From the “best” beast
to the least beast,
a beast is – – –
still a beast!
-8/26/09
Archive for August 30th, 2009
Don’t be fooled
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Ancient Book
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I’ve found an ancient, timely Book,
On Its pages I daily look.
It gives advise for married folk,
Agrees that salt goes with the yolk,
Encourages a carefulness,
Lifts one up when in distress.
Gives wisdom to all who ask,
Wearing Its “yoke” is not a task.
Will you also read this great Book?
You’ll never regret Its ways you took.
– eab, 8/07
William Clark Martin – death, Aug. 30, 1914
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Though the angry surges roll
On my tempest driven soul,
I am peaceful, for I know,
Wildly though the winds may blow,
I’ve an anchor safe and sure,
That can evermore endure.
Refrain
And it holds, my anchor holds:
Blow your wildest, then, O gale,
On my bark so small and frail;
By His grace I shall not fail,
For my anchor holds, my anchor holds.
Mighty tides about me sweep,
Perils lurk within the deep,
Angry clouds o’ershade the sky,
And the tempest rises high;
Still I stand the tempest’s shock,
For my anchor grips the rock.
I can feel the anchor fast
As I meet each sudden blast,
And the cable, though unseen,
Bears the heavy strain between;
Through the storm I safely ride,
Till the turning of the tide.
Troubles almost ’whelm the soul;
Griefs like billows o’er me roll;
Tempters seek to lure astray;
Storms obscure the light of day:
But in Christ I can be bold,
I’ve an anchor that shall hold.
William Clark Martin died this date, 8/30/1914, at Rialto, Florida. Martin pastored Grace Baptist Church (formerly Cramer’s Hill), Camden, New Jersey, Noank Baptist Church, Noank, Connecticut, Grace Baptist Church, Somerville, Massachusetts and First Baptist Church, Fort Myers, Florida. (He seems to have had some connection also with Bluffton, Indiana.) He also wrote “The Name of Jesus” “Still Sweeter Every Day” and at least 30 other songs. He was born 12/25/1864 at Hightstown, New Jersey.
