A Hymn, and some Baptist news

For those who know me well, it is not difficult to discover my love of hymns of the faith, or my regard for the SBC. Being the case, I'd like to include a few hymns a week on our blog to "get y'alls spiritual blood flowing", so to speak. And today, opine on the search for the new president of the Convention.

Isaac Watts:
Eternal Power, Whose high abode
Becomes the grandeur of a God,
Infinite lengths beyond the bounds
Where stars resolve their little rounds!

The lowest step around Thy seat,
Rises too high for Gabriel’s feet;
In vain the favored angel tries
To reach Thine height with wond’ring eyes.

There while the first archangel sings,
He hides his face behind his wings,
And ranks of shining thrones around
Fall worshiping, and spread the ground.

Lord, what shall earth and ashes do?
We would adore our Maker, too;
From sin and dust to Thee we cry,
The Great, the Holy, and the High.

Earth from afar has heard Thy fame,
And worms have learned to lisp Thy Name;
But, O! the glories of Thy mind
Leave all our soaring thoughts behind.

God is in Heaven, and men below;
Be short our tunes, our words be few;
A solemn reverence checks our songs,
And praise sits silent on our tongues.


And as for the nominees:
I pray the right man gets the job. As the 2004 Presidential elections were arguably one of the most important of our time, this SBC election has much weighed in the balance. Baptist should take much care to place God's man in this role, not America's man, or the Numbers man. That being said, and not to puff ourselves up, I believe Al Mohler hit the nail on the had in reminding all of us that we've been blessed as a denomination -- while others are debating same-sex marriage, and inerrancy of the Scripture, Baptist have the luxury of bringing the debate to doctrinal issues such as Calvinism v. Arminianism. Amen for that.