Essential Baptist Principles_™
As taught in the Holy Scriptures
February 2011

Selected Hymn
 

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Green Fields.
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#303 in the Good Old Songs

How tedious and tasteless the hours,
When Jesus no longer I see!
Sweet prospects, sweet birds, and sweet
 flowers have all lost their sweetness to me.
The mid-summer sun shines but dim,
The fields strive in vain to look gay,
But when I am happy in him.
December's as pleasant as may.

His name yields the richest perfume,
And sweeter than music His voice;
His presence disperses my gloom,
And makes all within me rejoice;
I should, were He always thus nigh,
Have nothing to wish or to fear;
No mortal so happy as I,
My summer would last all the year.

Content with beholding His face,
My all to His pleasure resigned,
No changes of seasons or place
Would make any change in my mind!
While blessed with a sense of His love,
A palace a toy would appear;
And prisons would palaces prove,
If Jesus would dwell with me there.

Dear Lord, if indeed I am Thine
If Thou art my sun and my song,
Say, why do I languish and pine,
And why are my winters so long!
O drive these dark clouds from my sky,
Thy soul-cheering presence restore,
Or take me unto Thee on high,
Where winter and clouds are no more.

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Notable Quote:    

Making Children go to church
(Attributed to J. Edgar Hoover, former director of the FBI)

      “Shall I make my child go to church?” Yes, and with no further discussion about the matter. Are you startled? Why? How do you answer Junior when he comes to breakfast on Monday morning and announces to you, that he is not going to school, any more? You know the answer to that—Junior goes! How do you answer him when he comes in dirty and says, “I am not going to take a bath.” Junior bathes, does he not? Why all this timidity then in the realm of his spiritual guidance and growth? Going to wait and let him decide which church he will go to when he is old enough? You did not decide to wait until he was old enough to decide whether he would remain dirty or clean. Do you wait until he is older to decide if he wants to take medicine when he is sick?

    What will you say when Junior announces he does not like to go to church? That is easy to answer. Just be consistent. Tell him, “Junior, in our family we all go to church and that includes you.” Your firmness and examples will furnish a bridge over which youthful rebellion travels into rich and satisfying experiences in personal religious living.

      The parents of America can strike a telling blow against the forces which contribute to our juvenile delinquency, if OUR MOTHERS AND FATHERS WILL TAKE THEIR CHILDREN TO WORSHIP OUR LORD REGULARLY.  (Reprint from The Christian Pathway, June 1994)