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St.John's
Church where Fenerty occasionally fill
in for Rev. Ellis |
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There
are four stanzas in this poem. The first stanza
basically says that we must remember God in
our youth and prime, and not when we become
old because death is near. Too often that is
the case. We enjoy life too much that we fail
to give thanks (through faith, worship, and
sacrifice) to God, till it's too late. The second
stanza says that we must be careful of the devils
whisper, "yield not to its charms"
Those things that distract us in life are set
there by evil so we give all our attention to
ourselves and not God. The third stanza says
that after evil has endowed us, and forgetting
God, he'll turn us to other gods. And in the
forth stanza he says that we must repent and
turn to God, and our soul will be saved. Fernery
probably wrote this poem in his later years
(perhaps as a lay reader at the church), as
a message to the youth. |
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