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Edward Mote

“My hope is built on nothing less
than Jesus’ blood and righteousness.
I dare not trust the sweetest frame
but wholly lean on Jesus’ name.

On Christ, the solid rock, I stand;
all other ground is sinking sand.”

— Edward Mote (1834)

Mote worked most of his life as a cabinet-maker in London. He was in his 50’s when he was called to pastor Rehoboth Baptist Church. He pastored there for 26 years.

The congregation liked Mote so much that they offered him the church building as a gift. Mote replied, “I do not want the chapel, I only want the pulpit; and when I cease to preach Christ, then turn me out of that.“

Mote went home to the Lord in 1874 and is buried in the church yard at Rehoboth Church.

Mark Ye Well Her Bulwarks

“Mark ye well her bulwarks” – Psa. 48:13

A bulwark is a wall that provides protection or support.

In Martin Luther’s hymn “A Mighty Fortress is Our God,” the first line is “A mighty fortress is our God, a bulwark never failing.”

God defends the weak.

He provides refuge for His children.

We trust in His promises rather than our own strength.

In God, we have “a bulwark never failing.”