Journey Through the Hymns: Come Ye Sinners, Poor and Needy (Part Five)

Lo! th’ incarnate God ascended,Pleads the merit of His blood:Venture on Him, venture wholly,Let no other trust intrude It's easy to forget or even overlook how incredible that first statement is. Lo! th’ incarnate God ascended,Pleads the merit of His blood: Maybe Job had a better understanding of this. In Job chapter nine, he laments...

Journey Through the Hymns: Come Ye Sinners, Poor and Needy (Part Two)

Come, ye sinners, poor and needy,Weak and wounded, sick and sore; Have you noticed a trend in these great hymns of the faith? Such as that most of them begin with a declaration of man's radical depravity? Look at the way the first verse of this hymn portrays humanity: poor, needy, wounded, weak, sick, sore,...