THE HOLDFAST.

I THREATNED to observe the strict decree
        Of my deare God with all my power and might :
        But I was told by one, it could not be ;
Yet I might trust in God to be my light.

Then will I trust, said I, in him alone.
        Nay, ev’n to trust in him, was also his :
        We must confesse, that nothing is our own.
Then I confesse that he my succour is :

But to have nought is ours, not to confesse
        That we have nought. I stood amaz’d at this,
        Much troubled, till I heard a friend expresse,
That all things were more ours by being his.
        What Adam had, and forfeited for all,
        Christ keepeth now, who cannot fail or fall.

—George Herbert

Sunday's Hymn

We did sing out of the hymn book this morning, but one of them was To God Be the Glory, a hymn I posted as the Sunday hymn only a little while ago, and the rest were more obscure ones with words I can’t find on the internet. So it’ll be another of my favorites today.

I like this one, but I like it especially because it was a favorite of both my mother and my husband.

I Know Whom I Have Believed

I know not why God’s wondrous grace
To me He hath made known,
Nor why, unworthy, Christ in love
Redeemed me for His own.

Refrain

But I know Whom I have believèd,
And am persuaded that He is able
To keep that which I’ve committed
Unto Him against that day.

I know not how this saving faith
To me He did impart,
Nor how believing in His Word
Wrought peace within my heart.

I know not how the Spirit moves,
Convincing us of sin,
Revealing Jesus through the Word,
Creating faith in Him.

I know not what of good or ill
May be reserved for me,
Of weary ways or golden days,
Before His face I see.

I know not when my Lord may come,
At night or noonday fair,
Nor if I walk the vale with Him,
Or meet Him in the air.

—Daniel Whittle

How about a viola, violin and piano performance of this hymn from the Bloomington Korean Baptist Church? You’ll like it, I promise.

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

• The Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity at Magic Statistics
• O The Deep, Deep Love of Jesus at Hiraeth
• Jesus, What a Friend for Sinners at Field Stone Cottage
• Lord’s Day 34, 2008 at The Thirsty Theologian
• Grace, ‘tis a Charming Sound at joythruChrist
• Jesus Christ, to Whom the Number at Conjubilant with Song
• Savior, Again to Thy Dear Name We Raise  at Whatever Things…
• God Holds the Future in His Hands at The Happy Wonderer
• Your Weekly Dose of Spurgeon: Why Error Is Now Thriving in the Church at Pyromaniacs
• Love Divine, All Loves Excelling at Practicing Theology

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.

My Desktop Photo 21: Upper Laberge Village

 

Photo by Andrew Stark
(click for larger view)

The leaves are just beginning to turn, so I’ve decided to use a fall photo on my desktop. This was taken in the village of Upper Laberge. I guess you’d call Upper Laberge a ghost town. No one lives there now, but I think it’s used occasionally as a fish camp.

Here are three photos from the Yukon Archives taken in Upper Laberge way back in 1900.

•  A Royal Mail stage stopped in front of C. D. Co. No. 2
  
•  People standing in front of C. D. Co. No. 2
• A man on the snow covered lake beside the village site