The Preacher Clothed in Brown

     The preacher clothed in brown is a sinner son.

He doesn’t preach in city pulpits or country towns.

     The preacher clothed in brown is in prison son.

He’s called by numbers instead of his name by soldiers making rounds.

     What does the preacher wearing brown say dad?

Does he say he’s sorry for what he’s done?

     What did the preacher wearing brown do dad?

To make him stay in prison even after his preaching’s done?

     The preacher wearing brown preaches Jesus son,

The same Jesus that your daddy preaches of.

     The preacher wearing brown just did some sinning son,

But that sinnings been forgiven, just like ours by Jesus’ love.

     If his sins have been forgiven dad,

Then why’s he still in prison, this preacher all in brown?

     If his sins have been forgiven dad,

Shouldn’t he be at home asleepin, in comfort layin down?

     Even forgiven sins have consequences,

That need atoning for on Earth.

     But his slates been wiped clean by God son,

And that’s what truly decides his worth.

     I heard this preacher preachin son,

The Gospel plain and clear.

     No fluff, no flowers, no tiptoein in his message son

And all the men were payin him attention there.

     He told of Jesus’ death and resurrection

This preacher clothed in brown,

     Of Heavenly judgment and acquittal

And of the Holy Spirit comin down.

     And as the preacher preached son,

His prison uniform of brown

     It seemed to me transformed itself into a robe of white son

And on his head appeared a crown.

     The preacher clothed in brown is a saint son.

The child of our Heavenly King.

     The preacher clothed in brown is family son

Which makes him more precious than anything.

     There is a preacher clothed in brown

But only to our eyes.

     For Jesus sees him all in white

With eternity his prize.

     There is a preacher clothed in brown

But only to our eyes.

     Whom God Himself, will one day

Proudly recognize.