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Traditional hymns – John Adams Prayer, Pitcairn Anthem

John Adams’ Prayer

Suffer me not O Lord
To waste this day in Sin or Folly
But let me Worship thee with much Delight
Teach me to Know more of Thee
And to serve thee better than ever I had done before
That I may be fitter to Dwell in heaven
Where thy Worship and Service are Everlasting

Amen

The Pitcairn Anthem

Then shall the King say unto them
On His right hand –

 

Come ye blessed of my father
Inherit the Kingdom prepared for you

From the foundation of the world.

I was hunger’d, and ye gave me meat,

I was thirsty and ye gave me drink,

I was a stranger and ye took me in,
Naked and ye clothed me,
I was sick and ye visited me,

I was in prison and ye came unto me.

Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one
Of the least of these my brethren
Ye have done it unto me,

Ye have done it unto me.

“Different Music”, by Lou Menadue

This slim self-published volume, printed by Photopress International on Norfolk Island, has not been registered in the National Library of Australia. It follows an unusual style, being part memoir, part reflective and part fiction. It ends with high praise of Norfolk Island as a place where the restless author “Crystal Allan” finally found peace. Author long-term resident Louise Menadue.