“If I could hear Christ praying for me in the next room, I would not ...

hero, his eyes flashing and said: “ I will die a thousand deaths rather than betray my
friends.” We were both moved to tears and remained silent for a time.”
Unknown to the Yankee soldiers, ‘Coleman’ was really Dr. H.B. Shaw, who at that moment
was being held in an adjacent cell and who was later released.
On the eve of his execution, Sam wrote to his dear mother, saying: Oh how painful it is to
write you! I have got to die tomorrow morning—to be hanged by the Federals. Mother, do
not grieve for me. I must bid you good-by forevermore.
Chaplain James Young spent the day before the hanging praying with him. That night in a
small worship service, Sam asked if they would sing “On Jordan’s Stormy Banks.” Young later
said he would never forget the young soldier’s animated voice as he sang; “I am bound for
the Promised Land; I am bound for the Promised Land.”
Today there is a monument honoring Sam Davis on the grounds of the Tennessee State
Capitol. Underneath are the words: ‘Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay
down his life for his friends.”
“On Jordan’s Stormy Banks”
Words by Samuel Stennett, 1787 Music...An American Folk Melody
On Jordan’s stormy banks I stand, and cast a wishful eye
to Canaan’s fair and happy land, where my possessions lie.
O’er all those wide extended plains shines one eternal day.
There God the Son forever reigns and scatters night away.
No chilling winds nor poisonous breath can reach that healthful, sickness and sorrow,
pain and death are felt and feared no more.
When I shall reach that happy place and be forever blest,
for I shall see my Father’s face and in His bosom rest.
I am bound for the Promised Land, I am bound for the Promised Land.
O who will come and go with me? I am bound for the Promised Land.
Answers To Last Month’s Bible Questions:
1. Isaiah 7:14
2. Isaiah 40:3
3. Isaiah 42:7
4. Deuteronomy 8:3
5. Deuteronomy 6:16
6. Deuteronomy 6:13
7. Exodus 21:24
8. Leviticus 19:18