The Line Was Drawn in the Sand

The line was drawn in the sand
By God... a long time ago
It is time to choose where we'll stand
A love for our country now must grow

The Savior alone can dig us out
Of this pit we have fallen into
Without a shadow of a doubt
To God's laws we must be more given unto

The Lord's footsteps show us the way
As, too, He carries us daily through strife
And we must work hard without delay
To protect our God given freedoms in life

The Divinely Inspired Constitution

We have an inspired constitution
What exactly does that mean to me?
Through the law and through obedience
I can enjoy life and liberty

How did the quest for freedom begin?
What led these men to struggle within?
How many of them each other knew
Did they speak from where their yearnings grew?

For checks and balances more seasoned
Our founding fathers met and reasoned
As common cause became their goal
It united them with purpose whole

A miracle did unite this group
Though they could not pay for their own troupe
With borrowed money and with debt
They had much work that they must do yet

A bill of rights, soverenity
How to treat each man with dignity
How to maintain the rights of all flesh
Yet politically combine and mesh

Dallin H. Oaks, Utah Supreme Court Justice from 1980 to 1984
Ensign, Feb 1992, 68
“The Divinely Inspired Constitution, ”