6 Lord Jesus Christ, our Savior King,
Thy praise our willing hearts would sing:
We bow the knee before Thy throne—
We glory in Thy Name alone !
7 O Prince and Savior, in Thy grace
Be Thou our Rock and Hiding place:
With judgment fill the wilderness,
The fruitful fields with righteousness.
8 Pour Thou the Spirit from on high
On us; in all our places dry
Rivers of water send, to bless
With righteous peace and quietness.
9 Light of the morning, shining clear,
Our King and God, our voice now hear:
Our worship deign with peace to bless
In beauty of Thy holiness.
10 Thy congregation’s saints would sing
And Zion’s children in their King
Be joyful; pleasure in us take,
And, Savior, beautify the meek!
11 Lord Jesus, grant , at Thy right hand,
That we with all Thy Church may stand
Fairer than children all of men—
Thy Bride, all glorious within !
12 In us Thy holy beauty see—
Thou art our Lord; we worship Thee,
One with the Father evermore,
And Holy Ghost, by all adored!
L.M.
Preparatory Reading: Old Testament: Genesis 21; New Testament: Matthew 10 Psalm: 10
1 Timothy 1:11
11According to the glorious gospel of the blessed God, which was committed to my trust.
The glorious Gospel of the blessed God . . . committed to my trust: This is the meaning of my life, as a Christian man, as a pastor, elder, teacher, bishop in the house of God. It is my trust to ‘show and tell’ the glorious Gospel of the blessed God: exhibit its power in my life; extol it to all in my witness; expound it through “godly edifying in faith” to the Church. I am a steward of the mysteries of God, and it is required that I be found faithful (1 Cor 4:1–2). A day is coming soon when my Lord Jesus will return to earth or will summons me to heaven. He will say to me “Give account of thy stewardship, for thou mayest no longer be steward” (Luke 16:2). “After a long time, the Lord of those servants cometh and reckoneth with them” (Matt 25:9). What will I have to show? Will I have profited myself and others for all the time, trouble and training of the years? How will I account for 20, 30, 40 50 years or more as a professed minister of Jesus Christ? Or dare I look ahead, as might I well look back at times, only this to say, “Lo, there Thou hast that is Thine” (Matt 25:25)? “Necessity is laid upon me; yea, woe is me, if I preach not the Gospel!” (1 Cor 9:16).
Committed to my trust is the glorious Gospel of the blessed God. Glorious Gospel! Glorious because it displays the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ (2 Cor 4:4,6); glorious because it reveals the grace, wisdom and power of God to choose things that are not to confound things that are, that no flesh should glory in His presence (1 Cor 1:28–29); glorious in uniting us to Christ Jesus as our wisdom, strength, righteousness, sanctification and redemption, that, as it is written “He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord” (1 Cor 1:30–31); glorious in the glad tidings of great joy it brings to all peoples in Christ the Lord, a Savior who brings “glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, goodwill among men” (Luke 2:10–14); glorious in revealing “the glory, as of the Only-begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth” (John 1:14). glorious as that ministration of the Spirit to righteousness and life which excelled all before it (2 Cor 3:8–10).
The Gospel of the blessed God: Who will not worship this God? Paul cries, “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ!” (Eph 1:1). Peter cries, “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to His abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead” (1 Peter 1:1)! John hears all heaven and earth cry, “Blessing, and honour and glory and power be unto Him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb forever and ever!” (Rev. 53–14). “Stand up and bless the Lord your God forever and ever; and blessed be Thy glorious Name, which is exalted above all blessing and praise” (Neh 9:5).
11. O Shout a Hallelujah!
1 O shout a Hallelujah!
My soul from sin is free!
My righteous Savior Jesus
Has died, and lives for me!
My tongue is filled with singing,
My heart is filled with joy,
Peace through my soul is springing
Which nothing can destroy!
Refrain: O shout a Hallelujah!
The Lamb that once was slain,
My risen Savior Jesus
Forevermore shall reign!
2 O shout of God’s salvation,
And praise Him day by day:
There is no condemnation,
And nothing left to pay!
For Jesus gave the ransom
In His most precious Blood
Upon the Cross of Calvary
To bring me back to God!
3 Shout, shout of sovereign mercy,
And free, abounding grace
That gave me to the Savior
Who suffered in my place !
No, never had I loved Him,
But that He first loved me
And left His throne in heaven
To die upon the Tree!
4 O shout aloud Hosanna
And join me with the throng
Of all God’s chosen
