Tune: St Hilda
('O happy band of pilgrims')
James 2 v.1-13 part
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Faith does does discriminate
Between those small and great
But welcomes all and loves all
It has heard its Lord's call
The call to love one's neighbour
If they be rich or poor
Whate'er their state or station
What race or what nation
Love one's neighbour as one's self
Shall be spiritual wealth
Not partial, but conferring
love one each, discerning
Discerning that God's mercy
He has shown to us, see
And so we too show mercy
Unpreferentially
For if we mercy not show
We shall God's judgement know
And mercy triumphs over
Judgement, we not incur
Not incur it, for we speak
And act, humble and meek
As they that shall be judged by
Law of liberty nigh
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Author:
orchidee (
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- Comment from author about the poem: A hymn-poem in 7.6.7.6. metre. The clip has a different tune to the one I know.
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Comments5
If we could all love one's neighbour as oneself the world would be so wonderful.
Thanks Gold.
discrimination and prejudice are almost always based on nothing but ignorance and fear.. the world would be better off without either..... Neville
Thanks Neville.
write on sir....
Sadly there is much discrimination in the name of misguided faith.
Thanks Michael. Yes, what goes on in misguided faith.
I remember young Faith when we were at school in the midlands. Her teen years were adventure but meeting Harry she calmed down and became the family hub.
All these years later she runs a B&B in Bognor and an animal rescue centre. Fond memories of Faith... she's with me always, alive and motivating.
Ahh, you knows her DA. lol.
Thanks UNCLE STEVE for yet another UPLIFT ~ *A Happy Band of Pilgrims* would be a good title for our *Little Inner Circle* of faithful Readers & Responders ! Angela & I work hard singly & colaboratly to produce a SPECTRUM of Poems in different Styles and on different Subjects ! One comment is a Blessing ~ two a Bonus & three a Bonanza ! Im sure you feel the same ! A Poem a Day saves the Brain from DECAY ! JAMES is an awsome BOOK and tells it like it is. In our DAY JOBS ~ Angela and I meet a wide cross~section of People from different Classes ~ Cultures ~ Colour & Creeds ! We were both raised to treat all PEOPLE as equal in Gods sight and we alwaysI DO ! I was once going to A College for an interviewand I got there EARLY ~ I went for a CUP of COFFEE in the Canteen and there was an Older Man looking worried. I spoke to HIM and He said thanks for cheering me up I have an important JOB to do today ~ We are interviewing for a number of posts today and I want to get it right ! Without thinking I said *Well if I have big decisions to make I always PRAY about them and GOD gives me guidence !* He thanked me and then the Principal came in and collected the Man ~ but for some reason any aprehension I had was lifted as I prayed for the Man I had met and the Principal that GOD would give them WISDOM. I was being interviewed for my first JOB in FE as a Lecturer in Science ! There were four Candidates all older and more experienced than me but I had *Industrial Experience* ! When the Panel was introduced the Man I had Prayed for was the Chair of Governors and Chair of the Panel ! A very experienced Chemical Engineer ! He smiled at ME and said *Well Brian tell us about yourself and why you think we should appoint you to this post !* I had no nerves and the interview went well ! When I was called in for them to offer me the Post ~ He said *You impressed me when we met by accident in the Canteen and I thought after you had said ~ You would Pray for ME ~ that you were the confident sort of Young Candidiate we would hope to appoint today* I learned later that He was a Deacon in the Local Baptist Church ~ AMEN !
Blessings & JOY to YOU & FIDO
Yours as always BRIAN 🧡🧡🧡🧡 + 🧡
Thanks B&A.
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