I'm Back

Friday afternoon I returned from my trip to Minnesota to meet my new nieces and nephew, but I’m not ready to resume my regular blog schedule. We are busy moving youngest daughter in and cleaning and switching bedrooms at the same time.

Plus, there’s lots of garden and yard work to do.

I’m shooting for tomorrow for this week’s theological term. I’ll also be posting some quotes from Bruce Ware’s Big Truths for Young Hearts soon and reviewing it in the upcoming weeks.

Sunday's Hymn

This hymn is another of the Olney Hymns.

Heal Us, Emmanuel

Heal us, Emmanuael, here we are,
Waiting to feel thy touch;
Deep wounded souls to thee repair,
And, Savior we are such.

Our faith is feeble we confess,
We faintly trust thy word;
But wilt thou pity us the less?
Be that far from thee, Lord!

Remember him who once applied
With trembling for relief;
“Lord, I believe, with tears he cried,
O help my unbelief.”

She too, who touched thee in the press,
And healing virtue stole;
Was answered, “Daughter, go in peace,
Thy faith hath made thee whole.”

Concealed amid the gath’ring throng,
She would have shunned thy view;
And if her faith was firm and strong,
Had strong misgivings too.

Like her, with hopes and fears, we come,
To touch thee if we may;
O! send us not despairing home,
Send none unhealed away.

—William Cowper

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

• Lord’s Day 35, 2009 at The Thirsty Theologian
• Bless this Hour of Prayer at The Happy Wonderer
• Great God, We Sing that Mighty Hand at Fieldstone Cottage
• Consecration and worship from The Valley of Vision at The Upward Call
• O Come, My Soul, Bless Thou the Lord at Hiraeth
• I Greet Thee, Who My Sure Redeemer Art at Tapestry of Graces
• Thou Art My Rock at Conjubilant With Song

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 emailing me at the address in the sidebar and I’ll add your post to the list.

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Free Will
Do we have it? That depends, says Andrew Naselli, on what you mean by free will. (Reformation 21)

History
of staples. Find out, for instance, why the Japanese word for stapler is “hochikisu.” (mental_floss Blog)