The foolish Endure religion today –
Trying to miss hell “tomorrow.”
The wise Enjoy CHRIST today –
and will Enjoy HIM forever ! ! !
– eab, 8/26/09
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When the toils of life are over,
And we lay our armor down,
And we bid farewell to earth with all its cares,
We shall meet and greet our loved ones,
And our Christ we then shall crown,
In the new Jerusalem.
Refrain
There’ll be singing, there’ll be shouting
When the saints come marching home,
In Jerusalem, in Jerusalem,
Waving palms with loud hosannas
As the King shall take His throne,
In the new Jerusalem.
2. Though the way is sometimes lonely,
He will hold me with His hand,
Through the testings and the trials I must go.
But I’ll trust and gladly follow,
For sometime I’ll understand,
In the new Jerusalem.
3. When the last goodbye is spoken
And the tear stains wiped away,
And our eyes shall catch a glimpse of glory fair,
Then with bounding hearts we’ll meet Him
Who hath washed our sins away,
In the new Jerusalem.
4. When we join the ransomed army
In the summer land above,
And the face of our dear Savior we behold,
We will sing and shout forever,
And we’ll grow in perfect love,
In the new Jerusalem.
C B (Charles Brenton) Widmeyer was born this date, 7/19/1884 at Morgan, WV.
He attended God’s Bible School (Cincinnati, OH), was President of Point Loma Nazarene University (CA), and later was chairman of the Nazarene Department of Ministerial Relief (1923-48). He also wrote the words and music to “Come and Dine.”
Widmeyer died December 14, 1974, at Los Angeles, California.
Posted in holy living, poem, time, tagged did he invest, Eternal illness or health, family’s total worth, forever, friends and family, God’s heaven, God’s kingdom, gold neatly stacked, Heaven’s the place, jolly mirth, kind palaver, leaving earth, mixer, New York, no carnal leaven, our ranch’s girth, parents could afford, Perth, place the dead entered, quite candid, scurried o’er the earth, second and holy birth, up-fixer, what he scored, when our life ends, where he schooled on March 2, 2009| Leave a Comment »
Much of the kind palaver,
When friends and family gather,
Is about what the man did
While he scurried o’er the earth.
What his parents could afford,
Where he schooled, and what he scored,
Talk is of what he added
To his family’s total worth.
Or if he was a mixer,
Perhaps a great up-fixer,
Or that he was quite candid,
Or a man of jolly mirth.
None of such talk is centered
On the place the dead entered,
For the one discussed has died,
Forever leaving old earth.
To go up to God’s heaven,
Which has no carnal leaven,
Requires, to be qualified,
A second and holy birth.
After “birth” did he invest
His talents as he was blest?
Had he God’s kingdom supplied,
Even in times of his dearth?
What we’re worth when our life ends,
Heaven’s count of us depends,
Not upon gold neatly stacked,
Nor upon our ranch’s girth.
Heaven’s the place to send wealth,
Eternal illness or health,
High investment – related
Whether from New York or Perth. – eab, 3/2/07
Posted in died today, poem, poet British, uncategorized, tagged 1876, America, died this day, foe, forever, idol, Ireland, Irish American, James Nicholson, Lord Jesus, Pennsylvania, perfectly whole, Philadelphia, poem, post office, soul, today in history, wash me, Washington DC, Whiter Than Snow on November 6, 2008| Leave a Comment »
“Whiter Than Snow” (stanza 1)
Lord Jesus, I long to be perfectly whole;
I want Thee forever to live in my soul.
Break down every idol, cast out every foe;
Now wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
This was song was written by James Nicholson, a native of Ireland. He made America his adopted land. James died this day in Washington DC but was buried back in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania where he had worked for the Post Office.
Posted in Bible, philosophy, uncategorized, tagged change not, forever, Hebrews, I am the Lord, Jesus Christ, Lord, Malachi, today, yesterday on October 13, 2008| Leave a Comment »
For I am the LORD, I change not… Mal 3.6
Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and forever. Heb 13.8