A weekly podcast about how our songs of faith came to be and how they have encouraged, comforted, and strengthened believers.
IN THIS EPISODE: "Jesus, I My Cross Have Taken" by Henry Francis Lyte (1793-1847)
How did the young woman act during the storm? With simple modesty; she was patient but firm. She bore the storm that was without by the blessed peace that was within. She was still loving and more obedient than ever, except on this one point. She would not forsake Christ. Having tasted the better portion, she would not give it up. She went after Christ, denied herself, and took up her cross to follow Him; then came the trouble.
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IN THIS EPISODE: "There Is a Voice of Sovereign Grace" by Isaac Watts (1674-1748)
"I sat all the evening just looking at that hymn. I did not hear your prayer. I did not hear a word of your sermon. I do not know your text. I thought of nothing but that hymn; and I have been thinking of it ever since."
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IN THIS EPISODE: Excerpts from Kenya
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IN THIS EPISODE: "Jesus, Lover of My Soul" by Charles Wesley (1707-1788)
It is reported that Charles Wesley was sitting in his study one day when a little bird flew into his open window, it was being hunted by a hawk and the predator had almost overtaken his prey when the frightened bird escaped into Wesley’s study. The story goes that Charles watched this scene unfold, let the bird out once it was safe, took his pen, and wrote: “Jesus, lover of my soul, Let me to Thy bosom fly!”
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IN THIS EPISODE: "Lord It Belongs Not to My Care" by Richard Baxter (1615-1691)Â
In spite of his life-long weakness and pains--the bitter persecution and cruel imprisonments, Baxter completed an astounding amount of work. Yet, when reminded on his deathbed of his good deeds for the glory of God and the good of the church, he replied: “I was but a pen in God’s hand, and what praise is due to a pen?”Â
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IN THIS EPISODE: "Christ Leads Me Through No Darker Rooms" by Richard Baxter (1615-1691)
Part of what makes Richard Baxter’s hymns so powerful and worthy of our consideration is the fact that his hymns sprung not only from a heart that cherished Christ but were penned by a hand that kept steady on the plow.
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IN THIS EPISODE: Commanded to Sing and John Wesley's Rules for Methodist Singers
With all this talk about hymns, it's inevitable that each one of us will have to reckon with the reality of the quality of our singing.
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The sands of time are sinking,
The dawn of heaven breaks;
The summer morn I've sighed for,
The fair, sweet morn awakes:
Dark, dark hath been the midnight,
But day-spring is at hand,
And glory, glory dwelleth
In Emmanuel's land.
O Christ! He is the fountain,
The deep, sweet well of love!
The streams on earth I've tasted,
More deep I'll drink above:
There, to an ocean fulness,
His mercy doth expand,
And glory, glory dwelleth
In Emmanuel's land.
Oh, I am my Beloved's,
And my Beloved's mine!
He brings a poor vile sinner
Into His "house of wine."
I stand upon His merit,
I know no other stand,
Not e'en where glory dwelleth
In Emmanuel's land.
The Bride eyes not her garment,
But her dear Bridegroom's face;
I will not gaze at glory,
But on my King of grace.
Not at the crown He giveth
But on His piercèd hand,
The Lamb is all the glory
Of Emmanuel's land.
"The Sands of Time Are Sinking" by Anne Ross Cousin (1824-1906) and Samuel Rutherford (1600-1661)
Christ’s honeycombs drop honey and floods of consolation upon my soul; my chains are gold. Were my blackness and Christ’s beauty carded through other, His beauty and holiness would eat up my filthiness. The secret formula of the saints: When I am in the cellar of affliction, I look for the Lord’s choicest wines.
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