Just Hold Up Your Hand / Pass Me Not

In a large North Eastern city Little Jimmy was on his way to school And as he was crossing the street A big truck ran the red light Struck him down and dragged him about three blocks Some nice people took him and rushed him to the hospital Oh, he was in critical condition They didn't think he'd make it an hour from the time he was there Oh, they worked untirely with him all through the day And when evening came They put him in the critical condition room There was another little boy that had also had an accident by the name of Michael They were just ten years old Classmates And Michael said to Jimmy Say, "You know, Jimmy, one day, Jesus is going to come and take us all to heaven A place where there's plenty of good things to eat Where nobody's sick Where there's no fighting No accidents, Jimmy And everybody will be happy" Jimmy said to Michael "You know, Michael, I couldn't ask a kind gentleman like him to take me to heaven Because I've been such a bad boy" He said, "Oh, Jimmy, he'll do it for you" He said, "You know, I only say every night when the lights are out He comes around and he'd make hospital calls And all you have to do is just hold up your hand" So when they turned the lights out, Michael said to Jimmy, "Jimmy, it's about time Just hold up your hand" Jimmy was so weak And every time he would try to raise up his hand, it would fall down So Michael crawled out of his bed Took the bedclothes and propped up Jimmy's arm Where his hand would be in a held up position Jimmy said to Michael, "Thank you, Michael You think he'll see it?" He said, "Oh, yes, he'll see it" And all through the night Michael would look over at Jimmy's arm and it was still held up But when the morning came, they found nothing Jimmy had passed He died that night But his hand was still in a held up position You think Jesus understood? I don't want to say, "Yes, he did, wouldn't you?" Some of us here, maybe you have a problem All you have to do tonight is just raise up your hand Anybody sick, just raise up your hand And while your hand is raised up, can you just stand to your feet? Nobody ask you another question Can you move out of the aisle and come forward? Come to the altar, how about you? Just run along and you're gone Oh, just raise up your hand Maybe you're in a sick room, just raise up your hand Maybe you're looking and listening to this, just raise up your hand Come on