I PICKED UP THE GOOD BOOK

Well, I picked up the good Book
And took me a long look
I believed it each and every part
But I sure rejoiced in knowing
About the reaping and the sowing
I really took that lesson to my heart.

CHORUS
So I cast my bread upon the water
By helping my brother Struggling
on life’s stormy sea
And I’m sowing a good seed
By doing a good deed
That’ll come back,
come back to me.

Well, I can’t buy my way to heaven
But there’s a Heaven waiting
Purchased by our good and loving
Lord
And I’ll go on striving
Trusting arid surviving
Holding on, expecting my reward.