{"id":6960,"date":"2021-08-05T07:08:44","date_gmt":"2021-08-05T07:08:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/?p=6960"},"modified":"2023-05-17T07:16:23","modified_gmt":"2023-05-17T07:16:23","slug":"william-w-horne-1773-1826","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/2021\/08\/william-w-horne-1773-1826\/","title":{"rendered":"Death Is No More A Frightful Foe"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Some of the points covered in this sermon:<\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Highlighting the subject and theme of the hymn\u2014Death, an encouragement to the Lord\u2019s people in prospect of their departure from this world<br \/>\n\u2022 Examining the teachings of Philippians 1:21, upon which the hymn is based\u2014\u201cFor to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.\u201d<br \/>\n\u2022 Making three observations upon the first clause of the verse\u2014(1) the essence of the believer\u2019s life; (2) the object of the believer\u2019s life; (3) the motivation of the believer\u2019s life<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0Explaining the last clause of the verse, in light of the foregoing observations<br \/>\n\u2022 Outlining the six stanzas of the hymn, each of which suggest a reason why the believer should not fear death<br \/>\n\u2022 Stanza 1: The Frightful Foe Of Death? So What, I Shall Reign With Christ!<br \/>\n\u2022 Stanza 2: The Ominous Spirit Of Fear? So What, I Shall Know It No More!<br \/>\n\u2022 Stanza 3: The Vile Corruption Of The Soul? So What, I Shall Be Freed From Sin!<br \/>\n\u2022 Stanza 4: The Regretful Inworkings Of Chastisement? So What, I Shall Wear An Everlasting Crown!<br \/>\n\u2022 Stanza 5: The Painful Sufferings Of Sorrow? So What, I Shall Exchange It For Joy!<br \/>\n\u2022 Stanza 6: The Unhealthy Attachments Of Worldly Affections? So What, I Shall Dwell Where Jesus Is!<\/p>\n<div class=\"simplefavorite-button\" data-postid=\"6960\" data-siteid=\"1\" data-groupid=\"1\" data-favoritecount=\"0\" style=\"box-shadow:none;-webkit-box-shadow:none;-moz-box-shadow:none;\"><div class=\"bookmark-off\"><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some of the points covered in this sermon: &nbsp; \u2022 Highlighting the subject and theme of the hymn\u2014Death, an encouragement to the Lord\u2019s people in prospect of their departure from this world \u2022 Examining the teachings of Philippians 1:21, upon which the hymn is based\u2014\u201cFor to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.\u201d \u2022 Making three observations upon the first clause of the verse\u2014(1) the essence of the believer\u2019s life; (2) the object of the believer\u2019s life; (3) the motivation of the believer\u2019s life \u2022\u00a0Explaining the last clause of the verse, in light of the foregoing observations \u2022 Outlining the six stanzas of the hymn, each of which suggest a reason why the believer should not fear death \u2022 Stanza 1: The Frightful Foe Of Death? So What, I Shall Reign With Christ! \u2022 Stanza 2: The Ominous Spirit Of Fear? So What, I Shall Know It<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":65,"featured_media":12726,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[1014,1031],"tags":[1244,1234,1245,1239,1227,1220],"class_list":["post-6960","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-jared-smiths-hymn-studies","category-william-horne-hymn-studies","tag-death","tag-gospel-framework","tag-heaven","tag-sovereign-grace","tag-spiritual-assurance","tag-spiritual-comfort","post_format-post-format-video"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6960","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/65"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6960"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6960\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15695,"href":"https:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6960\/revisions\/15695"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12726"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6960"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6960"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6960"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}