Elder Thurber, thank you for sharing part of your autobiography with us. It was a pleasure to find out more about your formative years.
When I was a boy, just about the only records we had were The King's Heralds, and I used to listen to them over and over. They mastered the use of the quiet song that calls people to Christ. I far prefer the a cappella albums, and I still listen to them.
Here's a hymn I wrote a couple years ago. It's only been sung in public one time, but I like it.
Our Lord and Our Example
Tune: #274 “O Word of God Incarnate”
7.6.7.6.D
Our Lord and our Example, we lift our hands to You
In humble supplication: May we love as You do.
Teach us to love our neighbor, and, more than that, our foe,
To care for them in weakness, to share with them in woe.
Our Lord and our Example, we lift our hearts in prayer
For cleansing and renewal, that we might truly care.
Consume us with the longing to tell Your love for all,
With passion to save all souls and turn them from their fall.
Our Lord and our Example, we fix our eyes on You
And plead for strength and courage to bear our cross anew,
To love you more than parents, than children, more than breath;
Obedient in all things and faithful unto death.
Our Lord and our Example, we lift our song of praise
In grateful adoration, O Master of our days,
For freedom from our bondage, for victory over sin.
O, make Your victory ours, Lord; let Your love dwell within.
– Ed Christian
God Bless
Ed
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