OzThoughts - Sunday Hymns and Psalms. Sunday 19th JULY, 2009

OzThoughts - Sunday Hymns and Psalms. Sunday 19th JULY, 2009

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This day belongs to the LORD!
Let's celebrate
and be glad today.
(Psalm 118:24 Contemporary English Version)

Psalm 89:1-4 (The Message)

1-4 Your love, GOD, is my song, and I'll sing it!
I'm forever telling everyone how faithful you are.
I'll never quit telling the story of your love—
how you built the cosmos
and guaranteed everything in it.
Your love has always been our lives' foundation,
your fidelity has been the roof over our world.
You once said, "I joined forces with my chosen leader,
I pledged my word to my servant, David, saying,
'Everyone descending from you is guaranteed life;
I'll make your rule as solid and lasting as rock.'"

The Salvation Army Song Book: Song Number: 33
Authors: Thomas O. Chisholm (1866-1960)

[Look and Listen: Congregational Song: http://www.salvoaudio.com/video/video_048.WMV
or
Listen: Songsters: http://www.salvoaudio.com/audio/music/mus_2112.mp3 ]

Great is thy faithfulness, O God my Father,
There is no shadow of turning with thee;
Thou changest not, thy compassions they fail not;
As thou hast been thou forever wilt be.

Chorus
Great is thy faithfulness!
Great is thy faithfulness!
Morning by morning new mercies I see;
All I have needed thy hand hath provided;
Great is thy faithfulness, Lord, unto me.

2.
Summer and winter, and springtime and harvest,
Sun, moon and stars in their courses above,
Join with all nature in manifold witness
To thy great faithfulness, mercy and love.

3.
Pardon for sin and a peace that endureth,
Thy own dear presence to cheer and to guide;
Strength for today and bright hope for tomorrow,
Blessings all mine, with ten thousand beside!




Psalm 89:5-18 (The Message)

5-18 GOD! Let the cosmos praise your wonderful ways,
the choir of holy angels sing anthems to your faithful ways!
Search high and low, scan skies and land,
you'll find nothing and no one quite like GOD.
The holy angels are in awe before him;
he looms immense and august over everyone around him.
GOD-of-the-Angel-Armies, who is like you,
powerful and faithful from every angle?
You put the arrogant ocean in its place
and calm its waves when they turn unruly.
You gave that old hag Egypt the back of your hand,
you brushed off your enemies with a flick of your wrist.
You own the cosmos—you made everything in it,
everything from atom to archangel.
You positioned the North and South Poles;
the mountains Tabor and Hermon sing duets to you.
With your well-muscled arm and your grip of steel—
nobody trifles with you!
The Right and Justice are the roots of your rule;
Love and Truth are its fruits.
Blessed are the people who know the passwords of praise,
who shout on parade in the bright presence of GOD.
Delighted, they dance all day long; they know
who you are, what you do—they can't keep it quiet!
Your vibrant beauty has gotten inside us—
you've been so good to us! We're walking on air!
All we are and have we owe to GOD,
Holy God of Israel, our King!
The Salvation Army Song Book: Song Number: 37
Authors: Stuart K. Hine

[Listen: Band and Songsters: http://salvoaudio.com/audio/music/mus_321.mp3
or
Songsters: http://www.salvoaudio.com/audio/music/mus_2188.mp3
or
Band and Vocal Solo: http://www.salvoaudio.com/audio/music/mus_3326.mp3 ]


O Lord my God, when I in awesome wonder
Consider all the worlds thy hands have made;
I see the stars, I hear the rolling thunder,
Thy pow'r throughout the universe displayed:

Chorus
Then sings my soul, my Saviour God, to thee;
How great thou art, how great thou art!
Then sings my soul, my Saviour God, to thee:
How great thou art, how great thou art!

2.
When through the woods and forest glades I wander
And hear the birds sing sweetly in the trees,
When I look down from lofty mountain grandeur,
And hear the brook and feel the gentle breeze:

3.
And when I think that God, his Son not sparing,
Sent him to die, I scarce can take it in;
That on the cross, my burden gladly bearing,
He bled and died to take away my sin:

4.
When Christ shall come with shout of acclamation,
And take me home, what joy shall fill my heart!
Then I shall bow in humble adoration,
And there proclaim, my God, how great thou art!



Prayer:

Eternal God and Father, by whose power we are created and by whose love we are redeemed: guide and strengthen us by your Spirit, that we may give ourselves to your service, and live this day in love to one another and to you; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

May our dependably steady and warmly personal God develop maturity in you so that you get along with each other as well as Jesus gets along with us all. Then we'll be a choir—not our voices only, but our very lives singing in harmony in a stunning anthem to the God and Father of our Master Jesus! Amen. (Romans 15: 5,6 The Message).

Meditation: The Light of the World
http://www.salvoaudio.com/audio/music/mus_2640.mp3

Meditation: THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD
Sir John Dean Goffin

[These notes from: http://www.newenglandbrassband.org/html/low_notes.html ]
Sir John Dean Goffin was one of New Zealand's first prolific Salvation Army composers who composed not only music for the Army but for non-Army bands as well (such as his "Rhapsody in Brass" which is part of the New England Brass Band's repertoire). His The Light of the World takes its inspiration from the famous painting of the same name by William Holman Hunt.
A reproduction of William Holman Hunt's painting, "The Light of the World" appears on the cover of the CD. Hunt (1827-1910) was one of the Victorian era's most beloved artists. Hunt, along with fellow artists Dante Gabriel Rosetti and John Everett Millais founded the Pre-Rephaelite School of painting in 1848 in reaction to what they felt were disturbing trends in art away from realism and truth in nature. Hunt's paintings were almost exclusively religious in nature and none was more famous than his "The Light of the World", begun in 1851. The painting shows an image of Christ, lantern in hand, knocking at a door. Significantly, the door has no handle on the outside, illustrating the words of Jesus in Revelation 3:20: "Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and will dine with him, and he with Me." Completed in 1853, Hunt's painting was wildly popular in Victorian England. The original hangs in Keble College, Oxford, but demand for the painting was so great that a second version was painted in 1900-1904. That copy toured the United Kingdom and many other parts of the then British Empire and the United States. Upon its return it was donated to St. Paul's Cathedral (London) where it hangs today.
Dean Goffin's musical meditation on Hunt's painting uses two well-known hymns from the Salvation Army Tune Book to tell the story of Christ knocking at the door. The first, played by the cornet section, "O Jesus Thou Art Standing Outside the Fast Closed Door" uses the tune ("Aurelia") which is also the tune for the well known hymn "The Church's One Foundation" and tells the story from the point of view of one inside the house, on the side of the door opposite the knocking Christ. The second tune, the chorus section from "Behold Me Standing at the Door", played poignantly by the horn section, utilizes words of Christ. A two note "knocking" motif begins the piece and is heard throughout.
Hunt's painting and Goffin's musical composition are stunning companion pieces. By taking a familiar passage from the Bible, both have given the words on the printed page vibrant life. While not everyone can visit Keble College or St. Paul's Cathedral, we hope the inclusion of Hunt's painting on the cover of "The Light of the World" will enhance the listening experience of those who enjoy our recording.
The text to "O Jesus, Thou art standing: and "Behold Me Standing at the Door" follow:
O Jesus, Thou Art Standing Outside the Fast Closed Door
(to the tune "Aurelia")
O Jesus, Thou art standing outside the fast closed door,
In lowly patience waiting, to pass the threshold o'er.
O Jesus, Thou art knocking; and lo! that hand is scarred,
And thorns Thy brow encircle, and tears thy face have marred.
O Jesus, Thou art pleading in accents sweet and low,
"I died for you, O sinner, and will ye treat me so?"
O Lord, with shame and sorrow we open now the door;
Dear Saviour, enter, enter, and leave us never more!
Behold Me Standing at the Door
Behold Me standing at the door, and hear Me pleading evermore,
With gentle voice: O heart of sin, may I come in, may I come in?
[CHORUS]
Behold Me standing at the door, and hear Me pleading evermore:
Say, weary heart, opprest with sin, may I come in, may I come in?
I bore the cruel thorns for thee, I waited long and patiently:
Say, weary heart, opprest with sin, may I come in, may I come in?
I would not plead with thee in vain, remember all My grief and pain!
I died to ransom thee from sin: may I come in, may I come in?
I bring thee joy from Heaven above, I bring thee pardon, peace and love:
Say, weary heart, opprest with sin, may I come in, may I come in?

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