

On the table
side by side
The Holy
Bible and the TV Guide
One is
well-worn and cherished with pride,
But that one
is not the Bible; it's the TV Guide.
One is used
daily to help folks decide.
No! It isn't
the Bible, it's the TV Guide.
As the pages
are turned what shall they see?
Oh! It
doesn't matter, just turn on the TV.
Then
confusion is started for they can't agree,
Just what
they shall watch on the old TV.
So they refer
to the book in which they all confide,
But it isn't
the Bible, it's the TV Guide.
The Word of
God is seldom read,
Maybe a verse
before they crawl into bed,
Exhausted and
sleepy and tired as can be,
Not from
reading the Bible, but from watching TV.
Then back to
the table, side by side,
Go the Holy
Bible and the TV Guide.
No time for
prayer; no time for the Word,
The plan of
salvation is seldom heard.
Forgiveness
of sin, so full and free,
We find in
the Bible and not on TV.
Via “The
Messenger”