Tune: Song 34
('Forth in thy name, O Lord I go')
1 Thessalonians 4 v.9-12
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Be as the Thessalonians
To them Paul wrote, and of them owns
As concerning loving each one
Unto each other it is done
They do so, for God does them teach
To love each other, each one reach
And fellow believers elsewhere
They too with them love of God share
The prayer is that they do so more
For this be pleasing to God sure
And that they aspire to lead quiet
Life, loving God and man from heart
And to do their own business, be
Working with their own hands daily
Living honestly in each thing
Prosper, having lack of nothing
- Author: orchidee ( Offline)
- Published: January 26th, 2023 03:21
- Comment from author about the poem: A hymn-poem in 8.8.8.8. format.
- Category: Spiritual
- Views: 32
Comments4
From the title, I thought I may have been in danger of swooning .. Oh well, back to the night nurse .......... 🙂
Thanks N. lol. Yes, could have been swoony!
Yet we urge you, brothers and sisters, to do so more and more, and to make it your ambition to lead a quiet life: You should mind your own business and work with your hands, just as we told you, so that your daily life may win the respect of outsiders and so that you will not be dependent on anybody. 1 Thessalonians 4:9-12.
“ For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.” - Romans 8:38-39.
Thanks RR.
Awesome hymn Steve! Christina
Thanks C.
Dear Author,
Thank you once again reminding humanity of the philanthropy from Holy Bible.
I am pleased with something else - the observance of the poetic step and the correct consonant rhymes. Why? Because many of the authors in this site have no idea what that means. Your poem is a greeting from good old England of the days of John Keats or poets of the Lake District. I LOVE THEIR POETRY! And what about u?
Thanks Natalie. I suppose poets could write in rhyme. Some choose not to.
I used to fuss about HAVING to rhyme. But poems can be ad lib too, i think - just writing down thoughts maybe.
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