Wounded for Me

Thanks, Lisa, for the post on the Grapevine, but you did stump me.

What is the name of this? "He was wounded for my transgressions...O the mighty cross and the blood that was shed." I think I should know it , but can't quite get it.

Here is another old, old favorite
Listen to the music here: http://www.hymnsite.com/midifiles/umh28601.mid

Now sing along...

O Scare Head Now Wounded

1. O sacred Head now wounded, with grief and shame weighed down,

Now scornfully surrounded With throns, Thine only crown;

O sacred Head, what glory, What bliss till now was Thine!

Yet, thought despised and gory, I joy to call Thee mine.

2. O noblest Brow and dearest, In other days the world

All feared when Thou appearedst; What shame on Thee is hurled!

How art Thou pale with anguish, with sore abuse and scorn;

How does that visage languish Which once was bright as morn!

3. What Thou, my Lord, hast suffered Was all for sinners' gain

Mine, mine was the transgression, But Thine the deadly pain.

Lo, here I fall, my Savior! 'Tis I deserve Thy place;

Look on me with Thy favor, Vouch-safe to me Thy grace.

4. What language shall I borrow To thank Thee, dearest Friend,

For this Thy dying sorrow, Thy pity without end?

O make me Thine forever; And should I fainting be,

Lord, let me never, never Outlive my love to Thee.

The poem is often attributed to Bernard of Clairvaux (1091-1153), but it first appears in the 14th century.

In 1830 a new translation of the hymn was made by an American Presbyterian minister, James Waddel Alexander (1804-1859). Alexander's translation, beginning "O sacred head, now wounded," became one of the most widely used in 19th and 20th century hymnals.

Text: Attributed to Bernard of Clairvaux, 1153;

trans. by Paul Gerhardt and James W. Alexander

Music: Hans L. Hassler, 1564-1612; harm. by J.S. Bach, 1685-1750

Tune: PASSION CHORALE, Meter: 76.76 D

May this Easter be a blessed time in your relation to the Lord!

Love to all,

Gpa G

He is Risen, He is Risen Indeed!

He is Risen. He is Risen Indeed!

Some tears ago, H. L. Wilmington put together a book entitled, “ Book of Bible Lists.” It is an amazing little book with some 6,000 fascinating entries.

One of those entries is a list of 17 appearances of Christ after His resurrection. It is great reading. Jesus first appeared to Mary Magdalene as she remained at the tomb (John 20:11-17). Then He appeared to the women returning to the tomb (Matthew 28:9-10). Peter was next and then the disciples as they walked along the road to Emmaus. The list continues to His 17th appearance to the apostle John in Revelation 1:12-20.

But the passage that captures my attention is found in I Corinthians 15. At this Easter time I would encourage you to spend a little time thinking and thanking God for His wonderful expression of love in your behalf.



1 Cor. 15:1-22
Moreover, brethren, I declare to you the gospel which I preached to you, which also you received and in which you stand, 2. by which also you are saved, if you hold fast that word which I preached to you--unless you believed in vain. 3. For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, 4. and that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures, 5. and that He was seen by Cephas, then by the twelve. 6. After that He was seen by over five hundred brethren at once, of whom the greater part remain to the present, but some have fallen asleep. 7. After that He was seen by James, then by all the apostles. 8. Then last of all He was seen by me also, as by one born out of due time. 9. For I am the least of the apostles, who am not worthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. 10. But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace toward me was not in vain; but I labored more abundantly than they all, yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me. 11. Therefore, whether it was I or they, so we preach and so you believed.

12. Now if Christ is preached that He has been raised from the dead, how do some among you say that there is no resurrection of the dead? 13. But if there is no resurrection of the dead, then Christ is not risen. 14. And if Christ is not risen, then our preaching is empty and your faith is also empty. 15. Yes, and we are found false witnesses of God, because we have testified of God that He raised up Christ, whom He did not raise up--if in fact the dead do not rise. 16. For if the dead do not rise, then Christ is not risen. 17. And if Christ is not risen, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins! 18. Then also those who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished. 19. If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men the most pitiable.

20. But now Christ is risen from the dead, and has become the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. 21. For since by man came death, by Man also came the resurrection of the dead. 22. For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ all shall be made alive.

1 Cor. 15:50-58

50. Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; nor does corruption inherit incorruption. 51. Behold, I tell you a mystery: We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed-- 52. in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. 53. For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. 54. So when this corruptible has put on incorruption, and this mortal has put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written: "Death is swallowed up in victory."

55. "O Death, where is your sting? O Hades, where is your victory?"

56. The sting of death is sin, and the strength of sin is the law. 57. But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. 58. Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

May you experience a time of personal renewal with the Risen Christ at this Easter Season!

Love Gpa G

Gpa's Awana Grand Prix Cars

The Awana races were held last Saturday and as usual Jon, Annette, Audrey and Madison were the winners for speed. I don't know their positions and I don't have any of their pictures.

Mom and I also won some awards. Mom's 1934 Ford Street Car was awarded first for race car design. I didn't consider it a race car, but happily accepted the award. As I said previously the car was designed over a plastic model that I bought. I then stripped some of the parts to enhance my Awana car. Notice the plastic radiator, seat and steering wheel.

My cars were first and second in design. The dump truck was my version of my grandfather's cast iron truck that is in the foreground. The dump bed was movable, as a matter of fact in one of the races it came off the truck and the bed had to be re glued. It ran again 2 races later.

The airplane was the result of insomnia. Just couldn't go to sleep and was wondering what other kind of car I could make that would shoot out flaming flash paper.



After using a mouse trap in last year's car I wanted something different. Jon and I both decided on flash paper being shot out when the cars crossed the finish line. There is a micro switch on the bottom of the cars and a AAA battery to turn on a glow plug. The glow plug ignited the flash paper that blew out the stack on the truck. The flash came out the back of the airplane. The button on the front of the plane was a mini light. The kids loved it.

These are pictures of all the cars that were entered.

The kid's cars are pictured on the left. The adult cars are on the right.

Just so you know, we did follow the Awana rules. Our cars were 5 ounces--usually right on the nose. The length was 7 inches. They were less than 2 3/4 inches wide and 3 inches high. Yes, we did use only Awana wheels. Audrey's car was an army tank with a cannon on top that shot the flash paper. It had 8 wheels, four on each side, but only 3 wheels touched the track. We usually keep the right front wheel a little higher and compensate with weight placement in the back.

So if you have Awana Grand Prix races at your church be sure and have an adult division. You'll be surprised how many adults like to play with little cars. It's just as much fun as when I was 6 years old.

Thanks for reading,

Love you all

Gpa G

Man of Sorrows

Easter seems so far removed this year. It may be the recent heavy snow, or the very early date, or moving our clocks ahead or who knows what. Maybe the Easter season just caught us off guard. Anyway, it is the time set aside for the remembrance of our Savior's death and resurrection. May this prophecy of Isaiah and this hymn written by Philip Bliss call to our attention the importance and magnitude of the occasion. We call it Good Friday for if Christ had not been crucified there would be no resurrection, and, as Paul said, we would be of all men, most miserable.

Isaiah 53:3
He is despised and rejected by men,
A Man of sorrows and acquainted with grief.
And we hid, as it were, our faces from Him;
He was despised, and we did not esteem Him.

Hallelujah, What a Savior!

http://www.cyberhymnal.org/mid/w/a/wasavior.mid

Man of Sorrows! what a name For the Son of God who came
Ruined sinners to reclaim. Hallelujah! What a Savior!

Bearing shame and scoffing rude, In my place condemned He stood;
Sealed my pardon with His blood. Hallelujah! What a Savior!

Guilty, vile, and helpless we; Spotless Lamb of God was He;
“Full atonement!” can it be? Hallelujah! What a Savior!

Lifted up was He to die;“It is finished!” was His cry;
Now in Heav’n exalted high. Hallelujah! What a Savior!

When He comes, our glorious King, All His ransomed home to bring,
Then anew His song we’ll sing: Hallelujah! What a Savior!

Philip Paul Bliss

1838 - 1876

The words and music of this hymn were written by Philip Paul Bliss, born Ju­ly 9, 1838, in Clear­field Coun­ty, Penn­syl­van­ia. He and his wife died in a tra­gic train wreck, December 29, 1876, caused by the collapse of a bridge in Ashtabula, Ohio. He sur­vived the in­i­tial im­pact, but went back in­to the flames in an un­suc­ces­sful at­tempt to res­cue his wife. The re­mains re­trieved from the Ash­ta­bu­la dis­as­ter were placed in a com­mon grave marked by a monument in the Ash­ta­bu­la Cem­e­te­ry. A monument in mem­o­ry of the Bliss­es was al­so erect­ed in the cem­e­tery at Rome, Penn­syl­vania, Ju­ly 17, 1877.

This is the Bliss home in Rome, Penn­syl­vania; now the P.P. Bliss Gos­pel Song­writ­ers’ Mu­se­um. Rome is located about 30 miles North and a little West of Carol's home at Harvey's Lake, PA. Maybe Carol will correct me if I'm wrong. Carol, have you ever been there? It's also great deer hunting territory. Ask her to tell you some of the great stories about the wild life near her home.

On this Good Friday may our thoughts center around the price Jesus paid to free us from the penalty of sin. And may we express our joy for His Resurrection. He is Risen, He is Alive!

Love you all

Gpa G

Palm Sunday

The Triumphal Entry
“We Shall Overcome”

1. The KING is coming

Zech. 9:9
"Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout, O daughter of Jerusalem!
Behold, your King is coming to you; He is just and having salvation,
Lowly and riding on a donkey, A colt, the foal of a donkey.

2. The KING did come

Luke 19:28-38
When He had said this, He went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem. 29. And it came to pass, when He came near to Bethphage and Bethany, at the mountain called Olivet, that He sent two of His disciples, 30. saying, "Go into the village opposite you, where as you enter you will find a colt tied, on which no one has ever sat. Loose it and bring it here. 31. And if anyone asks you, 'Why are you loosing it?' thus you shall say to him, 'Because the Lord has need of it.' " 32. So those who were sent went their way and found it just as He had said to them. 33. But as they were loosing the colt, the owners of it said to them, "Why are you loosing the colt?" 34. And they said, "The Lord has need of him." 35. Then they brought him to Jesus. And they threw their own clothes on the colt, and they set Jesus on him. 36. And as He went, many spread their clothes on the road. 37. Then, as He was now drawing near the descent of the Mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works they had seen, 38. saying: "'Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord!' Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!"

Luke 23:3-4
Then Pilate asked Him, saying, "Are You the King of the Jews?" He answered him and said, "It is as you say." 4. So Pilate said to the chief priests and the crowd, "I find no fault in this Man."

3. The KING is coming again

Acts 1:10-11
And while they looked steadfastly toward heaven as He went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel, 11. who also said, "Men of Galilee, why do you stand gazing up into heaven? This same Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will so come in like manner as you saw Him go into heaven."

1 Thes. 4:18 Therefore comfort one another with these words.

Jesus Shall Reign

Music by John Hatton to tune of Duke_Street. To sing along, click here: http://www.cyberhymnal.org/mid/d/u/k/duke_street.mid

Words by Isaac Watts, (1674-1748) "Jesus Shall Reign" a hymn based on Psalm 72 was written in his book, "The Psalms of Da­vid Imitated" in 1719. The idea being to make David's Psalms more 'singable.' This link will give you his picture and bio as well as all the verses to the Hymn.

1. Jesus shall reign where’er the sun, Does his successive journeys run;
His kingdom stretch from shore to shore, Till moons shall wax and wane no more.

2. From north to south the princes meet, To pay their homage at His feet;
*While western empires own their land, And savage tribes attend His word.

3. To Him shall endless prayer be made, And praises throng to crown His head; His Name like sweet perfume shall rise, With every morning sacrifice.

4. People and realms of every tongue, Dwell on His love with sweetest song;
And infant voices shall proclaim Their early blessings on His Name.

*Phrase added at a later date.

It's a time to thank the Lord for the debt He paid at Calvary. Some day every knee shall bow and call Him Lord! I trust He is already King of your life.

Love, Gpa G

Practical Christianity

Some things worth thinking about from Gpa G.

My Relation to God

Romans 12:1-2
1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service.

2 And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.

2. My Relation to Me

Romans 12:3-8
3 For I say, through the grace given to me, to everyone who is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think soberly, as God has dealt to each one a measure of faith.

4 For as we have many members in one body, but all the members do not have the same function,
5 so we, being many, are one body in Christ, and individually members of one another.
6 Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, let us use them: if prophecy, let us prophesy in proportion to our faith;
7 or ministry, let us use it in our ministering; he who teaches, in teaching;
8 he who exhorts, in exhortation; he who gives, with liberality; he who leads, with diligence; he who shows mercy, with cheerfulness.

3. My Relation to Others

Romans 12:9-21
9 Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor what is evil. Cling to what is good.
10 Be kindly affectionate to one another with brotherly love, in honor giving preference to one another;
11 not lagging in diligence, fervent in spirit, serving the Lord;
12 rejoicing in hope, patient in tribulation, continuing steadfastly in prayer;
13 distributing to the needs of the saints, given to hospitality.
14 Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse.
15 Rejoice with those who rejoice, and weep with those who weep.
16 Be of the same mind toward one another. Do not set your mind on high things, but associate with the humble. Do not be wise in your own opinion.
17 Repay no one evil for evil. Have regard for good things in the sight of all men.
18 If it is possible, as much as depends on you, live peaceably with all men.
19 Beloved, do not avenge yourselves, but rather give place to wrath; for it is written, "Vengeance is Mine, I will repay," says the Lord.
20 Therefore "If your enemy is hungry, feed him; If he is thirsty, give him a drink;
For in so doing you will heap coals of fire on his head."
21 Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.

O to Be Like Thee

Thomas O. Chisholm (1866-1960)
Words to "O to Be Like Thee" were first in the Young Pe­o­ple’s Hymn­al, 1897.

Music written by Will­iam J. Kirk­pat­rick, (1838-1921)

1. O to be like Thee! blessèd Redeemer,

This is my constant longing and prayer;

Gladly I’ll forfeit all of earth’s treasures,

Jesus, Thy perfect likeness to wear.

Refrain:
O to be like Thee! O to be like Thee,

Blessèd Redeemer, pure as Thou art;

Come in Thy sweetness, come in Thy fullness;

Stamp Thine own image deep on my heart.

2. O to be like Thee! full of compassion,

Loving, forgiving, tender and kind,

Helping the helpless, cheering the fainting,

Seeking the wandering sinner to find.

3. O to be like Thee! Lord, I am coming

Now to receive anointing divine;

All that I am and have I am bringing,

Lord, from this moment all shall be Thine.

4. O to be like Thee! while I am pleading,

Pour out Thy Spirit, fill with Thy love;

Make me a temple meet for Thy dwelling,
Fit me for life and Heaven above.

I haven't figured out how to link this to the music. Sorry about that.

Have a good week!

Love,

Gpa G

March 4, a Big Day!

Greetings to the Glass Family!

March 4—a big day for us. First it’s election day. I hope you get out and vote. I hope to do that in just a little while. It is also the BIG 20 for Amy. Happy Birthday Amy! Now you can vote too!

For me, it is a very special day. My Dad, the original Roy Edgar Glass, was born on this date, 1900. Yes, that’s 108 years ago. To me, it wasn’t that long ago. I could always remember his age by the year—like, he was 28 years old when I was born—1928. This picture was for his pass to the Naval Torpedo Plant.

Mom, Grandma Susie, was 8 years his senior, born December 3, 1893. They were married November 27, 1919. Dad was in the Army Air Force and was discharged about this time. He spent the most of his time in San Diego. At one time we had a large picture of his outfit. It was about 8 to 10 inches high and about 24 to 30 inches long. I don’t know how they did it. Maybe they had a wide angle lense back then. It’s been gone for a long time. Maybe some of you older ones remember it or know what happened to it.

At the time they were dating, mom lived at their/her home, 701 Second Street in Juniata. Dad lived with his parents at 12th Avenue and Second Street—only 5 blocks away. Grandpa and Grandma later moved several blocks over to 1107 Park Boulevard, just a stone’s throw from the Memorial Park and swimming pool.

At some point Dad began working for Uncle John, my mother’s older brother. You see, Grandpa Brumbaugh died in 1916. He was pastor at the Bellwood Church of the Brethren and supported himself and family by running a grocery/general store. His first store was in Bellwood and later in Juniata. So Dad and Mom married 3 years after Grandpa Brumbaugh’s death. Mom’s older sister, Elma, was married to George Rogers who was also a minister. It was Uncle George who performed their wedding.

Both Dad and Mom often told the story how Dad took Mom down the basement of the store where many of the bulk items were stored. He sat her on a large 100 pound bag of sugar and there proposed. She said ‘yes.’



In those early days, Dad was an apprentice for the Pennsylvania Railroad and became a machinist by trade. At some later time they decided to get in the grocery business. Their first store was at 15th Ave and Broadway in Juniata—just across the street and down from the present Grace Brethren Church. A large “Silk Mill” was located across the street, so they had a lunch counter in the store. It was a favorite spot for the silk mill workers. I vaguely remember those days. I do remember one night that Dad and a friend, Lou Grubb, later the director of the [Brethren] Home Mission Council, went to the store and spent the night shooting rats. They were probably there for only a short time, but to me it was all night.





They later opened a store at 6th Ave, between 4th and 5th Street in Juniata. This store was only a few blocks from Uncle John’s store, but I never heard of any animosity because of it. As a matter of fact, we still bought things from him. Our store was more groceries. Uncle John’s was more of a general store where you could buy almost anything. That’s where we bought our shoes. This is Uncle John Brumbaugh standing on the corner of 7th Ave and 2nd Street in front of the store.

My memories of the 6th avenue store are more vivid. Dick, my brother, and I would stock the shelves with groceries. We liked to do the toilet paper, which was kept of the top shelves. Dick would throw them to me as I stood on top of the counter and stacked them on the shelf. Mom would take orders on the phone and Dick and I would put the orders together in boxes. Dad and I delivered them in a 1937 Ford 4 door sedan. Maybe I should do that car for the Awana Grand Prix.


Other memories included the burial vaults that were stored behind the store. The man who lived next door accidently shot himself while hunting. It left his face badly disfigured. Someone tried to break in the back door one night, cut himself pretty badly and left blood every where. We usually had breakfast at the store before going to school. It was usually oatmeal, but corn flakes were around back then. The deliveryman who brought the big stalks of bananas to us found a tarantula spider in them. It was as big as a silver dollar.

There was a walk-in cooler for refrigerating the meat products. They would buy a side of beef or maybe a whole one, and then cut it however the customer wanted. Mom and Dad were both excellent butchers. As a matter of fact, so was Grandpa [Martin K] Glass.


These were difficult days. The [railroad] shops did not have a lot of work and many folks couldn’t pay their grocery bill at the end of the month. We often ate meals at the store. Our table was the meat-cutting block. Oatmeal was a stable.

So with these tough times, Dad decided that he should take advantage of his machinist trade. He applied to the Baldwin Locomotive Company in Philadelphia and also the U.S. Navy Yard in Washington, D.C. We ended up in Alexandria VA in 1939-40 where Dad went to work at the Naval Torpedo Station. The timing was significant. It was only a short time before Japan attacked Pearl Harbor.

When Dad died in 1955, he was the top civilian working at the plant. He was a smart man but never did graduate from high school. So far as I know, that is when he joined the Army Air Force.

So remember that Election day does not always come on this day, but March the 4th is special because it is Amy’s birthday along with her great grandfather, Roy E. Glass—the first one, who later added Sr to his name to avoid any confusion with his son, Junior Glass. Later we added number 3, and #3 added #4. Number 4 decided enough is enough and he added Ashton!
March 4—a big day for us.

Have a good day,

Gpa G