[bperiwinkle7]

This hymn has a sad sto­ry as­so­ci­at­ed with it. In Jan­u­ary 1956, five mis­sion­ar­ies sang it be­fore en­ter­ing the Ecua­dor­i­an jun­gle to bring the Gos­pel to the Au­ca In­di­ans. Their names were Nate Saint, Ed Mc­Cul­ly, Jim El­li­ott, Ro­ger Yo­der­i­an, and Pe­ter Flem­ing. Af­ter the men reached the Au­cas, the In­di­ans mur­dered them on the Cur­a­ray Riv­er. How­ev­er, the sto­ry has a hap­py end­ing. Years lat­er, con­tact with the Au­cas was re-es­tab­lished, and ma­ny came to Christ, in­cluding the kil­lers, which is how first hand de­tails of the mis­sion­ar­ies’ deaths came to light.

One of the best known of the five mar­tyrs was Jim El­li­ot. A num­ber of his say­ings are still quot­ed (e.g., “He is no fool who gives what he can­not keep, to gain what he can­not lose”). El­liot’s wife Elisabeth went on to con­sid­er­a­ble fame as an au­thor and radio broad­cast­er. Her book Through the Gates of Splen­dor de­scribes the en­count­er with the Au­cas; its ti­tle comes from a line in this hymn.

http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/w/e/r/wereston.htm

We rest on Thee, our Shield and our Defender!
We go not forth alone against the foe;
Strong in Thy strength, safe in Thy keeping tender,
We rest on Thee, and in Thy Name we go.
Strong in Thy strength, safe in Thy keeping tender,
We rest on Thee, and in Thy Name we go.

Yes, in Thy Name, O Captain of salvation!
In Thy dear Name, all other names above;
Jesus our Righteousness, our sure Foundation,
Our Prince of glory and our King of love.
Jesus our Righteousness, our sure Foundation,
Our Prince of glory and our King of love.

We go in faith, our own great weakness feeling,
And needing more each day Thy grace to know:
Yet from our hearts a song of triumph pealing,
“We rest on Thee, and in Thy Name we go.”
Yet from our hearts a song of triumph pealing,
“We rest on Thee, and in Thy Name we go.”

We rest on Thee, our Shield and our Defender!
Thine is the battle, Thine shall be the praise;
When passing through the gates of pearly splendor,
Victors, we rest with Thee, through endless days.
When passing through the gates of pearly splendor,
Victors, we rest with Thee, through endless days.


Rom 8:35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword?
Rom 8:36 As it is written, "For your sake we are being killed all the day long; we are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered."
Rom 8:37 No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.
Rom 8:38 For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers,
Rom 8:39 nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.

OH LORD of Redemption, keep my eyes refreshed with the Glorious Vision of your Love for us in Christ Jesus.
Bear us up on eagles wings away from the clamor of injustice and wickedness that assaults my ears.

Exo 19:4 You yourselves have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I bore you on eagles' wings and brought you to myself.

We love you Lord.

[bperiwinkle7]

Dear Beloved Intercessors at Free Republic

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 08, 2007 07:45 PM, CST

Update on Karleigh.........Things are going well at home. This has been a busy week so far. Home health nurses have been coming out since we have been home. Yesterday she wanted me to do the dressing change,since they won't be coming out as much. I did good she said. Tuesday and today we went to St. Louis to get Karleigh's dressing changed, they pulled out the draining tube and the rest of the stiches, they say it is healing up great. We also saw her GI dr. today He thinks she is making a tremendous recovery. We had some blood work up done and a urine test done.He wants to see her in 2 weeks,so does her surgeon.Her Dr.wants her to go to physical therapy once a week.He cut her back on steroids to 5mg. a day.whoo-hoo!!!!!!!!!!!!!! God has really been answering all of your prayers.God is so good!! Will write more later.Love you all. Donnell & Karleigh

Thank you for praying for Karleigh and Michael.

Update on Michael Davis with cysitc fibrosis and pneumonia...Rapid recovery...doctors were amazed....
Amen.
bp

[Knitting A Conundrum]

I read about them when I was a teenager...I was impressed...

[Kitty Mittens]

Blessings from Psalm 71; Great is our God!

"God, you've done it all!
Who is quite like you?
You, who made me stare trouble in the face,
Turn me around;
Now let me look life in the face.
I've been to the bottom;
Bring me up, streaming with honors;
Turn to me, be tender to me,
And I'll take up the lute and thank you
To the tune of your faithfulness, God.
I'll make music for you on a harp,
Holy One of Israel.
When I open up in song to you,
I let out lungsful of praise,
My rescued life a song.
All day long I'm chanting
About you and your righteous ways,
While those who tried to do me in
Slink off looking ashamed."

God Looms Majestic in Zion,
He Towers in Splendor
Over All the Big Names.
Great and Awesome is Your Beauty;
Let Everyone Praise You!
Holy. Yes, Holy. (Ps.99:2,3)

[E.G.C.]

BTTT

[.30Carbine]

Love-bump!

[Rte66]

Thank you so much for this post and hymn. (Sorry, I'm still getting caught up.)

I knew about the story of the Aucas through something else I did as an in-depth study online relating to a modern-day true crime case. It was chronicled for posterity by some of the people of Wycliffe, the Bible translators.

So interesting to find another nugget of faith and praise within the inspiring story. Thanks again.

[Eva]

My grandmother took me to someplace in Philadelphia to hear that woman missionary speak and tell the story of the missionaries in Ecuador. I think that the only real reason that I remember it is that they showed shrunken heads. It was very scary for a young child.