"THEN IN A NOBLER, SWEETER SONG, I'LL SING!"

THOUGHTS WHILE LOOKING AT A HUNDRED-YEAR-OLD  CHURCH...

I HEAR SINGING...from SOMEWHERE
    IN THE COSMOS...Truth Never Dies...
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"Ere since by faith I saw the stream

   Thy flowing wounds supply;

Redeeming love has been my theme

  And shall be 'til I die...

     And shall be 'til I die--

Redeeming love has been my theme

   And shall be 'til I die."

........William Cowper (1731-1800)

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"When I survey the wondrous cross

   On which the Prince of Glory died,

My richest gain I count but loss

   And pour contempt on all my pride.

See from His head, His hands, His feet--

   Sorrow and love flow mingling down;

Did  ere such love and sorrow meet

   Or thorns compose so rich a crown?

Forbid it Lord, that I should boast 

   Save in the death of Christ, my God;

All the vain things that charm me most,

  I sacrifice them to his blood.

Were the whole realm of nature mine,

   That were  a present far too small;

Love so amazing, so divine

  Demands my soul ..my life...my all."

  .......Isaac Watts (1674-1748)

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"Softly and tenderly Jesus is calling,

   Calling for you and for me;

See, on the portals He's waiting

          and watching...

  Watching for you and for me.

Come home, come home,

   Ye who are weary come home."

........Will L.Thompson (1847-1909)

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"Brethren we have met to worship

   and adore the Lord our God...

All is vain unless the Spirit of the

  Holy One comes down;

Brethren pray and holy manna

   will be showered all around.

....... William E, Longataff (1822-1894)

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Someone has wisely written: The Bible

  is God's revelation to man; the hymnal

is man's response to God.

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MIL

17 APRIL 2020

  Church, Taiban, N.M.

  ....photo Annalon Gilbreath

......Enhanced by Gary Dirlam

......Isaac Watts is said to be

        "The Father of English Hymnody"