Tune: St Leonards
('May the mind of Christ my Saviour')
James 3 v.1-12 part
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The tongue we cannot it contain
Full mastery shall not gain
A small spark it then produces
Forest fire no less
It be an unruly evil
With it we do doubly tell
Of God's praises, yet too curses
Of men, we not bless
From same mouth comes blessing, cursing
Both the sweet and bitter thing
Mouths, tongues they do speak what the heart
Has, its inward part
Needing the help of the Spirit
That our tongues with His fire lit
Speak and share of every good thing
God does to us bring
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Author:
orchidee (
Offline) - Published: June 14th, 2019 02:11
- Comment from author about the poem: A hymn-poem in 8.7.8.5. metre.
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Comments4
Thanks UNCLE STEVE ~ Good Hymn & Scripture to meditate on in the evening. Ive just finished teaching Hair & Beauty Science (dont tell FIDO !) so Im coming down to Earth on CLOUD of Chenelle No. 5 !
Blessings and JOY to YOU (H. Sapiens) & FIDO (Canis Canis)
Love in the Spirit ~ ANGELA & BRIAN 🧡🧡🧡🧡 + 🧡
Thanks B&A.
Hold thy tongue if not gracious words do come
Nicely done
Thanks Suresh.
Jeez u dont half use some weird grammar Orchidee.
Thanks dusk. Oh lol, it has to be sometimes, to get the lines to rhyme, e.g.
'I say some things back to front
Back to front some things I say! '
it can be annoying to start too many lines with 'And'. Erm, 'And another thing......' there's an example!
Things said can be both good and evil and whatever is said cannot be taken back.
Thanks Gold.
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