Tune: Nun Danket
('Now thank we all our God')
Mark 2 v.1-12
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A man was borne of four
They could not get near the door
Of house where Jesus be
They lowered man through roof, see
When Jesus saw their faith
To the man then He saith
"Son, your sins forgiven
Be", gracious words said then
Some reasoned in their heart
"How can one take on such part?
To forgive sins, only
Can God do, and solely He"
Yet Jesus then did say
"Why reason you this way
Which is easier to say
Unto the man this day?"
"Your sins forgiven be"
Or, "Rise up, take bed, walk, see"
But so that they might know
Jesus did then to them show
That He the Son of Man
Has power, and He can
Forgive sins, and too said
"Arise man from your bed"
And straightway he arose
His healings he to all shows
Physical, spiritual
For body, spirit, and soul
Walked off, his bed carried
Crowd said, "We never did
See things such on this wise
That here now view our eyes"
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Author:
orchidee (
Offline) - Published: January 19th, 2019 03:25
- Comment from author about the poem: A hymn-poem in 6.7.6.7. 6.6.6.6. I am following selections from Mark's Gospel in this series - not every single verse. This is an extra one I added to fill a gap.
- Category: Spiritual
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Comments5
How do you find the speech marks (".....") in the poem? I tend to leave them out, and start speech with capital letters. The speech marks can be a bit distracting, I find, but may be helpful to others.
Also, sometimes it's not the verbatim words that people said. I'm not aiming to put words in people's mouths that they didn't actually say!
Miss Berles has no objections and nor do I - in fact we both like them
tis hard to know whether this was indeed a miracle or whether the guy had just been awarded his benefits and thought no one was looking and needed a break from laying down... or maybe.. maybe he swooned once too often and assumptions were made .....
Ahh I see N. Well, hey, not every church service (or house, if a 'house church') will have some guys breaking up the roof to get someone in. There were so many people, that was all they could think of doing I suppose. Did they pay for repairs to the roof?
Erm, yes, maybe a severe swoon made him paralytic, though I'd like to believe this is a miracle.
Thanks M. Do we put things like '!' or '?' actually within the speech marks? Is that correct? I mean, people don't actually SAY '!' or '?'
What I don't like is one continuous sentence that goes on and on with no capitals, and all the words seem to run in together and...…. (bit like this sentence).
THANKS UNCLE STEVE ~ GREAT HYMN and a GREAT MIRACLE. I love this account because the four friends acctually went through the roof ~ SUCH FAITH AMEN ! Please check "MY AWESOME GOD"
Thanks ANGELA & BRIAN 🧡🧡🧡🧡
Thanks B&A.
Good one Orchi. I always use speech marks.
Thanks Gold.
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