-Richard Holden-
Tune: "Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee"
Lord of Glory, we adore Thee!
Christ of God, ascended high!
Heart and soul we bow before Thee,
Glorious now beyond the sky;
Thee we worship, Thee we praise--
Excellent in all Thy ways.
Lord of Glory, we adore Thee!
Christ of God, ascended high!
Anointed King, with glory crowned,
Rightful Heir and Lord of all!
Once rejected, scorned, disowned,
E’en by those Thou cam’st to call;
Thee we honour, Thee adore--
Glorious now and evermore.
Anointed King, with glory crowned,
Rightful Heir and Lord of all!
Lord of Life! to death once subject;
Blesser, yet a curse was made;
Of Thy Father’s heart the object,
Yet in depths of anguish laid;
Thee we gaze on, Thee recall--
Bearing here our sorrows all.
Lord of Life! to death once subject;
Blesser, yet a curse was made.
Royal robes shall soon invest Thee,
Royal splendours crown Thy brow;
Christ of God, our souls confess Thee
King and Sovereign even now!
Thee we reverence, Thee obey--
Own Thee Lord and Christ alway.
Royal robes shall soon invest Thee,
Royal splendours crown Thy brow.
"REPENT ye therefore, and be CONVERTED, that your sins may be blotted out..."--Acts 3:19
*15, 586 B.C.: On this 9th day of Tamuz, the 4th month, Jerusalem falls into the hands of Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon.
(Jeremiah 59:2; 52:6,7)
17, 1703--John Wesley is born to Samuel and Susannah Wesley. He is their 13th child.
19, 1834--Charles Haddon Spurgeon is born in Kelvedon, Essex County, England.
19, 1855--Charles Spurgeon receives the first contribution for the erection of the Metropolitan Tabernacle.
20, 1736--George Whitefield is ordained a deacon.
22, 1714--Matthew Henry dies having written a most colossal work on the Word of God known as MATTHEW HENRY’S COMMENTARIES. He has said, "A life spent in the service of God, and communion with Him is the most comfortable and pleasant life that one can live in the present world."
22, 1750--Jonathan Edwards is dismissed from his church by his own congregation.
He is the preacher of the great revival that has swept the Eastern seaboard.
25, 1810--A petition has been drawn up to
be presented to the General Association of Massachusetts. Adoniram Judson and his associates have drafted the document. The result will be the first American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. This will be the birth of American missions.
27, 1736--George Whitefield preaches his first sermon. It is entitled, "The Necessity and Benefit of Religious Society." He has sent a copy of it to an experienced minister to show himself unfit for the ministry. The seasoned preacher will like it and will pay Whitefield $5.11 to use it.
27,
1819—Adoniram Judson baptizes his first Burmese convert.
**Dates referring to the Jewish calendar may be as much as two weeks off due to the variance in the calendar.
With the freethinking of today, there is one basic truth Christian people need to keep in mind: man is basically sinful.
Philosophy in general declares man to be basically good. Socrates taught that if a man knew right and wrong, he would naturally turn to the right. THIS IS THE ESSENTIAL DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HEATHEN PHILOSOPHY AND CHRISTIAN THEOLOGY.
If we accept the doctrine of the Bible that man is basically evil, our entire thinking is changed. For instance, we will pour out our soul to the Saviour so that He will instill wisdom and understanding in the hearts of our country’s leaders not to disarm our land!
If we believe man is basically sinful, we will not want our children taught in an educational system that refuses to teach that morality which is based upon the moral law of God and which is inscribed upon the hearts of all men.
If we accept this premise, we will recognize criminality in men is a spiritual problem and not an environmental one. Therefore, we will seek their conversion to God rather than their rehabilitation to society.
If we believe man is basically sinful, we will even be careful in what we dress and in what we do not dress.
This single doctrine separates the doctrine of man and the doctrine of God.