Sunday's Hymn

A hymn by poet Christina Rosetti:

None Other Lamb

None other Lamb, none other Name,
None other hope in Heav’n or earth or sea,
None other hiding place from guilt and shame,
None beside Thee!

My faith burns low, my hope burns low;
Only my heart’s desire cries out in me
By the deep thunder of its want and woe,
Cries out to Thee.

Lord, Thou art Life, though I be dead;
Love’s fire Thou art, however cold I be:
Nor Heav’n have I, nor place to lay my head,
Nor home, but Thee.

Other hymns by poets:

• William Cowper
• John Donne
• George Herbert
• Alfred Tennyson
• Elizabeth Barrett Browning
• John Milton
• Thomas Moore

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

• Open Now Thy Gates of Beauty at Conjubilant with Song
• Lord’s Day 30, 2009, at The Thirsty Theologian
• Sun of my Soul at The Happy Wonderer
• When I Survey the Wondrous Cross at Fieldstone Cottage
• Spiritual Growth from The Valley of Vision at The Upward Call
• Your Weekly Dose of Spurgeon at Pyromaniacs: On the Folly of Constantly Seeking “New Truth”
• Thee We Adore, Eternal God at Hiraeth
• My Song Is Love Unknown at Tapestry of Graces
• Sermon notes at Lux Venit

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.

Sunday's Hymn

George Herbert at Bremerton from the painting by W. Dyce
(click on photo for larger view)

Following hymns written by William Cowper and John Donne, I’m posting another one written by a poet.

The God of Love My Shepherd Is

The God of love my Shepherd is,
And He that doth me feed;
While He is mine and I am His,
What can I want or need?

He leads me to the tender grass,
Where I both feed and rest;
Then to the streams that gently pass:
In both I have the best.

Or if I stray, He doth convert,
And bring my mind in frame,
And all this not for my desert,
But for His holy Name.

Yea, in death’s shady black abode
Well may I walk, not fear;
For Thou art with me, and Thy rod
To guard, Thy staff to bear.

Surely Thy sweet and wondrous love
Shall measure all my days;
And as it never shall remove
So neither shall my praise.

—George Herbert (1593-1633)

Other George Herbert poetry posted here:

• The Agonie
• The Storm
• The Holdfast
• Sin’s Round
• Sweet

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

• Lord’s Day 25, 2009 at The Thirsty Theologian
• Rise Up, O Men of God at The Happy Wonderer
• Around the Throne of God in Heaven at Hiraeth
• O God, the Rock of Ages atFieldstone Cottage
• The Great Discovery from The Valley of Vision at The Upward Call.
• Jesus Loves Me at Tapestry of Graces
• Update: Your Weekly Dose of Spurgeon at Pyromaniacs: The Folly of Toning Down Hard Truths
• Update: Comfort, Comfort Ye My Children at JoythruChrist

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.

Sunday's Hymn

Wilt Thou Forgive?

Wilt Thou forgive that sin, by man begun,
Which was my sin though it were done before?
Wilt Thou forgive that sin, through which I run,
And do run still, though still I do deplore?
When Thou hast done, Thou hast not done,
For I have more.

Wilt Thou forgive that sin which I have won
Others to sin, and made my sin their door?
Wilt Thou forgive that sin which I did shun
A year or two, but wallowed in a score?
When Thou hast done, Thou hast not done,
For I have more.

I have a sin of fear, that when I’ve spun
My last thread, I shall perish on the shore;
But swear by Thyself, that at my death Thy Son
Shall shine, as He shines now and heretofore:
And, having done that, Thou hast done:
I fear no more.

—John Donne (1573-1631)

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

• Lord’s Day 24, 2009 at The Thirsty Theologian
• Holy Father, In Thy Mercy at The Happy Wonderer
• Christ, Whose Glory Fills the Skies at Hiraeth
• None Other Lamb at Fieldstone Cottage
• Make Haste, O My God, to Deliver at joythruChrist
• Living for Jesus from The Valley of Vision at The Upward Call.
• Update: My Shepherd Will Supply My Need at Tapestry of Graces
• Update: Your Weekly Dose of Spurgeon at Pyromaniacs: Simple Substitution

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.