Today’s funeral featured a transfer of the coffin at the cemetery gates.
It was appropriate for a Ferguson to travel the final yards to the graveside on a (Massey)-Ferguson from his tractor collection.
Today’s funeral featured a transfer of the coffin at the cemetery gates.
It was appropriate for a Ferguson to travel the final yards to the graveside on a (Massey)-Ferguson from his tractor collection.
Morning and Evening services conducted on November 8 with Mount Gambier Presbyterian Church.
Hebrews chapter 7 demonstrates that Jesus as mediator between God and humanity is better qualified both by his personal nature, and also by the nature of the priesthood that he personally exercises.
Jeremiah 34 returns again to God’s demonstration of the ways in which the destruction and exile the people will experience are the lived out consequences of the state of their hearts and their rejection of God’s heart. (Apologies for various sound issues in the early parts of the broadcast)
There will be a funeral at MGPC tomorrow, with one of the hymns being O God Of Bethel.
Many of us who grew up with the Church Hymnary, Revised (the book with three sections – Psalms, Paraphrases, and Hymns) knew it as Hymn 562, usually sung to the melody SALZBURG. It has also been associated with the tunes DUNDEE and FRENCH. I’ve only sung it to SALZBURG.
It was also present in the Paraphrases, having originated as a portion of the Bible versified for song. Paraphrase number 2, a setting of Genesis 28:20-22.
As such the song is a testimony of remembrance and memorial of God’s redeeming and preserving power through the generations.
This is a lovely online acapella choir rendition, reminiscent of how Congregations would have sung this in its earliest renditions.
The lyrics:
1.
O God of Bethel, by Whose hand
Thy people still are fed,
Who through this weary pilgrimage
Hast all our fathers led.
2.
Our vows, our prayers, we now present
Before Thy throne of grace;
God of our fathers, be the God
Of their succeeding race.
3.
Through each perplexing path of life
Our wandering footsteps guide;
Give us each day our daily bread,
And raiment fit provide.
4.
O spread Thy covering wings around
Till all our wanderings cease,
And at our Father’s loved abode
Our souls arrive in peace.
5.
Such blessings from Thy gracious hand
Our humble prayers implore;
And Thou shalt be our chosen God,
And portion evermore.
Westminster Shorter Catechism – Lord’s Day 45
Q & A 99
Q What rule has God given for our direction in prayer?
A The whole Word of God is of use to direct us in prayer;1 but the special rule of direction is that form of prayer which Christ taught his disciples, commonly called the Lord’s Prayer.2
Q & A 100
Q What does the preface of the Lord’s Prayer teach us?
A The preface of the Lord’s Prayer, which is, Our Father in heaven, teaches us to draw near to God with all holy reverence3 and confidence,4 as children to a father,5 able and ready to help us;6 and that we should pray with and for others.*7
*1 1 John 5:14.
*2 Matthew 6:9-13.
*3 Psalm 95:6.
*4 Ephesians 3:12.
*5 Matthew 7:9-11; Cf. Luke 11:11-13; Romans 8:15.
*6 Ephesians 3:20.
*7 Ephesians 6:18; 1 Timothy 2:1-2.
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