Tune: Gonfalon Royal
('The royal banners forward go')
Colossians 1 v.15-18
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Christ, image of the invisible
God, first in rank o'er creatures all
For by Him were all created
Not left to chance or mere fated
All things that are in heaven and earth
Visible, invisible, worth
He gave to all, deeds by God done
He working true through Christ His Son
And too made thrones and dominions
Rulers, authorities, each one
By Him and for Him all were made
His wonders to us here displayed
And He is before all things, see
And by Him all things consist, be
He is the head of the body
The church, in him it grows strong, free
He is the beginning, firstborn
From the dead on first Easter morn
That in all things pre-eminence
He may have, and forever hence
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Author:
orchidee (
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- Comment from author about the poem: A hymn-poem in 8.8.8.8. metre. In the tune name, a gonfalon is a banner, so 'Banner Royal'.
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AMEN UNCLE STEVE ! There is something majestic about Hymns Ancient sung to an Old Tune in a mature Church with a mature Organ & Congregation. Long live the C of E it is ETERNAL ~ AMEN !
Love the Poem ! By JESUS all things were created ~ including every complex & perfect Biosynthetic Pathway. Im a BIOCHEMIST and Im glad JESUS is my FRIEND ! Through JESUS I am able to better understand & appreciate ECOLOGY ~ through my BRAIN (and with models) @ Molecular Level and with my Senses ~ all around me and appreciate all the intricate Food Chains & Food Webs that sustain *Life on Earth* ! The only living Planet so far discovered in the Milky Way and we are all *BLESSED TO LIVE ON IT ~ AMEN*
Blessings & Joy to You & Canis Canis Sleuthius
Love in the Spirit ANGELA & BRIAN 💛💛💛💛💛
Thanks B&A. The Anglican Church must be more that 'The Tory Party at prayer' - surely it is?!
HI UNCLE STEVE ! Ive never ascribed to that Apellation *TTP @ P* ! Now that the blessed St Theresa May has had to fall on her sword the TP has lost much of its Spirtual cutting edge ! Im not a ANGLICAN and will never be a TORY ! I greatly admire the C of E ~ we have many including a VICAR in our extended FAMILY. To me the C o E is the main way in which GOD maintains an Active Christian Presence in Post~Brexit Britain. I just hope that if ever PINCE CHARLES becomes KING of Great Britain & the Commonwealth he will preservve the Title of *DEFENDER OF THE FAITH* (Christianity) and not *THE FAITHS* (as is roumoured). We do supprt our local C of E financially ~ and by smasmodic attendance ! Ironically enough I (BRIAN) have to pass it en route to the Evangelical ~ C*est la Vie !
Love A & B 💛💛💛💛💛
Good write Orchi but I totally disagree with this one - as you are aware.
Andy
Thanks Gold. I thought you believed it all - at first anyway?
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