{"id":2614,"date":"2013-01-22T20:46:00","date_gmt":"2013-01-23T00:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oldsandals.net\/?p=2614"},"modified":"2013-01-28T13:11:06","modified_gmt":"2013-01-28T17:11:06","slug":"2614","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.oldsandals.net\/?p=2614","title":{"rendered":"By all your saints still striving"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the twenty-fifth year of our captivity, at the beginning of the year, on the tenth\u00a0 day\u00a0 of the month, in the fourteenth year after the city was captured, on the very same day the hand of the Lord was upon me, and He took me there. In the visions of God He took me into the land of Israel and set me on a very high mountain; on it toward the south was something like the structure of a city. He took me there, and behold, there was a man whose appearance was like the appearance of bronze. He had a line of flax and a measuring rod in his hand, and he stood in the gateway. And the man said to me, “Son of man, look with your eyes and hear with your ears, and fix your mind on everything I show you; for you\u00a0 were\u00a0 brought here so that I might show them to you. Declare to the house of Israel everything you see.”\u00a0\u00a0 Ezekiel 40:1-4<\/em><\/p>\n

There is no place we can be, where He is not.\u00a0 There is no situation we face, no matter how desperate, where He is not present.<\/p>\n

By all your saints still striving,
\nFor all your saints at rest
\nYour holy name, O Jesus
\nForevermore<\/span> be blest!<\/p>\n

You rose, our King victorious,
\nThat they might wear the crown
\nAnd ever shine in splendor
\nReflected from your throne.<\/p>\n

Apostles, Prophets, Martyrs, and all the sacred throng
\nWho wear the spotless raiment, who raise the ceaseless song
\nFor these, pass’d on before us, Savior, we Thee adore,
\nAnd, walking in their footsteps, would serve Thee more and more.<\/p>\n

Then praise we God the Father, and praise we God the Son,
\nAnd God the Holy Spirit, Eternal Three in One
\nTill all the ransom’d number fall down before the Throne,
\nAnd honour, power, and glory ascribe to God alone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In the twenty-fifth year of our captivity, at the beginning of the year, on the tenth\u00a0 day\u00a0 of the month, in the fourteenth year after the city was captured, on the very same day the hand of the Lord was upon me, and He took me there. In the visions of God He took me … <\/p>\n

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