Tune: Cruger
('Hail to the Lord's Anointed')
1 Peter 2 v.5-10
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We are a priesthood royal
Christian believers all
A spiritual house we be
With Christ our Head we see
A peculiar people
Purchased by God to be
His own, to serve, to follow
And Him through Christ to know
We are a generation
Chosen from each nation
To show forth all His praises
Each voice a song raises
His virtues shown, His graces
His mercies each traces
We called from darkness unto
His marvellous light true
Once we were not a people
And not noticeable
But now we are the people
Of God, He did us call
One time we did not mercy
Obtain, did not Christ see
But now we have obtained sure
His mercy evermore
So we that house spiritual
A priesthood holy all
Spiritual sacrifices
Offered, each suffices
May they be acceptable
To God, on Him we call
Christ to us a precious stone
We worship Him alone
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Author:
orchidee (
Offline) - Published: April 17th, 2018 02:07
- Comment from author about the poem: A hymn-poem in 7676 7676 metre, and a River clip, specially for Goldie and others who like rivers!
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OMG STEVE ~ Love the HYMN ~ very modern ~ love WATERFALLS ~ I am a Waterfall Climber ~ very hairy and very wet !
Love the POEM ~ Peter has a lovely poetic turn of Phrase ! Royal Priesthood ~ Peculiar People (very apt !) Chosen Generation ~ Precious Stones (as a Scientist I love that one !) Thanks for raising all our Spirits and providing a gentler counter to my "Drums 'n Pipes" Your Friend BRIAN !
Thanks Brian. Tsk - OMG?! I don't say that unless in a rant! There is subtler OMD - Oh My Days! Erm, yes 'peculiar' people - aren't we all?! It has 'purchased people' in my Bible margin.
A wonderfully written piece once again my friend. I might add, that is one sexy river. I would go fishing there, I would swim there. Ahh, marvelous I tell you.
Thanks Nicholas. Now I shall have to swoon over sexy rivers, while swooning among other sexy things - which I can't tell ya. But why not? Well, I will only make myself swoon even more if I tell ya! heehee.
Your river is amazing Orchee - oh to be standing there (in warmer weather) in bare feet.........
Thanks Lorna. It any warmer there yet for you?!
We had a few teaser days and then yesterday it rained buckets! Buckets!!! But we are definitely heading to the up side........
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Wow a great spiritual poem, devotional in fine rhyming poetics. Ah yes Jesus a precious stone. You said it with spirit and religious fervour which is getting less nowadays. Kudos I like religious poems.
Nice to read from u again, glad to say hi again and Pleez do review, give your thoughts as to my newest poem.
Thanks zaynab.
Amazing River Orchi as is of coarse the poem.
Oh I get it - coarse, as in fishing! heehee. Thanks Gold. Any rivers in 1066?
Oops the calligraphy has raised its head again of coarse it is course!
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