What a beautiful thought I am thinking   Concerning a great speckled bird   Remember her name is recorded   On the pages of God's Holy Word.      All the other birds are flocking 'round her   And she is despised by the squad   But the great speckled bird in the Bible   Is one with the great church of God.      All the other churches are against her   They envy her glory and fame   They hate her because she is chosen   And has not denied Jesus' name.      Desiring to lower her standard   They watch every move that she makes   They long to find fault with her teachings   But really they find no mistake.      She is spreading her wings for a journey   She's going to leave by and by   When the trumpet shall sound in the morning   She'll rise and go up in the sky.      In the presence of all her despisers   With a song never uttered before   She will rise and be gone in a moment   Till the great tribulation is o'er.      I am glad I have learned of her meekness   I am proud that my name is on her book   For I want to be one never fearing   The face of my Savior to look.      When He cometh descending from heaven   On the cloud that He writes in His Word   I'll be joyfully carried to meet Him   On the wings of that great speckled bird.