Round the Sphere Again: Humility

At my dad’s memorial service, a young man read Philippians 2:1-9, one of his favorite passages. When he finished, he said, “Frank’s life was an example of humility.” And it was. One of the most precious memories of my life was my dad, at the hospital, emptying my husband’s bed pan.

So I really liked this (David Kjos at The Calvinist Gadfly). Just as with the professor in David’s story, you could see “see the shadow of Christ” in my dad’s service. And when you know someone who is truly humble, it points right back to the greatest humility: God with us.

A Catechism for Girls and Boys

Part II: Questions about The Ten Commandments

48. Q. What is the fourth commandment?
      A. The fourth commandment is, Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy man-servant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: for in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day, and hallowed it.

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Sunday's Hymn: Holy God, We Praise Thy Name

Holy God, we praise Thy name;
Lord of all, we bow before Thee!
All on earth Thy scepter claim,
All in Heaven above adore Thee;
Infinite Thy vast domain,
Everlasting is Thy reign.

Hark! the loud celestial hymn
Angel choirs above are raising,
Cherubim and seraphim,
In unceasing chorus praising;
Fill the heavens with sweet accord:
Holy, holy, holy, Lord.

Lo! the apostolic train
Join the sacred name to hallow;
Prophets swell the loud refrain,
And the white robed martyrs follow;
And from morn to set of sun,
Through the Church the song goes on.

Holy Father, Holy Son,
Holy Spirit, Three we name Thee;
While in essence only One,
Undivided God we claim Thee;
And adoring bend the knee,
While we own the mystery.

—Te Deum, c. 4th century.

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

• Blessed Be the Name at Jam and Books
• With Broken Heart and Contrite Sigh at Whatever Things
• Indescribable at The Happy Wonderer
• How Beautiful the Sight at Fieldstone Cottage
• A Refuge for Sinners, the Gospel Makes Known at Tried With Fire 
• Lord’s Day 42, 2011 at The Thirsty Theologian
• Voices From the Past - October 16, 2011 at The Upward Call
• Your Weekly Dose of Spurgeon at Pyromaniacs: On Fraternizing with Rank Heretics
• Praying the Psalms - Psalm 1 at Daily on My Way to Heaven
• The Deeps from the Valley of Vision at Lisa Writes
• Presbyterian Profundity at Reformation 21 Blog

Have you posted a hymn (or sermon, sermon notes, prayer, etc.) today and I missed it? Let me know by leaving a link in the comments or by contacting me using the contact form linked above, and I’ll add your post to the list.