This song was written a hundred years ago when a church piano player met a young man, recently converted, who feared he might not be able to “hold out.” Harkness longed to let this young man know that God finishes what he starts or in the words of Psalm 139, “If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle on the far side of the sea, even there your hand will guide me, your right hand will hold me fast.”
Horicon Baptist Church
October 24th, 2021
Order of Service
Announcements
Operation Christmas Child
Call to Worship: Psalm 67:1-3
449 – To God Be the Glory
Prayer
Worship Through Giving
The Doxology
OT Reading – Psalm 139
He Will Hold Me Fast
Sermon: John 4:27-42
431 – I Love to Tell the Story
Closing Prayer
Thoughts from the Saints
She could think of nothing but the truths she had heard, and the Saviour she had found. In the fullness of her heart, she "left her water-pot," and hastened away to tell others. Happy are they who can say with Paul, “I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ!” // Bishop J.C. Ryle
Services
Sunday School: 9:45am
Sunday Service: 11am
Prayer Meeting: 6pm
Announcements & Events
Today: 4th Sunday Potluck, 5 pm.
November 1st: Reformation movie night! (at church)
November 12th-13th: Men’s Conference in Speculator
Call to Worship
May God be gracious to us and bless us
and make his face to shine upon us, Selah
that your way may be known on earth,
your saving power among all nations.
Let the peoples praise you, O God;
let all the peoples praise you!
—Psalm 67:1-3
Worship Through Giving
“Do good and share what you have, for such sacrifices are pleasing to God.”
— Hebrews 13:16
Old Testament Reading – Psalm 139
For the director of music. Of David. A psalm.
1 You have searched me, Lord,
and you know me.
2 You know when I sit and when I rise;
you perceive my thoughts from afar.
3 You discern my going out and my lying down;
you are familiar with all my ways.
4 Before a word is on my tongue
you, Lord, know it completely.
5 You hem me in behind and before,
and you lay your hand upon me.
6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me,
too lofty for me to attain.
7 Where can I go from your Spirit?
Where can I flee from your presence?
8 If I go up to the heavens, you are there;
if I make my bed in the depths, you are there.
9 If I rise on the wings of the dawn,
if I settle on the far side of the sea,
10 even there your hand will guide me,
your right hand will hold me fast.
11 If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me
and the light become night around me,”
12 even the darkness will not be dark to you;
the night will shine like the day,
for darkness is as light to you.