Sunday's Hymn

A hymn sung at Riverdale Baptist Church in Whitehorse Yukon this morning:

The Love of God

The love of God is greater far
Than tongue or pen can ever tell;
It goes beyond the highest star,
And reaches to the lowest hell;
The guilty pair, bowed down with care,
God gave His Son to win;
His erring child He reconciled,
And pardoned from his sin.

Refrain

O love of God, how rich and pure!
How measureless and strong!
It shall forevermore endure
The saints’ and angels’ song.

When years of time shall pass away,
And earthly thrones and kingdoms fall,
When men, who here refuse to pray,
On rocks and hills and mountains call,
God’s love so sure, shall still endure,
All measureless and strong;
Redeeming grace to Adam’s race—
The saints’ and angels’ song.

Could we with ink the ocean fill,
And were the skies of parchment made,
Were every stalk on earth a quill,
And every man a scribe by trade,
To write the love of God above,
Would drain the ocean dry.
Nor could the scroll contain the whole,
Though stretched from sky to sky.

—Fred­er­ick M. Leh­man (Listen)

 Other hymns, worship songs, etc. posted today:

• The Ninth Sunday after Trinity at Magic Statistics
  
• From All That Dwell at Hiraeth
  
• Whate’er My God Ordains is Right at Seasoning of the Heart
• Like a River Glorious at Field Stone Cottage
• Lord’s Day 29, 2008 at The Thirsty Theologian
• When Langour and Disease Invade at joythruChrist
• Man of Sorrows at Practicing Theology
• The Comforter Has Come at Conjubilant with Song
• Behold Th’amazing Gift of Love at Whatever Things…
• Out in the Sunshine at The Happy Wonderer
• To God Be the Glory at Driveway Blogger
  

Have you posted a hymn 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.

Update on Monday, July 21, 2008 at 12:56AM by rebecca

Kim from Hiraeth has added another of the hymns she sang in church this morning because it is such a moving one: Ah, Holy Jesus.

Sunday's Hymn

Yikes! We sang not one hymn in church this morning. That makes posting a hymn we sang in our Sunday service a bit difficult, so here’s what I’ll do. I’ll post another hymn the choir sang this spring.

My Jesus, I Love Thee

My Jesus, I love Thee, I know Thou art mine;
For Thee all the follies of sin I resign.
My gracious Redeemer, my Savior art Thou;
If ever I loved Thee, my Jesus, ’tis now.

I love Thee because Thou has first loved me,
And purchased my pardon on Calvary’s tree.
I love Thee for wearing the thorns on Thy brow;
If ever I loved Thee, my Jesus, ’tis now.

I’ll love Thee in life, I will love Thee in death,
And praise Thee as long as Thou lendest me breath;
And say when the death dew lies cold on my brow,
If ever I loved Thee, my Jesus, ’tis now.

In mansions of glory and endless delight,
I’ll ever adore Thee in heaven so bright;
I’ll sing with the glittering crown on my brow;
If ever I loved Thee, my Jesus, ’tis now.

—-Will­iam R. Fea­ther­ston

Download the Riverdale Baptist Church choir singing this hymn. (The flautist is Serena McHone.)

 Other hymns, worship songs, etc. posted today:

• The Eighth Sunday after Trinity at Magic Statistics
  
• O Sacred Head, Now Wounded at Hiraeth
  
• God is the Refuge of His Saints at Seasoning of the Heart
• Praise the Savior at Field Stone Cottage
• Lord’s Day 28, 2008 at The Thirsty Theologian
• Far From My Thoughts at joythruChrist
• A Mighty Fortress at Practicing Theology
• Lift Us High to Resolve at Conjubilant with Song
• Beneath the Cross of Jesus at Whatever Things…
• Spirit of Holiness, Descend at The Happy Wonderer
• In Sweet Communion, Lord at Fish and Cans
• And Can It Be? at Driveway Blogger
  

Have you posted a hymn 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.

Happy Birthday John!

John Calvin, that is.

Quoting from Sherry at Semicolon:

On this date in 1509, John Calvin, or Jean Chauvin, was born in Noyon, Picardie, France. 

To mark the day, Sherry is collecting links to posts about  John Calvin.  I’m going to take the lazy (or busy) woman’s easy way out and post a hymn written by John Calvin, a hymn which celebrates the sufficiency of Christ.

I Greet Thee, Who My Sure Redeemer Art

I greet Thee, who my sure Redeemer art,
My only trust and Savior of my heart,
Who pain didst undergo for my poor sake;
I pray Thee from our hearts all cares to take.

Thou art the King of mercy and of grace,
Reigning omnipotent in every place;
So come, O King, and our whole being sway;
Shine on us with the light of Thy pure day.

Thou art the life, by which alone we live,
And all our substance and our strength receive;
Sustain us by Thy faith and by Thy power,
And give us strength in every trying hour.

Thou hast the true and perfect gentleness,
No harshness hast Thou and no bitterness;
O grant to us the grace we find in Thee,
That we may dwell in perfect unity.

Our hope is in no other save in Thee;
Our faith is built upon Thy promise free;
Lord, give us peace, and make us calm and sure,
That in Thy strength we evermore endure.

It’s a fine hymn. If you’d like to hear it sung, listen to this mp3 from Center for Church Music rather than the organ version at Cyberhymnal.