Tune: Winchester New
('Ride on, ride on in majesty')
Luke 22 v.31-34 & v.61-62
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Jesus did say to Simon {Peter} true
Satan has desired to have you
That he may sift you as wheat, make
Your faith fail and to it forsake
But I have prayed for you, so be
That your faith does not fail in me
And when you have turned again, you
Strengthen then my people anew
Lord, he replied, I am willing
And ready to leave everything
To go with you into prison
And unto death, too said each one
Each one of the disciples there
Who did in the Last Supper share
But Jesus said to Peter, see
This not the way that it shall be
For I tell you, the cockerel
Shall not crow before, I well know
Before you shall thrice have denied
That you have known me, so replied
At Jesus' arrest it was so
Peter denied Him, He did know
Cockerel crowd, Peter recalled
The Lord's words, and wept bitter all
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Author:
orchidee (
Offline) - Published: April 8th, 2020 02:01
- Comment from author about the poem: Click on link to see clip. A hymn-poem in 8.8.8.8. metre. Original hymn by Henry Hart Milman, 1820, so its 200th anniversary this year. - a one-time Vicar of a church in our town centre. Clip is Canterbury Cathedral, England, UK.
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but jesus told him when you come back to me you will be more blessed
Yes - thanks Ron. They all denied Him in a way, it says so. The Scriptures give more details of how Peter denied Him.
i guess we all do one way or another
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I certainly deny him now. Good write though Orchi.
Andy
Thanks Gold. Or are you just unsure now? Agnostic?
OH I am sure, when I dismissed christianity in my life a weight flew from my mind.
Andy
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