Sunday Hymn: Beneath the Cross of Jesus

Beneath the cross of Jesus I fain would take my stand,
The shadow of a mighty rock within a weary land;
A home within the wilderness, a rest upon the way,
From the burning of the noontide heat, and the burden of the day.

O safe and happy shelter, O refuge tried and sweet,
O trysting place where Heaven’s love and Heaven’s justice meet!
As to the holy patriarch that wondrous dream was giv’n,
So seems my Savior’s cross to me, a ladder up to Heav’n.

There lies beneath its shadow but on the further side
The darkness of an awful grave that gapes both deep and wide;
And there between us stands the cross two arms outstretched to save
A watchman set to guard the way from that eternal grave.

Upon that cross of Jesus mine eye at times can see
The very dying form of One who suffered there for me;
And from my stricken heart with tears two wonders I confess;
The wonders of redeeming love and my unworthiness.

I take, O cross, thy shadow for my abiding place;
I ask no other sunshine than the sunshine of His face;
Content to let the world go by, to know no gain or loss,
My sinful self my only shame, my glory all the cross.

—Eliz­a­beth Cle­phane

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

• What a Wonderful Savior Is Jesus at By Grace Alone
• Come Ye Sinnners at Gospel Grace
• It Is Well with My Soul at The Happy Wonderer
• The Puritans: Jeremiah Burroughs at Challies.com
• The Sixth Beatitude at Tried With Fire 
• Lord’s Day 29, 2013 at The Thirsty Theologian
• You Weekly Dose of Spurgeon at Pyromaniacs: The unequal yoke
• Sunday Hymnist: Samuel Stennet at Theology for Girls

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.

This Week in Housekeeping

Recently updated theological terms:

infralapsarianism

• Tweaked the definition.
• Added Filed under Reformed Theology.

irresistible grace

• Removed dead link.
• Fixed the link to John Piper’s Irresistible Grace. (Not sure why the page heading on this says, “Unlike the Gospels, these latest tales don’t have deep roots.” Someone trying to be funny?)
• Added a link to Brian Schwertly’s Irresistible Grace. 
• Added a link to audio of Sinclair Ferguson’s Irresistable Grace.
• Added related terms effectual call, external call, grace alone, limited atonement, monergism, perseverance of the saints, total depravity, unconditional election.

Thankful Thurday

I’m thankful for

• long daylight hours to grow my garden in a short summer season.
• beautiful sunsets through smoky skies.
• windows to brighten my home naturally.
• electric lights. I’m thankful I live after electricity was harnessed and lightbulbs were invented.
• winter lights, too—the moon and the aurora. They will brighten my nights when summer is over.
• the Light who came into the world.
• this verse, my favorite: “For God, who said, ‘Let light shine out of darkness,’ has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. (2 Corinthians 4:6, ESV)