<script data-pm-proxy="intercept"></script><?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:googleplay="http://www.google.com/schemas/play-podcasts/1.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Bill’s Substack]]></title><description><![CDATA[My personal Substack]]></description><link>https://miniblog.substack.com</link><image><url>https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!146R!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F084f44f4-b4ba-4b68-9dce-2d696e8984ee_144x144.png</url><title>Bill’s Substack</title><link>https://miniblog.substack.com</link></image><generator>Substack</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 02:14:47 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="/__u/miniblog.substack.com/feed" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><copyright><![CDATA[Bill Dogterom]]></copyright><language><![CDATA[en]]></language><webMaster><![CDATA[miniblog@substack.com]]></webMaster><itunes:owner><itunes:email><![CDATA[miniblog@substack.com]]></itunes:email><itunes:name><![CDATA[Bill Dogterom]]></itunes:name></itunes:owner><itunes:author><![CDATA[Bill Dogterom]]></itunes:author><googleplay:owner><![CDATA[miniblog@substack.com]]></googleplay:owner><googleplay:email><![CDATA[miniblog@substack.com]]></googleplay:email><googleplay:author><![CDATA[Bill Dogterom]]></googleplay:author><itunes:block><![CDATA[Yes]]></itunes:block><item><title><![CDATA[A Hymn For Sunday]]></title><description><![CDATA[My Tribute (Andre Crouch)]]></description><link>https://miniblog.substack.com/p/a-hymn-for-sunday-c4b</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://miniblog.substack.com/p/a-hymn-for-sunday-c4b</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Bill Dogterom]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2026 15:30:34 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!146R!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F084f44f4-b4ba-4b68-9dce-2d696e8984ee_144x144.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>My Tribute</strong><span>   </span>(Andre Crouch)</p><p>How can I say thanks<br>for the things You have done for me?<br>Things so undeserved,<br>yet You gave to prove Your love for me;<br>the voices of a million angels<br>could not express my gratitude.<br>All that I am and ever hope to be,<br>I owe it all to Thee.</p><p>To God be the glory,<br>to God be the glory,<br>to God be the glory<br>for the things He has done.</p><p>With His blood He has saved me,<br>with His power He has raised me;<br>to God be the glory<br>for the things He has done.</p><p>Just let me live my life,<br>let it pleasing, Lord to Thee,<br>and if I gain any praise,<br>let it go to Calvary.</p><p>With His blood He has saved me,<br>with His power He has raised me;<br>to God be the glory<br>for the things He has done.</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Hymn For Sunday]]></title><description><![CDATA[Jesus, Lover of My Soul (Charles Wesley)]]></description><link>https://miniblog.substack.com/p/a-hymn-for-sunday-b3b</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://miniblog.substack.com/p/a-hymn-for-sunday-b3b</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Bill Dogterom]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2026 15:31:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!146R!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F084f44f4-b4ba-4b68-9dce-2d696e8984ee_144x144.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Jesus, Lover of My Soul<span> </span>(Charles Wesley)</p><p>Jesus, lover of my soul,<br>let me to thy bosom fly,<br>while the nearer waters roll,<br>while the tempest still is high;<br>hide me, O my Savior, hide,<br>till the storm of life is past;<br>safe into the haven guide,<br>O receive my soul at last!</p><p>Other refuge have I none;<br>hangs my helpless soul on thee;<br>leave, ah! leave me not alone,<br>still support and comfort me.<br>All my trust on thee is stayed,<br>all my help from thee I bring;<br>cover my defenseless head<br>with the shadow of thy wing.</p><p>Thou, O Christ, are all I want;<br>More than all in thee I find.<br>Raise the fallen, cheer the faint,<br>Heal the sick, and lead the blind.<br>Just and holy is thy name;<br>I am all unrighteousness;<br>False and full of sin I am;<br>Though art full of truth and grace.</p><p>Plenteous grace with thee is found,<br>grace to cover all my sin;<br>let the healing streams abound;<br>make and keep me pure within.<br>Thou of life the fountain art;<br>freely let me take of thee;<br>spring thou up within my heart,<br>rise to all eternity.</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Hymn For Sunday]]></title><description><![CDATA[Blessed Assurance (Fanny Crosby)]]></description><link>https://miniblog.substack.com/p/a-hymn-for-sunday-222</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://miniblog.substack.com/p/a-hymn-for-sunday-222</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Bill Dogterom]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2026 15:30:50 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!146R!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F084f44f4-b4ba-4b68-9dce-2d696e8984ee_144x144.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Blessed Assurance</strong> (Fanny Crosby)</p><p>Blessed assurance, Jesus is mine!<br>O, what a foretaste of glory divine!<br>Heir of salvation, purchase of God,<br>born of His Spirit, washed in His blood.</p><p>Refrain:<br>This is my story, this is my song,<br>praising my Savior all the day long;<br>this is my story, this is my song,<br>praising my Savior all the day long.</p><p>Perfect submission, perfect delight,<br>visions of rapture now burst on my sight;<br>angels descending, bring from above<br>echoes of mercy, whispers of love. [Refrain]</p><p>Perfect submission, all is at rest,<br>I in my Savior am happy and blest;<br>watching and waiting, looking above,<br>filled with His goodness, lost in His love.</p><p>This is my story, this is my song,<br>praising my Savior all the day long;<br>this is my story, this is my song,<br>praising my Savior all the day long.</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Hymn For Sunday]]></title><description><![CDATA[Jesus Paid It All! (Elvina Hall)]]></description><link>https://miniblog.substack.com/p/a-hymn-for-sunday-e33</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://miniblog.substack.com/p/a-hymn-for-sunday-e33</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Bill Dogterom]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2026 15:31:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!146R!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F084f44f4-b4ba-4b68-9dce-2d696e8984ee_144x144.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Jesus Paid It All</strong><span> </span>(Elvina Hall)</p><p>I hear the Savior say,<br>&#8220;Thy strength indeed is small,<br>Child of weakness, watch and pray,<br>Find in Me thine all in all.&#8221;</p><p>Refrain:<br>Jesus paid it all,<br>All to Him I owe;<br>Sin had left a crimson stain,<br>He washed it white as snow.</p><p>Lord, now indeed I find<br>Thy pow&#8217;r and Thine alone,<br>Can change the leper&#8217;s spots<br>And melt the heart of stone. [Refrain]</p><p>For nothing good have I<br>Where-by Thy grace to claim;<br>I&#8217;ll wash my garments white<br>In the blood of Calv&#8217;ry&#8217;s Lamb. [Refrain]</p><p>And when, before the throne,<br>I stand in Him complete,<br>&#8220;Jesus died my soul to save,&#8221;<br>My lips shall still repeat.</p><p>Refrain:<br>Jesus paid it all,<br>All to Him I owe;<br>Sin had left a crimson stain,<br>He washed it white as snow.</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Hymn For Sunday]]></title><description><![CDATA[O How I Love Jesus (Frederick Whitfield)]]></description><link>https://miniblog.substack.com/p/a-hymn-for-sunday-bf5</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://miniblog.substack.com/p/a-hymn-for-sunday-bf5</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Bill Dogterom]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2026 15:31:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!146R!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F084f44f4-b4ba-4b68-9dce-2d696e8984ee_144x144.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Oh, How I Love Jesus</strong><span> </span>(Frederick Whitfield)</p><p>There is a name I love to hear,<br>I love to sing its worth;<br>it sounds like music in my ear,<br>the sweetest name on earth.</p><p>Refrain:<br>O how I love Jesus,<br>O how I love Jesus,<br>O how I love Jesus,<br>because he first loved me!</p><p>It tells me of a Savior&#8217;s love,<br>who died to set me free;<br>it tells me of his precious blood,<br>the sinner&#8217;s perfect plea. [Refrain]</p><p>It tells of one whose loving heart<br>can feel my deepest woe;<br>who in each sorrow bears a part<br>that none can bear below. [Refrain]</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Hymn For Sunday]]></title><description><![CDATA[Satisfied (Clara Tear Williams)]]></description><link>https://miniblog.substack.com/p/a-hymn-for-sunday-550</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://miniblog.substack.com/p/a-hymn-for-sunday-550</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Bill Dogterom]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 15:30:35 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!146R!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F084f44f4-b4ba-4b68-9dce-2d696e8984ee_144x144.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Satisfied</strong><span> </span>(Clara Tear Williams)</p><p>All my life-long I had panted<br>for a drink from some cool spring<br>that I hoped would quench<br>the burning of the thirst I felt within.</p><p>Refrain:<br>Hallelujah! I have found Him-<br>whom my soul so long has craved!<br>Jesus satisfies my longings;<br>through His blood I now am saved.</p><p>Feeding on the husks around me<br>till my strength was almost gone,<br>longed my soul for something better,<br>only still to hunger on. [Refrain]</p><p>Poor I was, and sought for riches,<br>something that would satisfy;<br>but the dust I gathered round me<br>only mocked my soul&#8217;s sad cry. [Refrain]</p><p>Well of water, ever springing,<br>Bread of Life, so rich and free,<br>untold wealth that never faileth,<br>my Redeemer is to me.</p><p><span>Hallelujah! I have found Him-<br>whom my soul so long has craved!<br>Jesus satisfies my longings;<br>through His blood I now am saved.</span></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Hymn For Sunday]]></title><description><![CDATA[Jesus, The Very Thought of Thee (Bernard of Clairvaux)]]></description><link>https://miniblog.substack.com/p/a-hymn-for-sunday-758</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://miniblog.substack.com/p/a-hymn-for-sunday-758</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Bill Dogterom]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2026 15:30:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!146R!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F084f44f4-b4ba-4b68-9dce-2d696e8984ee_144x144.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Jesus, The Very Thought of Thee</strong>   (Bernard of Clairvaux)</p><p>Jesus, the very thought of thee<br>with sweetness fills the breast;<br>but sweeter far thy face to see,<br>and in thy presence rest.</p><p>O hope of every contrite heart,<br>O joy of all the meek,<br>to those who fall, how kind thou art!<br>How good to those who seek!</p><p>But what to those who find? Ah, this<br>nor tongue nor pen can show;<br>the love of Jesus, what it is,<br>none but his loved ones know.</p><p>Jesus, our only joy be thou,<br>as thou our prize wilt be;<br>Jesus, be thou our glory now,<br>and through eternity.</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Hymn For Sunday]]></title><description><![CDATA[At The Cross (Isaac Watts, Ralph Hudson)]]></description><link>https://miniblog.substack.com/p/a-hymn-for-sunday-60b</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://miniblog.substack.com/p/a-hymn-for-sunday-60b</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Bill Dogterom]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2026 15:30:28 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!146R!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F084f44f4-b4ba-4b68-9dce-2d696e8984ee_144x144.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>At The Cross</strong><span> </span>(Isaac Watts, Ralph Hudson)<span>1</span></p><p><span>Alas, and did my Savior bleed?<br>And did my Sovereign die?<br>Would He devote that sacred head<br>For such a worm as I?</span></p><p><span>Chorus:<br>At the cross, at the cross where<br>I first saw the light,<br>And the burden of my heart rolled away,<br>It was there by faith I received my sight,<br>And now I am happy all the day!2</span></p><p><span>Was it for sins that I had done<br>He groaned upon the tree?<br>Amazing pity! grace unknown!<br>And love beyond degree!</span></p><p><span>Well might the sun in darkness hide,<br>And shut His glories in,<br>When Christ, the mighty Maker, died<br>For man, His creature&#8217;s sin.</span></p><p><span>Thus might I hide my blushing face<br>While His dear cross appears.<br>Dissolve my heart in thankfulness,<br>And melt mine eyes to tears.</span></p><p><span>But drops of grief can ne&#8217;er repay<br>The debt of love I owe;<br>Here, Lord, I give myself away,<br>&#8217;Tis all that I can do.</span></p><p><span>Chorus:<br>At the cross, at the cross where<br>I first saw the light,<br>And the burden of my heart rolled away,<br>It was there by faith I received my sight,<br>And now I am happy all the day!</span></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Hymn For Sunday]]></title><description><![CDATA[Wonderful Grace of Jesus (Haldor Lillenas)]]></description><link>https://miniblog.substack.com/p/a-hymn-for-sunday-21d</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://miniblog.substack.com/p/a-hymn-for-sunday-21d</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Bill Dogterom]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2026 15:30:16 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!146R!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F084f44f4-b4ba-4b68-9dce-2d696e8984ee_144x144.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Wonderful Grace of Jesus</strong><span> </span>(Haldor Lillenas)</p><p>Wonderful grace of Jesus, greater than all my sin-<br>how shall my tongue describe it?<br>Where shall His praise begin?<br>Taking away my burden, setting my spirit free;<br>for the wonderful grace of Jesus reaches me.</p><p>Refrain:<br>Wonderful the matchless grace of Jesus,<br>deeper than the mighty rolling sea,<br>Higher than the mountain, sparkling like a fountain,<br>all sufficient grace for even me!<br>Broader than the scope of my transgressions,<br>greater far than all my sin and shame!<br>O magnify the precious name of Jesus!<br>Praise His name!</p><p>Wonderful grace of Jesus, reaching to all the lost-<br>by it I have been pardoned, saved to the uttermost.<br>Chains have been torn asunder, giving me liberty;<br>for the wonderful grace of Jesus reaches me. [Refrain]</p><p>Wonderful grace of Jesus, reaching the most defiled-<br>by its transforming power making us God&#8217;s dear child.<br>Purchasing peace and heaven for all eternity;<br>and the wonderful grace of Jesus reaches me.</p><p>Wonderful the matchless grace of Jesus,<br>deeper than the mighty rolling sea,<br>Higher than the mountain, sparkling like a fountain,<br>all sufficient grace for even me!<br>Broader than the scope of my transgressions,<br>greater far than all my sin and shame!<br>O magnify the precious name of Jesus!<br>Praise His name!</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Hymn For Sunday]]></title><description><![CDATA[Just As I Am (Charlotte Elliott)]]></description><link>https://miniblog.substack.com/p/a-hymn-for-sunday-9dd</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://miniblog.substack.com/p/a-hymn-for-sunday-9dd</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Bill Dogterom]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2026 15:30:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!146R!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F084f44f4-b4ba-4b68-9dce-2d696e8984ee_144x144.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Just as I Am</strong><span> </span>(Charlotte Elliott)</p><p>Just as I am, without one plea,<br>but that thy blood was shed for me,<br>and that thou bidd&#8217;st me come to thee,<br>O Lamb of God, I come, I come.</p><p>Just as I am, and waiting not<br>to rid my soul of one dark blot,<br>to thee, whose blood can cleanse each spot,<br>O Lamb of God, I come, I come.</p><p>Just as I am, though tossed about<br>with many a conflict, many a doubt,<br>fightings and fears within, without,<br>O Lamb of God, I come, I come.</p><p>Just as I am, thou wilt receive,<br>wilt welcome, pardon, cleanse, relieve;<br>because thy promise I believe,<br>O Lamb of God, I come, I come.</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Hymn For Sunday]]></title><description><![CDATA[When Morning Gilds the Skies (Edward Caswell)]]></description><link>https://miniblog.substack.com/p/a-hymn-for-sunday-675</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://miniblog.substack.com/p/a-hymn-for-sunday-675</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Bill Dogterom]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2026 15:11:34 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!146R!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F084f44f4-b4ba-4b68-9dce-2d696e8984ee_144x144.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>When Morning Gilds the Skies (Edward Caswell)</p><p>When morning gilds the sky,<br>our hearts awaking cry:<br>May Jesus Christ be praised!<br>in all our work and prayer<br>we ask his loving care:<br>May Jesus Christ be praised!</p><p>To God, the Word on high,<br>the hosts of angels cry:<br>May Jesus Christ be praised!<br>Let mortals too upraise<br>their voice in hymns of praise:<br>May Jesus Christ be praised!</p><p>Let earth&#8217;s wide circle round<br>in joyful notes resound:<br>May Jesus Christ be praised!<br>Let air and sea and sky<br>from depth to height reply:<br>May Jesus Christ be praised!</p><p>Be this, when day is past,<br>of all our thoughts the last:<br>May Jesus Christ be praised!<br>The night becomes as day<br>when from the heart we say:<br>May Jesus Christ be praised!</p><p>Then let us join to sing<br>to Christ, our loving King:<br>May Jesus Christ be praised!<br>Be this the eternal song<br>through all the ages long:<br>May Jesus Christ be praised!</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Hymn For Sunday]]></title><description><![CDATA[Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee (Henry van Dyck)]]></description><link>https://miniblog.substack.com/p/a-hymn-for-sunday-155</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://miniblog.substack.com/p/a-hymn-for-sunday-155</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Bill Dogterom]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2026 15:30:52 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!146R!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F084f44f4-b4ba-4b68-9dce-2d696e8984ee_144x144.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee</strong> (Henry van Dyke)</p><p>Joyful, joyful, we adore You,<br>God of glory, Lord of love;<br>Hearts unfold like flow&#8217;rs before You,<br>Op&#8217;ning to the sun above.<br>Melt the clouds of sin and sadness;<br>Drive the dark of doubt away;<br>Giver of immortal gladness,<br>Fill us with the light of day!</p><p>All Your works with joy surround You,<br>Earth and heav&#8217;n reflect Your rays,<br>Stars and angels sing around You,<br>Center of unbroken praise;<br>Field and forest, vale and mountain,<br>Flow&#8217;ry meadow, flashing sea,<br>Chanting bird and flowing fountain<br>Praising You eternally!</p><p>Always giving and forgiving,<br>Ever blessing, ever blest,<br>Well-spring of the joy of living,<br>Ocean-depth of happy rest!<br>Loving Father, Christ our Brother,<br>Let Your light upon us shine;<br>Teach us how to love each other,<br>Lift us to the joy divine.</p><p>Mortals, join the mighty chorus,<br>Which the morning stars began;<br>God&#8217;s own love is reigning o&#8217;er us,<br>Joining people hand in hand.<br>Ever singing, march we onward,<br>Victors in the midst of strife;<br>Joyful music leads us sunward<br>In the triumph song of life.</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Hymn For Sunday]]></title><description><![CDATA[Spirit of God, Descend Upon My Heart (George Croly)]]></description><link>https://miniblog.substack.com/p/a-hymn-for-sunday-b63</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://miniblog.substack.com/p/a-hymn-for-sunday-b63</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Bill Dogterom]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2026 15:30:56 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!146R!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F084f44f4-b4ba-4b68-9dce-2d696e8984ee_144x144.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Spirit of God, Descend Upon My Heart</strong>   (George Croly)</p><p>Spirit of God, descend upon my heart,<br>wean it from sin, through all its pulses move.<br>Stoop to my weakness, mighty as you are,<br>and make me love you as I ought to love.</p><p>I ask no dream, no prophet ecstasies,<br>no sudden rending of the veil of clay,<br>no angel visitant, no opening skies;<br>but take the dimness of my soul away.</p><p>Did you not bid us love you, God and King,<br>love you with all our heart and strength and mind?<br>I see the cross&#8212; there teach my heart to cling.<br>O let me seek you and O let me find!</p><p>Teach me to feel that you are always nigh;<br>teach me the struggles of the soul to bear,<br>to check the rising doubt, the rebel sigh;<br>teach me the patience of unceasing prayer.</p><p>Teach me to love you as your angels love,<br>one holy passion filling all my frame:<br>the fullness of the heaven-descended Dove;<br>my heart an altar, and your love the flame.</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Hymn For Pentecost Sunday]]></title><description><![CDATA[Waiting on the Lord (Charles Weigle)]]></description><link>https://miniblog.substack.com/p/a-hymn-for-pentecost-sunday</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://miniblog.substack.com/p/a-hymn-for-pentecost-sunday</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Bill Dogterom]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 24 May 2026 15:31:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!146R!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F084f44f4-b4ba-4b68-9dce-2d696e8984ee_144x144.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Waiting on the Lord</strong> (Charles Weigle)</p><p>Waiting on the Lord, for the promise given;<br>Waiting on the Lord to send from heaven:<br>Waiting on the Lord, by our faith receiving;<br>Waiting in the upper room.</p><p>Refrain:<br>The power! the power!<br>Gives vict&#8217;ry over sin, and purity within;<br>The power! the power!<br>The pow&#8217;r they had at Pentecost.</p><p>Waiting on the Lord, giving all to Jesus;<br>Waiting on the Lord, till from sin He frees us;<br>Waiting on the Lord for the heav&#8217;nly breezes:<br>Waiting in the upper room. [Refrain]</p><p>Waiting on the Lord, longing to mount higher;<br>Waiting on the Lord, having great desire;<br>Waiting on the Lord for the heav&#8217;nly fire;<br>Waiting in the upper room.</p><p>The power! the power!<br>Gives vict&#8217;ry over sin, and purity within;<br>The power! the power!<br>The pow&#8217;r they had at Pentecost.</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Hymn For Sunday]]></title><description><![CDATA[Praise To The Lord, the Almighty! (Joachim Neander)]]></description><link>https://miniblog.substack.com/p/a-hymn-for-sunday-00d</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://miniblog.substack.com/p/a-hymn-for-sunday-00d</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Bill Dogterom]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2026 15:30:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!146R!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F084f44f4-b4ba-4b68-9dce-2d696e8984ee_144x144.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Praise To The Lord, the Almighty!</strong> (Joachim Neander)</p><p>Praise to the Lord, the Almighty, the King of creation!<br>O my soul, praise him, for he is your health and salvation!<br>Come, all who hear; now to his temple draw near,<br>join me in glad adoration.</p><p>Praise to the Lord, above all things so wondrously reigning;<br>sheltering you under his wings, and so gently sustaining!<br>Have you not seen all that is needful has been<br>sent by his gracious ordaining?</p><p>Praise to the Lord, who will prosper your work and defend you;<br>surely his goodness and mercy shall daily attend you.<br>Ponder anew what the Almighty can do,<br>if with his love he befriends you.</p><p>Praise to the Lord! O let all that is in me adore him!<br>All that has life and breath, come now with praises before him.<br>Let the Amen sound from his people again;<br>gladly forever adore him.</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Hymn For Sunday]]></title><description><![CDATA[Praise Him! Praise Him! (Fanny Crosby)]]></description><link>https://miniblog.substack.com/p/a-hymn-for-sunday-1c7</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://miniblog.substack.com/p/a-hymn-for-sunday-1c7</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Bill Dogterom]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2026 15:30:55 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!146R!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F084f44f4-b4ba-4b68-9dce-2d696e8984ee_144x144.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Praise Him! Praise Him! (Fanny Crosby)</p><p>Praise Him! Praise Him! Jesus, our blessed Redeemer!<br>Sing, O earth&#8211; His wonderful love proclaim!<br>Hail Him! Hail Him! highest archangels in glory;<br>strength and honor give to His holy name!<br>Like a shepherd, Jesus will guard His children;<br>in His arms He carries them all day long.</p><p>Refrain:<br>Praise Him! Praise Him! Tell of His excellent greatness.<br>Praise Him! Praise Him ever in joyful song!</p><p>Praise Him, praise Him! Jesus, our blessed Redeemer!<br>For our sins He suffered, and bled, and died.<br>He, our Rock, our Hope of eternal salvation&#8212;<br>Hail Him! Hail Him! Jesus, the Crucified!<br>Sound His praises! Jesus, who bore our sorrows!<br>Love unbounded, wonderful, deep, and strong. [Refrain]</p><p>Praise Him! Praise Him! Jesus, our blessed Redeemer!<br>Heav&#8217;nly portals loud with hosannas ring!<br>Jesus, Savior, reigneth forever and ever.<br>Crown Him! Crown Him! Prophet, and Priest, and King!<br>Christ is coming, over the world victorious;<br>pow&#8217;r and glory unto the Lord belong!</p><p>Praise Him! Praise Him! Tell of His excellent greatness.<br>Praise Him! Praise Him ever in joyful song!</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Hymn For Sunday]]></title><description><![CDATA[Love Divine, All Loves Excelling (Charles Wesley)]]></description><link>https://miniblog.substack.com/p/a-hymn-for-sunday-6a3</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://miniblog.substack.com/p/a-hymn-for-sunday-6a3</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Bill Dogterom]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2026 15:31:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!146R!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F084f44f4-b4ba-4b68-9dce-2d696e8984ee_144x144.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Love Divine, All Loves Excelling</strong> (Charles Wesley)</p><p>Love divine, all loves excelling,<br>Joy of Heav&#8217;n to Earth come down,<br>Fix in us thy humble dwelling,<br>All thy faithful mercies crown;<br>Jesus, thou art all compassion,<br>Pure, unbounded love thou art;<br>Visit us with thy salvation,<br>Enter ev&#8217;ry trembling heart.</p><p>Breathe, O breathe thy loving Spirit<br>Into ev&#8217;ry troubled breast;<br>Let us all in thee inherit,<br>Let us find thy promised rest;<br>Take away our love of sinning;<br>Alpha and Omega be;<br>End of faith as its beginning,<br>Set our hearts at liberty.</p><p>Come, Almighty to deliver;<br>Let us all thy grace receive;<br>Suddenly return, and never,<br>Never more thy temples leave.<br>Thee we would be always blessing,<br>Serve thee as thy host above,<br>Pray, and praise thee without ceasing,<br>Glory in thy perfect love.</p><p>Finish, then, thy new creation;<br>Pure and spotless let us be;<br>Let us see thy great salvation<br>Perfectly restored in thee;<br>Changed from glory into glory<br>Till in Heav&#8217;n we take our place,<br>Till we cast our crowns before thee,<br>Lost in wonder, love, and praise!</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Hymn For Sunday]]></title><description><![CDATA[Look and Live! (W. A. Ogden)]]></description><link>https://miniblog.substack.com/p/a-hymn-for-sunday-5b5</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://miniblog.substack.com/p/a-hymn-for-sunday-5b5</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Bill Dogterom]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2026 15:02:50 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!146R!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F084f44f4-b4ba-4b68-9dce-2d696e8984ee_144x144.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Look and Live</strong> (W. A. Ogden)</p><p>I&#8217;ve a message from the Lord, Hallelujah!<br>The message unto you I&#8217;ll give.<br>&#8217;Tis recorded in His Word, Hallelujah!<br>It is only that you &#8220;look and live.&#8221;</p><p>Refrain:<br>&#8220;Look and live,&#8221; my brother, live.<br>Look to Jesus now and live.<br>&#8217;Tis recorded in His Word, Hallelujah!<br>It is only that you &#8220;look and live.&#8221;</p><p>I&#8217;ve a message full of love, Hallelujah!<br>A message, O my friend, for you.<br>&#8217;Tis a message from above, Hallelujah!<br>Jesus said it, and I know &#8217;tis true. [Refrain]</p><p>Life is offered unto you. Hallelujah!<br>Eternal life your soul shall have<br>If you&#8217;ll only look to Him. Hallelujah!<br>Look to Jesus, who alone can save. [Refrain]</p><p>I will tell you how I came, Hallelujah!<br>To Jesus when He made me whole:<br>&#8217;Twas believing on His name, Hallelujah!<br>I trusted and He saved my soul.</p><p>&#8220;Look and live,&#8221; my brother, live.<br>Look to Jesus now and live.<br>&#8217;Tis recorded in His Word, Hallelujah!<br>It is only that you &#8220;look and live.&#8221;</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Hymn For Sunday]]></title><description><![CDATA[O Love That Will Not Let Me Go (George Matheson)]]></description><link>https://miniblog.substack.com/p/a-hymn-for-sunday-157</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://miniblog.substack.com/p/a-hymn-for-sunday-157</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Bill Dogterom]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2026 15:23:40 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!146R!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F084f44f4-b4ba-4b68-9dce-2d696e8984ee_144x144.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>O Love That Will Not Let Me Go</strong> (George Matheson)</p><p>O love that will not let me go,<br>I rest my weary soul in thee;<br>I give thee back the life I owe,<br>That in thine ocean depths its flow<br>May richer, fuller be.</p><p>O Light that follows all my way,<br>I yield my flick&#8217;ring torch to thee;<br>My heart restores its borrowed ray,<br>That in thy sunshine&#8217;s blaze its day<br>May brighter, fairer be.</p><p>O Joy that seekest me thru&#8217; pain,<br>I cannot close my heart to thee;<br>I trace the rainbow thru&#8217; the rain<br>And feel the promise is not vain<br>That morn shall tearless be.</p><p>O cross that liftest up my head,<br>I dare not ask to fly from thee;<br>I lay in dust life&#8217;s glory dead,<br>And from the ground there blossoms red<br>Life that shall endless be.</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Hymn For Sunday]]></title><description><![CDATA[How Great Thou Art (Carl Boberg)]]></description><link>https://miniblog.substack.com/p/a-hymn-for-sunday-37c</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://miniblog.substack.com/p/a-hymn-for-sunday-37c</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Bill Dogterom]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2026 15:30:56 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!146R!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F084f44f4-b4ba-4b68-9dce-2d696e8984ee_144x144.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>How Great Thou Art</strong> (Carl Boberg)</p><p>O Lord my God When I in awesome wonder<br>Consider all the works Thy hands have made,<br>I see the stars, I hear the rolling thunder,<br>Thy pow&#8217;r throughout The universe displayed!</p><p><strong>Chorus<br></strong>Then sings my soul, My Savior God, to Thee;<br>How great Thou art, How great Thou art!<br>Then sings my soul, My Savior God, to Thee;<br>How great Thou art, How great Thou art!</p><p>When thru the woods And forest glades I wander<br>And hear the birds Sing sweetly in the trees,<br>When I look down From lofty mountain grandeur<br>And hear the brook And feel the gentle breeze,</p><p><strong>Chorus</strong></p><p>And when I think That God, His Son not sparing,<br>Sent Him to die, I scarce can take it in &#8211;<br>That on the cross, My burden gladly bearing,<br>He bled and died To take away my sin!</p><p><strong>Chorus</strong></p><p>When Christ shall come With shout of acclamation<br>And take me home, What joy shall fill my heart!<br>Then I shall bow In humble adoration<br>And there proclaim, My God, how great Thou art!</p><p><strong>Chorus<br></strong>Then sings my soul, My Savior God, to Thee;<br>How great Thou art, How great Thou art!<br>Then sings my soul, My Savior God, to Thee;<br>How great Thou art, How great Thou art</p>]]></content:encoded></item></channel></rss>