Richard Merrell Poems

The Sun goes black as sackcloth
The Moon it gives no light
Men scream out in anguish;
Their hearts fail them for fright.
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Oh no, I'm left behind
I wish that I had not been blind
To what Christian people said,
'Believe on the Messiah and be not dead.'
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Twinkle, twinkle little star
I do not wonder what you are;
Up above the world so high
God's creation in the sky!
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Some say I am peculiar
Some say that I am weird
But I know where I'm going
'cause I'm not afeared.
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Deo Optimo Maximo
The monks of old did declare
For in doing something for God -
They teach us that we must take care.
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I am betwixt by life's design
And sometimes sleep I must resign;
But this one lesson I have learnt
As Christ's soldier in the ranks
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You cannot eat that meat!
You must be circumcised!
You cannot get married!
These doctrines we devised.
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I am not a scholar
A man of simple mind,
Because I live by faith
The simple truth I find.
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BRETHREN; if a man be at fault
Ye which are spiritual restore such
In the spirit of meekness; consider yourself
Lest ye be tempted much.
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At last I am perfect, perfect in Christ
In Him the fulness of God
At last I am perfect, perfect in Christ
In Him the perfection of God.
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