Sharon Sharing God: QUAINT WORDS

Saturday, April 16, 2011

QUAINT WORDS

Welcome to "Quaint Words!"

These posts will contain thoughts, poems, and prayers from old books that I have found at antique stores, flea markets, and garage sales (with an occasional treasure from a bookstore).

I love the rhythm and sound of the older English language, and am blessed by other believers who have gone before me!

"All hail the power of Jesus' name!

Let angels prostrate fall;

Bring forth the royal diadem,

To crown Him Lord of all!

Let high-born seraphs tune the lyre,

And, as they tune it, fall

Before His face who tunes their choir,

And crown Him Lord of all!

Crown Him ye morning stars of light

Who fix'd this floating ball;

Now hail the Strength of Israel's might,

And crown Him Lord of all!

Crown Him ye martyrs of your God,

Who from His altar call;

Extol the stem of Jesse's rod,

And crown Him Lord of all!

Ye seed of Israel's chosen race,

Ye ransom'd of the fall,

Hail Him who saves you by His grace,

And crown Him Lord of all!

Hail Him, ye heirs of David's line,

Whom David Lord did call,

The God incarnate, man divine,

And crown Him Lord of all!

Sinners whose love can ne'er forget

The wormwood and the gall,

Go spread your trophies at His feet,

And crown Him Lord of all!

Let every tribe and every tongue

That bound creation's call,

Now shout, in universal song,

The crowned Lord of all!"

(From "The Changed Cross" by Henry Altemus, c. 1897)

(A listing of books and authors, and also dates of individual postings from those books, will be found on my "QUAINT WORDS" page)

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9 comments:

Anita JohnsonApril 16, 2011 at 5:29 AM
This has always been a favorite of mine. I can here the choir from our church singing it, even though that was 25 years ago in Chicago.
PS And I agree, friendships created through blogging have a special place in my heart too.(-:
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Janettessage.blogspot.comApril 16, 2011 at 7:50 AM
Always awesome...and just hearing the Praises through words of believers that have gone before us...totally priceless.
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Gregg MetcalfApril 16, 2011 at 9:04 AM
Beautiful hymn!

Gregg Metcalf
Colossians 1:28-29

Gospel-driven Disciples
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ParsleyApril 16, 2011 at 11:24 AM
Beautiful!

Hey...I'd like to invite you to my giveaway. ;-)
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KarenApril 16, 2011 at 2:01 PM
That second stanza is my favorite...the thought of Him tuning the choir....
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Crown of BeautyApril 16, 2011 at 2:13 PM
I really love this hymn, Sharon... and yes you are right about the Old English words - they are so rich, and have such a depth to them!

Thanks for sharing this today.

Love
Lidj
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Nikki (Sarah)April 16, 2011 at 2:20 PM
this song makes me want to stand up on the inside. ☺
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Janis Van KeurenApril 16, 2011 at 4:49 PM
Loved reading all the stanza's of that beautiful hymn. Could hear the music playing as I read them. And at a perfect time of year.

(Sorry about making your tummy growl over the apricot chicken. It's so much fun to hear your comments. Have a blessed weekend.)

Janis
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SharonApril 18, 2011 at 10:43 AM
Thanks for stopping by, my friends!!

All hail the power of Jesus' name,
Let angels prostrate fall,
Bring forth the royal diadem,
And crown Him Lord of all!

Hope you all enjoy a blessed Holy Week!

GOD BLESS!
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"So [I] have been greatly encouraged in the midst of [my] troubles and suffering, dear brothers and sisters, because you have remained strong in your faith. It gives [me] new life to know that you are standing firm in the Lord. How [I] thank God for you!" (1 Thessalonians 3:7-9)

Thanks for your comments - it is such a joy to be sharing my journey with friends like YOU!

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MY WORD FOR 2016

GRATEFUL

Grateful: feeling or showing thanks to someone for some helpful act; appreciative of benefits received; warmly or deeply thankful; indebted; beholden.

Word origin: 1550's, "pleasing to the mind," also "full of gratitude," from obsolete adj. grate "agreeable, thankful," from Latin gratus "pleasing" – derived from the same word origin as the word "grace."

The trick to changing your behavior is to become more thankful.

The practice of gratitude involves a focus on the present moment, on appreciating your life as it is today and what has made it so.

Let us begin an eternal quest to express in new and creative ways our thanks to God.

So I'm breathing in Your grace,

And I'm breathing out Your praise.

Let our prayers be the overflow of a grateful heart to God.

Three steps in prayer:

PRAISE – praise, reverence, worship, adoration, and awe for who God is and what He does

ASK – honest, earnest, and intense requests

THANK YOU – always end with thanksgiving for everything

Pulpit commentary:

In everything give thanks.

In every circumstance – in joy and in sorrow; for everything – for prosperity and for adversity; in every place – in the house of God and on the bed of sickness.

Christians should not only be engaged in constant prayer, but in constant thanksgiving.

For this – this thankful spirit – is the will of God, His desire.

God by the gift of his Son has laid us under the obligation of perpetual thanksgiving. Our whole lives ought to be one continued thank-offering for all the blessings of redemption.

Gill's Exposition:

Thanks are to be given to him for all things…

For all temporal good things;

for our beings, the preservation of them;

for food and raiment, and all the mercies of life;

for the means of grace, the word and ordinances, and the ministers of the Gospel;

for spiritual blessings, for electing, redeeming, regenerating, adopting, pardoning, justifying, and persevering grace:

for a meetness for heaven, a right unto it, and a good hope of it;

and especially for Jesus Christ, for such a…Saviour, and advocate with the Father, as he is; and for life, peace, joy, comfort, righteousness, and salvation in him.

Thanks should be given to God in every circumstance of life; in adversity, as Job did; when not in so comfortable and agreeable a frame of soul as to be wished for…even under the temptations of Satan…since the grace of God is sufficient to bear up under them, and deliver out of them.

[Give thanks] in afflictions of every kind, since they are all for good – temporal, or spiritual, or eternal.

WHAT IS LOVE?

Love is when you are missing some of your teeth but you're not afraid to smile because you know your friends will still love you even though some of you is missing.

By Emma K. - Age 6

"Out of the mouth of babes..."

A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart and can sing it back to you when you have forgotten the words.

Anonymous

When you are uncertain, it helps to have someone remind you what is true – someone who knows you well, who sees you, and keeps track of you – not just your body but your soul.

Emily Freeman