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 [00:11.32]They grew tired of bread form heaven [00:14.29]And of Moses and of God [00:16.64]They longed to live the life of slavery once again [00:22.83]So they muttered and they grumbled [00:25.02]And they wimpered and they whined [00:28.47]With each faithless word sank deeper into sin [00:34.54]He took the pen of pain once more [00:37.43]To write upon their hearts [00:40.12]The lesson they had been so slow to learn [00:45.83]But writing in the sand the firey serpents came to call [00:51.35]With a holy message and a bite that burned [00:57.29]Lift up the suffering symbol [00:59.78]And placve it high upon a pole [01:02.77]Tell the children to look up and be made whole [01:09.91] [01:17.39]So Moses made a metal snake [01:20.16]And nailed it to a pole [01:22.83]Sent out the saving word so they would know [01:28.51]That the symbol of their suffering was now the focus of their faith [01:34.16]And with a faithful glance the healing power would flow [01:39.96]In time the brazen serpent became an idol in the land [01:45.68]And they left the living God to worship clay [01:51.48]When they forgot their suffering [01:53.84]Soon true faith had disappeared [01:56.76]So some idolize a brazen cross today [02:02.92]Lift up the suffering symbol [02:05.25]And place it high upon a pole [02:08.27]Tell the children to look up and be made whole [02:14.38]Lift up the suffering symbol [02:16.77]And place it high upon a pole [02:19.66]Tell the children to look up and be made whole [02:27.58] [02:48.87]Lift up the suffering symbol [02:51.09]And place it high upon a pole [02:53.96]Tell the children to look up and be made whole [03:00.18]Lift up the suffering symbol [03:02.57]And place it high upon a pole [03:05.41]Tell the children to look up and be made whole [03:11.16]Tell the children to look up and be made whole