Wednesday; July 10
During
church services last weekend, our song leader took us down Memory Lane leading
us in a few old classics including the hymn “Yield Not To Temptation”.According to a brief internet search, Horatio
R. Palmer wrote the song in 1868 and published it in the National Sunday School
Teacher’s Magazine.From that point the
song developed a following and it became a favorite for a lot of people.We used to sing this song a lot when I was a
youngster, but like many of the old standards, we don’t sing it as much
anymore.However, as we sang it the
other day I was struck by the simplicity of the second verse, “Shun evil
companions, bad language disdain, God’s name hold in rev’rence, nor take it in
vain; be thoughtful and earnest, kindhearted and true; look ever to Jesus,
He’ll carry you through.”.I am not
going to argue the point of the eloquence of the verse, but the practicality is
self-explanatory.Whether it is the
middle of the 19th Century or at the beginning of the 21st
Century, the messa…