Legacy

Well I stood up first in Longtown, on down Dixie way
Not realizing where I was standing
But resolved just the same
Resolved just the same

With authority on my mantle
Which said I was learned
Voices in my boxes said
That was yet earned
That was yet to be earned

I had long heard the whispers and felt the thunder
Seen the lightning and knew the wonder
But now it was me standing in that place
Standing in that place

The man who called me took my ticket
Said, “Confess what you believe”
Cause that’s how you’ll be remembered
When it’s time for you to leave
When it’s time for you to leave

They who came before me
Standing in that same space
Were cautious and gentle
And too wild to face
Too wild to face

They came as well bred men
They came with a rough hewn edge
They all came as under His spell
And committed to their pledge
Committed to their pledge

Time’s string of fearless hearts, standing in that space
It’s the same old desk, just in a different place
Just in a different place

They lifted their voice in joy, lifted them in grief
They’ve been heralds of His Word
In war time and in peace
In war time and in peace


From the portals of Heaven, to disaster at the door
It won’t matter where you speak it
Cause it’s been told before
Yes, it’s been told before

They have come from the backwaters
From the suburbs and the plains
Heralds in rags and suits
Heralds too wild to tame

Time’s string of fearless hearts, standing in that space
It’s the same old desk, just in a different place
Just in a different place

All were but treasures in earthen jars of clay
Each new generation serving in their day
Serving in their day

Our tribe go on forever, it’s ours to give the proof
As long as men walk this earth
We’re here to speak the truth
Here to speak the truth

They came from the neon cities
The farms and the towns
From Old Princeton to Dallas
They’ve stood on holy ground

Time’s string of fearless hearts, standing in that space
It’s the same old desk, just in a different place
Just in a different place
Just in a different place

Same old desk, just in a different place
Just in a different place

Author: jetbrane

I am a Pastor of a small Church in Mid-Michigan who delights in my family, my congregation and my calling. I am postmillennial in my eschatology. Paedo-Calvinist Covenantal in my Christianity Reformed in my Soteriology Presuppositional in my apologetics Familialist in my family theology Agrarian in my regional community social order belief Christianity creates culture and so Christendom in my national social order belief Mythic-Poetic / Grammatical Historical in my Hermeneutic Pre-modern, Medieval, & Feudal before Enlightenment, modernity, & postmodern Reconstructionist / Theonomic in my Worldview One part paleo-conservative / one part micro Libertarian in my politics Systematic and Biblical theology need one another but Systematics has pride of place Some of my favorite authors, Augustine, Turretin, Calvin, Tolkien, Chesterton, Nock, Tozer, Dabney, Bavinck, Wodehouse, Rushdoony, Bahnsen, Schaeffer, C. Van Til, H. Van Til, G. H. Clark, C. Dawson, H. Berman, R. Nash, C. G. Singer, R. Kipling, G. North, J. Edwards, S. Foote, F. Hayek, O. Guiness, J. Witte, M. Rothbard, Clyde Wilson, Mencken, Lasch, Postman, Gatto, T. Boston, Thomas Brooks, Terry Brooks, C. Hodge, J. Calhoun, Llyod-Jones, T. Sowell, A. McClaren, M. Muggeridge, C. F. H. Henry, F. Swarz, M. Henry, G. Marten, P. Schaff, T. S. Elliott, K. Van Hoozer, K. Gentry, etc. My passion is to write in such a way that the Lord Christ might be pleased. It is my hope that people will be challenged to reconsider what are considered the givens of the current culture. Your biggest help to me dear reader will be to often remind me that God is Sovereign and that all that is, is because it pleases him. View all posts by jetbrane