Classic Poem

Daddy had a little boy,
His soul was white as snow
He never went to Bible school,
'Cause Daddy wouldn't go.

He never heard the Word of God
That thrills the childish mind
While other children went to class,
This child was left behind.

As he grew from babe to youth,
Dad saw to his dismay,
A soul that once was snowy white,
Became a dingy gray.

Realizing that his son was lost,
Dad tried to win him back;
But now the soul that once was white,
Had turned an ugly black.

Dad even started back to church
And Bible study too;
He begged the preacher, “Isn't there
A thing that you can do?”

The preacher tried, failed, and said,
“We're just too far behind;
I tried to tell you years ago,
But you would pay no mind.”

And so another soul was lost,
That once was white as snow;
Bible school would have helped
But Daddy wouldn't go.