{"id":30,"date":"2010-03-16T20:30:59","date_gmt":"2010-03-17T00:30:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jdackerman.com\/miscellany\/?p=30"},"modified":"2010-03-17T09:17:36","modified_gmt":"2010-03-17T13:17:36","slug":"todays-play-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jdackerman.com\/miscellany\/2010\/03\/16\/todays-play-list\/","title":{"rendered":"Today’s play list"},"content":{"rendered":"

As I write I’m listening to music from Sovereign Grace Music – two of my favorite newer albums (can we still call them albums?).\u00a0 Upward<\/strong><\/em>, the Bob Kauflin Hymns Project and Valley of Vision<\/strong><\/em>, based on the Puritan Prayers of the same name.\u00a0 Wonderful text, some old hymns and some new, great melody lines, all in all a tremendous tool for personal reflection.\u00a0 We have used many of these songs as congregational singing at church, and had others done as special music to fit a particular theme or purpose.\u00a0 Two of my favorites, even though it’s hard to pick favorites, are retooled older songs by Augustus M Toplady.\u00a0 I had grown weary of the classic Rock of Ages <\/strong>tune to the point that I had no idea what the text even said, and that is a shame.<\/p>\n

Rock of Ages, cleft for me,
\nLet me hide myself in Thee;
\nLet the water and the blood,
\nFrom Thy wounded side which flowed,
\nBe of sin the double cure,
\nSave from wrath and make me pure.<\/p>\n

All the labors of my hands
\ncould not fill Thy law’s demands;
\nCould my zeal no respite know,
\nCould my tears forever flow,
\nAll for sin could not atone;
\nThou must save, and Thou alone.<\/p>\n

Nothing in my hands I bring,
\nSimply to Thy cross I cling;
\nNaked, come to Thee for dress,
\nHelpless, look to Thee for grace;
\nTo Thy fountain, Lord I fly,
\nWash me Savior, or I die!<\/p>\n

While I draw this fleeting breath,
\nWhen my eyes shall close in death,
\nWhen I soar to worlds unknown,
\nSee Thee on Thy judgement throne,
\nRock of Ages, cleft for me,
\nLet me hide myself in Thee.<\/p>\n

It was sung by rote, with no thought.\u00a0 The haunting\u00a0 melody on Upward brings the great old lyrics to life.<\/p>\n

A Debtor to Mercy Alone <\/strong>is the other Toplady text on this album, and is worth the price of the CD all by itself.\u00a0 This is one of my most quoted songs:<\/p>\n

A debtor to mercy alone,
\nof covenant mercy I sing.
\nI come with your righteousness on,
\nmy humble off’ring to bring.
\nThe judgements of your holy law
\nwith me can have nothing to do.
\nMy Savior’s obedience and blood
\nhide all my transgressions from view.<\/p>\n

The work which your goodness began,
\nthe arm of your strength will complete.
\nYour promise is yes and amen,
\nand never was forfeited yet.
\nThe future or things that are now,
\nno power below or above,
\ncan make you your purpose forego,
\nor sever my soul from your love.<\/p>\n

My name from the palms of your hands,
\neternity will not erase.
\nImpressed on your heart it remains
\nin marks of indelible grace.
\nYes I, to the end, will endure,
\nuntil I bow down at your throne.
\nForever and always secure,
\na debtor to mercy, alone.<\/p>\n

Add the newer “I Will Glory in My Redeemer” and “The Look”, a remade “Praise God” and all others and I can listen to these songs over and over again.\u00a0 In fact, I do.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As I write I’m listening to music from Sovereign Grace Music – two of my favorite newer albums (can we still call them albums?).\u00a0 Upward, the Bob Kauflin Hymns Project and Valley of Vision, based on the Puritan Prayers of the same name.\u00a0 Wonderful text, some old hymns and some new, great melody lines, all… <\/p>\n

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