Wednesday morning, and they have not announced the results for President of our United States! And though I don't yet know the outcome of the election, I am so very glad and thankful I can say with the songwriter -- "Lead On, O King Eternal"! This majestic hymn is actually a "regal prayer which has been sung at graduations around the world every year since 1887, when Ernest Shurtleff wrote it for his own graduation. Ernest, twenty-six, was a student at Andover Theological Seminary when he envisioned his fellow seminarians marching for their diplomas singing a great prayer for God's guidance on the rest of life, and thus a great tradition was born."
"Lead on, O King Eternal. The day of march has come; Henceforth in fields of conquest, Thy tents shall be our home. Through days of preparation, Thy grace has made us strong; And now, O King Eternal, we lift our battle song.
Lead on, O King Eternal, till sin's fierce war shall cease, And holiness shall whisper the sweet Amen of peace; For not with swords' loud clashing, nor roll of stirring drums; With deeds of love and mercy, the heavenly Kingdom comes.
Lead on, O King Eternal. We follow, not with fears; For gladness breaks like morning wherever Thy face appears. Thy cross is lifted over us; we journey in its light. The crown awaits the conquest; Lead on, O God of might."
I love this beautiful hymn, and it challenges me! I don't want to be satisfied or content to stay where I am in my spiritual journey! I want to always be digging deeper, and climbing higher, in the things of God! And, "Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen." (I Timothy 1:17)
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