The Silence In The Church Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EBFBG BHBH IBIB BJBJ KLKL EDDBB MMNN B BOA PPBB HHNN| The congregation shall be desired secretly in their prayers to make their humble | A |
| supplications to God | B |
| for the which prayers there shall be silence kept for a | C |
| space | D |
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| No | E |
| O Holy spirit we entreat | B |
| Send down Thy quickening fire | F |
| Let Thine own presence dread and sweet | B |
| These waiting hearts inspire | G |
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| In every thought and word and deed | B |
| Breathe Thou the breath of life | H |
| The fulness of the grace they need | B |
| For their appointed strife | H |
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| Help them to hold in clasp of prayer | I |
| The rod and staff of God | B |
| And lead them safely surely where | I |
| The Christ Himself hath trod | B |
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| Give power to speak Thy message Lord | B |
| To every feeble voice | J |
| May they the true seed cast abroad | B |
| Till desert wastes rejoice | J |
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| Make strong the toiling hearts and hands | K |
| Keep watching eyes from sleep | L |
| That golden harvests crown the lands | K |
| When angels come to reap | L |
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| No | E |
| POUR now O Lord all gifts of grace | D |
| From Thy most holy dwelling place | D |
| And let the living flame be shed | B |
| On each disciple's bended head | B |
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| Light up his soul with light divine | M |
| A star of heaven on earth to shine | M |
| A beacon on life's stormy sea | N |
| To guide the wandering bark to Thee | N |
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| Lord clothe him now in white complete | B |
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| In Thine own spirit pure and sweet | B |
| Let him go forth to labour well | O |
| In truth and strength invincible | A |
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| May his calm lips that whisper now | P |
| The yearning prayer the solemn vow | P |
| Be ready in the judgment day | B |
| The faithful servant's words to say | B |
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| Lord I have tried in faithful strife | H |
| To win Thy lambs to light and life | H |
| Lord I have truly kept for Thee | N |
| The awful charge Thou gavest me | N |
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