Old Country Preacher

Old Country Preacher
By Larry Linville

He was just an old country preacher.
Many never even hear his name
while others sought tall steeple churches
he had no desire for such great fame.

He went about his regular work
in his very own humble way
serving the needs his little flock
twenty-four hours every day.

His sermons aren't printed in a book
but he worked hard on them just the same.
It was the way he served his people
that helped him achieve his great name.

When he finished his life on this earth
and collected his eternal reward.
His body was fittingly buried
in a small country church graveyard.

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