Tune: St George's, Windsor
('Come, ye thankful people, come')
Matthew 13 v.36-43
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Parable of the tares told
Jesus did it there unfold
To disciples, said that he
Who sows the seed, He* it be (*the Son of man)
And the field it be the world
Explanation now unfurled
Good seed children of kingdom
Tares children of wicked one
Enemy that the tares sowed
Is the devil, he bestowed
Them, and harvest is the end
Of the world, when reapers tend
They be the angels, servants
Awaiting the Lord's words thence
To gather tares and them burn
In the fire, with no return
So it shall be in the end
Of the world, the Lord shall send
Forth His angels, they work do
Harvest is their sight, their view
Gathering out of kingdom
All that offend, not just some
And them which continue sin
Who do no good deeds therein
They cast them into furnace
Of fire, weeping, anguish this
Their state, but then the righteous
Shall shine as the sun, e'en us
If by grace counted among
The righteous, let praise be sung
Shining in the kingdom e'er
Of their Father they shall share
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Author:
orchidee (
Offline) - Published: September 24th, 2023 01:51
- Comment from author about the poem: A hymn-poem in 7.7.7.7. 7.7.7.7.
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Comments4
Is this your church, Goldfinch/Andy? It does not say which church it is, though there are some harvest hymns from your area posted on You Tube.
Yes this is All Saints Parish Church in Evesham, I have sung there and even assisted in Remembrance services there when I was Chaplain to Evesham Sea Cadets.
Andy
💜 happy Sunday orchidear.
Thanks Teddy. You a tare (weed) or wheat?! 🙂
I'm pasta lol
Good one Orchi.
Thanks Gold.
Thanks Orchi for this bit of horticultural warning, I'm on the lookout. Take care!
Thanks Bella.
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