Tune: St Botolph
('For Mary, mother of our Lord'
= 'I come with joy to meet my Lord')
Acts 10 v.9-16
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Called to Caesarea to go
Disciples they did know
And Peter, they to that city
Did draw nigh, there they be
Peter went to house-top to pray
About noon, 'twas one day
And he became very hungry
He did a vision see
Heaven opened, certain vessel
He fixed eyes on it all
It descended as a great sheet
Tied at four corners neat
It was let down to earth, and he
Within the sheet did she
All sorts of four-footed beasts, too
Wild beasts there he did view
And creeping things, and birds of air
He did see them all there
A voice came to him, Peter, rise
Kill, eat, what sees your eyes
But Peter said, Not so, Lord, I
Have not eaten, no lie
Anything common or unclean
No, not once has it been
The voice did speak to him again
Said, Peter, what God then
Has cleansed, call not unclean, common
Not anything, not one
He did see this vision times three
And then all was, this see
Received up back into heaven
End of the vision then
But it was to prepare him (a Jew) for
Mission to Gentiles sure
That they with Jews should salvation
Share, e'en every nation
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Author:
orchidee (
Offline) - Published: April 3rd, 2022 02:10
- Comment from author about the poem: A hymn-poem in 8.6.8.6. format. A hymn I don't know, but with a more well-known tune. Please click on video to see it on You Tube.
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Comments3
Happy Sunday! Great hymn Steve!
Thanks Christina.
I just read about this a few days ago,, great write Orchi
Thanks Blue.
Good one Orchi.
Thanks Gold.
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