What are the sins of superiors?

The sins of superiors are, besides the neglect of the duties required of them,[1] an inordinate seeking of themselves,[2] their own glory,[3] ease, profit, or pleasure;[4] commanding things unlawful,[5] or not in the power of inferiors to perform;[6] counseling,[7] encouraging,[8] or favoring them in that which is evil;[9] dissuading, discouraging, or discountenancing them in that which is good;[10] correcting them unduly;[11] careless exposing, or leaving them to wrong, temptation, and danger;[12] provoking them to wrath;[13] or any way dishonoring themselves, or lessening their authority, by an unjust, indiscreet, rigorous, or remiss behavior.[14]

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Sunday's Hymn

Here’s a hymn sung by the congregation of Riverdale Baptist Church in Whitehorse, Yukon this morning.

O the Deep, Deep Love of Jesus

O the deep, deep love of Jesus, vast, unmeasured, boundless, free!
Rolling as a mighty ocean in its fullness over me!
Underneath me, all around me, is the current of Thy love
Leading onward, leading homeward to Thy glorious rest above!

O the deep, deep love of Jesus, spread His praise from shore to shore!
How He loveth, ever loveth, changeth never, nevermore!
How He watches o’er His loved ones, died to call them all His own;
How for them He intercedeth, watcheth o’er them from the throne!

O the deep, deep love of Jesus, love of every love the best!
’Tis an ocean full of blessing, ’tis a haven giving rest!
O the deep, deep love of Jesus, ’tis a heaven of heavens to me;
And it lifts me up to glory, for it lifts me up to Thee!

—-S. Tre­vor Fran­cis

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From YouTube, a haunting celtic version of this hymn  by Joanne Hogg.

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Other hymns, worship songs, sermons etc. posted today:

• Why Should Cross and Trial Grieve Me? at Hiraeth
• Jesus, Savior, Pilot Me at Field Stone Cottage
• Lord’s Day 38, 2008 at The Thirsty Theologian
• Why Should Cross and Trial Grieve Me? at joythruChrist
  
• Come Sing, Ye Choirs Exultant at Conjubilant with Song
• Through the Love of God Our Savior at Whatever Things…
• O Christ, Who Hath Prepared a Place at The Happy Wonderer
• Your Weekly Dose of Spurgeon: The Virtue of Candor in Preaching at Pyromaniacs
• Like a River Glorious at Practicing Theology
  
• Though Troubles Assail Us at Driveway Blogger
  

Have you posted a hymn today and I missed it? Let me know by leaving a link in the comments or by emailing me at the address in the sidebar and I’ll add your post to the list.

Home: September 19

Every Tuesday and Friday for the rest of September, I’ll be collecting posts on the topic of home. Do you have a post I should include? Leave the link in the comments here or email it to me. Poems, photos, lists, stories, you-name-it—it’s all welcome.

Recent home related posts

Jill, a first time contributor to the monthly them post here, celebrates four years in her family’s home.

I have trouble remembering life before we moved to Orem. Life before chickens; before we became gardeners and harvesters and hobby-homesteaders. Life before we wanted to be home, couldn’t wait to be home, spent as much time as possible at home, were most content at home.

A lovely post and a lovely home!

And another first time contributor, Deanna, urges us to open our home to friends, neighbours and family.

I’d say having Dorothy’s cross stitched picture on the wall would help make things homey!

I’ve posted yet another list: There’s No Place Like Home.