Saturday, March 28, 2009

"There is a fountain filled with blood" and "It is well with my soul"

My dear's and my favourite song respectively.

"There is a Fountain Filled with Blood", by William Cowper, 1772


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-cY5vO0W0M
Interesting background to the song: http://www.truthinhistory.org/there-is-a-fountain-filled-with-blood.html


"It is well with my soul", by hymnist Horatio Spafford and composed by Philip Bliss, 1873



From: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSXzDiGpYZ8&NR=1
Interesting background to the song: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It_Is_Well_With_My_Soul

Video on "The Change" by Steven Curtis Chapman

Up to the middle of the video, I thought I was looking at a video made by an extremist. The images of hate, of violence, of persecution done in God's name is sick, hateful and not glorifying to God. Is that what the author believes is done for God's glory?

Then as I reached the end, I realised it was done to illustrate the natural, spirit-filled change. Ultimately, a spirit-uplifting video that contrasts religosity, acts of hate with real, deep-seated changes that are powered and strengthened by the Holy Spirit.


From http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgpEwGoSLB8