Thursday, April 30, 2020

The Devil and Daniel Webster - 1941 Movie




In the second month of our house arrest, we came across the 1941 movie, "The Devil and Daniel Webster," Turner Classic Movies.

The plot is simple. Jabez Stone made a deal with Scratch to enjoy great wealth for a certain time, the end of which making Stone's soul the property of the aforementioned Scratch.

Jabez began neglecting his wife, spoiling his son, and drawing his neighbors into contracts they could not fulfill. Once he had his grand house, beautiful lady companion, and mysterious friends, the error of his deal began to grow on him.

Fortunately, the legendary Webster stopped by and insisted on Scratch facing a trial on the merits of the original contract. Scratch is played with devilish delight by the father of the famous director John Houston. The judge and jury are members of Scratch's lower kingdom, and Webster's objections are struck down.

Scratch loses his case because Webster convinced the jury of traitors that, if  they had a chance to take back their deals, they would have voided their contracts with the devil.

At the end, Scratch, always prowling about, steals the fresh peach pie and sits in the tree, looking for prospects as he eats his stolen fruit. He points at the audience and grins.

Lessons Learned?
The synod leaders who watched the movie probably missed the point. They previously made their deals to dance with the Spirit of This Age. They have brought ruin and damnation from their lust to find easy answers. Now they only ask, "Are the rest of the church bodies hurting as badly as we are? Find the reasons why."

 "I feel blessed to be affiliated with WELS." 

The Little Sect on the Prairie has already admitted it will be a footnote in history in a few years. Its abusive brother, WELS, is busy with a survey that will distract people for a few more weeks.

 "What are some specific, measurable, achievable, realistic, timely goals for our Father Below?"


Here are the ways LCMS-WELS-ELS-CLC (sic) self-destructed for quick money and instant results.:

  1. Our more-better hymnal will be popular because less Lutheran.
  2. Our removal of the KJV and sales of the NIV/ESV replacements will make us rich.
  3. St. Marvin of Schwan wants earthly honors and heavenly absolution, so we will praise him out of perdition.
  4. Sermons, the liturgy, hymns, and creeds bring us down. Our Fuller, Trinity Divinity, and Willow Creek dummies will teach us to liberate our Lutheran sects with safe sects, without catching anything bad.
  5. Our estate plundering counselors will seize the money built up by traditionalists so we can spend it on experiments, new ideas, and motivate counselors with juicy commissions.
The S.M.A.R.T goals worked and they shunned those who dared to object.

Wednesday, April 29, 2020

Greek Lesson - Wednesday Night - 7 PM Central Daylight






30 ουτος εστιν [περι ου εγω ειπον] "οπισω μου ερχεται ανηρ ος εμπροσθεν μου γεγονεν, οτι πρωτος μου ην"

31 καγω ουκ ηδειν αυτον, αλλ ινα φανερωθη τω ισραηλ; δια τουτο ηλθον εγω εν τω υδατι βαπτιζων 
Notice - I did not know him repeated in v. 33.

32 και εμαρτυρησεν ιωαννης, λεγων, οτι "τεθεαμαι το πνευμα καταβαινον ωσει περιστεραν εξ ουρανου, και εμεινεν επ αυτον"

33 καγω ουκ ηδειν αυτον αλλ [ο πεμψας με βαπτιζειν εν υδατι] εκεινος μοι ειπεν εφ ον αν ιδης το πνευμα καταβαινον και μενον επ αυτον ουτος εστιν ο βαπτιζων εν πνευματι αγιω
Three-fold description, Trinity. See verse 1 - Lenski calls that the tolling of giant bells, The Word, The Word, The Word.

34 καγω εωρακα και μεμαρτυρηκα οτι ουτος εστιν ο υιος του θεου

35 τη επαυριον, παλιν ειστηκει ο ιωαννης - και εκ των μαθητων αυτου δυο


36 [και εμβλεψας τω ιησου περιπατουντι,] λεγει "ιδε ο αμνος του θεου"   

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37 και ηκουσαν αυτου οι δυο μαθηται λαλουντος και ηκολουθησαν τω ιησου

38 στραφεις δε ο ιησους και θεασαμενος αυτους ακολουθουντας λεγει αυτοις τι ζητειτε οι δε ειπον αυτω ραββι ο λεγεται 'ερμηνευομενον διδασκαλε που μενεις

δε - post-positive, so in our minds it belongs before the οι

39 λεγει αυτοις ερχεσθε και ιδετε; ηλθον και ειδον που μενει και παρ αυτω εμειναν την ημεραν εκεινην; ωρα δε ην ως δεκατη

40 ην ανδρεας ο αδελφος σιμωνος πετρου εις εκ των δυο των ακουσαντων παρα ιωαννου και ακολουθησαντων αυτω

41 ευρισκει ουτος πρωτος τον αδελφον τον ιδιον σιμωνα και λεγει αυτω ευρηκαμεν τον μεσσιαν ο εστιν μεθερμηνευομενον ο χριστος


More on Nutrition

My first birthday surprise implied I would get to eat it all.

Several people wrote that they enjoyed posts on nutrition, so I am taking that as a mass movement in favor of good food.

The first part is financial. The way to fund good food at home is ending most buying of junk and restaurant food. Both kimds encourage over-eating their over-salted, over-carboed, over-sugared food. The money spent at a hamburger place for one person would purchase food for a great meal for two or more at home. The leverage grows with the emporium:
  • McDonalds - $7 or more per person.
  • Panera - $10 or more per person.
  • Restaurant - $20 or more per person.
Lesson learned? We switch brain gears when eating. The McDonalds cost for the food offered is - enormous!

Sassy says I am late for the walk.

I am back. Someone (name withheld) said, "There is something about men and ice cream. So appealing at night."

Ice cream definitely has one purpose - making someone crave even more ice cream. I am blaming the corn sugar, but there is also a host of pleasant memories, fostered by those wonderful stores where the atmosphere is one of vanilla, cream, chocolate, and fruit toppings.

In contrast, protein and vegetables are filling, satisfying, and give long-lasting energy. That is the key, because older people may crave fast acting sugars, but they do not use them up effectively and feel sluggish as a result.

In the family Dairy Queen photo (we had one) - I am the only one really promoting the product.

Publishing Plans for the Rest of the Year




  1. The Bethany Lutheran Hymnal Blog will be edited, improved, and garnished with author information and lists. That might culminate in a book of the top hymn texts (250-300). Norma A. Boeckler is adding illustrations, and she helps with every single project.
  2. I have started Understanding Luther’s Galatians: Graebner’s Translation - where I am going to add my commentary on OJ versus the Chief Article, with the complete text of the shorter Galatians.
  3. I will write The American Calvin: CFW Walther. The parallels with Calvin are overwhelming. Comparisons with Luther are underwhelming. Walther's Election without Faith will be addressed.
  4. A group of us will work on Bible texts and translations, to help explain the disaster of the NIV/ESV money machine and its devastating effect on Christian doctrine. 
  5. Projects get modified, added, dropped. I think the focus should be mostly Scriptural since that is so widely neglected.
  6. I have a folder for Word documents. When I retitle my older books as public domain in that folder, those files will be available for people to use freely in translations, edited versions, etc. 



Come On Man, That Storm Was All Hat And No Cattle!

 "Come on man, that storm was all hat and no cattle!
My tummy rumbles are louder."

They broke into television shows from the afternoon on, playing the klaxon horn. Soon arriving - 60 mph winds, possible hail and tornadoes. The radar image - Photoshopped? - was a red bow bearing down on us, like a wolf on the fold. 

After all that drama, all we heard was a low rumble, a little rain, and no winds.

Beforehand, we had time outside on the front porch, to view the garden. Sassy shared crackers with Ranger Bob. We drank Brazilian coffee and talked about the upcoming scenario. Sassy has her own favorite spot for making a bed and enjoying BelVita crackers. Chris opened the door but stayed inside.

The previously shy Joe Pye plants are stretching up for the sun, green and loaded with energy from a winter of mulch and rain. The various alium clumps are just starting to open their petals. Several roses have followed the Easy Does It bushes in blooming.

The second iris has bloomed, but the rest of the row remains undecided. Daisy bunches are up, and Hosta are all around the roses and hummingbird feeders.

Last year the wild roses came up first, but this year they are second to the others. We will soon dig up the wild roses because they bloom only once and follow by growing long, spindly canes that scratch flesh and latch onto clothing.

Once the Crepe Myrtles leaf out, I snip off all seeds (or empty pods) left over.

If I have a task in the kitchen, I start by pouring some sunflower seeds on the garbage barrels. Stale crackers are bound to bring starlings too. Soon I can look out the windows and see starlings breaking up crackers and flying off with smaller pieces. One bro watched the cracker being hammered and flew off with his piece immediately.

Feeding is heavy before and after a storm, so I get to watch a parade of creatures at work.


 Self-Portrait of the Artist.

Tuesday, April 28, 2020

Westphal Smoked Out Calvin - From Thy Strong Word

Joachim Westphal


Calvin’s Doctrine  

To understand the crypto-Calvinist (secret Calvinist) Lutherans, we need to examine the teachings of John Calvin about the Means of Grace. Not surprisingly, some of the most revealing statements come from his polemic, Against Westphal, named for the Lutheran Joachim Westphal (1510-1574) who taunted Calvin for some time to bring out his actual views.370 The cryptoCalvinists of today loudly moan about “Christian-bashing”— a term they adapted from homosexual activists—when someone asks for doctrinal clarity. It is easy to see from Against Westphal that polemical literature is beneficial in distinguishing between sound and false doctrine.371 Schaff said this about Westphal’s doctrinal publications: “The controversy of Westphal against Calvin and the subsequent overthrow of Melanchthonianism completed and consolidated the separation of the two Confessions.” Calvin called Westphal “a mad dog.”372

J-718  
John Calvin, Against Joachim Westphal: "The nature of baptism or the Supper must not be tied down to an instant of time. God, whenever He sees fit, fulfills and exhibits in immediate effect that which he figures in the Sacrament. But no necessity must be imagined so as to prevent His grace from sometimes preceding, sometimes following, the use of the sign."373

~Benjamin Charles Milner, Jr., Calvin's Doctrine of the Church, Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1970, p. 121.

There Must Be Divisions  
KJV 1 Corinthians 11:18 For first of all, when ye come together in the church, I hear that there be divisions among you; and I partly believe it. 19 For there must be also heresies among you, that they which are approved may be made manifest among you.
It was good for Westphal to annoy Calvin and even better for Calvin to answer Westphal honestly. Similarly, when it was rumored that Luther had given up his Biblical views about the Lord’s Supper, he responded with his Brief Confession on the Lord’s Supper, another superb document. Today, the massive doctrinal indifference in the Lutheran Church is a direct result of people studiously avoiding all doctrinal conflict. We lose our spiritual muscle tone through lack of effort just as we lose normal muscle tone from inactivity. The inactive person loses not only the ability to exert himself but also the will to try. Lutherans have become so lazy and inert that they would rather suffer from false teachers, soul murderers and wife murderers, than object to the most obnoxious heresies in their midst. Pastors fear for their tiny pensions, but not for their sheep being attacked by wolves. Synodical professors quake at the thought of returning to the parish, so they promote Reformed doctrine and methods in the name of making their institutions strong, though they are dying.
To understand the secret Calvinists, let us look first at Calvin’s openly taught doctrine. Calvin wrote well and published his errors over a long span of time. He continued to revise and expand his Institutes of the Christian Religion and completed a commentary of every book of the Bible. Sadly, his Biblical commentaries are bought and used by many Lutheran pastors today. This tragedy was encouraged by the Biblical inerrancy wars of the early 1900s. Once Lutherans began to be assaulted by highly educated proponents of Biblical error and contradiction, they turned to highly disciplined Calvinist scholars who had already been through the same trials. Lutherans did not stop to think that Calvinistic rationalism brought Unitarian doctrine to the Presbyterians earlier, while Lutheran doctrine repelled it. Therefore, Lutherans turned to Calvinists as allies against the common enemy of doubt.374 But using human reason to cure the problem of doubt is akin to drinking brine to slake one’s thirst.
Calvin’s rationalism can be summarized by four foundational errors:
A. Enthusiasm—Separating the Holy Spirit from the Word.
B. Extra-calvinisticum—Denying that the finite can contain the infinite.
C. Double predestination—Teaching that all people are either predestined to damnation or predestined to salvation, God’s “horrible decree,” before or after the fall of Adam. Calvinists are divided on the timing of the decree, which is unrecorded in the Scriptures.
D. Law/Gospel confusion.

Enthusiasm  
Calvin’s Enthusiasm and its effect upon Lutheran doctrine are reason enough for writing this book and listing so many citations on the subject. Calvin, like Zwingli, scornfully rejected the Biblical doctrine that the Holy Spirit is always at work in the Word and never works apart from the Word (Isaiah 55:8-10). Calvin replaced the Biblical teaching of the efficacious Word and Sacraments with his peculiar notion of the Sovereign Holy Spirit working independently of the Means of Grace, either before or after or not at all! The Calvinists are never completely consistent about this, because they believe in preaching, teaching, and publishing. But they take care to deny the efficacy of the Word at every chance, as did their most famous modern church father Karl Barth (1886-1968). 


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J-719  
"The means of grace are thus limited for Barth. The preacher descending from the pulpit can never quote Luther and say with joyful assurance that he has preached the Word of God. Of course, he can hope and pray; but he can never know whether the Holy Spirit has accompanied the preached Word, and hence whether his words were the Word of God. To know this, or even to wish to know it, would be a presumptuous encroachment of man upon the sovereign freedom of God."
~Hermann Sasse, Here We Stand, trans. Theodore G. Tappert, Minneapolis: Augsburg Publishing House, 1946, p. 161.

J-720  
"The Sacraments are not mere symbolic expressions by which faith is strengthened (Calvin), nor are they mere acts of confession of faith (notae professionis, Zwingli), but are effective means by which God sows faith in the hearts of men."
~Walter G. Tillmanns, "Means of Grace: Use of," The Encyclopedia of the Lutheran Church, 3 vols., Julius Bodensieck, Minneapolis: Augsburg Publishing House, 1965, II, p. 1506.

Barth, the official theologian of Fuller Seminary, was an apostate who rejected the doctrines of the Christian faith while making a tidy profit from his publication efforts, aided by his mistress, Charlotte Kirschbaum.375 He moved her into his house over the strenuous objections of his wife [GJ -like Bishop Stephan, Walther's idol] and also lived with Charlotte in a mountain cabin every summer. Barth is the epitome of the Church Growth expert: unfaithful to God, unfaithful in marriage, treacherous, vain, boastful, and eager to impose silence on his critics. After opposing the Nazis from the safety of Switzerland during WWII, Barth betrayed his loyal followers in Eastern Europe and told them to submit to the authority of the Communists. He and his lovely assistant, Charlotte, had been reds all along, as the historical documents show.376

J-721  
"When intent upon establishing their peculiar tenets, Calvin and Zwingli likewise preferred rational argumentation to the plain proofs of Holy Writ. Their interpretation of the words of the Sacrament is but one glaring instance; but there are many more. The schools and the denominations which they founded became infected with this same disease of theology."
~Martin S. Sommer, Concordia Pulpit for 1932, St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1931, p. iii.

J-722  
~John Calvin, Commentaries, Amos 8:11-12: "...we are touched with some desire for strong doctrine, it evidently appears that there is some piety in us; we are not destitute of the Spirit of God, although destitute of the outward means."~ Benjamin Milner, Calvin's Doctrine of the Church, Heicko A.Oberman, Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1970, p. 109. CO, XLIII, 153. 


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J-723  
“Wherefore, with regard to the increase and confirmation of faith, I would remind the reader (though I think I have already expressed it in unambiguous terms), that in assigning this office to the Sacraments, it is not as if I thought that there is a kind of secret efficacy perpetually inherent in them, by which they can of themselves promote or strengthen faith, but because our Lord has instituted them for the express purpose of helping to establish and increase our faith. The Sacraments duly perform their office only when accompanied by the Spirit, the internal Master, whose energy alone penetrates the heart, stirs up the affections, and procures access for the Sacraments into our souls. If He is wanting, the Sacraments can avail us no more than the sun shining on the eyeballs of the blind, or sounds uttered in the ears of the deaf. Wherefore, in distributing between the Spirit and the Sacraments, I ascribe the whole energy to Him, and leave only a ministry to them; this ministry, without the agency of the Spirit, is empty and frivolous, but when He acts within, and exerts His power, it is replete with energy. ...then, it follows, both that the Sacraments do not avail one iota without the energy of the Holy Spirit; and that yet in hearts previously taught by that preceptor, there is nothing to prevent the Sacraments from strengthening and increasing faith.”
~John Calvin, Institutes of the Christian Religion, 2 volumes, Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1970, I, p. 497. Also cited in Benjamin Charles Milner, Jr., Calvin's Doctrine of the Church, Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1970, p. 119. Institutes. IV.xiv.9.

J-724  
“We must not suppose that there is some latent virtue inherent in the Sacraments by which they, in themselves, confer the gifts of the Holy Spirit upon us, in the same way in which wine is drunk out of a cup, since the only office divinely assigned them is to attest and ratify the benevolence of the Lord towards us; and they avail no farther than accompanied by the Holy Spirit to open our minds and hearts, and make us capable of receiving this testimony, in which various distinguished graces are clearly manifested… They [the Sacraments] do not of themselves bestow any grace, but they announce and manifest it, and, like earnests and badges, give a ratification of the gifts which the divine liberality has bestowed upon us.”
~John Calvin, Institutes of the Christian Religion, 2 volumes, Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1970, I, p. 503. Institutes, IV, XIV, 17.

J-725  
“But assuming that the body and blood of Christ are attached to the bread and wine, then the one must necessarily be dissevered from the other. For the bread is given separately from the cup, so the body, united to the bread, must be separated from the blood, included in the cup.”
~John Calvin, Institutes of the Christian Religion, 2 volumes, Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1970, I, p. 570. Institutes, IV, XVII, 18.

J-726  
John Calvin, Institutes IV.xvii.19: "We must establish such a presence of Christ in the supper as may neither fasten Him to the element of bread, not enclose Him in bread, not circumscribe Him in any way (all of which clearly derogate from His heavenly glory)...."
~Benjamin Charles Milner, Jr., Calvin's Doctrine of the Church, Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1970, p. 128. 


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J-727  
John Calvin, True Method of Reforming the Church: "The offspring of believers are born holy, because their children, while yet in the womb, before they breathe the vital air, have been adopted into the covenant of eternal life."
~Benjamin Charles Milner, Jr., Calvin's Doctrine of the Church, Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1970, p. 123.
GJ - That sounds like the Preuss quote that Robert Preus loved so much, cited with slavering approval by Cascione and McCain, Ft. Whine graduates.



 J-728  
"To remain properly humble while firmly rejecting all erroneous teachings regarding the means of grace, we should remind ourselves how even Christians who teach and, as a rule, also believe, the correct doctrine of the means of grace, in their personal practice very often lose sight of the means of grace. This is done whenever they base the certainty of grace, or of the forgiveness of sin, on their feeling of grace or the gratia infusa, instead of on God's promise in the objective means of grace. All of us are by nature 'enthusiasts.'"
~Francis Pieper, Christian Dogmatics, 3 vols., trans., Walter W. F. Albrecht, St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1953, III, p. 131.

Extra-Calvinisticum  
The haughty spirit that denies the efficacy of the Word will also invent new doctrines. One is called the extra-calvinisticum, Calvin’s assertion that the finite cannot contain the infinite: finitum non capas infiniti. In other words, the finite forms of bread and wine cannot hold the infinite, the body of Christ. The same declaration makes the two natures, human and divine, united in the one person, Christ, impossible. In fact, both Zwingli and Calvin had serious problems with Christology. Their rationalistic denials of what Christ has clearly promised in the Word and Sacraments led to the Unitarianism (Socinianism) of their later disciples.

J-729  
"...it is exceedingly difficult to prevent this low view from running out into Socinianism, as, indeed, it actually has run in Calvinistic lands, so that it became a proverb, often met with in the older theological writers—'A young Calvinist, an old Socinian.' This peril is confessed and mourned over by great Calvinistic divines. New England is an illustration of it on an immense scale, in our own land."
~Charles P. Krauth, The Conservative Reformation and Its Theology, Philadelphia: The United Lutheran Publication House, 1871, p. 489.


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Double Predestination, Limited Atonement, Arminianism

Theological discussions often begin with Calvin’s doctrine of double predestination, which was published in his first edition of the Institutes and every edition thereafter. Double predestination is really secondary to Enthusiasm in harmfulness. However, one can hardly untangle the chaos created by one conflict after another in opposition to the Scriptures. Double predestination teaches that God decreed a minority saved and a majority damned before the creation of the world or perhaps after the fall of Adam. Associated with double predestination is the concept that Christ died only for the elect and not for the sins of the world, a teaching which is called the limited Atonement. Anyone who dwells on the core of Calvin’s teaching and applies it consistently must wonder why he would listen to the Word, which is dead, or receive the Sacraments, which are dead, when the Holy Spirit will work before or after the Means of Grace, but not necessarily through them. A Calvinist must either be proud and secure, since he is taught “once saved, always saved,” or he is anxious and fearful that he has been predestined for damnation. The comictragic novels of Peter DeVries, such as Slouching Toward Kalamazoo and The Blood of the Lamb, catch this spirit of Grand Rapids Calvinism.

J-730  

"As a matter of fact, however, also in the doctrine of predestination Zwingli and Calvin were just as far and as fundamentally apart from Luther as their entire rationalistic theology differed from the simple and implicit Scripturalism of Luther. Frank truly says that the agreement between Luther's doctrine and that of Zwingli and Calvin is 'only specious, nur scheinbar.' (1, 118.) Tschackert remarks: 'Whoever [among the theologians before the Formula of Concord] was acquainted with the facts could not but see that in this doctrine [of predestination] there was a far-reaching difference between the Lutheran and the Calvinistic theology.' (559.) F. Pieper declares that Luther and Calvin agree only in certain expressions, but differ entirely as to substance. (Dogmatics, III, 554.)"
~F. Bente, Concordia Triglotta, Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church, Concordia Publishing House, 1921, p. 209.

J-731  
"Calvin and his adherents boldly rejected the universality of God's grace, of Christ's redemption, and of the Spirit's efficacious operation through the means of grace, and taught that, in the last analysis, also the eternal doom of the damned was solely due to an absolute decree of divine reprobation (in their estimation the logical complement of election), and this at the very time when they pretended adherence to the Augsburg Confession and were making heavy inroads into Lutheran territory with their doctrine concerning the Lord's Supper and the person of Christ,—which in itself was sufficient reason for a public discussion and determined resentment of their absolute predestinarianism."
~F. Bente, Concordia Triglotta, Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church, Concordia Publishing House, 1921, p. 195f.

Each One Teach One

 Who is the author? Yes, that is the problem today.

The motto of the literacy people is "Each one teach one."

I was thinking how funny it was for Fuller Seminary to sell its mass movement theories from the liberal pro-abortion Donald McGavran to a bunch of lazy, greedy, self-centered denominational leaders. Fuller definitely used the right bait to capture those pests, heart and soul, budget and wallet (your wallet).

Fuller had a simple message for simpletons. "Our methods are doctrine-neutral. They work equally well with anyone."

They invited denominational executives - including Salvation Army and Roman Catholic - getting them jived up to send their subordinates and other lackeys.

The result was - Fuller hollowed out the membership of every denomination they touched.  Fulleroids are like mercury, beautiful and shiny, adhering to gold and silver, but toxic and almost impossible to remove. (A Fulleroid is a graduate of a Fuller program who is a pain in the neck. And they all are.)

I know I am nothing and have no credibility. The great and wise have told me that many times, over the years. It took about 12 years for the LutherQueasies to admit online worship had merit. Strange how ELCA took over their synods while they worried aloud about my blog, which is "nothing but slander and lies."

Once their parishes were shuttered, they saw the value of online worship. But the people who hate the efficacy of the Word and the Chief Article are no better for having online services. They imagine their synod is the source of their power, but why are they shrinking as fast as ELCA?

Luther Seminary just edited their 24 acre campus down to 10 acres, with a larger parking lot. Other ELCA seminaries are no more than a name and a hallway at a college. The Synodical Conference and ELCA decided - with guidance and millions of dollars given to Fuller - that they should offer gimmicks and no-faith.

My idea - not original - has been that if one person is reached and given the basics of Biblical Christianity, that is a victory.

What changed for the Reformation and our time is the reach of the Word. We are able to send a large book all over the world for no extra cost. We can post 99 cent Kindles. We can see that First Amendment is meaningless to many gubmint officials, who close churches and keep abortion clinics running - for our own good.

Most of what a denomination sends out is to protect the salaries, benefits, and luxuries of the officials. That is why they are so effective - at driving people away.

I reproduced The Lutheran Hymnal public domain hymns and saw the value of a separate, dedicated blog - The Bethany Lutheran Hymnal Blog. A dozen years from now, someone may admit that the site is useful, edifying, and soul-strengthening.

I am planning the same for books - just links to free books, plus promotions of key books to read. I am borrowing the idea from Alec Satin's Lutheran Library Publishing Ministry. One reader pointed a Lutheran seminarian to that site - he was excited to have all those classics available for his studies. When I was a young lad, we had to fight like hyenas over the seminary book sales to get a few of those books. Satin has published 150+ with many print books besides.

Yes, I know I have my books posted, but the problem is the same as Luther's Sermons. Once I posted the sermons, I thought, now I'm done. But what is worthwhile should be in front of people, so I post one Luther sermon each Sunday and put it on Facebook.

 Loy is the invisible giant of Lutherdom.

I Don't Care What They Say I Can't Live in a World Without WELS

 "I wrote that engagement statement -  I couldn’t imagine a world without WELS."

The WELS Engagement Survey is another sign that the wheels are falling off.

WELS Pastor "Father" Steve Spencer used to yell, "The only way to fix WELS is to tear it down completely."

They have the right people in power to do that. The correct frame of mind in their sect is being hyper-critical about everyone else (except ELCA) and hyper-sensitive about anything in WELS.

The simple truth is that WELS is the corrupt tree that brings forth evil fruit. Every evil tree is chopped down. Matthew 7:15ff.



WELS does not teach faith in Christ, but the exact opposite. They boast of the entire world - back to Adam - being absolved of sin. Their dogma is a fruitcake of dried up heresies, but they are focused like etymologist - magnifying glass in hand - on anyone suggesting that Justification by Faith is the Chief Article of Christianity.

Schroeder, with a B.A. and M.Div. from WELS, has claimed WELS was born orthodox Lutheran and has always been. Instead of purging the leaven of Pietism, they sought it out and called it "spoiling the Egyptians." They even stole their self-puffery from someone else - one of the pets adored by Fuller Seminary, George Barna, who stole it from Augustine.


Monday, April 27, 2020

WELS Engagement Survey - Fun and Funny

 "Can you imagine a world without WELS? Don't answer."



1. WELS has had a tremendous impact on my life, my family, and the people I care about.
1 – Strongly disagree
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5 – Strongly agree

5. Please rank the top three most valuable sources of information about WELS.

7. I have confidence that WELS makes faithful use of its financial resources.
1 – Strongly disagree
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5 – Strongly agree

9. I feel blessed to be affiliated with WELS.
1 – Strongly disagree
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5 – Strongly agree
10. I often share with others how WELS impacts the world.
1 – Strongly disagree
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5 – Strongly agree
11. I couldn’t imagine a world without WELS.
1 – Strongly disagree
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5 – Strongly agree

Thank You!
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Wylie - "Many a star worshiped for ages will one day be found to be a star of darkness."



"Ah! we little think what a vast revolution awaits public opinion. Many a star worshiped for ages will one day be found to be a star of darkness. Many a name which the world had canonized, and before which the knee had long been bent, shall yet be cast out as evil, and left to rot. And many a principle, falsely deemed divine, to which the mind has bowed for ages will be trodden under foot as pernicious by its votaries as the poor barbarian breaks in pieces and tramples into the mire of the street the gorgons and hydras he had worshiped in his day of darkness. When that great coming ordeal has passed over the world, what a change! How many vacant niches in the temple of fame! How many altars without their divinities! How many heroes without their laurel! How many poets and orators without their crown! The world said, "Ye are gods, but ye shall die as men."

Wylie, James Aitkin. The Great Exodus or “The Time of the End”. Edinburgh. 1862. LutheranLibrary.org edition to be released early Summer 2020.

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A
A great and mighty wonder - #76
A hymn of glory let us sing  -  #212 
A Lamb goes uncomplaining forth -  #142 - Gerhardt
A mighty Fortress is our God - #262 - Luther 
A pilgrim and a stranger - #586 - Gerhardt
A rest remaineth for the weary - #615
Abide, 0 dearest Jesus - #53 
Abide with me! Fast falls the eventide - #552 
Abide with us, the day is waning - #194 
Across the sky, the shades of night - #110 
Alas! and did my Savior bleed - #154 
Alas, my God, my sins are great - #317 
All depends on our possessing - #425 
All glory be to God alone - #238 - copyright - Polack translation
All glory be to God on high - #237 - Winkworth translation
All glory, laud, and honor - #160 - John M. Neale translation 
All hail the power of Jesus' name - #339 
All mankind fell in Adam's fall - #369 
All men living are but mortal - #601 
All my heart this night rejoices - #77 - Gerhardt - Winkworth 
All people that on earth do dwell - #14 
All praise to God, who reigns above -     #19 
All praise to Thee, eternal God -    #80 
All praise to Thee, my God, this night - #558
All that I was, my sin, my guilt -    #378 
All ye who on this earth do dwell -   #581 
Almighty Father, bless the Word -   #52 
Almighty Father, heaven and earth -    #438 
Almighty God, Thy Word is cast - #49 
Almighty Lord , before Thy throne -    #579 
Am I a soldier of the Cross -    #445 
An awe-full mystery is here -    #304 
And will the Judge descend -    #610 
And wilt Thou pardon, Lord - #322 
Angels from the realms of glory - #136 
Approach, my soul, the mercy seat - #456 
Arise and shine in splendor - #126 
Arise, 0 God, and shine -  #642 
Arise, sons of the Kingdom -  #69 
Arm these Thy soldiers, mighty Lord - #332 
Around the throne of God a band - #256 
Art thou weary, art thou troubled - #513 
Asleep in Jesus! Blessed sleep - #587 
As pants the hart for cooling streams - #525 
As we begin another week - #7 copyright
As with gladness men of old - #127 
At even, when the sun did set - #557 
Awake, my heart, with gladness - #192 
Awake, my soul, and with the sun - #536 
Awake, my soul, to joyful lays - #340 
Awake, Thou Spirit, who didst fire - #494 

B
Baptized into Thy name most holy - #298 
Beautiful Savior - #657 
Before Jehovah's awe-fufll throne - #13
Before Thee, God, who knowest all - #318 
Before the Lord we bow - #575   
Behold, a Branch is growing - #645 
Behold a host, arrayed in white - #656 
Behold a Stranger at the door -  #650 
Behold the Lamb of God - #165 
Behold the Savior of mankind - #176 
Behold the sure Foundation stone - #460 
Beloved, "It is well" - #519 
Be still, my soul - #651 
Blessed are the sons of God - #391 
Blessed Jesus, at Thy Word -  #16 
Blessed Savior, who hast taught me - #333 
Blest be the tie that binds - #464 
Blest is the man, forever blest -  #392 
Brief life is here our portion -  #448 
Brightest and best - #128 
Built on the Rock the Church doth stand - #467 
By grace I'm saved, grace free and boundless -    #373 

C
Chief of sinners though I be  #342
Christ, by heavenly hosts adored     #566
Christians, awake  #84
Christians, come in sweetest measures #282
Christians, sing out with exultation #100 
Christ is arisen #187  copyright
Christ is our Cornerstone #465
Christ Jesus lay in death's strong bands #195 
Christ, the Life of all the living #151 
Christ the Lord is risen again  #190
Christ the Lord is risen today  #193 
Christ the Lord is risen today; Alleluia! #191 
Christ the Lord to us is born #86 
Christ, Thou art the sure Foundation #466 
Christ, whose glory fills the skies #359 
Come, Follow Me, the Savior Spake #421 
Come, Holy Ghost, Creator Blest #233 
Come, Holy Ghost, God and Lord #224 
Come, Holy Ghost, in love #227 
Come, Holy Spirit, come #225 
Come, Jesus, from the sapphire throne #634 
Come, let us join our cheerful songs #344 
Come, my soul, thy suit prepare #459 
Come, oh, come, Thou quickening Spirit #226 
Come rejoicing, praises voicing #82 
Come, Thou almighty King #239
Come, Thou Bright and Morning Star #539 
Come, Thou precious Ransom, come #55 
Come to Calvary's holy mountain #149 
Come unto Me, ye weary #276 
Come, ye disconsolate #531
Come, ye faithful, raise the strain #204 
Come, ye thankful people, come #574 
Come, your hearts and voices raising #90 
Comfort, comfort, ye My people #61 
Commit whatever grieves thee #520 
Creator Spirit, by whose aid #236 
Crown Him with many crowns #341 

D
Day of wrath, 0 day of mourning #607 
Dear Christians, one and all, rejoice #387 
Dear Father, who hast made us all #299  copyright
Dear Lord, to Thy true servants give #482   copyright
Dearest Jesus, we are here #300 
Delay not, delay not, 0 sinner #278 
Draw nigh and take the body of the Lord #307 
Draw us to Thee #215 
Drawn to the Cross #390 


E
Enslaved by sin and bound in chains  #141 
Every morning mercies new  #537 

F
Farewell I gladly bid thee  #407 
Father, in whom we live  #241 
Father, let me dedicate  #118 
Father, most holy, merciful  #240 
Father of glory, to Thy name  #248 
Father of heaven, whose love  #242 
Father of mercies, in Thy Word  #284 
Father, who the light this day  #8 
Feed Thy children, God most holy  #659 
Fight the good fight  #447
Flung to the heedless winds  #259 
For all the saints  #463 
For all Thy saints, 0 Lord  #468 
For many years, 0 God of grace  #639   copyright
For me to live is Jesus     #597 
For thee, 0 dear, dear country     #614 
For Thy mercy and Thy grace     #121 
Forever with the Lord     #616 
Founded on Thee, our only Lord     #637 
From all that dwell below the skies     #15 
From depths of woe I cry to Thee     #329 
From eternity, 0 God     #411 
From God shall naught divide me     #393 
From Greenland's icy mountains     #495 
From heaven above to earth I come     #85 

G

Glorious things of thee are spoken #469 Glory be to God the Father #244
Glory be to Jesus #158
Go to dark Gethsemane #159
God bless our native land #577
God Himself is present #4
God, Lord of Sabaoth #582
God loved the world so that He gave #245
God moves in a mysterious way #514
God of mercy, God of grace #20
God of my life, to Thee I call #534
God of the prophets #483
God the Father, Be Our Stay #247
God the Father, Son, and Spirit #640 copyright
God, who madest earth and heaven #549
God's Word is our great heritage #283
Grace! 'tis a charming sound #374
Gracious God, again is ended #560 copyright
Gracious Savior, gentle Shepherd #627
Great God, we sing that mighty hand #119
Great God, what do I see and hear? #604
Great is the Lord, our God #636
Great King of nations, hear our prayer #583
Guide me, 0 Thou great Jehovah #54


H
Hail the day so rich in cheer #78 copyright
Hail the day that sees Him rise #213 copyright Hail, Thou once despised Jesus #367
Hail, Thou Source of every blessing #129
Hail to the Lord's Anointed #59
Hallelujah! Jesus lives! #188
Hallelujah! Let praises ring #23
Hark, a thrilling voice is sounding #60
Hark! ten thousand harps and voices #221
Hark! the Church proclaims her honor #461
Hark the glad sound! #66
Hark! the herald angels sing #94
Hark! the sound of holy voices #471
Hark! the voice of Jesus crying #496
Hark! what mean those holy voices #83
He is arisen! Glorious Word! #189
He that believes and is baptized #301
Help us, 0 Lord! Behold, we enter #120
Here in Thy name, eternal God #635
He's risen, He's risen, Christ Jesus #198 copyright
Holy Father, in Thy mercy #643
Holy Ghost, with light divine #234
Holy God, we praise Thy name #250
Holy, holy, holy! Lord God Almighty! #246
Holy Spirit, God of Love #230
Holy Spirit, hear us #229
Hosanna, loud hosanna #161
Hosanna to the living Lord #70
How beauteous are their feet #487
How blest are they who hear God's Word #48
How can I thank Thee, Lord #417
How firm a foundation, ye saints of the Lord #427
How lovely shines the Morning Star #343
How lovely shines the morning star II #546
How precious is the Book Divine #285
How shall the young secure their hearts #286
How sweet the name of Jesus sounds #364




I
I am content! My Jesus liveth still     196 
I am Jesus' little lamb     648 
I am trusting Thee, Lord Jesus     428 
I come, 0 Savior, to Thy Table     315 
I come to Thee, 0 blessed Lord     330 
I do not come because my soul     379 
I fall asleep in Jesus' wounds     585 
I gave My life for thee     405 
I heard the voice of Jesus say     277 
I know my faith is founded     381 
I know of a sleep in Jesus' name     592 
I know that my Redeemer lives     200 
I lay my sins on Jesus     652 
I leave all things to God's direction     529 
I love Thy kingdom, Lord     462 
I pray Thee, dear Lord Jesus     655 
I walk in danger all the way     413 
I will sing my Maker's praises     25 
I would not live alway     588 
If God had not been on our side     267 
If God Himself be for me     528 
If thou but suffer God to guide thee     518 
If Thy beloved Son, 0 God     375 
I'm but a stranger here     660 
In God, my faithful God     526 
In His temple now behold Him     139 
In hope my soul, redeemed to bliss unending     432    copyright
In loud, exalted strains     638 
In one true God we all believe     253 
In peace and joy I now depart     137 
In the Cross of Christ I glory     354 
In the hour of trial     516 
In the midst of earthly life     590 
In the name which earth and heaven     632 
In the resurrection     603     copyright
In Thee alone, 0 Christ, my Lord     319 
In Thee, Lord, have I put my trust     524 
Invited, Lord, by boundless grace     308 
Isaiah, mighty seer, in days of old     249 
It is not death to die     602 

J
Jehovah, let me now adore Thee     21 
Jerusalem, my happy home     618 
Jerusalem the golden     613 
Jerusalem, thou city fair and high     619 
Jesus, all our ransom paid     185 
Jesus, all Thy labor vast     186 
Jesus! and shall it ever be     346 
Jesus, Brightness of the Father     257 
Jesus calls us: o'er the tumult     270 
Jesus came, the heavens adoring     56 
Jesus Christ is risen today, Alleluia!     199 
Jesus Christ, my Pride and Glory     408   copyright
Jesus Christ, my sure Defense     206 
Jesus Christ, our blessed Savior     311 
Jesus Christ, our Lord most holy     169 
Jesus, grant that balm and healing     144 
Jesus, I live to Thee     591 
Jesus, I my cross have taken     423 
Jesus I will never leave     365 
Jesus, I will ponder now     140 
Jesus, in Thy dying woes     180 
Jesus, in Thy thirst and pain     184 
Jesus, Jesus, only Jesus     348 
Jesus, Lead Thou on     410 
Jesus lives! The victory's won     201 
Jesus, Lover of my soul     345 
Jesus, loving to the end     182 
Jesus, my great High Priest     220 
Jesus, my Truth, my Way     433 
Jesus! Name of wondrous love     114 
Jesus, pitying the sighs     181 
Jesus, priceless Treasure     347 
Jesus, Refuge of the weary     145 
Jesus, Savior, come to me     356 
Jesus, Savior, pilot me     649 
Jesus shall reign where'er the sun     511 
Jesus sinners doth receive     324 
Jesus the very thought of Thee     350 
Jesus, Thou art mine forever     357 
Jesus, Thy blood and righteousness     371 
Jesus, Thy boundless love to me     349 
Jesus, Thy Church with longing eyes     64 
Jesus, whelmed in fears unknown     183 
Joy to the world, the Lord is come     87 
Judge eternal, throned in splendor     576 
Just as I am, without one plea     388     388b



K
Kyrie, God Father in heaven above     6     copyright

L
Lamb of God, pure and holy     146 
Lamb of God, we fall before Thee     358 
Lamp of our feet whereby we trace    291 
Let children hear the mighty deeds    629      copyright
Let me be Thine forever    334 
Let songs of praises fill the sky    232 
Let the earth now praise the Lord    91 
Let thoughtless thousands choose    608 
Let us all with gladsome voice    97 
Let us ever walk with Jesus    409 
Lift up your heads, ye mighty gates     73     73a     73b 
Like the golden sun ascending    207 
Lo, God to heaven ascendeth    214 
Lo, Judah's Lion wins the strife    211   copyright
Lo, many shall come from East and West    415 
Look from Thy sphere of endless day     499 
Look, ye saints, the sight is glorious     222 
Lord, as Thou wilt     406 
Lord, dismiss us with Thy blessing     50     50b 
Lord God, we all to Thee give praise     254 
Lord, help us ever to retain     288 
Lord, it belongs not to my care     527 
Lord Jesus Christ, be present now     3 
Lord Jesus Christ, my Life, my Light     148 
Lord Jesus Christ, my Savior blest     353 
Lord Jesus Christ, Thou hast prepared    306 
Lord Jesus Christ, Thou living Bread     312 
Lord Jesus Christ, we humbly pray     314 
Lord Jesus Christ, with us abide    292 
Lord Jesus. think on me     320 
Lord Jesus, Thou art going forth     150   copyright
Lord Jesus, Thou the Church's head     477 
Lord Jesus, we give thanks to Thee     173 
Lord Jesus, who art come     485 
Lord, keep us steadfast in Thy Word     261 
Lord, lead the way the Savior went     440 
Lord of Glory, who hast bought us    442 
Lord of my life, whose tender care     24 
Lord of our life and God of our salvation     258 
Lord of the Church, we humbly pray     489 
Lord of the harvest, hear     488 
Lord of the living harvest    492 
Lord of the worlds above     480 
Lord, open Thou my heart to hear     5 
Lord, Thee I love with all my heart     429 
Lord, 'tis not that I did choose Thee     37 
Lord, to Thee I make confession     326 
Lord, we come before Thee now     18 
Lord, we confess our numerous faults     382 
Lord, when we bend before Thy throne     22 
Lord, while for all mankind we pray     578 
Lord, who at Cana's wedding feast     620 
Love Divine, all love excelling     351 

M
May God bestow on us His grace     500 
May we Thy precepts, Lord, fulfill     412 
Morning breaks upon the tomb     203 
My course is run     599   copyright
My faith looks up to Thee     394 
My God, accept my heart this day     336 
My God, my Father, make me strong    424  copyright
My God, my Father, while I stray     418 
My hope is built on nothing less     370 
My inmost heart now raises     548 
My Jesus, as Thou wilt     420 
My Maker, be Thou nigh     335 
My Savior sinners doth receive     386 
My soul, be on thy guard     449 
My soul doth magnify the Lord     275   copyright
My soul, now bless thy Maker     34 
My soul's best Friend, what joy and blessing     362     362v 
My spirit on Thy care     435 

N
Nearer, my God, to Thee     533 
Not all the blood of beasts     156 
Not what these hands have done     389 
Now are the days fulfilled     99 
Now I have found the firm foundation     385 
Now let all loudly sing praise     28 
Now let us come before Him     122 
Now may He who from the dead     51 
Now praise we Christ, the Holy One     104 
Now rest beneath night's shadow     554 
Now sing we, now rejoice     92 
Now thank we all our God     36 
Now that the day hath reached its close     561 
Now the day is over     654 
Now, the hour of worship o'er     45 
Now the light has gone away     653 
Now the shades of night are gone     538 

O
O blessed day when first was poured    115 
O blessed Holy Trinity     541 
O blessed home where man and wife     624 
O bride of Christ, rejoice     57 
O Christ, our true and only Light     512 
O Christ, Thou Lamb of God     147 
O Christ, who art the Light and Day     559 
O darkest woe     167 
O day of rest and gladness    9 
O dearest Jesus, what law hast Thou broken     143 
O faithful God, thanks be to Thee     321 
O Father, all creating     621 
O gladsome Light, 0 Grace     101 
O God, be with us     556 
O God, forsake me not     402 
O God of God, 0 Light of Light    132 
O God of Jacob, by whose hand     434 
O God of mercy, God of might     439 
O God, our Lord, Thy holy Word     266      copyright
O God, Thou faithful God     395 
O happy home     626 
O Holy Spirit, enter in     235 
O Holy Spirit, grant us grace     293 
O Jesus, blessed Lord, to Thee     309 
O Jesus Christ, Thy manger is     81 
O Jesus, King most wonderful     361 
O Jesus, King of Glory     130 
O Jesus, Lamb of God, Thou art     328 
O little flock, fear not the Foe     263 
O little town of Bethlehem     647 
O living Bread from heaven     316 
O Lord, how shall I meet Thee     58     58a 
O Lord, I sing with lips and heart     569 
O Lord, look down from heaven    260 
O Lord, my God, I cry to Thee     600 
O Lord of heaven and earth and sea     443 
O Lord of hosts, whose glory fills     633 
O Lord, our Father, shall we be confounded     269 
O Lord, our Father, thanks to Thee     124 
O Lord, we praise Thee     313 
O Lord, we welcome Thee     93 
O Lord, whose bounteous hand again     567 
O Love, who madest me to wear     397 
O perfect life of love    170 
O perfect Love     623 
O sacred Head, now wounded    172 
O Savior, precious Savior     352 
O Spirit of the living God     504 
O Splendor of God's glory bright     550 
O Thou from whom all goodness flows     515 
O Thou Love unbounded     42     copyright
O Thou that hear'est when sinners cry     325 
O Thou whose feet have climbed life's hill     486 
O Trinity, most blessed Light     564 
O Word of God Incarnate     294 
O'er Jerusalem Thou weepest     419 
O'er the distant mountains breaking    606 
O'er the gloomy hills of darkness     505 
Of the Father's love begotten     98 
Oh, bless the Lord, my soul     27 
Oh, blest the house, whate'er befall     625 
Oh, come, all ye faithful     102 
Oh, come, Oh, come, Emmanuel     62 
Oh, enter, Lord, Thy temple     228 
Oh, for a faith that will not shrink     396 
Oh, for a thousand tongues to sing     360 
Oh, how blest are ye     589 
Oh, how great is Thy compassion     384 
Oh, rejoice, ye Christians, loudly     96 
Oh, sing with exaltation     217 
Oh, that I had a thousand voices     30       
Oh, that the Lord would guide my ways     416 
Oh, Worship the King    17 
On Christ's ascension I now build    216      copyright
On Jordan's bank the Baptist's cry     63 
On my heart imprint Thine image     179 
On what has now been sown    46 
Once He came in blessing    74 
One thing's needful     366 
One Thy Light, the Temple filling    641 
Onward, Christian soldiers    658 
Open now thy gates of beauty    1 
Our blessed Savior seven times spoke     177 
Our Father, Thou in heaven above     458 
Our God, our Help in ages past     123 
Our heavenly Father, hear     455 
Our Lord and God, oh, bless this day     337 
Out of the deep I call     327 

P
Pour out Thy Spirit from on high     490 
Praise God, from whom all blessings flow     644 
Praise God the Lord, ye sons of men     105 
Praise, oh, praise, our God and King     570 
Praise the Almighty, my soul     26 
Praise to God, immortal praise     572 
Praise to the Lord, the Almighty     39 
Praise to Thee and adoration     401 
Praise we the Lord this day     274 
Prayer is the soul's sincere desire     454 
Preserve Thy Word, 0 Savior     264     copyright

R
Redeemed, restored, forgiven     32 
Rejoice, my heart, be glad and sing     535 
Rejoice, rejoice, believers     72 
Rejoice, rejoice, this happy morn     79 
Renew me, 0 eternal Light     398 
Return, 0 wanderer, return     280 
Ride on, ride on, in majesty     162 
Rise again, ye lion hearted     470      copyright
Rise, crowned with light     503 
Rise, my soul, to watch and pray     446 
Rise, Thou Light of Gentile nations     498 
Rise! To arms! With prayer employ you     444 
Rise, ye children of salvation     472 
Rock of Ages, cleft for me     376 
Round me falls the night     562 

S
Safely through another week     11 
Saints of God, the dawn is brightening     502 
Salvation unto us has come     377 
Savior, again to Thy dear name     47 
Savior, breathe an evening blessing     565     565a 
Savior, I follow on     422 
Savior of the nations, come     95 
Savior, sprinkle many nations     510 
Savior, Thy dying love     403 
Savior, when in dust to Thee     166 
Savior, who Thy flock art feeding     631 
See, the Conqueror mounts     218 
Seek where ye may to find a way     383 
Send, 0 Lord, Thy Holy Spirit     491 
Send Thou, 0 Lord, to every place     506 
Shepherd of tender youth     628 
Silent night! Holy night!     646 
Soldiers of Christ, arise     450 
Soldiers of the Cross, arise     501 
Songs of praise the angels sang     35 
Songs of thankfulness and praise     134 
Soul, adorn thyself with gladness     305 
Soul, what return has God, thy Savior     404 
Speak, 0 Lord, Thy servant heareth     296 
Spread, oh, spread, thou mighty Word     507 
Stand up! stand up for Jesus     451 
Stars of the morning     255 
Stricken, smitten, and afflicted     153 
Sun of my soul, Thou Savior dear     551 
Sweet flowerets of the martyr band     273 
Sweet the moments, rich in blessing     155 
Swell the anthems, raise the song     584 


T
Take my life and let it be     400 
Tender Shepherd, Thou hast stilled     595 
Ten thousand times ten thousand     476 
That day of wrath, that dreadful day     612 
That man a godly life might live     287 
The advent of our King     68 
The ancient Law departs     117 
The Bridegroom soon will call us     67 
The Church's one foundation     473 
The day is past and over     555 
The day is surely drawing near     611 
The day of resurrection     205 
The death of Jesus Christ, our Lord     163 
The God of Abraham praise     40 
The Gospel shows the Father's grace     297 
The Head that once was crowned with thorns     219 
The King of Love, my Shepherd is     431 
The Law commands and makes us know     289 
The Law of God is good and wise     295 
The Lord hath helped me hitherto     33 
The Lord, my God, be praised     38      copyright
The Lord my pasture shall prepare     368 
The Lord my Shepherd is     426 
The Lord's my Shepherd, I'll not want     436 
The man is ever blest     414 
The morning light is breaking     497 
The morning sun is brightly beaming     545  copyright
The old year now hath passed away     125 
The people that in darkness sat     106 
The radiant sun shines in the skies     547 
The royal banners forward go     168 
The saints on earth and those above     478 
The Savior calls; let every ear     281 
The Savior kindly calls     302 
The Son of God goes forth to war     452 
The star proclaims the King is here    131 
The strife is o'er, the battle done    210 
The sun arises now     542 
The sun's last beam of light is gone     563 
The voice that breathed o'er Eden     622 
The will of God is always best     517 
The world is very evil     605 
Thee will I love, my Strength     399 
There is a fountain filled with blood     157     157b 
There is an hour of peaceful rest     617 
There still is room     509   copyright
Thine forever, God of Love     338 
Thine honor save, 0 Christ, our Lord     265 
This body in the grave we lay     596   copyright
This child we dedicate to Thee     303 
This day at Thy creating word     12 
This is the day the Lord hath made     10 
This night a wondrous revelation     88 
Thou art the Way; to Thee alone     355 
Thou Light of Gentile nations     138 
Thou who roll'st the year around     111 
Thou who the night in prayer didst spend     493 
Thou whose almighty word     508 
Throned upon the awe full tree     174 
Through all the changing scenes     29 
Through Jesus' blood and merit     372 
Through the day Thy love hath spared us     553 
Through the night of doubt and sorrow     481 
Thy Table I approach     310 
Thy way, not mine, 0 Lord     532 
Thy ways, 0 Lord, with wise design     530 
Thy works, not mine, 0 Christ     380 
'Tis good, Lord, to be here     135 
Today Thy mercy calls us     279 
To God the anthem raising     112 
To our Redeemer's glorious name     363 
To shepherds as they watched     103 
To the name of our salvation     116 
To Thee my heart I offer     89 
To Thee, 0 Lord, our hearts we raise     573 
To Thee, our God we fly     580 
To Thy temple I repair     2 
'Twas on that dark, that doleful night     164 
Upon the cross extended     171     171b 


W
Wake, awake, for night is flying     609   
Watchman, tell us of the night     71   
We all believe in one true God     251     251b   
We all believe in one true God     252   
We are the Lord's; His all sufficient merit     453   
We bid thee welcome in the name     484   
We Christians may rejoice today     107   
We give Thee but Thine own     441   
We have a sure prophetic Word     290   
We now implore God the Holy Ghost     231   
We praise Thee, 0 God, our Redeemer, Creator     568   
We sing, Immanuel, Thy praise     108   
We sing the almighty power of God     43   
We sing the praise of Him who died     178   
We thank Thee, Jesus, dearest Friend     223   
Welcome, happy morning     202   
What a Friend we have in Jesus     457   
What God ordains is always good     521   
What is the world to me     430   
What our Father does is well    571   
When all the world was cursed     272     copyright
When all Thy mercies, 0 my God     31   
When I survey the wondrous cross     175     175b   
When in the hour of utmost need     522   
When my last hour is close at hand     594   
When o'er my sins I sorrow     152   
When sinners see their lost condition     65   
When streaming from the eastern skies     543   
Where wilt Thou go since night draws near     197   
While shepherds watched their flocks     109   
While with ceaseless course the sun     113   
While yet the morn is breaking     544   
Who is this that comes from Edom     209   
Who knows when death may overtake me     598   
Who trusts in God, a strong abode     437   
Why do we mourn departing friends     593   
Why should cross and trial grieve me?     523   
With broken heart and contrite sigh     323   
With the Lord begin thy task     540   copyright
Within the Father's house     133   
Wondrous King, all glorious     41   copyright
Word Supreme, before creation     271   

Y
Ye lands, to the Lord make a jubilant noise     44   
Ye parents, hear what Jesus taught     630   copyright
Ye sons and daughters of the King     208   
Ye sons of men, oh, hearken     75   
Ye watchers and ye holy ones     475   
Yea, as I live, Jehovah saith     331 

Z
Zion mourns in fear and anguish     268   
Zion, rise, Zion, rise     479   copyright
Zion stands by hills surrounded     474