Singing for Special Series / Canciones para Series Speciales

English. “Is any merry? Let him sing psalms” (James 5:13). For our special “Temptation of Jesus” meetings in Vineland on June 15, 22, and 29, we will be singing psalms a cappella that have been put to meter. Click on the hyperlinks below to listen and follow along with the words. The more who are familiar with the tunes will be able to sing along when we come together. (And sing as you are able; but don’t feel burdened to sing in a language that is not your own.)

Español. «¿Está alguno alegre? Que cante salmos» (Santiago 5:13). En nuestras reuniones especiales de «La tentación de Jesús» en Vineland, los días 15, 22 y 29 de junio, cantaremos salmos a capella puestos a compás. Haz clic en los hipervínculos de abajo para escuchar y seguir la letra. Los más familiarizados con las melodías podrán cantarlas cuando nos reunamos. (Y canta como puedas; pero no te sientas obligado a cantar en una lengua que no es la tuya).

Saturday, June 15

Psalm 100 (English); lyrics here

Salmo 42:1-4 (Español); letra bajo video

Saturday, June 22

Salmo 1 (Español); también aquí

Psalm 1 (English); also here

Saturday, June 29

Salmo 116:1-10 (Español); también aquí

Psalm 116 (English); lyrics below video

Let the ‘Prophet’ prophesy!

Matthew 26:67-68, “Then did they spit in his face, and buffeted him; and others smote him with the palms of their hands, saying, Prophesy unto us, thou Christ, Who is he that smote thee?”

Calvin: “The object of all these expressions of contempt was, to show that nothing was more unlikely than that he should be a prince of prophets, who, in consequence of being blindfolded, was not able even to ward off blows. But this insolence was turned by the providence of God to a very different purpose; for the face of Christ, dishonored by spitting and blows, has restored to us that image which had been disfigured, and almost effaced, by sin.”

The Church’s duty to teach election

As the doctrine of divine election by the most wise counsel of God was declared by the prophets, by Christ Himself, and by the apostles, and is clearly revealed in the Scriptures, both of the Old and New Testament, so it is still to be published in due time and place in the Church of God, for which it was peculiarly designed, provided it be done with reverence, in the spirit of discretion and piety, for the glory of God’s most holy Name, and for enlivening and comforting His people, without vainly attempting to investigate the secret ways of the Most High. “For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God” (Acts 20:27); “O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are His judgments, and His ways past finding out! For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been His counsellor?” (Rom. 11:33–34); “For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith” (Rom. 12:3); “Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of His counsel, confirmed it by an oath: that by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us” (Heb. 6:17–18)

The Canons of Dort (1619), 1.14