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Be Thou My Vision

27/4/2014

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Dallán Forgaill (530–598) is supposed to have been the ancient Irish author of the words now used in the hymn Be Thou My Vision. It was originally written as a poem but was translated from Irish into English in the early 20th century for use as a hymn. Dallán was the son of Colla, a descendant of the legendary High King Colla Uais. He was born in Maigen, now Ballyconnell, at the eastern edge of modern County Cavan.

His profession was initially that of poetry and history. He was so expert in it that he arose to be the head of his profession in his region if not of all Ireland. He was a master scholar in Latin but also a spiritual man. It was only 100 years before his birth that Patrick brought the Gospel to Ireland which brought about such a spiritual revival that the nation turned from Paganism to Christianity in one generation. The fires of this revival were still burning amongst his people throughout his youth and in his latter days. This was all before the first Catholic missionaries reached England from Rome about 600.

Dallán Forgaill's given name was Eochaid. His nickname, Dallán, meaning ‘little blind one’, was earned after he lost his sight, as a result of too much intense study. His was a first cousin Mogue otherwise known as Aiden who planted 30 churches and some training centres, (monasteries), for preachers and missionaries. Dallán eventually went into ministry as a preacher and expounder of the Word of God. He wrote poems in support of Columba (521-597) the powerful missionary who went forth to evangelise Scotland. In his later days he was head of a monastery on the island of Inniskeel in Donegal where pirates raided in 598 and killed him by beheading him. His students scattered back to their homes as they refused to be taught by any other man.

The words of this hymn reveal much about the passion, fire and dedication that was lived out by the Irish church of the 6th century.

Be thou my vision, O Lord of my heart,
Be all else but naught to me, save that thou art;
Thou my best thought in the day and the night,
Both waking and sleeping, thy presence my light.
 
Be thou my wisdom, be thou my true word,
Be thou ever with me, and I with thee Lord;
Be thou my great Father, and I thy true son;
Be thou in me dwelling, and I with thee one.
 
Be thou my breastplate, my sword for the fight;
Be thou my whole armour, be thou my true might;
Be thou my soul's shelter, be thou my strong tower:
O raise thou me heavenward, great Power of my power.
 
Riches I heed not, nor man's empty praise:
Be thou mine inheritance now and always;
Be thou and thou only the first in my heart;
O Sovereign of Heaven, my treasure thou art.
 
High King of Heaven, thou Heaven's bright sun,
O grant me its joys after victory is won!;
Great heart of my own heart, whatever befall,
Still be thou my vision, O Ruler of all.
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On Christ the Solid Rock I Stand

20/4/2014

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Written by, Edward Mote (1797-1874), in 1834, On Christ the Solid Rock I Stand, first appeared in newspapers and tracts but Mote’s name did not appear as author. So popular was the hymn, that the subject of who the author could be occupied many a conversation, so to end all the speculation, Mote came forward to claim that he had written the work. Mote explained how and when the verses had been inspired. 

“I began to meditate on the gracious experience of the Christian. Soon the chorus, and then the words of the first verse, came to mind.” The following Sunday, coming out of morning worship, he was invited to a friend’s home to encourage his critically ill wife and in that home it was custom to sing a hymn, read the scripture and then pray at family worship time. The ill lady’s husband searched for a hymn in vain, so Mote pulled out what he had recently scribed. The words so inspired the ill lady, that her husband asked if they could have a copy for her. Later that evening as he sat by his fire, Mote was inspired to add further verses and thought that the hymn may be as much help to others if it could get circulated further afield, so out it went, but anonymously. 

Mote was raised in a totally irreligious home and his Pub-owning parents sent their son to a school where it was not permitted to teach the Bible! Yet, as a teenager, when he was apprenticed to a cabinet maker, for a reason not known to him at the time, he began to attend church. On hearing well known preacher, John Hyatt, he was provoked to think upon eternity and within two years he came into full  salvation. Some years later then, he felt called to preach the Gospel and was shepherd to one flock for 26 years. He loved nothing more than to speak about the blood of Jesus and teach his flock about blessed assurance and security in Christ. “Dressed in His righteousness alone, faultless to stand before the throne!”

1. My hope is built on nothing less
Than Jesus' blood and righteousness;
I dare not trust the sweetest frame,
But wholly lean on Jesus' name.
On Christ, the solid Rock, I stand;
All other ground is sinking sand.

 2. When darkness veils His lovely face,
I rest on His unchanging grace;
In every high and stormy gale
My anchor holds within the veil.
On Christ, the solid Rock, I stand;
All other ground is sinking sand.

 3. His oath, His covenant, and blood
Support me in the whelming flood;
When every earthly prop gives way,
He then is all my Hope and Stay.
On Christ, the solid Rock, I stand;
All other ground is sinking sand.

 4. When He shall come with trumpet sound,
Oh, may I then in Him be found,
Clothed in His righteousness alone,
Faultless to stand before the throne!
On Christ, the solid Rock, I stand;
All other ground is sinking sand.
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Great Hymns: Amazing Grace

13/4/2014

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Northern Hemisphere Sailors know that the month of March brings the worst of storms, and March 21st, 1748, was no exception. A storm raged over the North-West Coast of Ireland, and fighting to keep his vessel afloat and his crew alive, was one of the world’s vilest sinners, a Mr John Newton (1725-1807). At the tend

er age of 23, Newton was already guilty of perpetrating more vile atrocities than several men might have done who had lived to 70 years of age. But in that raging storm of 1748, and facing certain death, Newton suddenly cried out to God for mercy whilst wondering what mercy there could be for such a rotten man as he, for from his youth he had been a rebellious son, a dishonest, vain seaman, and was guilty of violently violating countless women. Yet God answered his cry and the storm calmed. Sensing the hand of God upon him, this hardened sinner with a heart as black as black could be, began to seek the living God and sometime later, bowed his knee at Calvary. Newton ceased his seafaring and became Tide Surveyor of Liverpool harbour, which gave him an opportunity of coming under the preaching of both George Whitfield, and John Wesley, and by 1764 he was ordained and a curate of the parish of Olney. It was there in Olney, that the form of song called a ‘Hymn,’ was first inspired and formed by Newton and his neighbour, William Cowper. The intention of a hymn was to write measured songs filled with doctrine, set to folk tunes or readily known tunes, or easily learnt tunes, so that the illiterate might learn doctrine and be inspired to worship. 
      
In 1779, Newton was moved to a London parish where influential politicians such as William Wilberforce, came under the sound of his teaching, and through Wilberforce, Newton saw God graciously answer his prayer to reverse the slave laws through which he had so prospered in sin. The Hymn,“Amazing Grace”, is really an autobiographical poem by John Newtown. It is his testimony in verse. Towards the end of his life he often told his audiences, “My memory is nearly gone but I can remember two things; that I am a great sinner and that Christ is a great Saviour.” His tombstone reads: “John Newton, clerk, once an infidel and libertine, a servant of slaves in Africa, was by the rich mercy of our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ, preserved, restored, pardoned and appointed to preach the faith he had longed to destroy.”

Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound,
That saved a wretch like me.
I once was lost but now am found,
Was blind, but now I see.

T'was Grace that taught my heart to fear.
And Grace, my fears relieved.
How precious did that Grace appear
The hour I first believed.

Through many dangers, toils and snares
I have already come;
'Tis Grace that brought me safe thus far
and Grace will lead me home.

The Lord has promised good to me.
His word my hope secures.
He will my shield and portion be,
As long as life endures.

Yea, when this flesh and heart shall fail,
And mortal life shall cease,
I shall possess within the veil,
A life of joy and peace.
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Robert Murray M'Cheyne: Man of Faith

6/4/2014

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Many of us here in the church have used the yearly Bible reading plan set out by the Scottish preacher, Robert Murray McCheyne (1813-1843). If you have ever been impressed with the perfection of how this reading plan is laid out, then here is why. 

Robert Murray McCheyne (pronounced Mac-shane) was a
remarkably hard working child, raised by godly and devout parents. Little Robert studied several languages from a very early age. At 4 years of age he could recite the Greek Alphabet and by 8, he was admitted to High School from which he graduated at age 14, and then he entered the University of Edinburgh, where he was an award-winning poet. When he was 18, his dearly beloved and eldest brother died suddenly and through this tragedy Robert was driven for consolation to the Word of God and to salvation in Christ alone. At age 22, he was a licenced Church of Scotland (CoS) minister and assistant preacher to a congregation of over 1,100 people. 

But it was not McCheyne’s intelligence which won him such an influential position. Chief among all of McCheyne’s characteristics was his devotion to studying God’s Word, his life of prayer, and his holiness of life. Even though he was a top Hebrew scholar, he did not leave behind many written works as he gave his entire life to bringing the word of God to sinners and saints alike in Dundee, in Scotland, where he was based, and in England where he was a guest preacher. 

In 1839, McCheyne was sent, along with other CoS ministers, on a fact finding mission to Palestine (Israel). The mission was to report back to the CoS on the state of the Jews in Palestine—such was the CoS’ concern even then for the salvation of the Jewish people. The trip to a warmer climate benefitted the sickly McCheyene, but upon his return he threw himself sacrificially into caring for his flock and preaching to them for which he suffered physically and after preaching in London, in 1843, at the age of 29 years old McCheyne fell ill, and died very suddenly thereafter. Tragically this was just before he had married his fiancée, Jessie Thain, who herself, then died heartbroken. 

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