Sunday's Hymn: My Dear Redeemer and My Lord

This Sunday’s featured hymn was unfamiliar to me and might be unfamiliar to you, too. Thankfully, there were a couple of videos of it, one featuring sacred harp singing, which I love. (If sacred heart singing is new to you, here’s an explanation of how it works.)

My dear Redeemer and my Lord,
I read my duty in thy Word;
But in thy life the law appears
Drawn out in living characters.

Such was thy truth, and such thy zeal,
Such def’rence to thy Father’s will,
Such love, and meekness so divine,
I would transcribe and make them mine.

Cold mountains and the midnight air
Witnessed the fervor of thy prayer;
The desert thy temptations knew,
Thy conflict and thy vict’ry too.

Be thou my pattern; make me bear
More of thy gracious image here:
Then God the Judge shall own my name
Amongst the foll’wers of the Lamb.

 —Isaac Watts

Other hymns of worship songs for this Sunday:

• All Hail the Power of Jesus’ Name at The Happy Wonderer 

Sunday's Hymn: Majestic Sweetness Sits Enthroned

Majestic sweetness sits enthroned
Upon the Saviour’s brow;
His head with radiant glories crowned,
His lips with grace over flow.

No mortal can with him compare,
Among the sons of men;
Fairer is he than all the fair
That fill the heavenly train.

He saw me plunged in deep distress,
He flew to my relief;
For me he bore the shameful cross,
And carried all my grief.

To him I owe my life and breath,
And all the joys I have;
He makes me triumph over death,
And saves me from the grave.

To heav’n, the place of his abode,
He brings my weary feet;
Shows me the glories of my God,
And makes my joys complete.

Since from his bounty I receive
Such proofs of love divine,
Had I a thousand hearts to give,
Lord, they should all be thine.

 —Samuel Stennett 

Other hymns of worship songs for this Sunday:

• More Love to Thee, O Christ at The Happy Wonderer 

Selected Reading, May 8, 2021

 

You might like these pieces—and learn from them, too.

Trinity

How the Doctrine of Inseparable Operations Unlocks the Gospel
It might seem like a hard to understand and trivial point of doctrine, but it’s actually pretty important: “Without inseparable operations, the cross would not be good news. It would truly look like its critics’ worst caricatures: a Father waiting on the sidelines for the Son to bear a punishment or, worse, venting his anger on a docile Son before he can act graciously toward the rest of us. It is hard to overestimate the damage caused by such sub-Trinitarian readings of the cross.”

Bible Application

Falling Away and Forsaking the Meeting
Wyatt Graham explains and applies Hebrews 10:24-25. What situation does the author have in mind when he commands his readers not to neglect meeting together? And how does the command to not neglect meeting together apply to us today?

Canon

How Far Back Can We Trace the Fourfold Gospel?
When did Christians begin to gather the four gospels together and view them as a unit? (Michael Kruger)