DONNE’S POETRY John Donne “Hymn to God, my God, in my Sickness”page 1 of 2 Summary The speaker says that since he will soon die and come to “that holy room” where he will be made into the music of God as sung by a choir of saints, he tunes “the instrument” now and ...
Today, let’s look more closely at another hymn rich with implications, “Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise.” If you don’t know this hymn, you can listen to a contemporary version here, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6S97XYCkJhY, then soak with me in the first verse: “Immortal...
Orphic Hymn 23 to Nereus (trans. Taylor) (Greek hymns C3rd B.C. to 2nd A.D.) : "To Nereus, Fumigation from Myrrh. O thou sho dost the roots of sea (pontos ) keep in seats cerulian, Daimon of the deep, with fifty maidens [the Nereides] attending in thy train, fair virgin ...
[1] No copies of this hymn have been found before this date, but a growing number after, leading various scholars to support this theory (https://www.challies.com/articles/hyms-stories-a-mighty-fortress-is-our-god/). [2]Philippians 4:19 [3]Psalm 145:9 [4]John 6:44; 3:16 [5]P...
figure, into which we introduced a tolerably credible and possibly true though partly erring myth, which was also a hymn in honour of Eros, who is your lord and also mine, Phaidros (Phaedrus), and the guardian of fair children, and to him we sung the hymn in measured and solemn ...
No one spends time with me. Not even 5 minutes or there’s a complaint. – I understand what Jesus meant when he went that no one would spend an hour with him. That’s because no one cared enough. – There’s a lot of people out there that need an hour of your time. It could...
he turned to me and heard my cry. 2 He lifted me out of the slimy pit, out of the mud and mire; he set my feet on a rock and gave me a firm place to stand. 3 He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God. ...
“He lifted me up from the pit of despair, out of the miry clay; He set my feet upon a rock, and made my footsteps firm. 3 He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God. Many will see and fear and put their trust in the LORD.”Psalm 40:2 ...
So the spirit lifted me up, and took me away, and I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit; but the hand of the LORD was strong upon me. (Ezekiel 3:14) The Lord’s Strength in Daniel And said, O man greatly beloved, fear not: peace be unto thee, be strong, yea, ...
When I say, “praise on my lips,” this means a “thank You” song or a psalm, hymn, or God’s Word on my mind, instead of situations, lack, or loss. But when my body grows fatigued, my mind begins to dwell on the happenings of this world and life circumstances, faith flies aw...