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ANCIENT OF EVERLASTING DAYS (#285), a Hymn of Praise for 29 April 2025 Anno Domini, the Anglican Orthodox Communion Worldwide

 

“I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool: his throne was like the fiery flame, and his wheels as burning fire.”

Daniel 7:9

 

            This ancient hymn connects the former Hebrew worship to our own modern liturgy. Like the Reformation Church, the ancient worship of the Jewish synagogue was based on a reading of Holy Scripture, communal prayers, and singing. It is unfortunate that the Jewish worshippers could not connect the God whom they worshipped to the Triune God of Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. The symbolic meaning is obvious to all who know the fulness of the Gospel which actually predates the New Testament in promise. The lyrics are attributed to Daniel ben Judah and translated by Thomas Oliver (1725-1799), a co-worker with John Wesley. The tune is, LEONI, by Meyer Leon in 1770. I have written of this hymn before, but not the same stanzas for there are twelve altogether. This hymn is still sung in morning services among many of the Jewish faith in their synagogues.

ANCIENT OF EVERLASTING DAYS

 

1 The God of Abraham praise, 
who reigns enthroned above; 
Ancient of Everlasting Days, 
and God of Love; 
Jehovah, great I AM! 
by earth and heaven confessed; 
I bow and bless the sacred name 
forever blest.

 

2 The great I AM has sworn; 
I on this oath depend. 
I shall, on eagle wings upborne, 
to heaven ascend.
I shall behold God's face; 
I shall God's power adore, 
and sing the wonders of God's grace 
forevermore.

 

3 The heavenly land I see, 
with peace and plenty blest; 
a land of sacred liberty, 
and endless rest.
There milk and honey flow, 
and oil and wine abound, 
and trees of life forever grow 
with mercy crowned.

 

4 The God who reigns on high 
the great archangels sing, 
and "Holy, holy, holy!" cry 
"Almighty King! 
Who was, and is, the same, 
and evermore shall be: 
Jehovah, Lord, the great I AM, 
we worship thee!"

 

1 The God of Abraham praise, who reigns enthroned above; Ancient of Everlasting Days, and God of Love; Jehovah, great I AM! by earth and heaven confessed; I bow and bless the sacred name forever blest.

            Was Abraham saved? Can a man be saved apart from the atoning blood of our Lord Jesus Christ? No, he cannot; however, Abraham was saved for the faith he held in the promise of the coming Redeemer. All who believed that promise in ancient Israel were included in the covenant of grace, but moist did not so believe. Christ now sits enthroned in Heaven at the right hand of God the Father. Little did the Judaic worshippers know that the great I Am who spoke to Moses from the Burning Bush was the pre-Incarnate Jesus Christ. The whole world today, whether they profess belief or not, acknowledge Him by their calendar year as well as by their vehemence at the very mention of His Holy Name.

2 The great I AM has sworn; I on this oath depend. I shall, on eagle wings upborne, to heaven ascend. I shall behold God's face; I shall God's power adore, and sing the wonders of God's grace forevermore. Our Lord had sworn before the world’s were made to stand up as the sacrificial Lamb of God for our atonement. The Lord bore Israel across the Red Sea and through the Wilderness for forty years on wings as of the eagle, and her bears the Church in the same way (Rev 12:14) As blind, old Fanny Crosby has often written in her 9,000 hymns, we shall see our Lord face-to-face. For Fanny, that would be the first sight she will have seen since infancy. She certainly wrote and sung opf the wonders and glories of God’s grace.

3 The heavenly land I see, with peace and plenty blest; a land of sacred liberty, and endless rest. There milk and honey flow, and oil and wine abound, and trees of life forever grow with mercy crowned. If your spiritual vision is keen by faith, you too may glimpse the Heavenly Land that lies just beyond Jordan Banks. Of course it provides an abundance of all things beautiful and is governed by a peace that cannot be broken by the profession of arms. Because we have surrendered the old self-will and desires of the flesh, and received the Mind that was in Christ, we shall continue to have full fruits of the full Law of Liberty and peace. Yes, and there stands the Tree of Life, in the Paradise of God, that was removed from Eden at Adam’s Fall (Revelations 22:2).

4 The God who reigns on high the great archangels sing, and "Holy, holy, holy!" cry "Almighty King! Who was, and is, the same, and evermore shall be: Jehovah, Lord, the great I AM, we worship thee!" The Heavenly dignitaries and the Angel Hosts will sing of the Glory, Majesty, and Grace of our God as we are welcomed through the Gates of splendor. The great I AM is the same yesterday, today, and forever, He changeth not. God exists outside the space/time continuum for those are the Creation of God. He is the same I Am of eternity Past, the present time, and the future eternity. Though we see now through a glass darkly, we shall then see face-to-face. Amen!

 

 

WALKING ON THE SEA

"And in the fourth watch of the night Jesus went unto them, walking on the sea.  And when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, It is a spirit; and they cried out for fear.  But straightway Jesus spake unto them, saying, Be of good cheer; it is I; be not afraid." Gospel of St Matthew 14:25-27

 

In youth I read how Jesus 
Walked upon the Galilean Sea, 
On stormy waves he bade a man
to walk as well as He.

And Peter walked upon the deep 

with eyes fixed on the Lord, 

But as he cast his eyes below

upon the murky flood, 

His foot gave way to billows dark as 

he shouted, “Lord, Save Me! ”

When I look back upon life’s seas 

and count the times I doubted, 

I know my eyes were off the Lord 

in every case recounted.

But knowing He would not forsake 

nor leave me in my failings, 

I cried for help and felt His Hand 

above the Seas prevailing.

And so His nail scarred Hand remains 

outstretched across life’s seas, 

To rescue every drowning soul 

as He has rescued me.

(Panama City,2011)

Jerry Levon Ogles © 2011

 The Secret Place of the Most High 

“He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I

trust. Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome

pestilence. He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his

truth shall be thy shield and buckler. Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor

for the arrow that flieth by day; Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for the

destruction that wasteth at noonday. A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at

thy right hand; but it shall not come nigh thee. Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and

see the reward of the wicked.” (Psalms 91:1-8)

     Why is the place of God’s protection called a “secret place?” I believe it is because few

people either seek the favored protection of God, or will accept His Sovereignty. The path

to this security is not to be purchased with money or political power, but must be sought

for its own essence of love, faith, and devotion to the Father of Lights. “Because strait is

the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.”

(Matthew 7:14) There must have been thousands gathered outside the ark when the rains

of the Deluge, and fountains of the deep, erupted to drown all living. They searched in vain

for the hidden door of salvation and could not find it, for God had closed the door and not

Noah.

     I am reminded of the timeliness in answering the clarion call of God to His Elect people.

Time is not a heavenly, but an earthly, commodity. Heaven exists in a timeless eternity, but

we are disposed to live out our earthly lives in the space, time, and matter continuum. God

created this environment as a means of training up His people in the way that they should

go. In this life we are undergoing the ‘basic training’ for full field duty in Heaven. We will

never again have as much time as we have at the moment of our reading this devotion.

     When landing an aircraft, a good pilot will seek to land at the first part of the runway

because he knows that all of that runway which is behind is of no use at all. That is just like

our lives. We must live each day as if it were the last day of our former life, as well as if it

were the FIRST day of our remaining life. Once the Angel of Death stands by our bedside, and the shadows lengthen, there is no longer time to say “I love you” to those whose lives

are touched by yours – no time to ask forgiveness of those you may have wronged.

     Why is the secret place of the Most High so difficult for some to find? It is because it is

not painted red or international orange. It does not resemble any place that we have ever

seen before. It is not a destination for which we can purchase tickets to enter. It is an

invisible place known only to God and those who abide in Him. Growing up in the

foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, we were subject to occasional storms of great

intensity – infrequently, tornadoes even. Our family had a concrete room dug into the

mountainside into which to flee when the storm became violent and threatening. Those

spiritual storms of life are even more violent and threatening than those of the

meteorological variety. We must have a place of safety to flee for shelter. In fact, the

Christian lives in that place of safety from the storm. 

     There is no safer place than afortress! “I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will Itrust.” 

     We have claimed the latter words of this verse as our national motto, but it only has

application when we really mean it when we say it. You may enjoy reading the account

given by a junior officer of the U.S. Army of an experience he had in combat:

“A lieutenant in the United States Army on some far-off battle front and his buddy were

sent out on an important mission. When the enemy discovered them, the lieutenant faced

them, saying to himself, "Lord, it's your responsibility now." As he reached for his carbine,

a shot from one of them struck him in the breast and blasted him down. Thinking he was

dead, his pal grabbed his carbine and blasted away with both guns. He received three

bullet wounds, but when he finished not one of the enemy was left. The lieutenant wrote his

sister in Pennsylvania: "He was amazed when I rolled over and tried to get up. The force

of that bullet had only stunned me. Dazedly, wondering why, I pulled my Bible out of my

pocket and in utter muteness looked at the ugly hole in the cover. It had ripped through

Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and kept going. Where do you think it stopped? In

the middle of the Ninety-first Psalm, pointing like a finger at this verse, 'A thousand shall

fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not come nigh thee.' I did

not know such a verse was in the Bible... In utter humility I said, ‘Thank You, precious

God. — Knight's Master Book of New Illustrations

     A mother hen will cover her chicks lets with her feathers when danger approaches. She will do so until her death if necessary – even a fiery death of the forest. But the wings of God

are indomitable and invincible. “Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler,

and from the noisome pestilence. He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his

wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler.” Being sheltered beneath

the wings of the Almighty is dependent on our trust for if we are fearful and flee from that

shelter, our protection is voided.

     There are many specters of the night that can haunt the soul of the faithless, but none such can disturb the man, woman, or child whose heart is fixed upon the Lord. 

     We may even walk on water if we lose not our focus on the Master of the Ocean Seas. “Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flieth by day; Nor for the pestilencethat walketh in darkness; nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday.” 

     Darkness mayobscure many pits and dangers. The day makes our own presence more visible to the enemy, as well. Both noonday and midnight, we need that shelter of God’s Almighty Wings. We do not seek that protection only when the darkness dawns, but also in the bright and happy sunlight.

     When we witness the devastation on the spiritual battlefield of life, we are to take no

counsel of our fears. The God of the bright day is also the God of the dark night. He is

ever-present in both daylight and darkness. Though the casualties of our spiritual warfare

mount on every hand, and deserters are not a few, we must take heart that victory belongs

to the Lord, and in Him, we have victory, too. “A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten

thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not come nigh thee.” The dangers of the enemy’s

slings and arrows are a mere illusion to those who trust in the Lord. Yes, many who are

without faith will perish, but not the elect of God. “Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold

and see the reward of the wicked.”

     Perhaps the Secret Place of the Most High is well illustrated in an event that took place off the coast of England and in the English Channel almost five hundred years ago. England had undergone a great spiritual awakening with the coming of the English Reformation.

     Queen Elizabeth I had reinforced the newfound faith embodied by the Protestant Church.

Catholic Spain, however, under Phillip II, undertook an invasion of England. Perhaps the26

greatest naval force ever assembled for that time, the Invincible, or Spanish, Armada

comprised of 130 ships of Men of War, weighed anchor for England under the able

command of the Duke of Medina Sidonia.

     The English navy, under the command of Lord Charles Howard and Sir Francis Drake, had no such formidable force with which to counter the Spanish thrust. But they did have faith and prayer. The English peoples turned out to pray with fervent intent as the Armada

approached the south of England. Sir Francis Drake held his small fleet in reserve until the

Spanish Armada dropped anchor at the port of Calais awaiting further communications

from the ground forces of Spanish Netherlands under the Duke of Parma.

      This was to be the land forces employed to invade England once the Spanish Fleet had conquered all English naval resistance. However, the plans of men may not comport with the will of the Almighty. At Calais, the Armada was greatly damaged by fire ships released by Drake whose naval assets had a favorable wind advantage over the Spanish. The Spaniards lost one third of their naval vessels as a result of these fire ships (and unfavorable wind currents long the coast of Scotland), and were damaged so badly, that they limped home to Spain, forsaking the ground forces who were embargoed by the Dutch navy, and England was saved by an Unseen Hand.

     The Providence of God guides nations and nature to conform to His immutable Will. Not

only does the Providence of God intercede in the political state, but also in the lives of

those individuals whom God has called and chosen to Himself. It is with the faith we have

in this principle that allows us to seek the shelter of God’s Wings, and remain in that place

of safety.

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The Collect. 

ALMIGHTY Father, who hast given thine only Son to die for our sins, and to rise again for our justification; Grant us so to put away the leaven of malice and wickedness, that we may always serve thee in pureness of living and truth; through the merits of the same thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

 

There is an allusion in the Collect of the Day to the Passover. Just as the Passover in Goshen precluded all leaven in the dwelling, our Eternal Passover in Christ counsels us to element the leaven of sin and false doctrine from our tables. In the Holy Communion, we use unleavened bread to reflect that principle in the elements of Bread and Wine. We cannot accomplish this through our own merits, but through the merits of our Lord Jesus Christ whose righteousness is imputed to the saints.

The Epistle. 1 St. John v. 4.

WHATSOEVER is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith. Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God? This is he that came by water and blood, even Jesus Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is truth. For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one. For there are three that bear witness, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one. If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater: for this is the witness of God which he hath testified of his Son. He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son. And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.

 

The Epistle points out the rebirth of the Christian by the water and the blood of Christ. Our baptism symbolizes the admission to the covenant of Grace granted in Christ Jesus. We are born of water from our mother’s womb, and we are rebirth in Christ is symbolized at baptism; however, that baptism does not save – it is a work of man that is symbolic in nature. True rebirth is by the Spirit of God in which we take upon us the Mind that was in Christ and abandoning the self-will (so-called, Free Will) of man. 

In our Communion Service, the wine represents the blood of Christ by which we are redeemed. Christ observed the Last Support during the time of Passover which was early Spring. The juice of the grape could not have been kept fresh for those many months after harvest in the previous fall months. The wine is then mixed with water to symbolize the water and blood by which we are reborn. Additionally, we become one in Christ at rebirth, and are mixed in His blood symbolically in the Cup.

The Spirit must testify of all truth. Without that Spirit, there is no truth. Remember the Woman at Jacob’s Well. When her eyes were opened to whom Jesus was as her Savior, she hurried back to her village to testify. Many believed her witness and went immediately to the Well to see for themselves. Upon meeting Jesus face to face, they proclaimed, “We believed the woman at first when she gave testimony of Christ, but now we have seem face to face and believe.” (paraphrased). We may be drawn near to Christ by the testimony of many witnesses, but, at last, it is the witness of the Holy Spirit that binds us by faith to Christ. 

We may testify of our faith in the God the Father without end, but faith in God cannot truly exist without faith in Christ for the two are One in Spirit.

The Gospel. St. John xx. 19.

THE same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you. And when he had so said, he shewed unto them his hands and his side. Then were the disciples glad when they saw the Lord. Then said Jesus to them again, Peace be unto you: as my Father hath sent me, even so send I you. And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost: whosesoever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them; and whosesoever sins ye retain, they are retained.

 

            The events of Good Friday had been fearful and horrifying ordeal for the disciples. They were the closest friends of Christ, yet, they abandoned Him at the last to his most hateful enemies. That fear endured until the sure knowledge of His resurrection was made known to them in His appearance to them behind the closed doors behind which they were hidden. 

            Jesus stands in the midst of all of faith just as He stood among the disciples on that wonderful first day of the week of His resurrection. When dread and fear wax strong in our hearts, our Lord stands at the ready to greet us with that comforting counsel, “Peace be unto you!” He always brings calm in the midst of the storms of life. When our bark is near bringing with the waters of the sea (and world), He stands among us and commands the storm to cease and the waters to calm. 

            There is an encouraging lesson we can take, as believers, from this appearance of Christ to the disciples. That lesson identifies what comfort we may be to others in the midst of fear. Just as the Father has sent Christ to calm our fears and restore our peace, so should we do the same to others whose courage falters. Just as the Father has sent Christ to us to give us peace, He also sends us to calm the peace of others whose courage wanes in the face of persecution and danger. We may impart life to others through faith in Christ and as His vessels of carrying the Gospel abroad.

            Breath is the means by which God imparts life to these clay vessels which we are. At the beginning, He breathed the breath of life into the nostrils of Adam. So today, the Holy spirit imparts eternal life to those upon whom He breathes the breathe of life and commands, “Receive ye the Holy Ghost.”

            Pleasse remember every day of your awakening those beautiful words of Christ that strengthen the soul: “ For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them,” and remember that there can never be only two so gathered for He is among them as well. What love and security is the grant of grace to those who love the Lord and do His Commandments.

 

In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. AMEN.

 

 

JOYFUL,JOYFUL, WE ADORE THEE; Hymn Devotion for 28 April 2025 Anno Domini, the Anglican Orthodox Communion Worldwide - Bishop Ogles

 

⁸ Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are ^shonest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.   Philippians 4:8

 

            If there ever was a hymn of praise, this would lead the field. It combines wonderful biblical truths with the immortal composition of Beethoven’s 9^th Symphony – last movement – of the same title. The lyrics were composed by Henry van Dyke for President Garfield (U.S. President) in 1907. “Henry Van Dyke’s brilliant hymn of praise has many layers that add to the beauty of his text. As hymnologist Albert Bailey writes, within Van Dyke’s text, “creation itself cannot conceal its joy, and that joy is appreciated by God the center of it all; likewise all nature fills us with joy, caused fundamentally by our recognition of God as the giver”  Hymnary.org

JOYFUL,JOYFUL, WE ADORE THEE

 

1 Joyful, joyful, we adore Thee,
God of glory, Lord of love;
Hearts unfold like flow'rs before Thee,
Op'ning to the sun above.
Melt the clouds of sin and sadness;
Drive the dark of doubt away;
Giver of immortal gladness,
Fill us with the light of day!

 

2 All Your works with joy surround Thee,
Earth and heav'n reflect Thy rays,
Stars and angels sing around Thee,
Center of unbroken praise;
Field and forest, vale and mountain,
Flow'ry meadow, flashing sea,
Chanting bird and flowing fountain
Praising Thee eternally!

 

3 Always giving and forgiving,
Ever blessing, ever blest,
Well-spring of the joy of living,
Ocean-depth of happy rest!
Loving Father, Christ our Brother,
Let Thy light upon us shine;
Teach us how to love each other,
Lift us to the joy divine.

 

4 Mortals, join the mighty chorus,
Which the morning stars began;
God's own love is reigning o’er us,
Joining people hand in hand.
Ever singing, march we onward,
Victors in the midst of strife;
Joyful music leads us sunward
In the triumph song of life.

 

1 Joyful, joyful, we adore Thee, God of glory, Lord of love; Hearts unfold like flow'rs before Thee,
Op'ning to the sun above. Melt the clouds of sin and sadness; Drive the dark of doubt away; Giver of immortal gladness, Fill us with the light of day!  These lines represent pure praise to God without any appeal to the physical desires of man. The rose blooms on the sunny side, and the Sunflower turns its head to the sun as it transits the earth. God is our Light and our Sun. The morning clouds dissipate before the warm rays of the rising Sun, just as hate and malice melt away in the converted heart. Just as the traveler doubts his next footstep in the darkness of the mountain valley, so, the pilgrim in the valley of the shadow of death. But to the Christian pilgrim, God is the lamp unto his feet and the light unto his path. He travels securely and certainly through the valley and up the mountain slope.

2 All Your works with joy surround Thee, Earth and heav'n reflect Thy rays, Stars and angels sing around Thee, Center of unbroken praise; Field and forest, vale and mountain, Flow'ry meadow, flashing sea,
Chanting bird and flowing fountain Praising Thee eternally! I find the manner in which the words and music of this hymn so completely unite in an offering of praise to God remarkable. Beethoven, blind and absent any music composition for ten years composed this music in the latter years of his life – blind and despondent. But God save the best wine in Beethoven’s life for the last part – and even this movement is the last in his 9^th , and final, symphony. Henry van Dyke obviously had his spiritual ear trumpet to heaven at the writing of these beautifully descriptive lyrics. All of nature gives evidence of its Creator and evinces a sense of beauty and comfort in all of its manifestations. The singing of birds, the roaring of the restless sea – all give voice to the singing of the angels. God has placed a flowing fountain of living waters in every vale.

3 Always giving and forgiving, Ever blessing, ever blest, Well-spring of the joy of living, Ocean-depth of happy rest! Loving Father, Christ our Brother, Let Thy light upon us shine; Teach us how to love each other,
Lift us to the joy divine. The grace and mercies of God are without limits to those who trust in Him. Just as the sun draws the vapors of water into Heaven to dissipate into life-giving rain, so does He lift the hearts of believers on high to be a blessing and a testimony to the mundane world. That beautiful old hymn on the ‘Love of God” wonderfully describes its measure as follows:

Could we with ink the ocean fill,
and were the skies of parchment made;
were ev’ry stalk on earth a quill,
and ev’ryone a scribe by trade;
to write the love of God above
would drain the ocean dry;
nor could the scroll contain the whole,
though stretched from sky to sky.

4 Mortals, join the mighty chorus, Which the morning stars began; God's own love is reigning o’er us,
Joining people hand in hand. Ever singing, march we onward, Victors in the midst of strife; Joyful music leads us sunward In the triumph song of life. What a privilege for mortals to have voices that can be lifted to the ears of God and joined with the chorus of angels. Those angelic voices still sing since Creation morning as of old, “When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?” Job 38:7 Our prayers are heard at the highest seat in Heaven, too. We are being prepared for that great feast and banquet of the end of the space/time continuum. Our shield and banner is love. “He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me was love.” Song of Solomon 2:4 But not deceived, we have complete and unconditional victory in Christ, the Captain and Bishop of our souls. Not only is He our Lord, Savior, Redeemer, and King, but He is also our closely-held Brother. 

            No one can deny the power and beauty of both the musical score of Beethoven and the uplifting lyrics of Henry van Dyke. Who can deny that this combination of music and words were not informed of the inspiration of the Holy Spirit. 

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