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Florazheng1015 Posted 21 years ago
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Questions abt Christianity.Pls help me.TKS

0 Q1.the barren waste of sin? 02br
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00What is the SIN here? The original sin? 02br
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00Q2 What is the meaning of following phrase? 02br
00on frightened wings of flight 02br
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00Q3 Wolves of hell=evil or Satan? 02br
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00Q4 gentle shepherd=God here? Why? 02br
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00Q5 What does "fold" symbolize here? 02br
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00Q6 Is this piece relatd to Psalm 23? 02br
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00Q7And in Thy cool green pastures let me lie===I die? 02br
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00Q8 What is the meaning of following sentence? 02br
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00Beside the still clear waters lead Thou me 02br
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00My soul is lost, so lonely and so cold 02br
00Just like a lamb that has strayed from the fold 02br
00Across the barren waste of sin I roam 02br
00Oh, gentle shepherd hear my cry and lead me home. 02br
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00The hours go by on frightened wings of flight 02br
00While wolves of hell are waiting for the night 02br
00To claim the soul that wandered from the fold 02br
00Oh, gentle shepherd hear my cry and save my soul. 02br
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00Oh, gentle shepherd hear my lonely cry 02br
00And in Thy cool green pastures let me lie 02br
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0 hello floraz, 02br 02br 00This is a song called "OH, GENTLE SHEPHERD", written by Cindy Walker and sung by Jim Reeves 02br 02br 00There is a lot of imagary here from various other Christian hymns and particularly from psalm 23, "The Lord's My Shepherd", which is in the Old Testament. 02br 02br 01blockquote 00 the barren waste of sin12blockquote 12br 02br 00Here the poet tells us that nothing good or beautiful can come from sin; a "barren waste" is an infertile desolate place. He finds himself "lost in sin", seeking for a way out of the sinful life, and calls upon Christ ("The gentle shepherd") to lead him away from sin and back to a good life.

— Abbie1948

  • 0 hello floraz, 02br 02br 00This is a song called "OH, GENTLE SHEPHERD", written by Cindy Walker and sung by Jim Reeves 02br 02br 00There is a lot of imagary here from various other Christian hymns and particularly from psalm 23, "The Lord's My Shepherd", which is in the Old Testament.
  • 02br 02br 01blockquote 00 the barren waste of sin12blockquote 12br 02br 00Here the poet tells us that nothing good or beautiful can come from sin; a "barren waste" is an infertile desolate place.
  • He finds himself "lost in sin", seeking for a way out of the sinful life, and calls upon Christ ("The gentle shepherd") to lead him away from sin and back to a good life.
  • 02br 01blockquote 00The hours go by on frightened wings of flight 12blockquote 12br 02br 00Time is passing very quickly; he is frightened that he will die before he has been able to make reparation for his sinful life, and turn to the path of goodness 02br 01blockquote 00wolves of *** 12blockquote 12br 02br 00The evil demons who are waiting to take his soul.
  • He is refering to them as "wolves" to further the analogy of Christ as the sheperd, and good Christians as his sheep or lambs.
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0 hello floraz, 02br
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00This is a song called "OH, GENTLE SHEPHERD", written by Cindy Walker and sung by Jim Reeves 02br
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00There is a lot of imagary here from various other Christian hymns and particularly from psalm 23, "The Lord's My Shepherd", which is in the Old Testament. 02br
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0 Hi Abbie, 02br
00Thanks a bunch for your help again! I think I basically understand what the connotation of the lyric but the following. Would you please kindly give me a hand again? 02br
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00Beside the still clear waters lead Thou me 02br
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00I think the correct sequence is "Thou lead me" but not "lead Thou me".
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0 Hi florez, 02br
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00I think the correct sequence is "Thou lead me" but not "lead Thou me". It is just for the rhythe here, isn't it ?12blockquote
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00Yes, you are right. Strictly speaking it would be "leadest thou me", but we don't use the pronoun "thou" anymore - it's a bit antiquated. 02br
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0 Hi Abbie, 02br
00Thank you for your answers again. I am still in the dark for the following. 02br
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00Oh, gentle shepherd safe forevermore with Thee... 02br
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00If "safe" is an adj, I think that the sentence is missed out the link verb. -"is" 02br
00The complete sentence should be " gentle shepherd is safe forevermore with
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0Oh , gentle shepherd and Abbie, thanks for throwing daylight on my questions. I got it.050010id1
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