David Journal

Tag: hymns

  • Hymn Doctrine

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    I was struck in a new way by the hymn Tis Sweet to Sing the Matchless Love (177). The hymn is hardly new to me but it has never before really touched me. I felt the love of the author for his Savior come through the words. Elder Dunn’s concept of “micro-betterments” (improving something by…

  • Crab in a bucket

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    I feel like a crab in a bucket except that I have some say in whether I allow myself to be pulled back into the dysfunctional patterns I am trying to escape. I searched for the scrotal reference to the hymn Do what is Right and found myself reading the words of the Lord to…