The devil is a rebel and has been since he fell;
Ole split-hoof will be a rebel as long as there’s a hell,
And when death & hell are emptied into the lake of fire,
He’ll go into the latter, still FULL of rebel ire.
– eab, 12/28/14
Posts Tagged ‘Rebel’
REBEL
Posted in uncategorized, tagged Rebel on December 28, 2015| Leave a Comment »
John Burton, Sr. – death, Jun 24, 1822
Posted in Bible, died today, poet British, today in history, uncategorized, tagged 1822, 6/24/1822, acquit, Baptist, book Divine, born 2/26/1773, comfort in distress, condemn, died this date, doom, England, guide my feet, Holy Bible, Holy Spirit bless, hymnal twenty editions, in fifty years, John Burton Sr., joys to come, judge, Leicester, living faith, Nottingham, Nottingham Sunday School Union Hymn Book, Precious treasure, Rebel, rebel sinner’s doom, Saviour’s love, teach me what I am, tell me whence I came, today in history, triumph over death, when I rove on June 24, 2009| Leave a Comment »
“Holy Bible, Book Divine”
Holy Bible, book Divine,
Precious treasure, thou art mine;
Mine to tell me whence I came;
Mine to teach me what I am.
Mine to chide me when I rove;
Mine to shew a Saviour’s love;
Mine art thou to guide my feet;
Mine to judge, condemn, acquit.
Mine to comfort in distress;
If the Holy Spirit bless;
Mine to shew, by living faith,
Man can triumph over death.
Mine to tell of joys to come,
And the rebel sinner’s doom;
Holy Bible, book Divine,
Precious treasure, thou art mine.
John Burton, Sr. died this date 6/24/1822, at Leicester, England. He was a Baptist who wrote a number of hymns and helped compile the Nottingham Sunday School Union Hymn Book a hymnal that saw twenty editions in the next fifty years. John was born 2/26/1773, at Nottingham, England.
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.
