[100]. A MESSAGE FROM A POEM – GLORY AND ADORATION TO THE LORD
WHAT ABOUT THIS POEM?
This poem, of all my poems, is my number one favourite and the most satisfying for me. It was a joy to write and a joy to contemplate the Lord while doing so. I think it speaks for itself in the meditation of its contents. Poetry is always subjective of course, but I hope you might love this one as I do.
It too, has come out of a time of great trial and difficulty in the writer’s experience as have all the 1997 poems. At times like that, the heavenly realities take on a deeper significance. I do believe that this composition is one of the Lord’s direct blessings to me, one of the dear ministries to my soul. Is not our Lord a gracious Saviour, a tender Advocate, a merciful Great High Priest? I trust you will be blessed as you read and think over it.
Its theme is based on being in heaven but still having a foot on the ground here. Who can understand what heaven is like? None of us can for it is a whole new spiritual dimension, one of sinlessness and glory.
My absolute desire is that this poem could be put to music as a hymn, but I have found nothing for the 10-7 metre. Maybe some brilliant musician could do that. We need a Schubert!
The rhyme scheme here is quite special. Each second line has an internal rhyme – “In heaven from EARTH, His full matchless WORTH,”
Each alternate line has an ending rhyme right through the stanza – “run, sun, won, One”.
{{Revelation 22:3 “There shall no longer be any curse, and the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it, and His bond-servants shall serve Him,”}}
{{Revelation 21:3-4 I heard a loud voice from the throne, saying, “Behold, the tabernacle of God is among men, and He shall dwell among them, and they shall be His people, and God Himself shall be among them, and He shall wipe away every tear from their eyes, and there shall no longer be any death. There shall no longer be any mourning, or crying, or pain. The first things have passed away.”}}
{{Revelation 5:12-13 saying with a loud voice, “Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power and riches and wisdom and might and honour and glory and blessing,” and every created thing, which is in heaven and on the earth and under the earth and on the sea, and all things in them, I heard saying, “To Him who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb, be blessing and honour and glory and dominion forever and ever,”}}
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GLORY AND ADORATION TO THE LORD
In heaven from earth, His full matchless worth,
We’ll sing when our race is run.
The children of grace will see His dear face
More glorious than the sun.
Our constant story - to Him be glory;
Will be of victory won.
May You be adored, blesséd risen Lord,
For You are the worthy One.
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He came from His throne, our sins to atone,
Though mostly by man denied.
He suffered sins’ pains to remove our stains;
By man He was crucified.
To us he gives peace which will never cease;
His love for us will abide.
Your honour we raise; Your name, Lord, we praise.
Your mercy is heaven-wide.
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There’ll be no shed tear, nor reason to fear,
Nor sin from which to repent.
The Lamb’s wife, the Bride, all holy inside;
No wrinkle, or spot, or rent.
The Lord is the Light so there’ll be no night;
His glory will not be spent
Your grace, when we meet, and sit at Your feet,
Evil can not circumvent.
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The devil may scheme, and line up his team
In his attempts to assail.
The Lord knows what’s best; in that I can rest.
His presence – it will not fail.
This world will decline, but we will be fine,
For we journey on God’s trail.
If peril arrives, we know that our lives
Are protected in the gale.
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Our Saviour we love, our dear Lord above;
To Him our whole lives we bring.
He is our delight, the joy of our sight;
With gladness, our hearts they ring.
It won’t be long now; before Him we’ll bow,
And His praises we will sing.
Our joy overflows; the praise to Him grows!
Majesty unto the King.
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18 th & 19 th August, 1997 Ronald Ferguson 10-7-10-7-10-7-10-7
“By man He was crucified” could be changed to “As our sacrifice He died.”
The 4th and 5th stanzas were written on 11 July 2020.