13: Christ in the Crucible – Singing with Inspiration
Having scanned through the lesson quarterly, there are so many hymns from which to choose a theme. In effect, there is a commencing theme hymn that changes through the quarter to the finale theme hymn. To start with, we could use:
Hymn 552 – The Lord’s My Shepherd or 
Hymn 545 – Savior, Like a Shepherd.
Somewhere in the middle of the quarter one could change the theme and add in
Hymn 159 – The Old Rugged Cross which is where we complete our studies in Lesson 13.
Sabbath afternoon commences the week of study with thoughts of freedom. Our freedom was so sacred that
Wondrous Love – Hymn 162 was shown and given to the human race on a hill far away where stood
The Old Rugged Cross – Hymn 159. It was here that the
Sacred Head Was Wounded – Hymn 156. The story continues in
Hymn 161 – Throned Upon the Awful Tree.
We see Jesus on Sunday in
Thou Didst Leave Thy Throne – Hymn 140 as a child to live in poverty, and “to face those who wanted to kill Him”. It is with the wonder of the universe that we are to “Look upon Jesus, sinless is He…”:
Hymn 412 – Cover With His Life.
George F Handel wrote the beautiful tribute to Jesus in “He Was Despised” (No 23 in the Ebenezer Prout version), which would be a glorious tribute if you have a soloist. This will do wonders for the Monday study.
Tuesday finds Jesus in Gethsemane:
Hymn 157 – Go To Dark Gethsemane. “Jesus suffered something deeper, darker, and more painful than any human could ever know or experience”:
Hymn 158 – Were You There?
Thursday shows again The Suffering God we have Who awaits us in
The Homeland – Hymn 436 all because (Friday) “He (Jesus) will save man at any cost to Himself”:
Jesus Saves – Hymn 340.
It is time to sing
Hymn 432 – Shall We Gather at the River where we will see our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ
Face to Face – Hymn 206 to worship Him forever for all that He has done for us.
To learn unknown hymns, you will find the accompaniment music for each one at: https://sdahymnals.com/
Another great resource is for when there is a hymn you wish to sing but can’t find it in your hymnal. Go to https://www.sdahymnal.org
2 Timothy 2:15 KJV – “Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.”
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