May 26, 2008 Gone The Sun
ODB RADIO: Listen Now <http://www.rbc.org/devotionals/our-daily-bread/2008/05/26/devotion.aspx ##> | Download <http://rbcorg.httpsvc.vitalstreamcdn.com/rbcorg_vitalstream_com/odb/200 8/05/odb-05-26-08.mp3> READ: Isaiah 60:17-22 <http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?language=english&passage=Isaiah+60:17- 22> Your sun shall no longer go down , . . . for the Lord will be your everlasting light, and the days of your mourning shall be ended. -Isaiah 60:20 In 1862, during the US Civil War, General Daniel Butterfield wanted a new melody for "lights out." And so, without any musical training, he composed one in his head. Years later, the general wrote, "I called in someone who could write music, and practiced a change in the call of 'Taps' until I had it suit my ear, and then . . . got it to my taste without being able to write music or knowing the technical name of any note, but, simply by ear, arranged it." General Butterfield gave the music to the brigade bugler, and the rest is history. While there are no official lyrics to the hauntingly familiar strains of "Taps," here is a commonly accepted version of one verse: Day is done, gone the sun, From the hills, from the lake, from the sky; All is well, safely rest, God is nigh. What a comforting lyric as faithful members of the military are laid to rest! And what hope in the acknowledgment that God is near, even-especially-in death! At a time when death and evil reigned, the prophet Isaiah anticipated a day when death itself would die. "Your sun shall no longer go down," he wrote to Israel, "for the Lord will be Your everlasting light" (60:20). For those who follow Jesus, the strains of "Taps" are not a funeral dirge but a song of hope. "The days of your mourning shall be ended" (v.20). All is well. God is nigh. - Tim Gustafson <http://www.rbc.org/devotionals/our-daily-bread/Tim-Gustafson.aspx> Sunset in one land is sunrise in another. ________________________________ "This e-mail (including any attachments) is intended solely for the addressee and could contain information that is confidential; If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any use, disclosure, copying or dissemination of this e-mail and any attachment is strictly prohibited and you should immediately delete it. This message does not necessarily reflect the views of Bank Indonesia. Although this e-mail has been checked for computer viruses, Bank Indonesia accepts no liability for any damage caused by any virus and any malicious code transmitted by this e-mail. Therefore, the recipient should check again for the risk of viruses, malicious codes, etc as a result of e-mail transmission through Internet" ________________________________ ** “This e-mail (including any attachments) is intended solely for the addressee and could contain information that is confidential; If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any use, disclosure, copying or dissemination of this e-mail and any attachment is strictly prohibited and you should immediately delete it. This message does not necessarily reflect the views of Bank Indonesia. Although this e-mail has been checked for computer viruses, Bank Indonesia accepts no liability for any damage caused by any virus and any malicious code transmitted by this e-mail. Therefore, the recipient should check again for the risk of viruses, malicious codes, etc as a result of e-mail transmission through Internet”
