Going as a Lamb

Tribulation
Or salvation?
Lead me, Lord, to Thee.

Why are they taking you again?
Tearing you from my outstretched hands?
Living hands that ease
The burdens of your heart,
Hands that ache for love
When we're apart.
Will it never stop?

Yet we've counted the cost.
I am going as a lamb.

Father, oh father,
Why can't you stay with us?
Father, oh father,
Must they take you away from us?
What will they do with you?

Now the sword is drawn,
And I can't look on.
I am going as a lamb.

If they slay you Joseph, I am sure to die.
Men will give me words of consolation.
For without you, husband, I can't live.
Now my heart is broken.
I won't live!
You must live!
My grief can't be speken.
Let heaven give comfort once again.
I can't live!
Think of the children.
You must live.
Think of me!
Lord, be near!

Tribulation.
Or salvation.
Lead me, Lord, to Thee.

So the day may come
That your work is done
I'll be
Going as a lamb
To die.