Analysis of Glory unto God Alone



Lord, not to us, but to Your name,
Give glory to Your steadfast love;
For Your faithfulness we proclaim,
The blessings that flow from above.

Why should Pagans say, “Where is God?”
Knowing that God is in Heaven;
He is very pleased when we laud,
Rewarding with blessings given.

Their idols are silver and gold,
And handcrafted by human hands;
Liquified metal in a mold,
Cools and hardened until it stands.

They have mouths but will never speak,
They have eyes but will never see;
For the truth, they will never seek,
Since mind and heart will never be.

They have ears but will never hear,
They have noses but never smell;
No feelings for being sincere,
No prophecy as to foretell.

They have hands but will never touch,
They have feet but will never walk;
Not able to comfort so much,
No sound from throat to let him talk.

Those who make them become like them.
So does everyone who would trust;
But our Lord God will condemn,
Because their faith has been unjust.

Copyright ©2023 Richard Newton Sherrer


Scheme ABAB XCXC DEDE FGFG XHXH IJIJ KLKL X
Poetic Form
Metre 11111111 1101111 111101 01011101 1111111 10111010 11101111 01011010 11011001 0101101 110001 10100111 11111101 11111101 10111101 11011101 11111101 11101101 11011001 11001101 11111101 11111101 11011011 11111111 11110111 1110111 11011101 01111101 10101010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 1,010
Words 215
Sentences 10
Stanzas 8
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1
Lines Amount 29
Letters per line (avg) 27
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 98
Words per stanza (avg) 23

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To Your Name Give Glory Psalm 115:1-8

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Written on June 03, 2023

Submitted by richardnsherrer on June 02, 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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