Tune: Song 1
('Eternal Ruler of the ceaseless round')
2 Peter 1 v.3-8
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We have been given by God's divine power
All that we need to face each passing hour
All things that pertain unto life they be
And unto godliness through the Lord, see
Through knowledge of Him that has called us to
Glory and virtue, by Him strength renew
Whereby are given unto us so great
And precious promises, that be our state
That by them we might be sure partakers
Of the divine nature, He [on] us confers
With such graces, and we have now escaped
The world's corruption, lust, it thus landscaped
Beside this, give all diligence, and add
To your faith virtue, an to virtue glad
Add knowledge, and to knowledge [add] temperance
To temperance, add quality [of] patience
And to patience, add godliness to bless
To godliness add brotherly kindness
To brotherly kindness add charity
For if these things be in you, abound, see
They make you that you thus shall neither be
Barren, unfruitful, but productively
You shall bear fruit in knowledge of the Lord
He Jesus Christ, He e'er the living Word
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Author:
orchidee (
Offline) - Published: April 25th, 2018 01:58
- Comment from author about the poem: A hymn-poem in 10.10.10.10.10.10. metre. A bit wordy today! You can see the author of the original hymn, Orlando Gibbons, in the clip, at 0:40.
- Category: Spiritual
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The long-winded title 'Eternal Ruler of the ceaseless round of circling planets on their way' is God.
A bit like calling me: 'The Chairman of the whisky watering, pork pie eating, and sherry drinking committee!'
Is it the WWPPEASC and aren't you the Secretary who is responsible for the Grand Ceremony Of The Passing Over The Committee Room Keys? The GCOTPOTCRK
Did you write this yesterday?
Thanks M.Ooh I dunno, I'm all in a tizzy. I think I wrote it tomorrow! That other committee looks a bit like 'GOTPORK'. We'll have to storm the gates of heaven. St Peter's lost the keys!
Oh no .........!
Thanks STEVE ~ Love the Medieval Hymnology ~ A dying art ~ like ANDY's contribution to day ~ very Middle of the Week & very WEDNESDAY ~ Andy has his "Head in the Clouds" yours is in the GLORY ! Love the POEM "Exceeding Great & Precious Promises !" I love the language of ZION ! There are thousands of PRECIOUS PROMISES in the Bible ! If we both believed and acted on them ~ We would be as happy as a Melton Mowbray Pork Pie and it would be contagious ! Thanks for caring & sharing GOD's TRUTH every day ~ AMEN ! Please check MY FAMILY ~ Yours Brother BRIAN
Thanks Brian. I mustn't slag off 'modern' songs. They're just as good, rhyming or not. We can't all live in the medieval era for ever! Some modern songs don't lend themselves to poetic rhyming though. Not that everything HAS to rhyme.
You 'wanna scream it out from every mountain top' as one song goes?! I can imagine it in formal places; 'And now the hymn 'I wanna scream...'!
I can't seem to e-mail you or comment on your poems Brian. Have you selected 'No comments' by mistake, at the foot of the 'Edit' page?
You got those keys M? You found them?!
I can always count on your reminders of what his grace holds for us. Thank you.
Thanks laser.
Orchi,
Another fine write and hymn!
A nice pic of Orlando!
~Laura~
Thanks Laura. Not Orlando Bloom! lol.
Haha! I was thinking more like Orlando Furioso! 😊
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Very good write Orchi.
Thanks Gold.
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