CQOD—Griffiths: Must I face the stormy river?

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Friday, September 12, 2025

Griffiths: Must I face the stormy river?

Meditation:

Blessed is he

whose transgressions are forgiven,

whose sins are covered.

Blessed is the man

whose sin the LORD does not count against him

and in whose spirit is no deceit.

—Psalm 32:1-2 (NIV)

Quotation:

Must I face the stormy river?

There is One to break its flood—

Christ, my great High-priest and faithful,

Christ, my all-sufficient good:

Through His blood shall come the triumph

Over death and hell to me;

And I shall be in His likeness,

Sinless through eternity.

Disembodied of all evil,

I shall pierce with earnest eyes

Into Calvary’s deep wonders,

And its infinite surprise:

The Invisible beholding,

Who is living and was dead;

In a pure, unbroken union

With the ever-living Head.

From salvation’s highest fountains,

Oh, to drink with each new day!

Till my thirst for earthly pleasures

Has completely passed away:

Waiting always for my Master,

Quick to answer to His call;

Then to hold the door wide open,

And enjoy Him, all in all.

... Ann Griffiths (1776-1805), in Sweet Singers of Wales: a story of Welsh hymns and their authors, Howell Elvet Lewis, London: Religious Tract Society, 1889, p. 66-67 (see the book)

Quiet time reflection:

Lord, I long to see You.

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