Fits tune: Duke Street
('Fight the good fight')
1 Timothy Chapter 1 parts
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Hold to the truth as in God's word
It you have known, it you have heard
Not heed fables, superstitions
God's words be the wholesome true ones
Godly edifying in faith
These words do follow, and them saith (say)
Outcome of obeying commands
Of God, will be good understands (understanding)
The outcome shall be charity
Love from a pure heart shall it be
And [love] from a good conscience, from you
And [love] from faith unfeigned, ever true
Some from these things have turned aside
Now darkened paths do them betide
Vain jangling, that they choose to hear
Minds not settled on godly fear
They do desire teachers to be
Of the law, but they do not see
Nor understand of what they say
Their teachings not in the good way
The truth it is in things as such
Grace, faith, love, avails to us much
All in Christ Jesus, He the one
Who the redemption work has done
Faithful saying, worthy of all
Acceptance, on Christ we may call:
"He came to us, sinners to save
E'en for the worst the path did pave"*
* This is the 'faithful saying', adapted in this poem,
within the quotation marks of this stanza.
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Author:
orchidee (
Offline) - Published: July 21st, 2017 11:21
- Comment from author about the poem: A hymn-poem in 8888 metre (Long Metre = CM). The original hymn is based on words further on in 1 Timothy - in Chapter 6.
- Category: Spiritual
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Comments3
Now c'mon - did ya, or anyone ya know, have that hymn at their wedding? Sounds a fine hymn to have for that occasion: 'Fight the good fight'! heehee.
One of the problems with writing in rhyme (for me at least) is that the result often can sound quite corny - never the case with your writings though Orchidee.
Thanks M. And yet it's tricky at times, if I must choose to rhyme. I shuffle words of some lines around, in some cases. I write a bit of non-rhyming stuff too. I shouldn't think you would sound corny though - probably only me 1066 jokes are corny!
Yes we had real corns in 1066
we even had pop corn to eat at the flicks.
and bottles of a sort of bubbly fizz
and if that aint a rhyme I don't know what is
Another good one Orchi.
And what was wrong with having "Fight the Good Fight" at my wedding?
Hee hee thanks G/F. Like the choir here?!
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