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July 8 COME, YE DISCONSOLATEThomas Moore, 1779–1852, (verses 1 and 2 with alterations)Thomas Hastings, 1784–1872, (verse 3)You will seek Me and find Me when you seek Me with all your heart. (Jeremiah 29:13)God’s delight is to administer comfort to wounded spirits.—UnknownRepeating the plea to “come” and the plaintive promise that “earth has no sorrow thatContinue reading “Amazing Grace: 366 Hymn Stories”

July 7 SWEET PEACE, THE GIFT OF GOD’S LOVEWords and Music by Peter P. Bilhorn, 1865–1936Great peace have they who love Your law, and nothing can make them stumble. (Psalm 119:165)The blessing of peace is the one prize that often eludes those who seem to have attained everything else in life. Yet peace is oneContinue reading “Amazing Grace: 366 Hymn Stories”

July 6 LIKE A RIVER GLORIOUSFrances R. Havergal, 1836–1879If only you had paid attention to my commands, your peace would have been like a river, your righteousness like the waves of the sea. (Isaiah 48:18)Our gift of salvation includes more than pardon from sin, deliverance from hell, and a guarantee to heaven. It includes everythingContinue reading “Amazing Grace: 366 Hymn Stories”

July 5 PEACE, PERFECT PEACEEdward H. Bickersteth, 1825–1906I have told you these things, so that in Me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world. (John 16:33)The quest for inner calm and peace has been a universal struggle for mankind throughout the ages. EvenContinue reading “Amazing Grace: 366 Hymn Stories”

July 4 THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNERFrancis Scott Key, 1779–1843Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake: Whether it be to the king, as supreme, or to governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers, and for the praise of them that do well. (1 Peter 2:13, 14Continue reading “Amazing Grace: 366 Hymn Stories”