This last line about “Abide with Me” has deep resonance in the novel, for Jayber has walked through the valley of the shadow of death with people he loves, as those people lost loved ones who could never be replaced. So the line draws its beauty from the lyrics of the hymn and the...
while Mick Harvey's slithering, unnerving bass — apparently recorded by hitting the strings with a drumstick — only adds to the sense of malevolence. Little wonder, then, that despite Cave's misgivings about its parent album, "The Mercy Seat" has remained ...
It’s his mercy if you have eyes to see the sunshine, ears to hear the robins and taste buds to enjoy your coffee. It’s God’s mercy this morning if you know Jesus Christ, the living God. God’s mercy you have his Word. There are multitudes who don’t. It’s God’s mercy yo...
” If a conversation pursues, I’m guilty of peppering my sentences with “Lovie” a few more times to make a point. Now, I’m not saying that this is all bad. I’m just saying that this week my eyes were opened to the realization that perhaps I might want to just curtail using ...
I just do not know how to answer though I really want it so much. I just keep quiet and continue to preserve my heart, not letting them to affect me. I know all these are my cross and battle to face, but no matter how strong the attack is, it brings me more to rely on God....
“He spoke for an hour and a half on how, as a kid, you couldn’t even get pictures of anybody [the artists],” Lanois, who produced two Dylan albums, 1989’s Oh Mercy, and 1997’s Time Out Of Mind, recounted to a reporter from the Vancouver Sun in February of 2015. “You ...
And some people got angry and others felt hope and most everybody knew they needed mercy. But that brother of yours, he is mercy, sweet girl. Even to the ones who never ask. And I’m looking up at her face and twisting her beads between my fingers and she’s stroking my hair and...
They weren’t preaching Christ crucified or offering his mercy to the nations. They had an excuse: they hadn’t yet received the Holy Spirit. What’s our excuse? We received the Holy Spirit at baptism and his presence was strengthened in confirmation. We claim his name over our lives ...
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The primary sources help establish a more accurate understanding of the origins of this hymn. Some versions overly sentimentalize the facts, gloss over Spafford’s doctrinal drift, or completely ignore the events surrounding the composer of the tune that accompanied the lyrics. The actual facts are...