A Very Relevant Reminder

The eyes of the world are on the United States of America

and the impending election.

The eyes of God are over the world.

He is sovereign!

I will praise the LORD all my life; I will sing praise to my God as long as I live.

Do not put your trust in princes, in mortal men, who cannot save.

Psalm 146:2-3

I shared this message before the last election.

I know it's a bit long for a blog-post but

it's a sermon that seems to grow ever more, not less relevant!

Canadians are deeply concerned and connected to what happens 

'south of the border'!

the above is a sermon preached by Peter Marshall  

whose later career included;

In 1937 Marshall became pastor of the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church in Washington, DC. 

In 1946 he was appointed as US Senate Chaplain, 

serving from January 4, 1947 until his sudden death of a heart attack 

just over two years later, at age 46.

Click on the images to enlarge.

 It seems this message preached shortly after 

World War II is even more relevant now than then!
and not only for Americans.
This applies to all of us who value freedom!

The eyes of God are over all

The creature plots or prays

And often gets enamored by

The lie of captured gaze

Freedom's price tag is bathed in blood

The truth that sets us free

Is greater than the belly of

Fleeting mortality 

This is what the Sovereign Lord says

I lay a precious stone

A tested cornerstone for faith

To ever rely on

If we reject the Cornerstone

We spurn He who sustains

Lord, open up blind eyes to Truth

While mercy yet remains

The eyes of You are over all

You are Sovereign and just

Dear Lord, You see beneath flesh-shawl

Whether 'In God We Trust'

 

And as we see the Evidence

Of infidels increase

Enlarge through faith the confidence

That fills us with Your peace

© Janet Martin 

Oh Canada, Glorious and Free (oh North America!!)

 below, yesterday's tot-craft!

Unless the LORD builds the house, the builders labor in vain. 

Unless the LORD watches over the city, the guards stand watch in vain.

Psalm 127:1

 Sharing the prayer at the close of Peter Marshall's sermon, The American Dream

(click link for the whole sermon)

Have you read it lately?

 It's truths apply to Canadians just as profoundly!

a few more excerpts (and this was preached in the1930's or 40's!!)

Ah liberty is never free; lest we forget midst common plan

To treasure with humility its prize, to serve our fellowman

And never take our eyes of He who keeps our true North strong and free

Where man’s downfall will ever be contempt for God’s supremacy

...for power-hungry greed destroys and pride always precedes the fall

And ignorance is greatest where God’s Word is treasured least of all

And then the blind, wise in their own eyes think they see and dare to lead

The flock over a precipice then bind their wounds with chains of need

...for freedom cannot long survive where godless logic takes the wheel

Ah, liberty is never freedom to forget its bloody seal

Or founding fathers full of faith; hope’s symbol raised on foreign sod

To proclaim peace and give first place to the authority of God

To pray for peace is ludicrous if we abandon its True Source

Hope without God is foolishness; a ship blown off its charted course

As wolves dressed in sheep’s clothing mingle with the loud, gullible crowd

And gloat at the prattling, pathetic prey of the godless and proud

Oh Canada, glorious and free; but oh, how certain seems thy fall

In vain we’ll stand on guard for thee if we forsake the Lord of all

Oh, Canada, the beautifully blessed because God’s grace is great

Our home and native land, oh Lord, waken before it is too late

Oh, Canada home of fine churches empty, because man neglects

The One who gave purpose to hard-working dreamers and architects

Oh Canada, glorious and free but doom looms large; thy lovely land

Of rocky heights and grassy sweeps slipping into heathen quicksand

Ah, liberty is never free; its privileges lent, not owned

Oh God, its loss is gathering momentum with each ‘prophet stoned’

And unless we repent oh Lord, our true North strong and free will fall

Oh Canada, before it is too late, pray for a miracle

© Janet Martin

Timeless...

 No matter how long ago a Book was written, when it is Truth it is timeless.

I was marveling to someone how so much of what is written in the book

A Man called Peter is still as relevant today as then...

And then it hit me; because it is truth and truth is Timeless.

No wonder Jesus said, 

Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.

Matt. 24:35

Ah, trustworthy Truth with nothing to hide

Where man can find comfort in Time's dogged tide

In a world of confusion and ignorance

Truth flies the banner of deliverance

Truth flies the banner of God's assurance!

This is a page-spread from Peter Marshall's Sermon

The American Dream preached in the late 30's to early or mid-40's

yet seems spoken for today!

 (click on image to enlarge)

Always unhindered

Through summer and winter

Tick-tock’s ready tinder

Kindles steady change

Where future-faced forces

From past-based resources

Cannot thwart the courses

Fools try to derange  

Always unflinching

Through whirling and inching

Unfurling and cinching

Where tides tug and chase

As over and under

And through us the thunder

Of moments woo wonder

New moments replace

Always unmoving

Its evidence proving

In spite of man’s ruling

The matters of fact

Where all else estranges

What all else exchanges

But all of time’s changes

Leaves the truth intact

© Janet Martin

For the Whole American Dream message click here