Sunday's Hymn

A hymn sung at Riverdale Baptist Church in Whitehorse Yukon this morning:

The Love of God

The love of God is greater far
Than tongue or pen can ever tell;
It goes beyond the highest star,
And reaches to the lowest hell;
The guilty pair, bowed down with care,
God gave His Son to win;
His erring child He reconciled,
And pardoned from his sin.

Refrain

O love of God, how rich and pure!
How measureless and strong!
It shall forevermore endure
The saints’ and angels’ song.

When years of time shall pass away,
And earthly thrones and kingdoms fall,
When men, who here refuse to pray,
On rocks and hills and mountains call,
God’s love so sure, shall still endure,
All measureless and strong;
Redeeming grace to Adam’s race—
The saints’ and angels’ song.

Could we with ink the ocean fill,
And were the skies of parchment made,
Were every stalk on earth a quill,
And every man a scribe by trade,
To write the love of God above,
Would drain the ocean dry.
Nor could the scroll contain the whole,
Though stretched from sky to sky.

—Fred­er­ick M. Leh­man (Listen)

 Other hymns, worship songs, etc. posted today:

• The Ninth Sunday after Trinity at Magic Statistics
  
• From All That Dwell at Hiraeth
  
• Whate’er My God Ordains is Right at Seasoning of the Heart
• Like a River Glorious at Field Stone Cottage
• Lord’s Day 29, 2008 at The Thirsty Theologian
• When Langour and Disease Invade at joythruChrist
• Man of Sorrows at Practicing Theology
• The Comforter Has Come at Conjubilant with Song
• Behold Th’amazing Gift of Love at Whatever Things…
• Out in the Sunshine at The Happy Wonderer
• To God Be the Glory 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.

Update on Monday, July 21, 2008 at 12:56AM by rebecca

Kim from Hiraeth has added another of the hymns she sang in church this morning because it is such a moving one: Ah, Holy Jesus.

Dog Days of July and August

This weekend I’ll be taking care of Joey, the little Schnauzer while her owner goes camping. She’s grown since this photo was taken back in February during another stay with me. She has a new real Schnauzer haircut too, but she still loves that same old chew toy.

After Joey goes home, I’ll get Ned, who is a grand old dog. Ned will be staying for nearly a month.

My dog Taffy loves Ned. Joey? Not so much. It’s hard to love when you’re  green with envy.

Leroy the cat and Joey are very best friends and spend hours each day wrestling and chasing each other. Leroy is never jealous. He knows he’s top dog no matter who’s around.

I don’t have grand kids, so I have to spoil other people’s dogs.

Gas Up: July 17

Gas prices at my neighbourhood gas station are exactly the same this week as last—$1.479/litre.

 

I suppose you want me to figure out how much that is per gallon in US dollars, right? That’s $5.64 Canadian for 3.89 litres or 1 US gallon, and the currency is pretty close to par—$1 Canadian is worth $0.9932, which makes the price of 1US gallon of gasoline at my local Fas Gas cost around $5.60 US.*

 

Dorothy  has already posted the price of gasoline in Crystal Lake, IL.

 

Now it’s your turn to let us know where you’re from and what you pay for gas.

 

*I did not check my work, so feel free to correct it.

 

Update on Friday, July 18, 2008 at 4:42PM by rebecca

Candy says that a gas station close to her is charging $4.06/gallon and she is praying for a Vespa.

Update on Saturday, July 19, 2008 at 12:42PM by rebecca

threegirldad comments from Kansas, where they seem to have the cheapest gas in North America. If only they had a mountain or two and no tornadoes, it’d be the perfect place to live.

$3.76 and still inching downward…