Mini Sermons For the Soul to Sing
There is no name so sweet on earth, No name so sweet in Heaven, The Name, before His wondrous birth To Christ the Savior given.
We love to sing of Christ our King, And hail Him, blessed Jesus; For there’s no word ear ever heard So dear, so sweet as “Jesus.”
His human name they did proclaim, When Abram’s son they sealed Him; The name that still by God’s good will, Deliverer revealed Him.
We love to sing of Christ our King, And hail Him, blessed Jesus; For there’s no word ear ever heard So dear, so sweet as “Jesus.”
And when He hung upon the tree, They wrote this Name above Him; That all might see the reason we Forevermore must love Him.
We love to sing of Christ our King, And hail Him, blessed Jesus; For there’s no word ear ever heard So dear, so sweet as “Jesus.”
So now, upon His Father’s throne, Almighty to release us From sin and pain, He gladly reigns, The Prince and Savior, Jesus.
We love to sing of Christ our King, And hail Him, blessed Jesus; For there’s no word ear ever heard So dear, so sweet as “Jesus.”
O Jesus, by that matchless Name, Thy grace shall fail us never; Today as yesterday the same, Thou art the same forever.
We love to sing of Christ our King, And hail Him, blessed Jesus; For there’s no word ear ever heard So dear, so sweet as “Jesus.”
Another fine example of a hymn--rich in theological truth and thoughtfully structured in its flow--is Johann Freystein's 1697 hymn, "Rise, My Soul, To Watch and Pray." In it, Freystein ties together the theology of prayer and the theology of temptation. It is one of the finest examples of experiential Calvinism found in the Trinity Hymnal. Freystein structured the hymn according to the biblical teaching on the three great enemies of the believer: The devil, the world and the flesh. In the first two verses, Freystein calls the believer to pray against the temptations of the devil; in the third line, he calls the believer to watch against the temptations of the world; and, in the fourth, Freystein charges believers to be on gaurd against their own sinful desires. Finally, the hymn is brought to a close with a reminder that the Lord is the one who delivers and that redemption and victory is in Him alone. Here's the original text:
Rise, my soul, to watch and pray, from thy sleep awaken; Be not by the evil day unawares be taken. For the foe, well we know, oft his harvest reapeth, While the Christian sleepeth.
Watch against the devil’s snares lest asleep he find thee; For indeed no pains he spares to deceive and blind thee. Satan’s prey oft are they who secure are sleeping And no watch are keeping.
Watch! Let not the wicked world with its power defeat thee. Watch lest with her pomp unfurled she betray and cheat thee. Watch and see lest there be faithless friends to charm thee, Who but seek to harm thee.
Watch against thyself, my soul, lest with grace thou trifle; Let not self thy thoughts control nor God’s mercy stifle. Pride and sin lurk within all thy hopes to scatter; Heed not when they flatter.
But while watching, also pray to the Lord unceasing, He will free thee, be thy Stay, strength and faith increasing. O Lord, bless in distress and let nothing swerve me From the will to serve Thee.
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