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Counting our Blessings

Posted in Reflections, tagged , , on November 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

by Tel Asiado, Nov 19, 2008

Sometimes we want to pray but cannot gather words we want to say. Or, for some, they may not feel like praying. Here is a suggestion that can be tried how to count our blessings. As hymn-writer Johnson Oatman, Jr. wrote: “count your blessings, name them one by one…”.
It is [...]

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Quote for the Day

Posted in Scripture on November 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

And Jesus looking upon them said,
“With men it is impossible, but not with God: for with God all things are possible.”
-Mark 10:27-

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Our God, Our Help in Ages Past

Posted in Hymn Composer, Hymn Note/History, Hymn Writer, tagged , , on November 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Words by Isaac Watts (1719), Music by William Croft (1708)
© Tel Asiado
Aug 8, 2008
 

Notes on the hymn “Our God, Our Help in Ages Past” written by Isaac Watts, music by William Croft, tune name “St. Anne” with Scripture reference, Psalm 90.
 
“Our God, Our Help in Ages Past” is a sacred hymn still sung at all [...]

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He Leadeth Me, O Blessed Thought

Posted in Hymn Note/History, tagged , on November 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Hymn Writer Joseph H. Gilmore, Composer William B. Bradbury
© Tel Asiado
Aug 3, 2008
Notes on the hymn “He Leadeth Me” written by Joseph Gilmore and composed by William Bradbury, with Scripture reference, Psalm 23, The Shepherd Psalm.
The gospel hymn “He Leadeth Me” was written by Joseph Gilmore on March 26, 1862. From an account of the [...]

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