Daily Duties

orchidee



Tune: Song 1

('Eternal Ruler of the ceaseless round')

2 Thessalonians 3 v.6-13

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Paul and his companions they did say

Words to Thessalonians in their day

Said, In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ

Withdraw from disorderly, that sufficed

For Paul and friends were not disorderly

Nor did they eat any man's bread for free

 

They worked, wrought on, with labour and travail

Toiled day and night their living to avail

So that they would not be chargeable to

Any of the people, but they did do

Their own tasks, not because they had no power

To command them to provide and endower

 

But they did make themselves and example

That people humbly would follow the call

That if any would not work, neither should

They eat, but seek to do the work they could

For some appeared busybodies, and they

Not work, but interfered with others day

 

Paul did exhort by the Lord that they live

Quietly, earn own living, and too give

To help poor and needy, be well-doing

Gifts offer, but not by compulsion bring

So praying, 'rogare', to ask of the Lord

That He give us daily bread, true His word

 

  • Author: orchidee (Offline Offline)
  • Published: May 10th, 2021 01:47
  • Comment from author about the poem: A hymn-poem in 10.10.10.10.10.10. metre for Rogation-tide, from Latin rogare = to ask. The Rogation Days are the three days before Ascension Day, which is always a Thursday. Sorry, wording of hymn in clip is very small.
  • Category: Spiritual
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Comments2

  • Goldfinch60

    Good words Orchi.

    • orchidee

      Ta muchly Gold. It is fair, I think. It says 'if any WILL not work', not 'if any CANNOT work', due to disability, etc.

    • dusk arising

      Yeah but rumours about their black market trading in toilet bleaches were rife. It all followed on from the event on paul's conversion on the journey to domestos..... it annihilated the price of Harpic.

      • orchidee

        Thanks dusk. lol. Ooh, I don't remember reading those bits. They must be in the Apocrypha - a collection of books that did not make it into the Old or New Testaments, as they were thought to be spurious in parts.
        Fido knows - they went to Dalmatia too - saw spotted dogs there.

        • dusk arising

          Or was it ... the spotted saw dogs there?

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