Heh guys, today I thought
it would be fun to take an old
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time train ride,
it's an old steam engine.
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I think it was built
in 1929, is that right?
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I got to get up here with
the engineer, boy am I having
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a blast, come on
we're going for a ride.
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What do you think Ricky? Yeah!
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All aboard, come on.
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Hi everybody, before we go
on our great train adventure
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I would like to tell
you a little story of what
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happened behind the scenes.
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When we shot this
episode of Grandma's House,
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I took a bunch of
enthusiastic kids on an
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old-time steam train ride.
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It was a warm
summers afternoon up in
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the hills around Mount Rainier.
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In case you've never
heard of Mount Rainier before,
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it is just one of
many volcanic mountains
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near where I live.
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Up in the northwestern
corner of the United States.
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Anyway the kids and I
were all excited about this
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excursion, it was just
an absolutely perfect day,
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the perfect chance to
get away from the ordinary
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humdrum of summer and have
a really good time together.
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We had to drive about an
hour away from home to get up
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to the train station.
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So we loaded up in the
old van and off we went.
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We drove up and down
and over narrow curvy roads,
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Past the little town of Morton
and down a dusty side road
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to a tiny old logging community.
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In the old days they used
the train to bring the logs out
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of the forest and get
them to the mills in town.
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Fortunately the guys from
3ABN were in the area and they
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planned to meet us at
the station to film our ride.
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So you can take a peek and
see some of what happened too.
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Here is what the camera saw.
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Good morning welcome
to the steam train and
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we're going to have a
blast, got perfect weather,
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we got all our kids and I
can't wait to get on board
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and see what is
along the tracks.
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Come on, all aboard.
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Wouldn't it have been
fun to ride in the old trains
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like that? - oh yeah. - Whew!
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Oh isn't this pretty up
the tracks, look right into the
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trees. Ohhhhhhh!
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(Train whistle blowing)
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Oh we are going to try
go up to the Pullman's car
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to see what is up
in front of the train.
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You'll all be careful.
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Let's go up here.
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Some of my kids wanted to come
on inside and cool off a bit.
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I love it in here.
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Do you like the
lights up there? Yeah!
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Aren't they pretty?
Looks like marble. - yeah.
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(Train whistle blowing).
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I guess we're getting really
close to a shaky old Bridge.
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There is a big Trestle
that goes over a really high
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gorge I think, and I am a little
nervous because I don't like
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heights, I hope it is
not too tall. Let's see!
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We have to hold on tight.
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Oh here it is, here we come.
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Okay let's look.
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Oh, oh dear. Look
how far down it is.
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Oh look at those.
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Oh yes you could.
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You could parachute.
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Ahhhhhh! Oh my!
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I think this has
been here too long.
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Oh I hear it creaking.
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Oh look there's a
creek way down there.
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A look at our shadow, do
you see our shadow on the trees?
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This is pretty but I sure
hope it doesn't fall down.
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I am really scared.
- you're scared. - yes.
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Oh that is cool.
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We are having a blast and
everything we see along the
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tracks, aren't we
having fun? Yes we are.
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I'm glad that you could
come along with us today too.
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Ben I love it when you join us.
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You can see along the
tracks is all kinds of wildlife.
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Wildflowers, I think I might
have seen a bear out there.
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Looks like the kind of the
woods where a bear would live,
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don't you think? Whew,
what if you saw bear right now?
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Would you like to go farther
right now and see what is
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up in the next car? - yeah.
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Maybe if we are really
lucky we could go up to the
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engine after a bit. Do
you think? I don't know.
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Do you think we could try?
- can we really go up there?
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We can ask, they can
always say no, right?
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Maybe they will, maybe they
won't will take our chances.
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So why don't we go up into
the next car and see what is
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up there, okay, okay let's go.
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Well as my mother used
to say, we're all tired now.
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When she said that she
meant it was time for us to go
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to bed, I think it might
be time for us to go home
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and take a nap too.
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It's been a long
afternoon but a really fun trip.
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I'm so glad you came with
us, right now if you go find
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a paper and a pencil you
can write down my address
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so you could write to me.
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You know I love getting letters.
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So if you are
ready here's the address.
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Hey kids Graham Joyce
would love to hear from you.
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So why not sit down
and write her a letter?
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Like every grandma
she loves to get pictures,
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drawings or
anything else you send her.
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Just write to:
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So what are you
waiting for? Write her today.
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It was a nice trip, Huh?
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Kind of fun and
interesting right? But not much
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drama you say? Oh wrong.
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You got to see part of
the action, the real story
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happened on the other
side of the camera this time.
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Like I said before, the
crew from 3ABN was supposed
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to meet us at the
station a few minutes before
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the time posted on the schedule.
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But we didn't travel
together from my house to the
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station because the
crew wanted to take a little
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side trip and do some
filming by themselves first.
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We have plenty of time
for them to do that and
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we weren't worried
with the kids and I got to
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the station and the
crew wasn't there yet.
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We were so early we had
time to explore a bit too.
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As the time for departure
got closer though, we went
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back to the depot to
wait for the train and
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the guys from 3ABN.
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Pretty soon other people
started to arrive to get their
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tickets too, a few
people have become a crowd and
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our friends still hadn't come.
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We looked down the
dusty road for some sign that
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they were on their way,
but we couldn't see a thing.
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We paced back and forth
as the minutes ticked by and
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the engineer made a fire
in the Firefox getting ready
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to make water to turn
into steam to drive the wheels
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of the train.
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We knew the old engine
was getting ready to leave the
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station and still the
crew was nowhere in sight.
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I was getting really worried,
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the kids were
getting rather anxious too.
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Oh what would happen if
the crew missed the train?
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Well there wouldn't of been
this program, that is what would
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have happened, they would
have missed out on a great
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trip and we would have been
saddened because we couldn't
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share this time with them.
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It was getting so late
now, the conductor had called
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all aboard, and some
folks were climbing the ladder
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into the open cars.
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I wondered if Bobby and
Cheryl had been in a wreck,
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or if they had
gotten lost. Who knew?
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I was getting frantic and
worried as I prayed for their
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safety, just when I
thought all was lost far away
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around the bend on the
dusty old road, I could see
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a brownish sort of
cloud rising above the trees.
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A dirty white van came
speeding around the corner,
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going too fast and
skidded on the gravel
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and careened to a stop.
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Ah ha, our team was here and
not a moment too soon either.
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Here they are I
yelled to the conductor.
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The crew spilled out of
every door and grabbed their
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gear as fast as they could
and clambered aboard the old
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locomotive, ha,
gasping for breath.
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We can laugh about it
now, and I guess it was kind of
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funny because everything
turned out all right in the end.
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But it got me to thinking,
I was thinking about some of
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the old time songs I remember
about railroads and trains
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and how they are likened to
the good news about going to
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heaven with Jesus.
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One of these songs says:
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Life is like a mountain railroad
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with an engineer so brave.
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We must make this run successful
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from the cradle to the grave.
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This one talks about how
the most important thing in your
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whole life is to stay
with Jesus all the way and how
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He will guide us safely
through dark and dangerous
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places to be
home with Him at last.
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Another song I
remember is this one:
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the Gospel trains a coming
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I hear it just at hand
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I hear the car wheel rumbling
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rolling through the land
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I hear the train a coming,
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she's come-in around the curve.
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She's loosen all
her steam and breaks
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and straining every nerve.
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The fare is cheap, the
rich and poor are there
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no second-class
aboard this train
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no difference in the fare.
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Then the chorus says:
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get onboard little children,
get onboard little children
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get onboard little children,
there's room for many a more
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When some people hear
about Jesus for the first time
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they know right away they
want to go live with Him and
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they start
getting ready immediately.
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They know He is coming
soon so they don't doddle around
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taking side trips or
get distracted by anything.
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They look straight
ahead and go for it.
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That's the way I want to be too.
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Then there are others
who know the train is coming,
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but they want to see
and do other things first.
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They don't want to miss
out on anything so they think
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they will do all the fun
stuff first and get serious
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about Jesus, oh I
mean the train later.
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Sometimes later never happens
and they never get onboard.
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And they never go home
with Jesus, oh what a terrible,
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terrible tragedy that would be.
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You know what I'm trying
to say by telling you this
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little incident that happened
when we were filming one
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of our adventures don't you?
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I'm trying to tell you
with all my heart how important
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it is for you to give
your heart to Jesus right now.
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Don't wait, and remember He
loves you so much and so do I.
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