Analysis of A Pastor’s Prayer For Vigilant Obedience
Karl Constantine FOLKES 1935 (Portland)
Bind me as servant
Royally as soldier
Ordained now as Pastor
To serve you with compassion
Honoring your precious love
Expecting nothing
Receiving all with kindness
Giving all freely
Each soul, dispense your mercy
Reminded all are your sheep
Vigilant in prayer
Inspired by your glory
Nurtured by your trust
Endow in me, your servant
Steadfast, my obedience
O, protect me, Lord
Rear me as empty vessel
Ennoble me, Lord
Lift me up with bold courage
Under your commandments
Solemnly to worship you.
As you spoke to Samuel,
seer, priest, judge, and prophet,
a military leader,
whom you lifted up to service;
so now, this is my promise,
anointed as Pastor,
to live my life as servant,
faithfully, to always serve you.
| Scheme | ABBXX XCDDX XDXAX EXEXXF XXBCCBAF |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11110 100110 011110 1111010 1001101 01010 0101110 10110 1101110 0101111 10001 0101110 10111 0101110 110100 10111 1111010 01011 1111110 101010 1001101 111110 111010 010010 11101110 1111110 010110 1111110 1001111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 744 |
| Words | 144 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 5, 6, 8 |
| Lines Amount | 29 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 114 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
About this poem
This acrostic poem, initially composed as a four-stanza poem, entitled “A Pastor’s Prayer for Vigilant Obedience,” is completed with a fifth octet stanza of eight meditative lines. Composed largely as a cinquain, an unrhymed five-line stanza poem, the entire piece is composed in the form of a petition and a promise of obedience by the pastoral candidate, Brother Gervines Orelus, Associate Pastor and Shepherd of Elim Alliance Church, 40 Lake Road, Valley Cottage, New York. Anoint this servant of yours, O Lord. All the days of his life, protect him from harm and danger. Shield him, Lord, and shelter him with tender loving kindness. Let humility be his lowliness and dedication be his strength. Lift him up with your grace and mercy, always to worship you. The Peace of the Lord be with him and with all he come to serve. All this we ask, in the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit. AMEN. Your humble servant-in-Christ, Karl C. Folkes, Deacon and Elder, Elim Alliance Church, Valley Cottage, New York Sunday, April 23, 2023 more »
Written on March 25, 2023
Submitted by karlcfolkes on March 25, 2023
Modified by karlcfolkes on April 15, 2023
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