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Song Hymnal of Praise and Joy Copywrite 1897 Pluma M. Brown

Savior! teach me, day by day, Love’s sweet lesson to obey: Sweeter lesson cannot be, Loving him who first loved me. With a child-like heart of love, At thy bidding may I move, Prompt to serve and follow thee, Loving him who first loved me.

Teach me all thy steps to trace, Strong to folloow in they grace, Learning how to love from thee, Loving him who first loved me. Love in loving finds employ-In obedience all her joy. Ever new that foy will be, Loving him who first loved me.

Thus may I rejoice to show, That I feel the love I owe, Singingtill thy face I see, Loving him who first loved me.

Jane E. Leeson

Holy Spirit, Truth divine! Dawn upon this soul of mine. Word of God and inward Light, Wake my spirit, clear my sight. Holy Spirit, Love divine! Glow within this heart of mine, Kindle every high desire; Perish self in thy pure fire.

Holy Spirit, Power divine! Fil and nerve this will of mine; By thee may I strongly live, Bravely bear, and nobly strive. Holy Spirit, Right Divine! King within my conscience reign; Be my law and I shall be, Firmly bound, forever free.

Holy Spirit, Joy divine! Gladden thou this heart of mine; In the desert ways I sing, Spring, O well! Forever spring.

S Longfellow

DRAWING NEARER by Lucy Laroom and D. Bortinanski

Within the footsteps of the ages, We are drawing nearer thee. Beautiful upon Time’s pages, Will our name and record be. Year on year of worthier living, Add we to life’s glorious sum. Through our striving, thy love-giving, Lord, they blessed kindom come.

Over fallen towers of error, Laid by our own hands in dust. Past the ghost of doubt and terror, Out of sloth’s in-eat-ing rust. From Gomorrah’s lurid smoldering, Borders of the drear Dead Sea; Graves where selfish love lie mouldering, Fly we ever unto thee.

Vain a secret hoard to carry, from our ruined house of pride. Weights that hinder, fiends that harry, Are the I-dols that we hide. Draw us rather by the sweetness, Of thy breath in living things; To thy-self with unclogged fleetness, Lifted, as on angel wings.

Dogmas into truth transmuting, Fusin difference in love; Creed and rit no more disputing, Closing rank and file we move. Leaving our dead past behind us, Turning not, not looking back; May no wayside glimmer blind us, To the one straight narrow track.

For years there’s been an underlying violence in America but the “lid” was kept on the pressure cooker and a sense of peace made us believe that our “free” little patch on planet earth was safe, controlled by a society of peace-seeking people. Today there is a real danger of civil war initiated by community organizers of every sort. We are in a war over “rights” which we’ve all been taught is guaranteed by the Constitution. We were given the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. The problem is the cradle-to-grave people have been spoiled by politicians who promote the government as a means to be happy.

I remember the cops being a regular thing at McKnight Jr. High. After school a fight would break out and it took the police to make sure the brats didn’t get too far out of control. A friend of mine grew up in Springfield and the same was true there. Between then and now those who uphold the law are continually undermined by the peace-hating crowd. It’s not just judges but an uneducated and moronic public who support the lawbreakers. Government has always been a thorn in our flesh but now they have the backing of an identity obsessed constituent base wanting to make every sin lawful. The haves vs the taxpayers if you will.

When President Trump called MS13 gang members animals, immediately Nancy Pelosi accused him of being xenophobic and racist. After all, we are all God’s children she insists. Obviously, God’s children would not do the atrocities these gangs commit. Unfortunately, that was an unchallenged lie. Those on the left are only interested in MS13 members because they are Hispanic. Accusations of xenophobia, racism, and homophobia are used purely for the purpose of political gain. This is A-typical behavior of the Democratic Party who have longed for a totalitarian state. Our dumbed-down public actually stand and cheer for the criminal whilst ignoring the danger of lawlessness taking over the whole country.

Thousands of illegal border crossers are criminals and terrorists and are taking control of minority communities at the behest of elected officials. The governors and mayors of the sanctuary zones are encouraging their minions to violently protest the removal of even the most undesirable of illegal immigrants. The previous administration was a thug government, harrassing, indicting, suing their opposition to bankruptcy and worst of all trying to imprison their political opposition. They voice their concern of democracy dying in darkness while at the same time ignoring the will of the people as expressed in a free election.

In the past Democrats have always justified the end with any skullduggery necessary. This is a party without morals will to sacrifice the Bill of Rights and dissolve our constitution for the sole purpose of power. If they are able to stop the MAGA agenda in any way, we will continue down the road to Third World status. The years ahead will no doubt be ugly. Violence will become rampant and it would be prudent to prepare for the unhinged coming to your door. As the tit is dried up these miscreants will become angry and they have been well taught who to blame for their worthless lives becoming intolerably difficult. Without the free food, rent, school, etc, they are totally unwilling to participate in the American dream. Violence is coming from millions of life-hating selfish people. Get ready.

Squire is our pug and will be celebrating (we will I guess) his 16th birthday tomorrow. We inherited him five years ago and still maintain contact with his previous owner. He’s been a very good dog and it is hard to watch him wander around bumping into things now that he is blind. He doesn’t really hear much either but somehow he follows us around and know where we are. His big eyes are always looking up as he is on a mission to find yummy foods.

I am not a dog person but he is a charmer from the get-go, loves people, and other than shedding more than one would like, he is a great little companion. After five years we’re watching him seemingly heading downhill fairly fast. All that to say this, Happy Birthday Squire!

It seems that every time a perpetrator of an assault, drunk driving, or worse, someone in authority starts rattling off about getting the person therapy. I just witnessed child abuse caught on video at a hotel. And what does the sheriff think would help? You guessed it, therapy.

Instead of proper punishment (having the hell beat out of him), government people think, oh, he needs therapy because he doesn’t realize how cruel he was. No, these are run-of-the-mill sinners. They enjoy what they do and the only way to stop their violence is simply, severe lashing so they are physically unable to hurt that child again. How many times do we have to accept drinking as a reason for mayhem?

Therapists are perhaps necessary for the victims of crime, but for the criminal intent on ruining your life? No, I don’t think so.

I have, for some time, believed the crypto maniacs bring coins onto the market as a gag. I can picture them rolling on the floor laughing as they launch a new pretend currency into the crypto space. In the end, it’s all about making “money”. Now I think that’s punny.

The stock market is hard enough to squeeze a dollar out of, but crypto takes this into the land of make-believe. The whole scam is controlled by some combination of whales and governments. Like magic, the value of your crypto shoots up, or more often, the bottom falls out. To add heartache to misery, there is nothing of value propping up the price.

We’re notified today that Pancake and Fart are now available for purchase. My advise is to head to IHOP, buy some real pancakes, and as a bonus you’ll probably get a fart or two for free.