King Alfred's Book

...Pastoral Care, King Alfred’s late ninth-century translation of a sixth-century work by Pope Gregory:

“Se se ðe unwærlice ðone wuda hiewð, & sua his freond ofsliehð” (“He who carelessly hews the wood, and so slays his friend”).

Sounds like he's dealing with the judicial law.

Jesus Washing Feet

"A bowl of water and a towel

became a sign of grace

when Christ, the Lord, the Teacher, took

the lowest servant's place.... 

Beautifully Sung.

https://www.jubilate.co.uk/music_lyrics/lyric/a_bowl_of_water_and_a_towel

This is in copyright, so I won't post it directly.

Old Testament Gospel

Title and Poem by William Cowper. (Hebrews iv.2)

Israel in ancient days

Not only had a view

Of Sinai in a blaze,

But learn'd the Gospel too;

The types and figures were a glass,

In which they saw a Saviour's face.

The paschal sacrifice

And blood-besprinkled door,

Seen with enlighten'd eyes,

And once applied with power,

Would teach the need of other blood,

To reconcile an angry God.

The Lamb, the Dove, set forth

His perfect innocence,

Whose blood of matchless worth

Would be the soul's defence;

For he who can for sin atone,

Must have no failings of His own.

The scape-goat on his head

The people's trespass bore,

And to the desert led,

Was to be seen no more:

In him our surety seem'd to say,

"Behold, I bear your sins away."

Dipt in his fellow's blood,

The living bird went free;

The type, well understood,

Express'd the sinner's plea;

Described a guilty soul enlarged,

And by a Saviour's death discharged.

Jesus, I love to trace,

Throughout the sacred page,

The footsteps of Thy grace,

The same in every age!

Oh, grant that I may faithful be

To clearer light vouchsafed to me!

Male and Female made HE them

As I look at Arabic it occurs to me that it is a language like French and Spanish. Embedded in it is Male and Female. Gender is in every adjective, every name,  every noun.

Too Many Babies?

We're  "just one generation away from a disastrous people-shortage. We’re not on the brink of a population bomb. In fact, we may be on the brink of a population bust. "

Video and text

Your Fatherly Love, Oh LORD

1. The tender love a father has

For all his children dear,

Such love you, LORD, bestow on them

Who worship you in fear.

2. You, LORD, remember we are dust,

And all our frailty know;

Our days are like the tender grass,

And as the flower we grow.

3. The flower is withered by the wind

That smites with blighting breath;

So man is quickly swept away

Before the blast of death.

4. Unchanging is your love, Oh GOD,

From age to age the same,

Displayed to all who do your will

And reverence your Name.

5. Those who your gracious covenant keep

Oh LORD you'll ever bless;

Their children's children shall rejoice

To see your righteousness.

Adapted into a prayer from the 1912 Psalter paraphrase of Psalm 103:13-18 

Tune: Avalon CM

Many tunes can be found here: 

https://opc.org/hymn.html?list_type=tunes

Joy to the World

One of Isaac Watts Paraphrases on Psalm 98.

It's Optimistic.

It's Expecting.

Joy to the world! the Lord is come;

Let earth receive her King;

Let every heart prepare him room,

And heaven and nature sing,

And heaven and nature sing,

And heaven, and heaven, and nature sing.

Joy to the world! the Saviour reigns;

Let men their songs employ;

While fields and floods, rocks, hills, and plains

Repeat the sounding joy,

Repeat the sounding joy,

Repeat, repeat the sounding joy.

No more let sins and sorrows grow,

Nor thorns infest the ground;

He comes to make His blessings flow

Far as the curse is found,

Far as the curse is found,

Far as, far as, the curse is found.

He rules the world with truth and grace,

And makes the nations prove

The glories of His righteousness,

And wonders of His love,

And wonders of His love,

And wonders, wonders, of His love.