How is that body stand? It's like sometimes it works,
sometimes it doesn't. Yeah. Yeah. Mhm. I think George is getting hammered
with snow. Yeah, I heard that. She doesn't get it before. I
don't know why you're in here. It's too much snow, boss. Oh
my goodness. She said it was snow on the horizon. Yeah. That's kind of weird. I
hope that my bonus this year is... I'm not going to trust
you. I'm going to run you in the car. So, I don't know if I'm doing
it the wrong way. Maybe you just did that on purpose. Yeah, not really. My problem
was, you know your other neighbor, right? Yeah, I would say so. She had a real good neighbor,
didn't she? Just right here. Yeah. Yeah, she did. Wow. She looked after her very closely. So he's, he kept me in every
day. Yeah, I don't know if you heard
that, but, on the end of the day, he said, he said, I don't
know if you heard that, but, It's hard for me. down to 67 when it says cold
is the development. I was saying we should put that down to point
67 instead of 66 right now while it's still cold. Oh yeah. It's
still green. Good evening, let's begin our
evening service by standing and singing. That's on, Eric, this
video's on? Standing and singing, 298, God
leads us along, 298. In shady green pastures so rich
and so sweet, God leads His dear children along. Where the water's cool flow bathes
the weary one's feet, God leads His dear children along. Some through the water, some
through the flood. Some through the fire, but all
through the blood. Some through great sorrow, but
God gives us all. In the night season and all the
day long. Sometimes on the mount where
the sun shines so bright, God leads his dear children along. Sometimes in the valley in darkest
of night, God leads his dear children along. Some through the water, some
through the flood. Some through the fire, but all
through the blood. Some through great sorrow, but
God gives us all. In the night season and all the
day long. Sorrows befall us and Satan oppose,
God leads his dear children along. Through grace we can conquer,
defeat all our foes, God leads his dear children along. Some through the waters, some
through the flood. Some through the fire, but all
through the blood. Some through great sorrow, but
God gives us all. In the night season and all the
day long. Away from Amyrin, away from the
clay, God leads His dear children along. Away, up in glory, eternity's
day, God leads His dear children along. Some through the waters, some
through the flood, some through the fire, but all through the
blood. Some through great sorrow, but
God gives us all in the night season and all the day long. It would turn to 118. when I
survey the Wondrous Cross 118. When I survey the wondrous cross,
On which the Prince of Glory died, My richest gain I count
but loss, And poor contempt on all my pride. ? Forbid it, Lord, that I should
boast ? ? Save in the death of Christ my God ? ? All the vain
things that charm me most ? ? I sacrifice them to His blood ? See from
his head, his hands, his feet, sorrow and love flow mingled
down. Did e'er such love and sorrow
meet, or thorns compose so rich a crown? Where the whole realm
of nature mine That were a present far too small Love so amazing,
so divine Demands my soul, my life, my all Thank you. I would like to read Hebrews
4. Hebrews 4. Let us therefore fear lest a
promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should
seem to come short of it. For unto us was the gospel preached
as well as unto them, but the word preached did not profit
them, not being mixed with the faith in them that heard it,
not being mixed with faith in them that heard it. For we which
have believed do enter into rest. As he said, as I have sworn in
my wrath, if they shall enter into my rest, although the works
were finished from the foundation of the world, for he spake in
a certain place of the seventh day on this wise, and God did
rest the seventh day from all his works. And in this place,
again, if they shall enter into my rest, seeing therefore it
remaineth that some must enter therein, and they to whom it
was first preached entered not in because of unbelief, Again,
he limiteth a certain day, saying in David, today, after so long
a time, as it is said, today, if you will hear his voice, harden
not your hearts. For if Jesus had given them rest,
then would he not afterward have spoken of another day. There
remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God. For he that
is entered into his rest He also has ceased from his own works,
as God did from his. Let us labor, therefore, to enter
into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of
unbelief. For the word of God is quick
and powerful and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing
even to the dividing asunder of the soul and spirit, and of
the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and
intents of the heart. Neither is there any creature
that is not manifest in his sight, but all things are naked and
opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do. Seeing then
that we have a great high priest that is passed into the heavens,
Jesus, the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession. For
we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feelings
of our infirmities, but was in all points tempted like as we
are, yet without sin. Let us therefore come boldly
unto the throne of grace that we may obtain mercy and find
grace to help in a time of need. O Lord God of heaven and earth,
we thank you for allowing us a little time this evening from
the busyness of our lives to gather together as a little flock
to hear your gospel proclaimed once again. Father, what a great
blessing it is to have this location and to have like-minded believers
to come to worship. Father, remember us as we go
forward. We do not know the future, but
that we may humbly rest upon all your abilities. And Father,
continue to provide for us, whether it is this place or wherever
you would have us to meet. Continue to give us the necessary
finances and the wisdom and all that is necessary. And Father,
we thank you also for you have given us also a pastor that proclaims
from week to week the glorious gospel to us. Father, remember
him this evening once again. Each time is a new time. And
Father, pour out your spirit upon him and also us as we hope
to listen. And Lord, that our faith may
be strengthened and that we may become low and that your name
may be raised up. Remember those, Lord, that could
not be here. We especially think of Brother
Scott in the hospital. We have had some encouraging
news, but Father, will you continue to be with him and strengthen
him and be with Johnny also. Continue to give them strength
and encouragement, and Lord, also give us wisdom as to how
we may help them. and bless him, Lord, where he
is. And remember our children and our loved ones, wherever
they are, you know all things most perfectly, and no one is
out of your control. Father, will you quicken their
souls that they may also have an appetite for the Lord Jesus
Christ. Remember us in mercy for Jesus'
sake alone, amen. All right, brethren, let's turn
to Isaiah 44, and our text will be from verses one through five. Isaiah 44, one through five. Now, this here is an address
by the Lord to his people, but I want us to first notice from
verse one that the Lord is speaking to us in the person of his son,
Jesus Christ, or rather, he's speaking first to his servant,
his son, Jesus Christ, and it's through him in Christ that the
Lord speaks to us. And I make that point because
it's valuable. It's important for us to remember
that our God is always dealing with us and gives us promises
and assurances of his grace in the person of Jesus Christ. So
all the blessings, all the promises that we hear and receive of him
is in and because of the Lord Jesus Christ. And this is because
God deals with his people through a mediator, right? God is spirit. He is a spirit and we can't see
him, nor do we know him, nor understand him. And so he reveals
himself to us through a mediator, and this mediator is the Lord
Jesus Christ. When Paul was writing to Timothy
in his first epistle, is chapter 2 verses 5 and 6, he confirms
saying there is one God and one mediator between God and men,
the man Christ Jesus. And he says, who gave himself
a ransom for all And we understand the all there in the context
is all kinds of men, not just the Jews. Christ didn't come
just to save the Jews, but all men, Gentiles of all different
backgrounds, of different wealth and education, of different stations,
right? There were some persons who had
smaller jobs and tasks to do. And then there were those that
were governors and soldiers and kings. It was all kinds of men
from all walks. And then he adds, to be testified
in due time, to be testified due time. The witness of those
whom the Lord laid down his life will be made known to us in due
time is what he's saying. And that passage there is actually
a really nice overview for Isaiah 44 verses 1 through 5. And so our Lord is speaking to
us through the mediator and he's speaking to us in Because of
what we are in the Lord Jesus Christ, and he tells us don't
don't be afraid don't fear I've Redeemed you and because I've
redeemed you you were sinners, and I've redeemed you I've called
you in grace and because I've done this He says that I'm going
to call you. I'm not going to leave you in
darkness all my children all your, all those who come from
your testimony, who are born from your labors and your testimony
and your work in this kingdom of our God, they're going to
come. Your blood won't be spilled in
vain, and you won't perish in vain, but I'm going to call my
people just as because of Christ, because of what he's accomplished
by his work and by his blood. And so our God calls us out of
nature's darkness, and he transforms us, conforming us to the image
of his son, Jesus Christ. We ourselves came forth being
barren, dry, fruitless lands. And because of Christ, in Christ,
we are transformed and made into a fruitful field. We come forth
as a tender green shoot. rooted in the Lord Jesus Christ.
And so because of that work, we then come forth manifesting
what the grace of our God in us, and we bear witness of his
grace. We give testimony of the faith
that he's given to us, the faith that we believe and hold to,
and the salvation by which he's saved his people. It's all testified
in due time, okay? So we're gonna see that in tonight's
passage. And I've titled this, Now Here,
O Jacob. Now Here. Oh Jacob. All right, so chapter 44, we've
been in these chapters from, you know, coming up from chapter
40 and it's all the same message. It's all a comfort to the people
of God. It's one big message here continuing
on since we began chapter 40. And if you remember, actually
just look back at Isaiah 42 and look at verse one. He says there,
Isaiah 42.1, Behold my servant, look, my servant, whom I uphold,
mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth. I have put my spirit upon him.
He shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles. And we understand,
we know this is speaking of our Lord Jesus Christ. He is the
servant, the humble servant of God, come to save the people
whom God gave to him, whom God sent him to do this work for.
And so now we come to our text, and we'll notice there's some
similarities in the language that's used to describe the people
of God. Isaiah 44, 1, yet now hear, O
Jacob, my servant, and Israel, whom I have chosen. Now I wanted you to see Isaiah
42, 1, because the Lord's speaking to Christ here. He's speaking
to his son, Jesus Christ. And he speaks to us in the person
of his son, Jesus Christ. He's our standing. He's our acceptance
with God. We don't stand before God on
our own merits, except we perish for our sins. So we stand in
the Lord Jesus Christ. And so that's who he's speaking
to. to us in Him. So we first recognize that the
Lord's talking to me, but He's talking first to His Son, and
He's speaking to me through His Son, who is my mediator, the
one who stands between me and holy God, in whom I'm received
and accepted by my God. All right? And so behold Him. And we understand this, you know,
it should, it should humble us to consider the humility of our
Lord, that he would be, he would come as the servant of God, ministering
this work of salvation to us. And so that he took the name
of man, he took the name of a man and he became flesh, very flesh,
just like you and me with all of our weaknesses and limitations,
but he himself, laying aside his glory, came and ministered
and became a despised person for the sake of his people. And
though he where it was in the flesh, he was not corrupted,
he had no sin, so that he would be the fit, perfect sacrifice
to do the work that we needed done for us to deliver us from
the condemnation that was our due, all right? And so Christ
was chosen of God unto this work. And man doesn't really understand
what that work is that Christ came to do. In religion, you
think of what you thought about salvation in religion. And sometimes
we heard true things and accurate things, but we still looked to
ourselves. We still look to our works and
we're troubled often by our own thoughts and our own works. and
we don't understand naturally that the reason why Christ came
was to lay down his life and he did this on the cross and
we know man doesn't understand it because Those men and women
that were witness to Christ there on the cross, they said foolish
things like, let him save himself if he be Christ, the chosen of
God. So we see there that, well, they
understood some right things about Christ. They understood
that Christ is the chosen one of God. God chose out the Christ
for this work. He chose and sent his son. And so they thought, well, if
he's the Christ, the chosen one, then he'll be saved. And that's
not true, right? If that were so, then he couldn't
be the Christ. Because Christ, and we understand
this now by the revelation of the spirit, we understand that
our Lord came for that very purpose, to save his people from their
sins and to make us righteous. He couldn't come down from the
cross. He had to stay there and lay down his life for this purpose,
for his chosen people, so that we here, right, in 2 Thessalonians
2.13, God hath from the beginning chosen you, right? He laid down his life for you
that are chosen in him to salvation through sanctification of the
spirit and belief of the truth. All right, so hear this word
as we go through here, hear this word with that understanding
that our God is speaking to us in Christ, that these promises
that he's speaking here in this text are to us in the Lord Jesus
Christ. All right, so now let's look
at verse two. Thus saith the Lord that made thee and formed
thee from the womb, which will help thee. Fear not, O Jacob,
my servant, and thou, Jeshurun, whom I have chosen. All right,
so he speaks this of Christ, right? He formed Christ. He created
the man, right? The man Christ Jesus, right?
Jesus of Nazareth. He formed him in the womb and
brought him forth. And he's speaking to us now in the person of Jesus
Christ. And so this should encourage
our faith and comfort us to know that these promises here, they're
all certain and assured to us in Christ. And so he speaks of
our formation, of our being created, chosen of God and now formed
of God. And he's not simply speaking
of our physical birth. It's not just of our physical
birth in the wombs of our mothers. Paul said, wherefore henceforth
know we no man after the flesh. Our focus isn't on fleshly things. Our Lord, when he spoke to the
people in John 6, said, my words are spirit and they're life. I'm not talking about flesh and
blood things. according to the spirit. And
what I'm saying is the spirit. And that's how we rightly understand
this verse here when he speaks of forming us in the womb. He's speaking of our creation
in Christ. He's speaking of our creation.
He's speaking of our regeneration, our spiritual regeneration. We were alive spiritually. We
had no spiritual life. We had no fellowship. with God,
and so this birth, this forming in the womb is a spiritual formation. We're a new creation. We are
born again by the Lord Jesus Christ. If any man be in Christ,
he is a new creature. Old things are passed away. Behold,
all things are become new. And that's how we know each other. That's how we serve and minister
to one another. as new creatures, not according
to the flesh, but with understanding that we're the Lord's. And we're
sent here with understanding. of our calling to serve the Lord
and his people. And then he says to us that there's
nothing for us to fear. He says there in that verse,
fear not. And what he's saying there is
that in the appointed time, all things shall be as they are meant
to be according to the will of God. Don't be afraid. He's called you in the appointed
time and he'll call all his people whom he loves and chose, they
shall be called. And everything that we do here,
that every work that we're called to and everything that we do
in service to God is according to his will and purpose. I keep thinking of that verse
in 1 Thessalonians 5, 18, where Paul says, in all things, give
thanks for this is the will of God for you in the Lord Jesus
Christ. Meaning whatever it is that we're
experiencing, whatever it is we're going through, whatever
it is that the Lord has brought us to put our hand to with purpose
and intent for the glory of God, this is all according to his
will and purpose. We don't willingly seek to put
our hand to sin, though because of this flesh we do still sin,
but we don't do those things thinking, well, this is the will
of God for me, and yet even those things will all work to the glory
of God in the purpose of His will, for His glory. He'll bring
these things to pass. All right, so we're new creatures,
and then We, when he says fear not, it reminds us, you know,
that he's calling all his people. He said, actually look back in
Isaiah 43, right? It's all one message. Isaiah
43, look at verses five and six. where he says, fear not, for
I am with thee. I will bring thy seed from the
east and gather thee from the west. I will say to the north,
give up, and to the south, keep not back. Bring my sons from
far and my daughters from the ends of the earth. And so we
understand, we know that in, he's speaking to those who went
into captivity in Babylon, right? So even when we fall, when we
come into hardships that are contrary to this flesh and would
prove the faith that our God has given us, right? He says,
don't be afraid. I've called you, I've formed
you. I'll deliver you, I'll bring you to myself. We have eternal
life with the Lord Jesus Christ, and we can depend upon his promises,
and we can depend that he's gonna save all his people. All right,
and so the children that he's speaking to here, we are formed
in the womb of salvation through the glorious power of our God
and Jesus Christ. It's according to his work, we're
created him our Savior has redeemed us with his own blood it's precious
in the sight of the Father and so all the promises to us in
Christ are sure to come to pass now he calls them here by two
names he says fear not Oh Jacob my servant and thou Jeshurun
whom I have chosen now Jacob he's the sinner all right Jacob
is a sinner And Jacob, his name meaning supplanter, right? He's
the one who ensnares the feet of others and takes them in his
trap, right? Like he did to his brother. He
ensnared his brother a few times. He's a cunning, deceitful man. And that's what he is by natural
birth, right? And all of us naturally born
are sinners. We're the cunning, sinners who
think we're smart and think we're wise in the ways of this world. But Jeshurun means upright one. Jeshurun means righteous. We're upright and righteous. And so Jeshurun is upright in
the sight of the Lord. And that's what he is by spiritual
birth. Natural birth, we're Jacob. And
spiritual birth, we are Jeshurun. We are made righteous, so that
we are sinners saved. Sinners saved, brethren. And
so we see here in this the old and the new man, but in Christ,
we are now sinners who are saved. And so it wasn't our righteousness
that saved us. It wasn't us having to turn to
our own works and getting things right and lining things up properly.
It was according to the righteousness of our Lord Jesus Christ. That's
the one in whom we stand complete in him. And so he saved us when
he became what we were, right? Not merely in the flesh, right? When he was formed in the flesh,
he's perfect and did not sin and holy and righteous, but he
was made sin. in order to put away our sins,
in order to bear the punishment of our sins, and to die our death,
and to take our punishment. For God hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin, that we might be made the righteousness
of God in him." 2 Corinthians 5, verse 21. Because of what our Lord did
to save us, we see the effect of His life. We see the effects
of His life flowing to us, the blessings of God coming to us.
Look at verse three, Isaiah 44, three, for I will pour water
upon him that is thirsty and floods upon the dry ground. I
will pour my spirit upon thy seed and my blessing upon thine
offspring. Now, by nature, we're this dry
ground that's spoken of. We're that barren, dry, fruitless
ground. When the rain's not falling,
sometimes in certain countries or certain lands, they plant
seeds praying, hoping that the rain will fall. Because if that
seed goes into the dry ground, it's going to perish. It's going
to die and bear no fruit. Nothing will happen unless that
water is poured upon it. And so the Lord says that he's
going to pour a flood of water upon that dry ground. Because
by nature, we're unfruitful, unable to bear that righteous
fruit to our God. But when He gives life, that's
when we come to know our thirst. We don't even know that we're
thirsty, dry, barren ground until we have life. And once He gives
that life, that's when we're made to know, I'm thirsty. Lord,
I have no righteousness of my own. Lord, I need your righteousness. Please, Lord, have mercy upon
me. And our Lord tells us, blessed
are they which do hunger and thirst for righteousness, for
they shall be filled. Matthew 5, 6, they shall be filled. And so in Christ, all the blessings,
all the promises to bring us that living water, to give us
eternal life, and to make us alive unto God, to know that
we're thirsty, He gives us all that in Christ and then in Christ
gives us his spirit and satisfying us with his righteousness and
making us fruitful, right? Bringing that water so that the
seed of Christ becomes fruitful in us and brings forth that which
God has purposed to bring forth. And so he said, I'll pour my
spirit upon thy seed and my blessing upon thine offspring. So we know
we are Christ's holy seed, born of his incorruptible seed, which
cannot sin, which cannot be corrupted, which cannot be destroyed. It's Christ's work. We're born
of him and he calls us the offspring Christ and so Because the Lord
has promised all this in Christ. It's certain we're going we are
created in Christ We are formed in Christ. We are redeemed by
Christ. And so we shall be called in
Christ And and this is what he's he's getting to he's speaking
of our redemption and calling our calling in Christ, right
he says in Isaiah 44 verse 4 and they shall spring up as among
the grass, as willows by the water courses." All right, now
it says, we spring up as among the grass, right? And we can see that in two ways. right, that we ourselves are
made living souls, living creatures, even in the midst, springing
up in this flesh which is grass, right, all flesh is grass, it
all withers, it's all dead, it's all fruitless, it doesn't bring
forth or please God, and yet he's bringing forth this new
creation, springing up among the grass. And so it's by that
transformative power of Christ who conquers our sins, who overcomes
our enemies, so that we're no longer going to die with those
who have no hope, with the inhabitants of the earth, right? Those who
have their inheritance in Adam. We won't perish with them. He's
conquered sin and its power and its effects and everything that
it brings, the death it brings upon man. He's conquered that
and delivered us from that death so that we are alive now in our
Lord and we know him. We hear him and we hear his words
and he feeds us and nourishes us and comforts us in his son,
Jesus Christ. And so He does this and describes
us as willows by the water courses, meaning that we're now rooted
in Christ the vine. We're branches that are rooted,
fixed in Christ the vine, grafted in Christ our Savior, who is
the righteous branch of God, and we're made partakers of Christ,
the tree of life. We're made to draw our sap and
our water and nourishment from Christ, the tree of life, in
whom we'll never perish and never die. All this is done, as we
saw at the beginning there in 1 Timothy 2, 5, and 6, when he
said there's one God and one mediator between God and men,
the man Christ Jesus, who gave himself a ransom for all, all
kinds of men, rich and poor, young and old, male and female,
educated, uneducated, all kinds of people he saves, to be testified
in due time. And so our testimony of his work
of grace is witnessed in us, it's borne out in us, as we see
in the next verse, verse five there, in Isaiah 44, five, One
shall say, I am the Lord's and another shall call himself by
the name of Jacob. And another shall subscribe with
his hand unto the Lord and surname himself by the name of Israel. All right, so when the Lord's
filled us with his spirit, we confess, I'm Jacob, I'm the sinner. And our hope is the hope that
Jacob had, who knew the Lord and was made alive by the Lord
and called Jeshurun, one who is upright and righteous by the
Lord. And so we take that name. We
don't hide it. We don't try to say I'm something
that I'm not. We confess that apart from Christ,
I'm nothing. But in Christ, I'm a sinner saved. And we happily own that very
name and the surname of Israel, right? The true Israel of God,
because Christ is our hope. were baptized confessing that
Christ is all and that he's my savior and the one who gave me
life. And so the Lord works this in
his people, Jacob and Israel, right? First, he did that according
to the flesh, right? Those Jews there in Jerusalem
and Judea and all in Samaria and the surrounding areas there,
and they preached and testified. They testified of what the Lord
had done and it went out, it flowed out to who? to the Gentiles,
right? And we saw that there back in
the servant and whom we're spoken to in Isaiah 42 verse one. Behold my servant whom I uphold,
mine elect in whom my soul delighteth. I have put my spirit upon him.
He shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles. And so it began
there with Christ And he gave life to his people who, being
fixed in Christ, became fruitful branches, willows among the watercourses,
and bore fruit in Christ, and gave testimony, gave witness
to what Christ had done for them, and preached it, and declared
it, thankfully, even though many, it cost many their lives, right? Many of their lives were cut
short and others gave up their kingdom building and seeking
in this life to minister, right? They even, though they maybe
lived to 80, 90 years old, they still gave their life for the
gospel of our savior and preached his kingdom and his testimony
of what he did. And so judgment came to the Gentiles,
and many of us heard through the work and the labors of the
Lord's people what he did, what he worked in his people, in his
son. And so we confess now, Lord,
I'm Jacob. His name is my name, and I'm
thankful for that. So I pray the Lord would bless
that word and comfort you, his people. cause you to be confident
to preach this word, to not be moved by all the wicked devices
of man and the evil one here. We're not unaware of his devices
and what he does. So trust the Lord in the midst
of great deception for many. We know the truth and so be thankful
for that. Let's close in prayer. Our gracious
Lord, we thank you, Father, for your mercy, for all the promises
that you give us in Christ. We thank you, Lord, for these
blessings, because we know, we know the love you have for your
son, how pleased you are with him. And so we are confident
that these promises you speak of to us are fixed in our Savior,
Jesus Christ, and that we have these things, that you shall
indeed bear fruit in us and that your kingdom will prosper and
be glorious, and that you will deliver your people, your children,
they shall be formed in the womb of salvation, they shall be called
from afar, they shall hear the gospel, and you shall help us
and make us to be willing servants and laborers in this gospel.
And we pray that this all brings you great glory, praise, and
honor from the lips of your people. And we know that every knee shall
bow and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord. Father,
we thank you for for what you're doing here among us. We thank
you for this work. We give you thanks because we
know that this is the will of our God and our Savior Jesus
Christ for us. Lord, we thank you for our brethren. Lord, you know our many needs
and you know the struggles, you know our sicknesses and our wounds
and our troubles. Lord, we pray that you would
indeed stir our hearts to continue to call upon you with a heart
of thanksgiving, but not to grow weary of you, not to neglect
you, but to call upon you, our God, confessing our need of you
and to confess you before others. It's in the name of our Lord
and Savior, Jesus Christ, that we pray these things. Amen. Okay, brother. Let's stand and sing a closing
hymn, 300, more secure is no one ever, 300. Home secure is no one ever, And
a loved one's not the Savior. Not yon star on high abiding,
Nor the bird in home nest hiding, God is owned, attend, and nourish,
In His holy courts they flourish, Like a Father kind He spares
them, In His loving arms He bears them. Neither life nor death
can sever, from the Lord his children sever, for his love
and deep compassion comforts them in tribulation. Udo, flock to joy then yield
thee, Jacob's God will ever lead thee. Rest secure with this defender,
At his will all foes surrender. What he takes or what he gives
us shows a father's love so precious. We may trust his purpose wholly,
tis his children's welfare solely. Thank you.