Fits tune; Duke Street
('Fight the good fight')
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Almighty God, you give us grace
Humbly to seek you, seek your face
With one accord our prayers we make
O hear us for your dear Son's sake
Your promise is when two or three
Are gathered in your name, you be
There in the midst, will grant requests
As is your will, as you see best
Fulfil now , O Lord, the desires
And petitions from your inspires (inspirings)
Of your servants, expedient
As shall most be, most provident
Grant us in this world the knowledge
Of your truth, it to us full fledge
It reveal to us, it us bring
And lead us to life e'erlasting
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Author:
orchidee (
Offline) - Published: May 13th, 2017 11:56
- Comment from author about the poem: A hymn-poem in 88 88 metre. One of a series, maybe occasional, of short (or 'ish') poems based on Formal Prayers from a Service Book. Erm, some have suggested having the original hymn at their wedding (note the title! heehee).
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Comments4
Great metre and so well constructed O
Thanks M.
'Expedient' (verse 3) can mean 'convenient' or 'practical'. There's a sense in which 'expedient' could possibly mean 'improper' or 'immoral', but I don't mean that here! Such prayers wouldn't be answered - or would be answered as 'No'!
I am most attracted to the spiritual significance here . Great lessons I never tire of hearing .
Thanks S. Some of the 'formal prayers' can get a bit wordy. I try not to lose the meaning of them - not to make them trashy or too 'modern'. We don't have to say 'thee' and 'thou' though. They're not used these days - or this Century!
Good write. And what is wrong with having 'Fight the good fight' at a wedding!
Thanks G/F. Ahh, so 'Fight the good fight' is the norm for many married couples? Or maybe it meant fighting with the mother-in law?! heehee. The joke is from a 'Carry On' film, I think - from some very old film anyway! Do us two know anything new?! I dug it out from my dust-laden library of video recordings. Yes, VHS.
It reminds me of and Uncle of mine who at their 25 years anniversary said "In our married life we have only had one argument - it started the day we were married!"
I think the saying about Fight the good fight at weddings appeared a long time before the Carry on films.
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