Tune: Hursley
('Sun of my soul, thou Saviour dear')
1 John 4 v.16-21
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Help us to know and to believe
Your love, and it by faith receive
Holy Spirit come to our aid
Your graces unto us arrayed
God is love, so He be, and who
Does swell in love dwells in God too
And God does dwell in such ones, they
Look unto Him, they watch and pray
Here our love made perfect, so we
Have boldness in judgement day, see
Because as Christ is, so are we
in this world, and with Him agree
There be no fear in love, but how?
Perfect loved does cast out fear now
Because fear has torment and threat
Of punishment, such are not yet
Not yet made perfect in love, though
They more of Christ's great love may know
We love Him, because He first loved
Us, and unto Him He encoved (encovenanted)
If one says they love God, but they
Hate their neighbour, yet though they say
They love God, how then can it be?
If hating neighbour who the ysee
For God is unseen, neighbour seen
God's command that we love not mean
But who loves God to love also
Their neighbour, and so in love grow
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Author:
orchidee (
Offline) - Published: July 7th, 2019 01:22
- Comment from author about the poem: A hymn-poem in 8.8.8.8. metre.
- Category: Spiritual
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Comments6
The original is a comforting evening hymn. It ascends to the final lines:'
'Till in the ocean of thy love
We lose ourselves in heaven above'.'
Orchi,
Thank you for sharing this fine write!
Happy Sunday!
~Laura~
Thanks Laura. Meowwooo! Hear me? lol.
I hear you!🙀
THANKS UNCLE STEVE : ANGELA HERE (9:30 pm here in Auckland : Now the Day is Over !) Love the HYMN singing along Karyoke Style harmonising with RUTH she thinks you are a HOOT but loves all your POSTS ! Love the POEM *GOD IS LOVE* and the first Fruit of the Spirit (from which all the other GROW) is LOVE. When I talk to TEENS about the FRUIT of the SPIRIT I give them a Chart with LOVE at the Centre of a CIRCLE with the other EIGHT branching out from it ! Without LOVE we are a BRASS BAND well OUT OF TUNE : Worse than your SINGING !
Blessings & JOY & LOVE to you & FIDO
Love in the SPIRIT : ANGELA & RUTH 🧡🧡🧡🧡
Thanks B&A. Oh no, something worse than my singing?! lol.
Nice one Orchi
Thanks M. Enough Sylla Berles in this?
Good one Orchi.
Thanks Gold. Did I do any labour of love in 1066?
Oh yes, you put water in my wine trying to placate me!!
Let's keep love always in our heart
Thanks Suresh.
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