Sunday Night In Uncle Walt's Vault: Bugs In Love

 

 

 

Image courtesy/Wikipedia

 

 In this whimsical Silly Symphony cartoon, two courting
 love bugs find themselves unexpectedly harassed by a
  pesky crow-until the insect community comes to the rescue!

This was the last in the series to be released in black and white.

 

Bugs in Love
(1932)
Walt Disney Productions
Uploaded by JCR32
(October 29, 2018)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

He Is Risen!

 

 

 

"As the women bowed their faces to the ground in terror, the two men asked them,
"Why do you look for the living among the dead?  He is not here; He is risen!
Remember how He told you while He was still in Galilee."
(Luke 24:5-6) 

 
 

The Three Marys
(1910)
Henry Ossawa Tanner
(1859-1937)
American artist

 

The day of resurrection!

Earth, tell it out abroad;

The Passover of gladness,

The Passover of God.

From death to life eternal,

From earth unto the sky,

Our Christ has brought us over,

With hymns of victory. 

Our hearts be pure from evil,

That we may see aright

The Lord in rays eternal

Of resurrection light;

And listening to His accents,

May hear, so calm and plain,

His own "All hail!" and hearing,

May raise the victor strain. 

 
Now let the heav'ns be joyful!

Let earth the song begin!

Let all the world keep triumph,

And everything therein!

Let all things seen and unseen

Their notes in gladness blend,

For Christ the Lord hath risen,

Our joy that hath no end. 

 

"The Day Of Resurrection"
John of Damascus
(675-749)
8th century Syrian-born priest,
theologian, and hymn writer

Song translated from Greek to English 
(1862)
By John M. Neal 

 

💖Have a Beautiful and Blessed Resurrection Sunday!💖

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Saturday Night Memories With Lawrence Welk: Easter Show

 

 

 

 

 From 1978, America's favorite prime time bandleader Lawrence Welk and his
  talented cast of dancers, musicians, and singers celebrate the joy of springtime
 with songs, "Easter Parade", "When The Red, Red Robin (Comes Bob, Bob,
 Bobbin' Along)", "Put On Your Sunday Clothes" and  the Easter season,
 with beautiful hymns, including, "Abide In Me" "Peace In The Valley"  
"The Church In The Wildwood" "Fairest Lord Jesus" and more!

 

The Lawrence Welk Show/Easter
(1978)
Hosted by Tom Netherton
Lawrence Welk LP's
(Uploaded April 12, 2025)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Saturday Poetry Corner: The Bluebell

 

 

 

A fine and subtle spirit dwells

In every little flower,

Each one its own sweet feeling breathes

With more or less of power.

 

English Bluebell
Image courtesy/Wikipedia

 

There is a silent eloquence

In every wild bluebell

That fills my softened heart with bliss

That words could never tell. 

 

Yet I recall not long ago

A bright and sunny day,

'Twas when I led a toilsome life

So many leagues away;

 

That day along a sunny road

All carelessly I strayed,

Between two banks where smiling flowers

Their varied hues displayed. 

 

Before me rose a lofty hill,

Behind me lay the sea,

My heart was not so heavy then

As it was wont to be. 

 

Less harassed than at other times

I saw the scene was fair,

And spoke and laughed to those around,

As if I knew no care. 

 

But when I looked upon the bank

My wandering glances fell

Upon a little trembling flower,

A single sweet bluebell. 

 

Whence came that rising in my throat

That dimness in my eye?

Why did those burning drops distil-

Those bitter feelings arise? 

 

O, that lone flower recalled to me

My happy childhood's hours

When bluebells seemed like fairy gifts

A prize among the flowers,

 

Those sunny days of merriment

When heart and soul were free, 

And when I dwelt with kindred hearts

That loved and cared for me.

 

I had not then mid heartless crowds

To spend a thankless life

In seeking after others' weal

With anxious toil and strife. 

 

'Sad wanderer, weep, those blissful times

That never may return!

The lovely floweret seemed to say

And thus it made me mourn. 

 

"The Bluebell" 
(1840)
Anne Bronte
(1820-1849)
English novelist and poetess

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Flashback Friday: Through The Eyes Of Love

 

 

 

Image courtesy/IMDb

 The beautiful ballad, "Through The Eyes Of Love" made even more so 
by the powerful vocals of American songstress Melissa Manchester,
was the theme song from the 1978 romantic drama, "Ice Castles".  

While critic Roger Ebert disliked the film for it's sentimentality, it proved
 to be a surprising success, earning $18 million at the box office worldwide.

Like another movie, 1980's "Somewhere In Time" which was also panned
by the critics upon its release, the original "Ice Castles" has since become a
  much loved cult classic, especially with the generation that grew up watching 
 the film when it first premiered on cable television in the late 1970's-early 1980's.

Released as a single in April, 1979 "Through The Eyes Of Love" was nominated for
  Best Original Song at the 52nd Academy Awards and for a Golden Globe for
  Best Original Song at the 37th Golden Globe Awards in 1980.

 

Through The Eyes Of Love
 Theme from the Motion Picture "Ice Castles"
(1979)
Melissa Manchester
(Uploaded August 27, 2018)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gil Amelio: The Face Of Christ

 

 

 

 In this classic presentation, which first aired on The 700 Club,
sculptor and storyteller Gil Amelio tells the final moments 
in the earthly life of Jesus Christ... and of the sacrifice that 
would change the course of humanity forever.

 

Gil Amelio: The Face Of Christ
The 700 Club/CBN
(Uploaded March 28, 2013)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nailed To The Cross

 

 

 

 "And I will turn My hand upon thee and thoroughly purge away thy dross..."
(Isaiah 1:25)

 

 

Christ On The Cross
(19th Century)
Gustave Dore
(1832-1883)
French Illustrator & Painter
Image courtesy/Wikimedia Commons

 

There was One who was willing to die in my stead,

That a soul so unworthy might live;

And the path to the cross He was willing to tread,

All the sins of my life to forgive.

They are nailed to the cross,

They are nailed to the cross,

O how much He was willing to bear!

With what anguish and loss Jesus went to the cross!

But He carried my sins with Him there. 

He is tender and loving and patient with me,

While He cleanses my heart of the dross;

But "there's no condemnation"-I know I am free,

For my sins are all nailed to the cross. 

I will cling to my Savior and never depart-

I will joyfully journey each day,

With a song on my lips and a song in my heart,

That my sins have been taken away. 

They are nailed to the cross,

They are nailed to the cross,

O how much He was willing to bear!

With what anguish and loss Jesus went to the cross!

But He carried my sins with Him there. 

 

"Nailed To The Cross"
(1899)
Carrie Elizabeth Ellis Beck
(1855-1934)
American hymn writer who lived for
  many years in Vineland, New Jersey.