of Splendor”. Speaking of that “young missionary and the angry spear”….
woah. nice find.