tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291232.post8007005244044175536..comments2024-03-24T05:54:23.612-05:00Comments on Weedon's Blog: Okay, it was worth it.William Weedonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01383850332591975790noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291232.post-91205303705859660662009-05-24T07:05:55.982-05:002009-05-24T07:05:55.982-05:00Harvey,
They're based on John 3:12 (see text note...Harvey,<br /><br />They're based on John 3:12 (see text note). I note that Tolkien picked up something of this idea when he describes the eldar as being in both worlds at once - seeing the homeland and yet walking in middle earth. So I don't think any diminishment of the incarnation is involved, rather the confession of it: He who came among us IS He who, in His divine nature, ever sits upon the divine throne. The Ascension exalts the human nature.William Weedonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01383850332591975790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291232.post-36994545999177387412009-05-24T05:19:37.099-05:002009-05-24T05:19:37.099-05:00Will,
what do the last two lines of this stanza m...Will,<br /><br />what do the last two lines of this stanza mean? Do they in any way deminish the incarnation? I know that is not their intention... but "go bright jewel and bring to man salvation" (to quote another hymn verse) does describe a "whencing" or a "departing"... do they not? Harvey Mozolak<br /><br />Down through the realms of darkness<br />He strode in victory,<br />And at the hour appointed<br />He rose triumphantly.<br />And now, to heav'n ascended,<br />He sits upon the throne<br />Whence He had ne'er departed,<br />His Father's and His own.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291232.post-69929715240798227842009-05-23T22:39:28.496-05:002009-05-23T22:39:28.496-05:00Thanks for the added info, Jerry! The more you te...Thanks for the added info, Jerry! The more you teach about ELH, the more "hymnal envy" I get. :)William Weedonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01383850332591975790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291232.post-8553514103009678382009-05-23T17:13:36.239-05:002009-05-23T17:13:36.239-05:00William,
That tune is also ELH 425 "Light of the ...William,<br /><br />That tune is also ELH 425 "Light of the minds that know Him," and we sang it as the opening hymn for the Conversion of St. Paul. Our choir sang v. 1-2, congregation v. 3-4, and it went off great. It is *such* a great tune. I like the words we have with it in our Hymnary too. I'll be repeating it once or twice within the next year so we keep it current.<br /><br />Nice text! I love St. Columba! <br /><br />Pastor Jerry Gernanderjgernandernoreply@blogger.com