Joshua and Jeremy play The Ends of All the Earth Shall Hear. I feel like it’s been a long time since I posted one of their hymns. Well, better late than never.
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‘The Son of God Goes Forth to War’
The Son of God Goes Off to War–sung here by Joe Stout–and we’d better believe it. Too much evil swirling round our chimneys, too much unholy passion in our streets!
But that stuff will not last forever.
‘In the Name of Jesus We Have the Victory’
It comes down to this: Do we believe in Him, or not? Do we entrust ourselves to Him, or not?
We each have our own answer to the question. Trust we must, I say. And I can feel it when I hear the hymn–In the Name of Jesus, We Have the Victory.
Demons will have to flee.
Yes, I can feel it.
‘Down by the Riverside’
Down by the Riverside–we used to sing it at Y Camp.
We have to pray for peace and work for it. Here Grandpa Elliott leads singers and musicians from all over the world in this beloved traditional hymn.
It’s Hard to Get Started
I know my output has been skimpy lately. I start running out of energy around noontime. It’s this damned bug we picked up at the (LOL) “rest home.”
Looking back, I see it’s been practically a whole year since I’ve been healthy. Radiation. Chemotherapy. Shave (?) the prostate gland. Poking a tube in and out of the smallest opening in the male human body. Colon surgery. Bad dreams galore. Sleep deficit. And they haven’t yet tackled my busted hip.
I want to ride my bike. I want to play basketball. I want a cat. Are these forever out of reach? I want to get back to work on my books. How wrong is this?
(All right, turn off the self-pity! Information is one thing, moaning another.)
John Bunyan’s Hymn
This is one of my favorite hymns, written by John Bunyan, author of “The Pilgrim’s Progress”–Who Would True Valor See, sung with gusto by Maddy Prior and the Carnival Band.
Hymn requests, anyone?
I’m Back (He Said)
Well, here I am at home, at my computer. It’s good to be back.
My heartfelt thanks to all of you who phoned me at the hospital. It meant a great deal to me.
Bob Knight asked me what I’d had done so far, so I told him: chemotherapy, rectal cancer, colon cancer, shaving the prostate gland–
At which point he said, “And you’re still here? Wow.”
And I still have hip replacement surgery to go.
Side effect: I’ve forgotten some of how to use the computer, and I’m in no state to start another novel. I’ll have to come back slowly, bit by bit. I do feel like a castaway washed up on a desert island. But I think I’ll be able to write a “Joe Collidge” tomorrow. [“What? You went through all the pain and agita for that???”]
Let’s see if I can post a hymn.
Prayer Request: Erlene
Please, everybody, life up prayers for our sister in Christ (and the senior member of our blogging community), Erlene. She’s been having a hard time lately.
Erlene, hang in there! We’re all with you in prayer.
Please, Father in Heaven: be gracious, be merciful to your servant Erlene. Let her be with us a little longer. In Jesus’ name, Amen.
‘Fling Out the Banner’
I remember this hymn from Sunday school!! Fling Out the Banner. How long has it been since I’ve heard this? I’m so glad it didn’t fade away.
Byron’s TV Listings, April 6
G’day, boys ‘n’ gulls! Things have been pretty messed up around here lately, but not to worry, someday we’ll get back to normal.
Meanwhile, this special edition of our TV listings is dedicated to our sister, Erlene Talbott.
Saturday
6:14 a.m. Ch. 56 THE LOST CITY WHERE STARLINGS HANG OUT–Award-winning twaddle
Do you believe it? This show won a Golden Glob! This week: Dr. Pondo (real name unknown) keeps on trying to teach the starlings to talk and sing. Judge for yourself the professor’s sanity!
7:08 a.m. Ch. 22 THE OTHER LOST CITY–Inane beliefs
If you’re already watching that bunk about the starlings, you probably don’t need this show. Old Dennis the Menace fans will go ga-ga over this: the guy who played Dennis’ neighbor, Mr. Wilson, returns to the airwaves as a wise but foolish talking mushroom.
9 a.m. Ch. 06 ROBIN HOOD 2.0–Medieval western
Robin (Hsiang Wei-fu) quits Sherwood Forest for the high plains of Kansas. The year was 1207 A.D. No stage coaches to rob! This week: Robin sinks deeper and deeper into depression. No one takes it seriously.
Well! I hope these three little shows will give you much laughings!
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