Tune: St Hilda
('O happy band of pilgrims')
Hebrews 5 v.8-10
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Lord Jesus, though meek and mild
Sinless and undefiled
Ever Son of God, yet you
Sufferings sure you know
Through them in obedience
You grew, always did sense
The way, will of your Father
His will you chose rather
Rather than you own will, sure
Then made perfect, mature
Became for us the author
Of salvation e'ermore
It salvation eternal
To all who on you call
To they who do obey you
You constant them renew
Help us, Christ, grow more like you
And through our sufferings do
Assist us, grant your strength, grace
For all in life we face
You forty days, forty nights
Temptations in your sights
In desert, yet a growth place
For future you would trace
You our high priest for ever
[You] Promise, [to] leave us never
Teach us in all things, for you
[Are] Our hope of heaven true
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Author:
orchidee (
Offline) - Published: March 8th, 2021 03:08
- Comment from author about the poem: A hymn-poem in 7.6.7.6. metre. Seeking to make something constructive and positive out of suffering. There is agreeing with the doctrine of it in our minds, and actually experiencing it in life. Aiming to match the two together.
- Category: Spiritual
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Comments6
Good one Orchi.
Thanks Gold.
Lovely couplets , message and verses always a delight to read
Thanks RB.
You know orchie, it is so much easier to agree to something in our mind than to live through it.
Hey, I tried the desert thing....lasted only a day and a half! 🙂
Thanks Fred. We would die off, 40 days and nights without food. It does not say if there was water or not.
This is most embarrassing! If turning the sub-titles on (though the words are already on screen), the first line says: 'O happy bender'.
Woof! Stay off the gin, says Fido! lol.
Good write, Orchi.
Thanks Jerry.
Good poem. I liked the penultimate verse, especially.
Thanks MF.
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