Sunday's Hymn: Pass Me Not, O Gentle Saviour

Pass me not, O gentle Saviour,
Hear my humble cry;
While on others thou art smiling,
Do not pass me by.

Saviour, Saviour, hear my humble cry;
While on others thou art smiling,
Do not pass me by.

Let me at a throne of mercy
Find a sweet relief;
Kneeling there in deep contrition,
Help my unbelief.

Trusting only in thy merit,
Would I seek thy face;
Heal my wounded, broken spirit,
Save me by thy grace.

Thou the Spring of all my comfort,
More than life to me,
Whom have I on earth beside thee?
Whom in heav’n but thee?

—Fanny Crosby

Other hymns, worship songs, or quotes for this Sunday:

• A Song of Spring Once More We Sing at The Happy Wonderer
• Ancient Hymns Exalt God at The Outspoken Tulip

Sunday's Hymn: Marvelous Grace of Our Loving Lord

Marvelous grace of our loving Lord,
Grace that exceeds our sin and our guilt,
Yonder on Calvary’s mount outpoured,
There where the blood of the Lamb was spilt.

Grace, grace, God’s grace,
Grace that will pardon and cleanse within;
Grace, grace, God’s grace,
Grace that is greater than all my sin.

Sin and despair like the sea waves cold,
Threaten the soul with infinite loss;
Grace that is greater, yes, grace untold,
Points to the refuge, the mighty cross.

Dark is the stain that we cannot hide,
What can avail to wash it away?
Look! there is flowing a crimson tide;
Whiter than snow you may be today.

—Julia H. Johnston

Other hymns, worship songs, or quotes for this Sunday:

• The Book My Mother Read at The Happy Wonderer
• They Taught Him to Love Jesus at The Outspoken Tulip

Selected Reading, May 9, 2020

This week’s reading recommendations. 

Christian History

10 Things You Should Know about the Church’s Historic Creeds and Confessions
Ten reasons to love the historic creeds and confessions.

Christine de Pizan - Theologian and Mother
A biographical sketch of Christine de Pizan, the first professional woman writer in France, who was also a single mother (Simonetta Carr).

Book Recommendations

Why I Keep Returning to an Old Book on Atonement
Randy Newman writes: “The Atonement examines our Messiah’s death and resurrection through a multifaceted lens of New Testament words—covenant, sacrifice, Day of Atonement, Passover, redemption, reconciliation, propitiation, and justification. The cumulative effect fits well under the banner, ‘The whole is greater than the sum of its parts.’ Indeed, Morris’s work is both worship-inducing and sanctification-accelerating.” 

I’ve been recommending this book for years. I’m not sure how many people I actually convinced to read it, but you really should read The Atonement by Leon Morris!

Mother’s Day Book Giveaway!
If you are on Facebook, you can enter this giveaway of the four books (so far) in the Good Portion Books series. But you need to hurry! (And while we are on the subject, here’s an interview with Jenny Manley, author of The Good Portion: Christ, one of the two new books in the series out this spring.)