Rees Prichard Poems on Sons (56 Poems)

Advice, To Search For The Lord Jesus Christ (Rees Prichard Poems)

If any man, or maid, or child, wou’d fainThe life to come, eternal life! attain —Christ let him seek with care, if he wou’d live,And Christ to him eternal life shall give. Christ must be sought for first with zealous … Continue reading →

Stanza’s Concerning Some Persons And Things, That Are Mentioned In The Holy Scriptures (Rees Prichard Poems)

FROM Adam’s lapse, this useful lesson learn,“As the least sin, there’s nothing costs so much”Thence, too, the danger thou may’st well discern,“All things forbidden by the Lord, to touch.” Old Eve, by her offence and fatal crime,Has thrown a powerful … Continue reading →

Advice To Ev’ry Master Of A Family, To Govern His House In A Religious Manner (Rees Prichard Poems)

If truly pious thou wou’dst fain appear,And strictly Christian, whilst thou livest here,To a small church convert thy own abode,And make thy private house, the house of God. Make thou a hallow’d church of thy abode,And let thy family, like … Continue reading →

Advice To Serve God (Rees Prichard Poems)

ALL, who wou’d ease and happiness obtain,And wish in health and wealth and peace to live,Must, whilst they in this vale of tears remain,To serve their God with all their spirit strive. Whoe’er besides wou’d covet to escapeLosses, calamity, and … Continue reading →

Christ Is All In All (Rees Prichard Poems)

‘TIS Christ, ’tis Christ himself, that’s all in all;Without Him, man must to perdition fall:No thing, no person, besides Christ alone,Can for the sins of human kind atone. The serpent with an apple man deceiv’d —The serpent man of Paradise … Continue reading →

Advice To Hear, And To Read, The Word Of God (Rees Prichard Poems)

Whoe’er, of any sex or age,To heav’n above wou’d learn the way,His guide must be the sacred Page —Or else he needs must go astray. The way is difficult and long,And few the tedious journey go,Vast crosses round each trav’ler … Continue reading →

A Poem, On The Year 1629, When The Corn Was Unwholesome By Reason Of Excessive Rain (Rees Prichard Poems)

Thou Sov’reign of mercy! thou Sire of all pow’r!Who feedest the hungry, with-hold not our foodFrom us, who forgiveness repentant implore;Tho’ long in a shameful rebellion we’ve stood. For sake of thy mercy, and might most immense,For sake of thy … Continue reading →

The Complaint And The Advice Of Dives, To His Five Brethren (Part 1) (Rees Prichard Poems)

The plaint and the advice of Dives hear,From hell’s hot furnace, and outrageous flame,To his five brethren, and his kinsfolk dear,Lest they, like him, shou’d come and feel the same. “Hear me, my brethren! — hear me, whilst I tell,What … Continue reading →

The Life And Death Of Christ (Rees Prichard Poems)

LET ev’ry Christian who desires to know,What to his Saviour happen’d here below,Draw near — whilst I his Incarnation tell,And what, ’till death, unto our Lord befel. The word was God (e’er heav’n and earth were made,Or the foundations of … Continue reading →

To The Sons Of Brutus (Rees Prichard Poems)

YE sons of Brute, of Trojan blood,A lively, lovely, loving brood,Attend in haste, and to my strains draw nigh,With an obedient heart appear,And with a fix’d attention hear,My doleful plaint, and heart-affecting cry. Th’ unceasing wheel of restless fate,Early each … Continue reading →