A wonderful man of God, Dr. Hugh Rae, went home this week. Over the many years that I have known the Rae family, I have one enduring picture in my mind of Dr. Rae. In my mind's eye I see him standing, hands clasped, singing heartily from memory all the verses of CRIMOND. He has walked through "death's dark vale" to the other side and could he still speak, I am sure his testimony would be, "Goodness and mercy all my life [have] surely follow[ed] me."
Earlier this week I had planned to write about another hymn, the one in the title of this post, "My song is love unknown". It will be used during Communion on Sunday and so I have been singing it often this week. There are times when it seems like a good idea to just stay at church singing about God's love rather than facing the world with its struggles. For the Christian, the place and time for unending praise will come in eternity where our only focus will be God - "in whose sweet praise I all my days could gladly spend."
Over the last couple days, these two hymns have come together for me. Dr. Rae, who so obviously loved God and loved singing His praise is now spending all his days doing just that.
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For the Christian, the place and time for unending praise will come in eternity where our only focus will be God - "in whose sweet praise I all my days could gladly spend."
Amen! Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints. (Psalm 116:15)
Thank you for reminding me of this verse, Matt.
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