⁷ Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it: if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would utterly be contemned.

⁶ Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame.

¹³ Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

²⁴ Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.

¹¹ And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.

⁹ But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light;

¹² I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.

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Greater love hath no man (1912) by John Ireland

Performed by King’s College Choir, Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury conducting

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Greater Love Hath No Man by John Ireland (1879-1962). For SB soli, SATB Choir, organ or orchestra (Mixed Voices). 8 pages. Published by Galaxy Music Corporation

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Apr 14

Blazhen muzh [Blessed is the man] (Psalm 1:1,6; 2:11,12; 3:7,8) – Sergei Rachmaninoff

Posted on April 14, 2013 by John

Sergei Rachmaninoff, 1873 – 1943 (Image via Wikipedia)

Psalm 1:1,6; 2:11,12; 3:7,8

¹ Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.

⁶ For the Lord knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.

¹¹ Serve the Lord with fear, and rejoice with trembling.

¹² Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.

⁷ Arise, O Lord; save me, O my God: for thou hast smitten all mine enemies upon the cheek bone; thou hast broken the teeth of the ungodly.

⁸ Salvation belongeth unto the Lord: thy blessing is upon thy people. Selah.

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Blazhen muzh, 3rd movement of All-Night Vigil (Vespers), Opus 37 (1915), by Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)

Performed by The University of Utah Singers, A Cappella Choir & Salt Lake Choral Artists, under the direction of Dr. Brady Allred

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Jehova quam multi sunt hostes mei [Lord, how are they increased that trouble me] (Psalm 3:1-8) – Henry Purcell

O sing unto the Lord (Psalm 96:1-6, 9-10) – Henry Purcell

Greater love hath no man (Song of Solomon 8:7,6; John 15:13; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 Corinthians 6:11; 1 Peter 2:9; Romans 12:1) – John Ireland

Blazhen muzh [Blessed is the man] (Psalm 1:1,6; 2:11,12; 3:7,8) – Sergei Rachmaninoff