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He Walked the Forbidden Trail

from The Big Trail & Other Ballads of the Tuscarawas by Brother Joshua

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lyrics

I was young and steadfast, into the wilderness I roamed
A Bible in my hands, a fire in my bones
Across seas and battlegrounds, deep hardships I endured
To escape the cruelty in men and to somehow be its cure
Together we pray

Always in my thoughts, the motherland still lingered close
The trees and fields of home hung around me like a ghost
But my heart was reserved for something greater, something more
My blessed Savior, and that bright, bright shore
Together we labor

In this hollow world of sin there’s no fleeing war’s red tide
We crossed the ocean but found it waiting for us on the other side
Driven from our lands, beaten and starved in cruel exile
We would set our holy house to flame, so it would not be defiled
Together we suffer

Miracles abounded when I walked the Forbidden Trail
I placed my weak hands on their heads and they were somehow healed
The fever left that had for so long had kept them bound
They arose like resurrected ones and moved around
Together we rejoice

And in my dark night, when my soul is tossed in fear
As on that ship so long ago that brought me here
I see the hatchet head, I see them marched in rows
I see my brethren out there and they’re dying in the snow

credits

from The Big Trail & Other Ballads of the Tuscarawas, released January 19, 2024
Josh Compton: writing, singing, guitar, harmonica
Coby Hartzler: recording, xylophone, piano
Joey Weaver: drums

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