Lift Up The Suffering Symbol (The Beginning Album Version)-Michael Card

[ti:Lift Up The Suffering Symbol (The Beginning Album Version)] [ar:Michael Card] [al:The Beginning] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Lift Up The Suffering Symbol (The Beginning Album Version) - Michael Card [00:11.50]They grew tired of bread form heaven [00:14.46]And of Moses and of God [00:16.81]They longed to live the life of slavery once again [00:23.00]So they muttered and they grumbled [00:25.19]And they wimpered and they whined [00:28.64]With each faithless word sank deeper into sin [00:34.71]He took the pen of pain once more [00:37.60]To write upon their hearts [00:40.29]The lesson they had been so slow to learn [00:46.00]But writing in the sand the firey serpents came to call [00:51.52]With a holy message and a bite that burned [00:57.46]Lift up the suffering symbol [00:59.95]And placve it high upon a pole [01:02.94]Tell the children to look up and be made whole [01:10.08] [01:17.56]So Moses made a metal snake [01:20.33]And nailed it to a pole [01:23.00]Sent out the saving word so they would know [01:28.68]That the symbol of their suffering was now the focus of their faith [01:34.33]And with a faithful glance the healing power would flow [01:40.13]In time the brazen serpent became an idol in the land [01:45.86]And they left the living God to worship clay [01:51.66]When they forgot their suffering [01:54.02]Soon true faith had disappeared [01:56.94]So some idolize a brazen cross today [02:03.10]Lift up the suffering symbol [02:05.43]And place it high upon a pole [02:08.45]Tell the children to look up and be made whole [02:14.56]Lift up the suffering symbol [02:16.95]And place it high upon a pole [02:19.84]Tell the children to look up and be made whole [02:27.76] [02:49.05]Lift up the suffering symbol [02:51.27]And place it high upon a pole [02:54.14]Tell the children to look up and be made whole [03:00.36]Lift up the suffering symbol [03:02.75]And place it high upon a pole [03:05.59]Tell the children to look up and be made whole [03:11.34]Tell the children to look up and be made whole