Good morning,
Praise the Lord for the hymns and songs of Christian faith. The best, most beautiful, most powerful music comes from the heart that has been redeemed and transformed. I love all kinds music that honors Christ. Charles Wesley composed over 6000 hymns. Those hymns are Christ-centered and they exalt the Name of the Lord.
George Croly wrote a marvelous hymn that embodies a prayer that the Holy Spirit would enrich, empower, and enable us with a new and improved altitude. He wrote:
"Spirit of God descend upon my heart. Wean it from earth, through all its pulses move. Stoop to my weakness, mighty as Thou Art. And make me love Thee as I ought to love.
"Hast Thou not bid us love Thee, God and King? All, all Thine own - soul, heart, and strength, and mind! I see Thy cross - there teach my heart to cling; O let me seek Thee, and O let me find!
"Teach me to feel that Thou art always nigh. Teach me the struggles of the soul to bear. To check the rising doubt the rebel sigh. Teach me the patience of unanswered prayer.
"Teach me to love Thee as Thine angels love. One holy passion filling all my frame. The baptism of the heaven descended Dove. My heart an altar and Thy love the flame."
He penned these words during a time when he was suffering great physical pain. Instead of sinking into the trough of depression, discouragement, despair, and bitterness, he asked the Spirit of God to lift up His heart and eyes to the hill from whence came his help. His help was in the Lord who made heaven and earth.
In Jesus,
Brown
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8HgAVenbUU
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