angoni70: April 2015

Saturday, April 18, 2015

Christian Music : "When I survey the wondrous cross" Author : Isaac Watts, 1674-1748

MATTHEW ARNOLD declared the greatest Christian hymn in the English language to be "When I survey the wondrous cross." At least it is admittedly the greatest hymn of a great hymn-writer, Isaac Watts, the father of modern English hymnody. He was the son of a deacon in the Independent Church, who had no sympathy with young Watts's custom of making rhymes and verses when a boy. At the age of eighteen Watts was one day ridiculing some of the poor hymns then sung in the churches, when his father said to him, sarcastically, "Make some yourself, then." Accordingly, Watts set himself to writing a hymn, and produced the lines beginning: "Behold the glories of the Lamb." That was the start of his eminent career as a hymn-writer.
http://christianmusicandhymns.blogspot.co.uk/2015/03/when-i-survey-wondrous-cross-author.html

Christian Music : "All hail the power of Jesus name!" Edward Perronet, 1726-1792

THE Rev. Edward Perronet was a most devout man, who had the courage of his convictions and was not afraid to suffer for what he thought to be right. He lived in the days of the Wesleys and was intimate with them, and the philanthropic Lady Huntingdon was his patroness for a time. But these friends he felt it necessary to surrender because he conscientiously differed with them on some points of belief. His immortal hymn, "All hail the power of Jesus name," has proved a blessing to Protestants of all beliefs.
http://christianmusicandhymns.blogspot.co.uk/2015/03/all-hail-power-of-jesus-name-edward.html

Christian Music : "Stand up, stand up for Jesus!" George Duffield, Jr., 1818-1888

THE hymn, "Stand up, stand up for Jesus," was written during the great revival of 1858, that came to be known as "The Work of God in Philadelphia." It was based upon the dying words of the Rev. Dudley A. Tyng, one of the most active ministers in the revival. It is said that, when he preached on March 30, 1858, at the noonday prayer meeting in Jayne s Hall, five thousand men listened to his sermon from the text, "Go now, ye that are men, and serve the Lord," and that before the close of the meeting over a thousand expressed their purpose to become Christians. A few days later at "Brookfield," not far from Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, he left his study for a moment and went out to the barn, where a mule was working, harnessed to a machine, shelling corn. When he patted the mule on the head, his sleeve caught in the cogs of the wheel and his arm was frightfully torn.
http://christianmusicandhymns.blogspot.co.uk/2015/03/stand-up-stand-up-for-jesus-george.html

Christian Music : "From Greenland's icy mountains" Reginald Heber, 1783-1826

BISHOP REGINALD HEBER, after years of longing for the spread of the gospel in India, crowned his career with a few years of most useful service as Bishop of Calcutta. He made extensive visitations among the struggling missions nearly a century ago and ordained the first Christian native, Christian David. At last he laid down his life, a victim of fever, as a result of his labors in that benighted land. During the years of his life as rector of Hodnet, while longing for a career in India, he wrote many hymns, as well as other forms of literary productions, and won the respect and friendship of Milman, Southey, and other litterateurs.
http://christianmusicandhymns.blogspot.co.uk/2015/03/from-greenlands-icy-mountains-reginald.html

Christian Music : "O Love that wilt not let me go" George Matheson, 1842-1906

DR. GEORGE MATHESON was one of the most be loved clergymen in the Church of Scotland. His writings were numerous and of a high order; but the marvel of it all is that he was able to accomplish so much without his sight, for from the age of fifteen he was totally blind. His hymn beginning, "O Love that wilt not let me go," was sung out of his blindness and gives evidence of the courage with which he bore his great affliction.
http://christianmusicandhymns.blogspot.co.uk/2015/03/o-love-that-wilt-not-let-me-go-george.html

Christian Music : "Shout the glad tidings, exultingly sing" Muhlenberg's Christmas hymn

Hymns like these which we have just quoted prepare us to sing William Augustus Muhlenberg's valuable contribution to our Christmas collection of hymns. It is a hymn in which the echoing harmonies of heaven touch a responsive chord in our very souls. We feel the power in the words and the melody and are literally ready to shout when called to sing — Shout the glad tidings, exultingly sing, Jerusalem triumphs, Messiah is King! Sion, the marvellous story be telling, The Son of the Highest, how lowly His birth! The brightest archangel in glory excelling. He stoops to redeem thee, He reigns upon earth:
http://christianmusicandhymns.blogspot.co.uk/2015/03/shout-glad-tidings-exultingly-sing.html

Christian Music : Good News From Heaven The Angels Bring - Luther's Christmas hymn

Martin Luther, who contributed much to the Reformation cause through his hymns, which are known by every peasant in Germany, and for which in most instances he has furnished his own melody, has given us one of the very best and most meaningful of our Christmas hymns.
http://christianmusicandhymns.blogspot.co.uk/2015/03/good-news-from-heaven-angels-bring.html

Christian Music : "Away in a manger, no crib for a bed" A CHRISTMAS LULLABY

Martin Luther has given us another Christmas hymn — at least it is commonly attributed to him — the ''Cradle Hymn," which is a marvellously sweet lullaby. This hymn is very short; but it is very dear to the little ones, who without exception soon learn to sing and to love it.
http://christianmusicandhymns.blogspot.co.uk/2015/03/away-in-manger-no-crib-for-bed.html

Christian Music : "From Depths of Woe I Cry to Thee" Luther's 130TH psalm

uther began the writing of hymns in 1523, and as this hymn bears the date of 1524 it is therefore among the earlier of his contributions to the rich storehouse of Evangelical hymnody. His hymns were the product of his environment and the expression of his strong faith in the presence of trial. A careful reading of the text of this hymn, while it is strictly penitential, shows lines strikingly expressive of faith and trust. There are several translations of the vigorous German of this hymn into very excellent English.
http://christianmusicandhymns.blogspot.co.uk/2015/03/from-depths-of-woe-i-cry-to-thee.html

Christian Music : "Show pity, Lord, O Lord, forgive" Isaac watts' prayer for forgiveness

Isaac Watts, that prolific writer of English hymns, has contributed a most helpful penitential hymn, which bears the date of 1719. The sentiment of this hymn is rather an assumption of sin and a realization of God's knowledge of it, and therefore a penitential petition for forgiveness.
http://christianmusicandhymns.blogspot.co.uk/2015/03/show-pity-lord-o-lord-forgive-isaac.html

Monday, April 13, 2015

Adventist Sermons And Music: They Shall See His Face

"When you get to heaven, Billy, what do you want to see most?" a Christian teacher asked one of her first graders. Billy thought for a moment. There was much his little heart longed for. He had heard the blessed land with its beauties, its treasures, its delicacies, spoken of frequently. "Please, teacher," the little fellow replied, "I want to see the lions, the mansions, and the angels, but most of all I want to see Jesus." Fanny J. Crosby, the hymn writer, expresses the same longing in these words:
http://adventistsermons.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/they-shall-see-his-face.html

The Laws of Health in Leviticus | Natural and Home Remedies

A diet principle: Thirty five hundred years ago Moses recorded that “the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, Ye shall eat no manner of fat, of ox, or of sheep, or of goat” (Numbers 7:22,23). “It shall be a perpetual statute for your generations throughout all your dwellings, that ye eat neither fat nor blood” (Leviticus 3:17). Only in recent years has medical science come to realize that the eating of animal fats is one of the leading factors in arteriosclerosis. Time magazine of January 10, 1969, reported a study of 6,500 men and women of Framingham, Massachusetts, which charted the development of heart disease and incidence of heart attacks. The results “indicate that a man with high blood cholesterol has almost three times the average risk of a heart attack.
http://simplenaturalandhomeremedies.com/2014/01/the-laws-of-health-in-leviticus.html

Easy Piecrust | Healthy Vegetarian and Vegan Recipes

To make easy piecrust you need the following ingredients: 1 cup stirred whole-wheat flour (preferably pastry flour) ⅛ teaspoon salt 2 ½ tablespoons oil Water to moisten (about 2 tablespoons)
http://vegetarianandveganrecipe.com/2013/06/easy-piecrust.html

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