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| The Melody of the Twenty-Third Psalm and Wayfaring Hymns by Anna Warner. |
10 Quotes by Anna Bartlett Warner taken from her book The Melody of the Twenty-Third Psalm and Wayfaring Hymns published in 1869. Some language updated for ease in reading.
In the inspirational book on Psalm 23 the reader
will find inspirational commentary from the author and many related Bibles passages
applied to each verse. Anna Bartlett Warner (1827-1915) is the author of the
hymn, Jesus Loves Me, one of the best known Christian songs of all time. She
lived her entire life in the state of New York.
Lost in wonder...
1 Surely whoever gets to heaven will be lost in
wonder, almost as much as in love and praise. (p. 16.)
Open your mouth wide and I will fill it...
2 I do not know why we are so slow to take God at his word. It seems easy enough to expect blessings at the hand of earthly friends; the difficulty is to keep ourselves from expecting too much; but when the fullness of grace is actually offered to us, we content ourselves with taking a little. "Open your mouth wide and I will fill it," comes with strange rebuke to our half-closed lips and doubtful hearts. (pp. 33-34)
Gates of War Shut Forever
3 For he is our peace; and when, being justified by faith, we have peace with God through him, then it is our own fault if all the gates of war are not shut forever. (p. 38)
Blessing and Peace in the Middle of Trouble
4 All through the Bible the promise is not of
freedom from trouble, but of blessing and peace in the midst of it. (p. 47)
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| Anna Bartlett Warner original image source: Wikipedia.org |
5 He that spreads out roots by the river of peace
does not even see when heat comes! (p. 48.)
He leads me beside quiet waters, he refreshes my soul...
6 They who quench their thirst at earth’s sources are
forever restless and craving, but those who come to Christ for rest have the
spring of eternal peace to draw from. (p. 50.)
How were you brought back to God?
7 Ask a Christian of any age or station or country,
How were you brought back to God? and they will all answer, “I said, Lord, be
merciful unto me: heal my soul; for I have sinned against you.” (p. 60.)
8 Psalm 23:8 Yea, though I walk through the valley
of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil. Three times in three ways the
Christian may pass through that valley: finding it dark and foul with assaults
of sin, or black with overwhelming presence of sorrow, or dim and terrible with
the long shadow of death itself. Yet need he not fear. (p. 82.)
Rod vs. Staff
9 These two words sound much alike in our English version, or at least one carelessly classes them together; but there is a wide difference. The staff was the symbol of leading, of guidance, of support. But the rod was the old token of power, of control. "The rod of mine anger;" "Stretch out thy rod," said the Lord to Moses. The true child of God has peace always, by all means. Others may like the Lord's help in their difficulties; others, sometimes, may wish for his guidance; but comfort from the absolute power, and joy and rest from his boundless control, none others know. (p. 95)
10 Psalm 23:5 You anoint my head with oil, my cup overflows. And herein lies the secret of the many empty cups:
they are carried to the wrong fountain. P. 119.
The above quotes are in the Public Domain.
Blog post by Mary Katherine May
Rick and Mary May operate the webstore Quality Music and Books and the GrandmaHen shop on Etsy.com.
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