Hello friends, old and new. Apologies for the quiteness over here on the blog for the last few weeks. Home life has rightly, and delightfully, taken up much of my time which has not left much margin for much else – but Christ is still on His throne whether or not I post! And this takes away any guilt I feel. But from next week, you can expect me to get back to my regular weekly posts.
I wanted to share this hymn with you from Indelible Grace’s new album. If you’re not aware of who they are, they really are one of the leading voices in popularising hymns to a new generation of Christians through retuning popular hymns, and bringing to light those that are not as well-known. I do owe my gratitude to them for introducing me to some of my now favourite hymns! This one was originally written by Benjamin Boddome (1717-1795), a Baptist minister in England. He sought to write a hymn weekly to be used after his Sunday morning sermon; a few of these were published during his lifetime, but in 1817, a posthumous collection of his hymns was published containing 830 pieces1. I’m sure you’ll enjoy this one!
If Christ is mine, then all is mine
And more than angels know;
Both present things and things to come
And grace and glory, too.
If He is mine, then, though He frown
He never will forsake;
His reprimands all work for good
And of His love bespeak.
Refrain
He is mine. I am His and He is mine
If He is mine, I need not fear
The rage of earth and hell;
He will support my feeble frame
And all their power repel.
If He is mine, let friends forsake
And earthly comforts flee;
He, the Dispenser of all good
Is more than these to me.
Refrain
If He is mine, I’ll fearless pass
Through death’s tremendous vale;
He’ll be my comfort and my stay
When heart and flesh shall fail.
Let Jesus tell me He is mine
I nothing want beside:
My soul shall at the Fountain live
When all the streams are dried.
Refrain
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