Today's posting marked 121,145 views in a day. Some are reading, maybe only glancing, perhaps studying the material.
In years' past, many people counted on wisdom by reading well known literature. The Scriptures and the hymnals were precious worn books, kept at home for their use, many of them tiny and carried around as treasures.
I cannot imagine the ancients (1800s) doing anything alike ours today.
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Hymns of Hope, Peace, and Comfort from The Lutheran Hymnal.
Illustrated by Norma A. Boeckler.
A Pilgrim and a Stranger - #586 - Gerhardt
What Our Father Does Is Well - #571
Abide with Me, Fast Falls the Eventide - #552
What God Ordains Is Always Good - #521
Commit Whatever Grieves Thee - Gerhardt - #520
If Thou But Suffer God To Guide Thee - #518
God Moves in a Mysterious Way - Cowper - #514
Art Thou Weary, Art Thou Troubled? - John Mason Neale - #513
The Lord's My Shepherd, I'll Not Want - #436
What Is the World To Me? - #430
I Walk in Danger All the Way - Brorson - #413
Just As I Am Without One Plea - #388
From Depths of Woe I Cry to Thee - Luther - #329
If God Had Not Been On Our Side - Luther - #267
