Tune: St Stephen
('In Christ there is no east or west)
1 Thessalonians 5 v.1 -11 parts
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Know this that the day of the Lord
According to His word
Shall come as a thief in the night
Prepare, you sons of light
Fro it shall unexpected be
When they say, Peace, safety
Then shall come sudden destruction
On unprepared, each one
Shall be like woman in travail
Whose labour-pains prevail
And they shall not escape, for they
Did not sure watch and pray
But Christians are not in darkness
Nor do deeds profitless
For they be children of the light
No dark obscures their sight
So let us not sleep, nor lazy
Be, but watch here closely
Self-controlled, sober, and doing
Deeds of the light, each thing
Let us, we of th day, put on
Breastplate of faith, love don
And the helmet of salvation
Minds, hearts, on Christ the Son
For we not to wrath appointed
But to salvation's stead
We obtain it through our Lord, he
Jesus Christ ever be
He died for us that we may live
And rose, new life did give
To us, so comfort here we take
Prayers, praises to Him make
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Author:
orchidee (
Offline) - Published: December 21st, 2019 03:03
- Comment from author about the poem: A hymn-poem on Advent theme, in 8.6.8.6. metre, missed out from last year. The clip is of St Martins, Trafalgar Square, London, UK. I know the Vicar slightly. He appears at 1:48 (white hair, and with the choir). He is now Bishop of Salisbury.
- Category: Spiritual
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Comments3
BRIAN HERE ~ GOOD EVENING UNCLE STEVE ~ Thanks for another uplifting HYMN & POEM ~ It shows that you have Spiritual Friends in High Places ! There are many signs ~ Spiritual - Sociological - Political & Ecological that Christ may return in this Century ~ It is good to be prepared and looking for the UPPERTAKER rather than the UNDERTAKER ! I expect to live (based on genetics !) to at least 2073 ~ when I will be 90 ~ I would love to be still alive *WHEN HE RETURNS !* AMEN !
BLESSINGS & JOY TO YOU & Fab Fido
LOVE IN THE SIRIT B & A 💚🧡💚🧡💚
Thanks B&A.
Good one Orchi.
Thanks Gold.
Man, I find myself longing for that return as well. Like man, come back and take all the decent people out of here so all the sinister creeps can just whack each other. It would be nice.
A nice write Orch.
Thanks N. Well, something like that it may be!
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