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Through all eternity to Thee A joyful song I’ll raise; For, oh, eternity’s too short To utter all Thy praise!
glorify Him. Confine your speakers to poetry, whether from Bible (all the Psalms are poetry) or devotional writers. Psalms 138 and 145 to 150 are especially appropri ate. The rhythm resulting from such a ser vice should be exhilarating. Leader’s Helps I. G od ’ s C ondescension 0 high and lofty One, Thou couldst have lived to all eterninty Apart from me! In majesty, upon that emerald throne. Thou with Thy morning stars, Thy dawns, with golden bars, And all the music of the heavenly train. Possessing all things, what hadst Thou to gain By seeking me? What was I? and what am I? less than naught. And yet Thy mercy sought. Yea, Thou hast set my feet Upon the way of holiness, and sweet It is to seek Thee daily, unafraid. ■ E -F ay I nchfawn . II. A W oman in H ospital H ears G od S peak 1 know it all . . . I know. For I am God. I am Jehovah. He Who made you what you are ; and I can see Thé tears that wet your pillow night by night When nurse has lowered that too-brilliant light. I know— And I am waiting here to help and bless. Lay down your head. Lay down your hopelessness And let Me speak. I hold the universe. I count the stars. Have you forgotten, then, my child, that I, The Infinite, the Limitless, laid down The method of existence that I knew, And took on Me a nature just like you? H E F ay I nchfawn . III. H is N earness Speak to Him, thou, for He hears, and Spirit with spirit can meet-fSH Closer is He than breathing, and Nearer than hands and feet. —T ennyson . IY. L ord of A ll B eing Lord of all being, throned afar, Thy glory flamés from sun and star, Center and soul of every sphere, Yet to each loving heart how near! Lord of all life, below, above, Whose light is truth, whose warmth is love, Before Thy ever-blazing throne We ask no luster of our own.
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—A ddison .
AUGUST 20, 1933 WORSHIPING GOD OUT-OF-DOORS P salm 8:1-9 Suggestions for the Meeting
Hymn-—“For the Beauty of the Earth.” Hymn—“This is My Father’s World.” Scripture—Psalm 8 in concert. Prayer. Hymn—“ God that Madest Earth and Heaven.” Leader’s Talk. Testimonies—Brief and personal, ex pressing the feature in nature that calls forth worship. Hymn—“Praise God from Whom All Blessings Flow.” Benediction—-Psalm 19 repeated in con cert. Plan for an outdoor service. If there is an open space near your church, use it. Otherwise have it in a quiet park. Select leaders who are able to speak without notes, as the light may not be sufficient for read ing. A very blessed devotional atmosphere will be the result o f such a service, prayer-1 fully planned. Meditation on the Lesson What glowing ascriptions of praise the psalmist gives to our Lord: “ O Lord our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth ! Who hast set thy glory above the heavens.” As the reverent Christian repeats these stirring words, his heart burns within him -with sheer joy for the knowledge of such a transcendent Lord. “ Thy name”—the name of the Lord is the sum of His perfections. His name rep resents His character, so we read, “ Let them also that love thy name be joyful in thee,” and, “I will sing praise to the name of the Lord most high.” He has set His “glory above the heavens,” as if the earth was too small a place for such grandeur. Recall Solomon’s prayer at the dedication of the temple: “Lord God of Israel, there is no God like thee, in heaVen above, or on earth beneath, who keepest covenant and mercy with thy servants that walk before thee with all their heart. But will God indeed dwell on the earth? behold, the heaven and heaven o f heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house that I have builded?” God’s perfections are so manifest that even infants are used to set forth His praise. Christ quoted verse two o f the eighth psalm when He cleansed the temple in Jerusalem, thus showing the prophetical character of thè words. “When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained”—it seems pass ing strange that any one could really “con sider the heavens” and not bow in worship to Him who created them. Much more nat ural does it seem that each one should say with the great astronomer when he dis covered a new heavenly body, “O God, I think Thy thoughts after Thee.” “The spacious firmament on high, With all the blue ethereal sky, And spangled heavens, a shining frame, Their great Original proclaim. “ The unwearied sun, from day to day, Does his Creator’s power display, And publishes to every land The work o f an Almighty hand.” ,
—H olmes .
V. T he E verlasting O ne
O God, the Rock of Ages, Who evermore hast been, What time the tempest rages, Our dwelling place serene; Before Thy first creations, O Lord, the same as now, To endless generations The Everlasting Thou.
—B ickersteth .
VI. A S ong of P raise When all Thy mercies, O my God, My rising soul surveys, Transported with the view, I’m lost In wonder, love, and praise. Ten thousand thousand precious gifts My daily thanks employ. Nor is the least a cheerful heart That tastes these gifts with joy.
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