Hymn Stories

IN THIS EPISODE: "Did Christ O'er Sinners Weep" by Benjamin Beddome (1717-1795)A poor parishioner of Mr. Beddome was entrusted with the care of the gentleman’s horse during the meeting. As he waited, he found out the reason that the Londoner had come calling. He became so agitated that he brought the animal to Mr. Beddome’s door and said to no one in particular in a loud voice, “Robbers of churches are the worst sort of robbers!” Show Notes: "Did Christ O'er Sinners Weep" by Mcferran"I Can Hear the Ocean from Hear" by Vens AdamsFind more helps for your soul at https://linktr.ee/gospelincontext. Hymn Stories is a part of the Media Gratiae Podcast Network.

"How Bless'd Thy Creature Is, O God" Arranged and Performed by Heath WaltonFind more helps for your soul at https://linktr.ee/gospelincontext. Hymn Stories is a part of the Media Gratiae Podcast Network.

IN THIS EPISODE: "How Bless'd Thy Creature Is, O God" by William Cowper (1731-1800)There he knelt down and poured out his heart unto the Lord in prayer and praise. It pleased the Savior to hear him, and to grant him at once a renewed sense of his presence, deliverance from his fears, and a sweet assurance that, wherever his lot might be cast, the God of all consolation would still be with him.Special thanks to Heath Walton for his work on setting this hymn to music and performing it. Show Notes: "How Blest Thy Creature Is, O God" by William Cowper, performed by Heath Walton"Adagio" by Roo Walker"Lost in Thoughts" by AK"Two Acres" by ArendFind more helps for your soul at https://linktr.ee/gospelincontext. Hymn Stories is a part of the Media Gratiae Podcast Network.

IN THIS EPISODE: "Holy Holy Holy Lord God Almighty" by Reginald Heber (1783-1826)"I have never seen such tenderness, never such humble exercise of Christian love. Alas! How his spirit shames us all! I thank God that I have seen his tears, that I heard his prayers, his conversation with the afflicted mother, and his own private reflections upon it. It has made me love him more, and has given me a lesson of tenderness, in visiting the afflicted, that I trust will not be in vain.”Show Notes: "Fantasy in My Mind" by Alan Špiljak"Holy! Holy! Holy!" performed by Sophia BushFind more helps for your soul at https://linktr.ee/gospelincontext. Hymn Stories is a part of the Media Gratiae Podcast Network.

IN THIS EPISODE: "Jesus, I My Cross Have Taken" by Henry Francis Lyte (1793-1847)Early one Sunday, two young men snuck into the loft to spy on the widow. They wanted to satisfy their curiosity; and had hopes of jeering the old woman.Show Notes: "Before Time" by Waterway MusicFind more helps for your soul at https://linktr.ee/gospelincontext. Hymn Stories is a part of the Media Gratiae Podcast Network.

IN THIS EPISODE: "Jesus, I My Cross Have Taken" by Henry Francis Lyte (1793-1847)How did the young woman act during the storm? With simple modesty; she was patient but firm. She bore the storm that was without by the blessed peace that was within. She was still loving and more obedient than ever, except on this one point. She would not forsake Christ. Having tasted the better portion, she would not give it up. She went after Christ, denied herself, and took up her cross to follow Him; then came the trouble.Show Notes: "Beautiful Hope" by Ketsa"The Quest" by Arend"Jesus, I My Cross Have Taken" by Bob KauflanFind more helps for your soul at https://linktr.ee/gospelincontext. Hymn Stories is a part of the Media Gratiae Podcast Network.

IN THIS EPISODE: "There Is a Voice of Sovereign Grace" by Isaac Watts (1674-1748)"I sat all the evening just looking at that hymn. I did not hear your prayer. I did not hear a word of your sermon. I do not know your text. I thought of nothing but that hymn; and I have been thinking of it ever since."Show Notes: Lake Marie II by Ian AislingFacebook: www.facebook.com/storiesofhymnsInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/hymn.stories/Hymn Stories is a part of the Media Gratiae Podcast Network.

IN THIS EPISODE: Excerpts from KenyaHymn Stories is a part of the Media Gratiae Podcast Network.

Hymn Stories is a part of the Media Gratiae Podcast Network.

IN THIS EPISODE: "Jesus, Lover of My Soul" by Charles Wesley (1707-1788)It is reported that Charles Wesley was sitting in his study one day when a little bird flew into his open window, it was being hunted by a hawk and the predator had almost overtaken his prey when the frightened bird escaped into Wesley’s study. The story goes that Charles watched this scene unfold, let the bird out once it was safe, took his pen, and wrote: “Jesus, lover of my soul, Let me to Thy bosom fly!”Notes: "Requiem" by Sarah Spring"Serenity" by Ilya KuznetzovFacebook: www.facebook.com/storiesofhymnsInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/hymn.stories/Hymn Stories is a part of the Media Gratiae Podcast Network.

IN THIS EPISODE: "Lord It Belongs Not to My Care" by Richard Baxter (1615-1691) In spite of his life-long weakness and pains--the bitter persecution and cruel imprisonments, Baxter completed an astounding amount of work. Yet, when reminded on his deathbed of his good deeds for the glory of God and the good of the church, he replied: “I was but a pen in God’s hand, and what praise is due to a pen?” Show Notes: "Lord, It Belongs Not to My Care" arranged and performed by Jon YerbyFacebook: www.facebook.com/storiesofhymnsInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/hymn.stories/Hymn Stories is a part of the Media Gratiae Podcast Network.

IN THIS EPISODE: "Christ Leads Me Through No Darker Rooms" by Richard Baxter (1615-1691)Part of what makes Richard Baxter’s hymns so powerful and worthy of our consideration is the fact that his hymns sprung not only from a heart that cherished Christ but were penned by a hand that kept steady on the plow.Show Notes: "Tenderness" by Monument Music"Before Us" by Cedric VermueFacebook: www.facebook.com/storiesofhymnsInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/hymn.stories/Hymn Stories is a part of the Media Gratiae Podcast Network.

IN THIS EPISODE: Commanded to Sing and John Wesley's Rules for Methodist SingersWith all this talk about hymns, it's inevitable that each one of us will have to reckon with the reality of the quality of our singing.Show Notes: "A Beautiful Hope" by Ketsa"Perigean" by REWFacebook: www.facebook.com/storiesofhymnsInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/hymn.stories/Hymn Stories is a part of the Media Gratiae Podcast Network.

Hymn Stories is a part of the Media Gratiae Podcast network.

The sands of time are sinking,The dawn of heaven breaks;The summer morn I've sighed for,The fair, sweet morn awakes:Dark, dark hath been the midnight,But day-spring is at hand,And glory, glory dwellethIn Emmanuel's land.O Christ! He is the fountain,The deep, sweet well of love!The streams on earth I've tasted,More deep I'll drink above:There, to an ocean fulness,His mercy doth expand,And glory, glory dwellethIn Emmanuel's land.Oh, I am my Beloved's,And my Beloved's mine!He brings a poor vile sinnerInto His "house of wine."I stand upon His merit,I know no other stand,Not e'en where glory dwellethIn Emmanuel's land.The Bride eyes not her garment,But her dear Bridegroom's face;I will not gaze at glory,But on my King of grace.Not at the crown He givethBut on His piercèd hand,The Lamb is all the gloryOf Emmanuel's land.

"The Sands of Time Are Sinking" by Anne Ross Cousin (1824-1906) and Samuel Rutherford (1600-1661)Christ’s honeycombs drop honey and floods of consolation upon my soul; my chains are gold. Were my blackness and Christ’s beauty carded through other, His beauty and holiness would eat up my filthiness. The secret formula of the saints: When I am in the cellar of affliction, I look for the Lord’s choicest wines.Show Notes: "A Little Breeze" by Simon Folwar"The Wound Between Us" by Cory Alstad"I Can Hear the Ocean" by Vens AdamsFacebook: www.facebook.com/storiesofhymnsInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/hymn.stories/Hymn Stories is a part of the Media Gratiae Podcast Network.

IN THIS EPISODE: "O Happy Day That Fixed My Choice" by Philip Doddridge (1702-1751)Jonathan Edwards wrote, “Be always greatly abased for your remaining sin, and never think that you lie low enough for it, but yet don’t be at all discouraged or disheartened by it; for though we are exceedingly sinful, yet we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous, the preciousness of whose blood, and the merit of whose righteousness and the greatness of whose love and faithfulness does infinitely overtop the highest mountains of our sin.”Show Notes: "The Paths We Walk" by Aylex"Requiem" by Sarah Spring"O Happy Day" by Sophia BushFor more helps, visit www.ryanbush.org. Hymn Stories is a part of the Media Gratiae Podcast Network.

IN THIS EPISODE: "Jesus, Where'er Thy People Meet" by William Cowper (1731-1800)“My time and thoughts much engrossed today by an afflicting and critical dispensation at Orchard Side. I was sent for early this morning, and returned astonished and grieved. How mysterious are the ways of the Lord! How much seems now at stake! But while all is in His hands all is safe. Could hardly attend to anything else.”Show Notes: "Songs of Iceland" by Ben Mcelroy"That Was the Day" by Ben McelroyFind more helps by visiting www.ryanbush.org. Hymn Stories is a part of the Media Gratiae Podcast Network.

IN THIS EPISODE: "I Lay My Sins on Jesus" by Horatius Bonar (1808-1889)Show Notes: "I Lay My Sins On Jesus" performed by ONU Orpheus Choir (1961)"A Beautiful Hope" by Ketsa"John G. Paton: Missionary to the New Hebrides" by John G. PatonFacebook: www.facebook.com/storiesofhymnsInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/hymn.stories/Hymn Stories is a part of the Media Gratiae Podcast Network.

Sights and sounds from Kenya. Find more helps at www.ryanbush.org.Hymn Stories is a part of the Media Gratiae Podcast Network.