wonders wrought

 ~waldandacht~

gustav klimt
austrian
1862-1918
forest floor (waldboden), circa 1881-82
oil on canvas
4 x 3 inches
leopold museum
vienna
~
song
written by maltbie d. babcock, 1901

~
...and to my list'ning ears
all nature sings and round me rings
the music of the spheres

...i rest me in the thought
of rocks and trees of skies and seas
His hand the wonders wrought

...the birds their carols raise
the morning light the lily white
declare their Maker's praise

...He shines in all that's fair
in the rustling grass i hear Him pass
He speaks to me everywhere

...oh let me ne'er forget
that though the wrong seems oft so strong
God is the ruler yet
~
job 12:7-10
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...no shadow of turning...

 

helene schjerfbeck

finnish

1862-1946
girl from 'the tapestry', 1916
oil on canvas
26 3/4 x 17 3/4 inches
moderna museet

stockholm, sweden
~
song
~
james 1:17
十

indwelling

 
image: © Gerhard Richter 2025 (24112025)

gerhard richter
german
born 1932
kerze (candle), 1983
oil on canvas
37 1/2 x 35 1/2 inches
catalogue raisonné: 546-2
~
song
romans 8:26-27
~
psalm 139:5-10
isaiah 60:22
john 8:12
十

repose

 
thomas couture
french
1815-1879
portrait, probably a study of the artist's daughter, berthe
oil on canvas
20 1/2 x 15 7/8 inches
signed with initials center left
christie's
old masters & 19th century paintings
lot 205
5.21.25
ny, ny
deaccessioned from a state university
...no comment
~
song here
~
psalm 62:1
isaiah 30:15
jeremiah 29:13
十

pilgrim throng

piero di cosimo

italian

1462-1522

the young saint john the baptist, circa 1480-82

tempera and oil on wood

11 1/2 x 9 1/4 inches

metropolitan museum of art

ny, ny

~

isaiah 55:6-11

john 12:35
ephesians 4:14

~

lift high the cross

george william kitchin

~

...'yet on and onward still,

with hymn and chant and song,

through gate and porch and columned aisle

the hallowed pathways throng.'...
from

rejoice, o pilgrim throng

edward h. plumptre

十

Sov'reign

winslow homer
1836-1910
the life brigade, circa 1882
oil on canvas
12 x 17 3/8 inches
myron kunin collection of american art
minneapolis

~
depicting the moment before a volunteer life brigade embarks on a rescue mission at cullercoats
though likely painted after homer's return to the united states
~
hymn
'Jesus, Savior, pilot me
over life's tempestuous sea:
unknown waves before me roll,
hiding rocks and treach'rous shoal.
chart and compass come from Thee:
Jesus, Savior, pilot me.'

~
joshua 1:9
2 samuel 10:12
psalm 56:3
十

stayed

 helene schjerfbeck

finnish
1862-1946
girl at the gate, 1943-44
watercolor and charcoal on paper
21 x 16 1/2 inches
signed with initials upper right
sale:
sotheby's london
july 2022
＆
édouard vuillard
french
1868-1940
laundress, 1892
oil on board
8 1/2 x 10 inches
signed with initials lower left
cleveland museum of art
~
song
~
psalm 27:14
ecclesiastes 3:11

isaiah 43:18-19
十

good to me

 
angelo morbelli
italian
1853-1919
sunset in the mountains, 1907
oil on canvas
9 1/8 x 15 inches
sotheby's
tableaux 1400-1900
lot 49
paris
11 june 2025
~
song
~
psalm 121
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overflow

photo: mine
nyc
@2019
~

song here
psalm 23
~
deuteronomy 30:3-6
isaiah 54:5-6

:speaking to the nation of israel here in these verses (i think) but the ability of scripture to speak straight to the individual hearts of His children is wondrous and a precious gift:
十

glory glory glory

helene schjerfbeck
finnish
1862-1946

félix vallotton
swiss/french
1865-1925
~
Immanuel's Land
'...i stand upon His merit, i know no other stand...'
anne ross cousin
1824-1906
british
~
romans 5:8
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