My Desktop Photo 63: Arnica

Photo by Andrew Stark
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I’ve seen lots of these on my walks and hikes. You can learn more about arnica at Stopping on Yellow

Round the Sphere Again

By the Numbers
Credit cards, IP addresses and other strings of numbers: Are they just random sequences or do they mean something? (mental_floss Blog)

Three-Pieces
Sherry’s list of top 100 hymns continues to grow.

Here is Love Vast as the Ocean(80)

Trust and Obey (79)

Victory in Jesus (78)

Yukon Ho!
Here’s  one artist’s vision of Dawson City during the Gold Rush. Can you guess who painted it?

Here’s an article on this mystery artist and his work by Joe Carter in First Thoughts.

How is our Baptism to be improved by us?

The needful but much neglected duty of improving our Baptism, is to be performed by us all our life long, especially in the time of temptation, and when we are present at the administration of it to others;[1] by serious and thankful consideration of the nature of it, and of the ends for which Christ instituted it, the privileges and benefits conferred and sealed thereby, and our solemn vow made therein;[2] by being humbled for our sinful defilement, our falling short of, and walking contrary to, the grace of baptism, and our engagements;[3] by growing up to assurance of pardon of sin, and of all other blessings sealed to us in that sacrament;[4] by drawing strength from the death and resurrection of Christ, into whom we are baptized, for the mortifying of sin, and quickening of grace;[5] and by endeavoring to live by faith,[6] to have our conversation in holiness and righteousness,[7] as those that have therein given up their names to Christ;[8] and to walk in brotherly love, as being baptized by the same Spirit into one body.[9]

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