Science is man’s attempt to Advance himself
Art is man’s attempt to Express himself
Religion is man’s attempt to Save himself
All center on self. – eab, 3/10/06
Archive for December 21st, 2008
Self
Posted in eabits, philosophy, tagged advance himself, Art, center on self, express himself, man’s attempt, religion, science, sve himself on December 21, 2008| Leave a Comment »
A Misrepresented Christ
Posted in christmas poems, philosophy, worship, tagged Adam's "mud", Bethlehem, beyond stars' gleam, Blount Co, carpenter's "Son", chisel, Christ Academy, Christ College, Christ's life, city of first joy, common blood, constant tone, corrected their rules, doctor, Joseph's wife, Joses' Brother, let false opinions die, lumber, Nazareth, Rebel, sandals and feet, schools, tittle and jot, TN on December 21, 2008| Leave a Comment »
A carpenter’s Son! No, no, not that One.
Though of Joseph’s wife He was born.
Though a chisel He knew,
And when He used it chips flew,
He was to more than lumber adorn.
Nazareth, you say! The answer is nay!
Though He lived there as a mere boy,
Though His sandals and feet,
Left their prints in its street.
Bethlehem was the city of first joy.
Joses’ Brother! No, He’s some Other.
Though that is how it’s made to seem,
Though they had common blood,
One’s dad came from Adam’s “mud,”
The Other’s Father from beyond stars’ gleam.
An unlearned Rebel! Nay, He was able
(Though He never sat in their schools
Though from doctor He’d not,
Learned their tittle and their jot)
He, time after time, corrected their rules.
Trials and a slur, contributions were,
Though Christ’s life had a constant tone,
Though anguished in His soul,
He held to His only goal,
And let false opinions die on their own. –eab, 12/78
Written when I was working with Christ College and Christ Academy in Blount Co., TN.
John Newton – death, Dec. 21, 1807
Posted in poet British, today in history, worship, tagged "Amazing Grace", 1725, 1807, fierce accuser, John Newton, load of sin, London, Lord I approach Thy mercy seat, my hiding Place, my Shield, none can perish there, Thou callest burdened souls, war without fears within, William Cowper, without within on December 21, 2008| Leave a Comment »
“Lord, I Approach, Thy Mercy Seat”
Lord, I approach, Thy mercy seat,
Where Thou dost answer prayer;
There humbly fall before Thy feet,
For none can perish there.
Thy promise is my only plea,
With this I venture nigh;
Thou callest burdened souls to Thee,
And such, O Lord, am I.
Bowed down beneath a load of sin,
By Satan sorely pressed,
By war without and fears within,
I come to Thee for rest.
Be Thou my Shield, my hiding Place,
That, sheltered near Thy side,
I may my fierce accuser face,
And tell him Thou hast died.
John Newton, famous for penning “Amazing Grace” also penned scores of other hymns, the present “Lord, I Approach, Thy Mercy Seat,” being one of them. Newton died this date 12/21/1807 in London, England the same city in which was was born 7/24/1725. He and William Cowper shared backyard fences.
