Tune: Dominus Regit Me
('The King of love my Shepherd is')
John 14 v.15-21
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Jesus said, If you love me keep
My commandments, as my sheep
And I will pray the Father, He
Shall give you comforter then, see
That He may with you e'er abide
And my words to you confide
Even the Spirit of truth, He
Spirit, yet Person He be
Whom the world cannot Him receive
Because they not see, [not] believe
Nor do they know Him, but is true
Believers they know Him do
They know Him because He does dwell
With them, and too they would tell
At Pentecost that He would be
In them too by His grace free
He will not leave us comfortless
But will come to us and bless
Yet the world in a little while
Sees Him not, but this no guile* (*deceit)
For believers shall see Him still
And it be in His good will
That because He lives, we also
Shall live, and still Him shall know
At that day they shall know that He
Jesus in the Father be
And the Father be in Jesus
And Jesus too be in us
They that have His commands and keep
Them, they be His loving sheep
He, Jesus, and the Father shall
Love them, still show to them well
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Author:
orchidee (
Offline) - Published: July 1st, 2021 02:10
- Comment from author about the poem: A hymn-poem in 8.7.8.7. metre.
- Category: Spiritual
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Comments5
Are you putting words into the mouth of jesus with that opening?
I've changed it slightly.
I love the word comfort with its many meanings.
Thanks Fay.
Goid poem Orchi
Thanks SC.
I see what you mean about the new button Mr. O 🙂
Thanks N. We can 'like' our own poems even - but only once!
Good one Orchi.
Thanks Gold.
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