Silence in the face of evil is itself evil: God will not hold us guiltless. Not to speak is to speak. Not to act is to act.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Sing A Little Louder - Mike Fuselier
Germany 1943. A Congregation is having church services. The good Christian people are beginning their services as they are singing worship songs. This particular church was located right next to a railroad track. Everyday, trains pass by this little church. These were no ordinary trains as they pulled cattle cars that were not filled with cattle. These train cars were filled with people- Jews headed for the ovens in the concentration camps. Inside these cars were Jewish people who were packed like animals in the most inhumane conditions imaginable steaming toward their death. Cries and moans of pain and horror poured from the train into the air and yes into the little church where the Christians were singing. The congregants looked at each other, hearing the sounds of the anguished souls, deep inside they knew what their nation had become and what was taking place. As the cries got louder, the people looked to the minister as if to say, "What do we do?” He thought a moment and then told the people, "Just Sing a Little Louder!”
American Christians can you hear the train? Can you hear the cries coming from it? If you listen well, you can hear the cries of 60 million aborted babies. Listen to the wails of the children who have no father because of the concentration camps we call welfare. Listen to the moans of the hopeless that have been raised by a nation that has removed God and morals from our society. Look at the cattle cars we call inner cities that you wouldn’t want our dogs to have to live in built by politicians who sell lives for votes. I think you will hear them if you will listen, unless you are in a church where everyone is just told to: Sing a Little Louder.”
