“The Shepherd’s Pen” is a blog page designed to create a place where the elders of First Baptist Church of Howland might briefly communicate their thoughts, via the written word, on a variety of subjects and issues pertaining to our faith in Christ. It is our sincere hope that these writings might serve to edify, equip, and instruct those who read them. To God alone be the glory!
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“When I Survey The Wondrous Cross”
It was a bold move when Isaac Watts published (1707) his first collection of Hymns. At that time almost every congregation of the Church of England sang from only The Old Testament Psalms in public worship. But Watts had grown to dislike this, because, he wrote, they were unable to explicitly celebrate in song many…