Analysis of Godliness Exhortations

Richard Newton Sherrer 1951 (Easton)



Since we have confidence,
With boldness to enter;
Being in accordance,
With Jesus your mentor.

Into a holy place,
Within the blood of Christ;
The Father shines His grace,
Cleansed by the sacrificed.

The new and living way,
That opens up for us;
Through the veil to obey,
Into His flesh as thus.

Since we have a great priest,
Over the house of God;
He will prepare a feast,
Who do honor and laud.

Draw near with a true heart,
With faith assured as full;
Purged to have a new start,
Baptized in holy pool.

Hold fast to confession,
A hope not to waver;
Faith of your profession,
Trusted to the Savior.

Let us consider how,
To stir up another;
Love and good works you vow,
To care for your brother.

Neglect not for meeting,
Assembly not forsake;
Smile while greeting,
Encouragement does make.

Copyright © 2021 Richard Newton Sherrer


Scheme ABAX CDCD EFEF GXGX HXHX IBIB JBJB KLKL B
Poetic Form
Metre 111100 110110 100010 11011 010101 010111 010111 11010 010101 110111 101101 011111 111011 100111 110101 111001 111011 110111 111011 010101 111010 011110 111010 101010 110101 111010 101111 111110 011110 010101 1110 010011 10101010
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 837
Words 190
Sentences 9
Stanzas 9
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1
Lines Amount 33
Letters per line (avg) 20
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 72
Words per stanza (avg) 17

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The Full Assurance of Faith Hebrews 10:19–25

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Written on December 19, 2021

Submitted by richards.77936 on December 18, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Richard Newton Sherrer

I was born and raised on a farm in Pennsylvania. It was a small family farm that was handed down through 8 generations of Sherrer men until my father; Newton just could not make a living from it any longer. He thought that I would make a better living away from the farm. So, I decided to join the Air Force in 1969 upon graduating from high school. I gained quite a bit of experience and insight on life while in the service. Even though I was only stationed on the east coast of the US, my Air Force career took me to Germany and Korea. After 20 years wearing of the blue uniform, I decided going in a different direction and found myself becoming very diverse in many different fields. Something still seemed missing to me after being separated from the service for about 10 years. The Air Force was a way of life for me, but really missed life in Korea. I found myself changing careers again. Poetry was an interest of his since my days in high school. With returning to the Lord, I felt motivated to write of my Christian beliefs. I started looking at Bible verses and reflecting on my own personal experiences. The Bible was found to be as true today as to when the various books were written. I could see much of what the Bible is teaching us as valid as every in modern time. It felt only natural to me on using his personal experience based on Bible verses and see much of my own life written in the Scriptures. God inspires me what to write about though. I do not claim to be an expert on God or the Bible. I am just a Christian who has become enlightened to write poetic verses from the Holy Scriptures. more…

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