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May 29 AMERICA THE BEAUTIFULKatharine Lee Bates, 1859–1929Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a disgrace to any people. (Proverbs 14:34)After what I owe to God, nothing should be more dear or more sacred to me than the love and respect I owe to my country.—Jacques Auguste de ThouEach time we join together in singingContinue reading “Amazing Grace: 366 Hymn Stories”

May 28 O PERFECT LOVEDorothy B. Gurney, 1858–1932For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh. (Ephesians 5:31)A perfect union of selfless and totally committed love, not an indulgent form of physical gratification, is God’s plan for the human race.Continue reading “Amazing Grace: 366 Hymn Stories”

May 27 HAPPY THE HOME WHEN GOD IS THEREHenry Ware Jr., 1794–1843… But as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord. (Joshua 24:15)The beauty of the home is order; the blessing of the home is contentment;The glory of the home is hospitality; the crown of the home is godliness.—UnknownThis is the seasonContinue reading “Amazing Grace: 366 Hymn Stories”

May 27 HAPPY THE HOME WHEN GOD IS THEREHenry Ware Jr., 1794–1843… But as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord. (Joshua 24:15)The beauty of the home is order; the blessing of the home is contentment;The glory of the home is hospitality; the crown of the home is godliness.—UnknownThis is the seasonContinue reading “Amazing Grace: 366 Hymn Stories”

COME, THOU ALMIGHTY KING Source unknown, c. 1757Lift up your heads, O you gates; lift them up, you ancient doors, that the King of glory may come in. Who is He, this King of glory? The Lord Almighty—He is the King of glory. (Psalm 24:9, 10)In his book The Knowledge of the Holy, A. W.Continue reading “Amazing Grace: 366 Hymn Stories”