Pastor Jack Hibbs: You've Probably Never Heard About This Commander Before

 

 

 

 

 The Angel of the Lord is a mysterious figure in the Bible. But Who is He?

 

 

You've probably Never heard About 
This Commander Before
Real Life With Jack Hibbs
(April 30, 2026)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

America At 250: Charles Kuralt On The Louisiana Purchase

 

 

 

 "On the acquisition of Louisiana in the year 1803, the attention
of the government of the United States, was early directed towards
exploring and improving the new territory."
-Meriwether Lewis

 

 

1953 Louisiana Purchase Anniversary Stamp
Image courtesy/The Philately

 

 

 

 In this episode of the classic CBS Sunday Morning series, "On The Road" host Charles Kuralt
tells the story of the Louisiana Purchase, which happened on this last day of April in 1803.
Originally broadcast in the bicentennial year of 1976, one of America's beloved
 radio and television news personalities chose to film this presentation 
while standing in an Arkansas swamp!

 

From The Archives
Charles Kuralt On The Loiusiana Purchase
(1976)
CBS Sunday Morning
(Uploaded July 13, 2025)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Throwback Thursday: Planned Parenthood Concerns Proves Old Adage

 

 

 

 As a follow-up to last week's post entitled,  "The Devil Makes The Pots...But Is Still Short On Lids" 
I submit a letter I wrote to The Sentinel Newspaper of Franklin Twp. New Jersey in 2009, called,
"Planned Parenthood Concerns".  The purpose here is to prove the validity of another time-tested,
 old adage: "The more things change, the more they stay the same."

 

 

 

Earth's Most Endangered Species
Abortion Is Not A Human Right!
Image courtesy/iStock
 

  

"The most merciful thing that a large family
 does to one of its infant members is to kill it."
-Margaret Sanger, Founder of Planned Parenthood.

 

Attention all you hard working American tax payers out there!  Are you aware that
over $350 million dollars of your hard-earned money is being sent to subsidize the
largest provider of abortion in the world?

Did you further know that Planned Parenthood founder Margaret Sanger, an avowed
supporter of eugenics, the pseudo-science of breeding superior human beings, was
a great admirer of Adolf Hitler?  Viciously anti-Semitic, she praised the dictator's
racial quotas of Slavic, Hebrew, and Latin immigrants in America because of
their perceived 'lower intelligence'.

With a man named Henry Pratt Fairchild, she began a birth control organization
that later became Planned Parenthood.  By the way, Fairchild was also strongly
anti-Semitic and the author of the book, "The Melting Pot Mistake" in which
he blamed the Jews for diluting, 'the true American stock'. He audaciously
blamed anti-Semitism in Europe and the Holocaust on the Jews!

In 1926, Margaret Sanger was a guest speaker at a Ku Klux Klan rally
in Silverlake, New Jersey.  In the 1930's, she and another colleague,
Dr. Clarence Gamble, collaborated together on what became known as
'The Negro Project'.  Their scheme involved targeting poor blacks living
in the South with Birth Control Federation of America 'healthcare clinics'.

Expressing her approval of their project, Sanger wrote to Gamble: "We do
not want the word to go out that we want to exterminate the Negro population."
And to his suggestion they hire a black physician and a black minister to
allay suspicions of their actual intentions, she further stated: "The minister
is the man who can straighten that idea out (extermination of their race)
if ever it occurs to any of their more rebellious members."

Margaret Sanger garnered the support of her victims by convincing them
that she was merely concerned about their healthcare and well being as well
as the economic advancement of the black community. In reality, she and her
partner Gamble were determine to implement their nefarious plan to sterilize
blacks and therefore reduce the number of black children born in the South.

A recent investigative news report on Life Site news website revealed a
Planned Parenthood center in Oklahoma actually accepting a donation over
the telephone from an 'undercover donor' who asked that his donation be
used specifically to 'abort black babies'. To which the Tulsa PP employee
glibly replied, "We can definitely designate it for an African American."

So, where is the outrage from prominent African-American leaders in
Congress and in the White House? Why the deafening silence from members
of groups like the Congressional Black Caucus and firebrand individuals 
like the Reverends Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton?  Is this an indication
of their apparent ignorance, or rather indifference, to what is going on?

History has a way of repeating itself.   November of 2008, the month
that Barack Hussein Obama was elected President of the United States,
marked the seventieth anniversary of Kristallnacht, or the "Night of
  Falling Glass" when the racial policies of Adolf Hitler were 
brutally unleashed across Nazi Germany. 

 Jews were rounded up and killed, their homes, businesses, 
  and synagogues were smashed and burned to the ground. 
 Some 30,000 Jews were taken to concentration camps,
 thus marking the beginning of the Holocaust.

Adolf Hitler believed that he was a superior human being.
His personal mission was to rid the world of those he deemed
to be inferior and undesirable, namely, Jews, Gypsies, Slavs, the
 elderly, children, infants, and anyone physically or mentally disabled. 

President Obama, like Hitler and Margaret Sanger, also believes he
is a superior person. His Harvard-engineered arrogance towards the
fed up average American tax payer was quite evident in his infamous
"guns and religion" speech before an audience of like-minded elitists
in San Francisco.   During the 2008 primaries, then candidate Obama
told his listeners: "You go into these small towns in Pennsylvania and 
 like a lot of small towns in the Midwest, the jobs have gone now for 25
years and nothing's replaced them.  And it's not surprising then, they
 get bitter. They cling to guns or religion and antipathy to people
 who aren't like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade
sentiment, as a way to explain their frustrations." 

Furthermore, Obama has made it his personal mission to become the
premier champion of abortion rights in America. This is the same man
who, while as a member of the Illinois Senate, voted several times
against the Born Alive Infants Act and again while as a member
of the Senate in Washington DC.

This act would allow a baby which survived an abortion to receive
medical treatment.  It seems to me that it is the primary goal of this
 president, as well as his colleagues, Senator Harry Reid, and House 
Speaker Nancy Pelosi, to implement a devastating abortion mandate on 
our nation, one very similar to the genocidal policies of Nazi Germany.

The only real difference between these people and the Nazis is that
the latter was absolutely clear about their intentions.  

In addition to this, former Ohio Secretary of State Ken Blackwell, senior fellow
 and national spokesperson for the American Civil Rights Union, believes that
 the impending passage of the Freedom of Choice Act, which President Obama
declared he would sign into law (while speaking before the Planned Parenthood Action
 Fund in June 2007) will wipe out any and all restrictions on abortion in America.

The Freedom of Choice Act will compel taxpayer funding of abortion through
state and federal welfare programs, federal employee insurance plans, and in
military hospitals, and will force faith-based hospitals and healthcare facilities
to perform abortions.  This bill will bring Sanger's warped vision
and ideological "Final Solution" to its gruesome completion. 

"If you begin to look at the connection between slavery, Darwin, eugenics,
and abortion, you begin to appreciate the fact that this is the logical step in
the final march towards genocide," said Blackwell.  She (Margaret Sanger)
regarded African Americans as being inferior. And if you don't study the
history of slavery and Darwinism theory, eugenics, and abortion, then
you're doing a disservice to the stain that all of these developments
had on the American culture."

Evil triumphs when good people do nothing.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cowboy Kent Makes Homemade Fried Apple Pies!

 

 

 

 

These ain't your typical gas station fried pies, cowboys!

  These are the REAL DEAL!   Flaky, Fried, Perfection! 

  And don't forget the cinnamon!  Or the Vodka!

 

These Fried Apple Pies Will Ruin
Store-Bought Forever!
Cowboy Kent Rollins
(April 29, 2026)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wednesday's Word: The Scarlet Cord

 

 

 "...for the Lord your God, He is God in heaven above, and in earth beneath."
(Joshua 2:11)

RAHAB AND THE SCARLET CORD OF SALVATION

 

 

 

Rahab Helping the Two Spies Escape
Image courtesy/Pinterest

 

It was Joshua's responsibility to expel the inhabitants of Canaan from the
 land before the people of Israel could settle there. The Canaanites practiced
gross immorality,"sacred" prostitution, associated with the Baal fertility cult.

 They also sacrificed their infants to Molech, a Canaanite god. 

 Rahab, as an Amorite, was a harlot and part of this evil system. When the
two spies from Joshua's camp found themselves pursued by the Amorites,
she hid them in her house.   Rahab had not only heard of  and believed in the
powerful God of Israel who had dried up the waters of the Red Sea when
He led His chosen people out of Egypt, but informed the two men:

 " I know that the Lord hath given you the land  and that your terror is

 fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the land faint because of you." 
(Joshua 2:9)

Jericho was the worst of the Amorite cities and God had commanded Joshua
to destroy both the city and those who dwelled in it.  Before helping the spies
 escape, Rahab was told to hang a scarlet cord from her window. 
In doing so her entire family was spared from death.

 

The two spies told Rahab,  "Behold, when we enter the land, you must tie this
scarlet cord in the window through which you let us down and you must bring
your father and mother, your brothers, and all your father's household into your
home. If anyone goes out the door of your house, his blood will be on his own
head, and we will be innocent.  But if a hand is laid on anyone who is with you
 in the house, his blood will be on our heads. And if you report our mission,
we will be released from the oath you made us swear." 

 

"Let it be as you say," she replied and she sent them away. 
And when they had gone, Rahab tied the scarlet cord in the window."
(Joshua 2:18-21)

 

The cord which Rahab tied in the window of her home is symbolic 
of redemption and salvation.   The color scarlet is associated with

the atonement made with God through the blood of  Jesus Christ.  

As the story of Passover prefigures Christ with the blood of a lamb
 smeared on the door and lintels of the homes of the Hebrew slaves
  in Egypt to save them from death, Rahab's scarlet cord represents
 the sinner's purification through faith in the precious
shed blood of the Lamb of God.

 

"By faith, the prostitute Rahab, because she welcomed the spies
 in peace, did not perish with those who were disobedient."
(Hebrews 11:31) 

 

Through the cleansing blood of Jesus Christ, even the vilest sinner is made clean. 

 

 

As a woman who lived surrounded by a wicked culture,  Rahab had placed
her trust and hope in the One True God and her faith was rewarded.

 She later married Salmon, whom some biblical scholars believe 
had been one of the spies she had hidden in her home.

 

Rahab became the mother of Boaz.  A kinsman of Naomi, he would marry her
faithful daughter-in-law, Ruth, a woman of Moab, who bore him a son named Obed. 
Their son, was the father of Jesse, who in turn, became the father of David.  

It was through this ancestral line that the Messiah was born. 

 

 

Reference Material : Salem Kirban Reference Bible/Bible Hub.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Forget Salmon. This Medieval Bread Has 5x More Omega-3 (Original Recipe)

 

 

 

What food did monks, peasants, and Viking explorers have in common? 

 

This humble bread-made without white flour, sugar, or processed ingredients- contains up
to 5x times more essential Omega-3 found in Atlantic salmon, and fed entire civilizations
 for thousands of years before the first white loaf was pulled from an industrial oven!

 

Forget Salmon. This Medieval Bread Has 5x More
Omega-3 Original Recipe
Medieval Way
(April 27, 2026)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tuesday Bible Study With Les Feldick: Old Adam Crucified

 

 

 

"But blessed are your eyes because they see and your ears because they hear."
(Matthew 13:16)

Les Feldick
Image courtesy/Les Feldick Ministries
 

 

 

Les continues his walk through the Bible, helping us
to connect the dots within the Holy Scriptures. 

 

 

Old Adam Crucified/Part One
(1995)
Les Feldick Ministries-Official Site
(March 25, 2019)

 

 

 

 

Old Adam Crucified/Part Two
(1995)
Les Feldick Ministries-Official Site
(March 25, 2019)

 

 

 

 

Old Adam Crucified/Part Three
(1995)
Les Feldick Ministries-Official Site
(March 25, 2019)

 

 

 

 

 

Old Adam Crucified/Part Four
(1995)
Les Feldick Ministries-Official Site
(March 25, 2019)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Arlene Goes To Culinary School/ Part One: Tilapia and Unstuffed Peppers

 

 

 

 

 Gracious host Arlene visits Westmoreland County College to
 learn about their culinary program and some great recipes!

 

 

Arlene Goes To Culinary School/Part One
Tilapia And Unstuffed Peppers
 (2011)
At Home With Arlene Williams
(Uploaded April 27, 2026)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Monday Meditation: Living By Faith

 

 

 

 "Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be afraid, for I am your God.
I will strengthen you; I will surely help you; I will uphold you
with My righteous right hand."
(Isaiah 41:10)

 

 

Wisteria Tree
Tina LeCour Prints
Image courtesy/Pixels/Fine Art America

I care not today what

The morrow may bring,

If shadow or sunshine or rain.

The Lord I know ruleth o'er everything,

And all my worries are vain.

Living by faith in Jesus above,

Trusting, confiding in His great love; 

From all harm safe in His sheltering arm,

I'm living by faith and feel no alarm. 

Though tempests may blow,

And the storm clouds arise,

Obscuring the brightness of life,

I'm never alarmed at the overcast skies-

The Master looks on at the strife. 

 
I know that He safely

Will carry me through,

No matter what evils betide;

Why should I then care,

Though the tempest may blow,

If Jesus walks close to my side. 

Our Lord will return for

His loved ones some day,

Our troubles will then all be o'er;

The Master so gently will lead us away,

Beyond that blest heavenly shore.

 

Living by faith in Jesus above,

Trusting, confiding in His great love; 

From all harm safe in His sheltering arm,

I'm living by faith and feel no alarm. 

"Living By Faith"
(1918)
James Sewell Wells
(1872-1947)
American writer, poet,
and newspaper columnist

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Paul Wilbur: At Rest

 

 

"Be still my soul

And trust in God alone.

But still my soul,

Be still  my soul,

Be still and know

That He is God..." 

At Rest
Paul Wilbur
2022
Paul Wilbur Ministries
(Uploaded August 5, 2022)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sunday Night In Uncle Walt's Vault: Tricks Of Our Trade

 

 

 

 

 In this fully restored film from Season 3 of Walt Disney's ABC-TV Anthology 
 series, host Walt Disney and the talented men working behind the scenes at
 Disney studios reveal the ingenious methods and technical movements
which revolutionized the animation industry.

The Tricks Of Our Trade
The Art of Animation
(1957)
 Walt Disney Productions
Uploaded by Borsu Highson 
Film Productions
(June 24, 2025)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dr. Charles Stanley: Grace/ God's New Lifestyle

 

 

 "For it is by grace you have been saved through faith, and this not
from yourselves; it is the gift of God."
(Ephesians 2:8)

 

His Grace Is Sufficient
Greg Collins
Image courtesy/Fine Art America

 In this classic presentation, Dr. Charles Stanley explains the difference
 between the Old and New Covenant, what Jesus accomplished for us at
 Calvary, and how grace (the unmerited favor of God) changes everything.

 

Grace/God's New Lifestyle
Dr. Charles Stanley/In Touch Ministries
(Uploaded April 26, 2026)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Saturday Night Memories With Lawrence Welk: 25th Anniversary Show

 

 

 

 

 From March, 1980 America's favorite prime time Big Band leader Lawrence Welk
 and his talented family of dancers, musicians, and singers celebrate a quarter
 of a century on television with great songs and top-notch entertainment.
A sentimental slice of nostalgia from the America that used to be!

 

Lawrence Welk 25th Anniversary Show
(1980)
 Uploaded by Nostalgic Need
(June 8, 2022)

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Corruption Behind The Rise Of Obamacare And Medical Greed

 

 

 

 

 The Affordable Care Act was introduced as sweeping reform meant
to expand coverage and lower healthcare costs. So what actually changed?
Did Obamacare fix the system, or did it reshape it into something worse?

In this episode of FORGOTTEN HISTORY, host Colin Heaton breaks
down the promises, the outcomes, and takes a look at the ongoing debate
surrounding one of the most controversial laws in modern American history.

Corruption Behind The Rise Of Obamacare
And Medical Greed
 FORGOTTEN HISTORY
(April 25, 2026)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Saturday Poetry Corner: A Southern Girl

 

 

 Serious but smiling, stately and serene,

And dreamier than a flower;

A girl in whom all sympathies convene

As perfumes in a bower;

Through whom one feels what soul and heart may mean,

And their resistless power. 

Eyes, that commune with the frank skies of truth,

Where thought like starlight curls;

Lips of immortal rose, where love and youth

Nestle like two sweet pearls;

Hair, that suggests the Bible braids of RUTH,

Deeper than any girl's. 

When first I saw you, 't was as if within

My soul took shape some song--

Played by a master of the violin--

A music pure and strong,

That rapt my soul above all earthly sin

To heights that know no wrong. 

Portrait of Varina Anne "Winnie" Davis
John P. Walker
(1855-1932)
American artist
Image courtesy/United Daughters of the Confederacy

 

Portrait of A Southern Girl

A daughter of Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States of America,
Varina Anne"Winnie" Davis became known as the "Daughter of the Confederacy"
for her appearances with her father on behalf of Confederate veterans groups. 

 

 " A Southern Girl "
Madison Julius Cawein
(1865-1914)
American poet 
Known as the "Keats of Kentucky"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Flashback Friday: The Keeper Of The Stars

 

 

 🌠 "He determines the number of the stars; He calls them each by name."🌠
(Psalm 147:4)

  

 In this pretty country ballad the singer is telling the love of his life that
   their meeting each other was no accident... "Someone had a hand in it,
  long before we ever knew."  Released in 1995 by American country music
 artist Tracey Byrd,  "The Keeper Of the Stars" reminds us that God not
 only counts the stars, but has a plan and a purpose for every life 
 if we choose to place our trust and hope in Him.

 

The Keeper of The Stars
(1995)
Tracey Byrd
(Uploaded December 24, 2009)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Devil Makes The Pots...But Is Still Short On Lids

 

 

 

 When contemplating all the evil that men do in this lost and fallen world in
which we live, my paternal Italian grandfather often quoted the old world idiom,
 "Il diavolo fa le pentole e non i coperchi’" which translated, simply states,
"the Devil makes pots and not lids."

 

Image courtesy/iStock

 

This old saying came to my mind this morning after reading an op-ed piece in
The Hill by Marjorie Dannenfelser, President of the Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America, 
  concerning the sudden about-face by the Trump-Vance Administration in their decision
 to resume former President Joe Biden's forced taxpayer funding of Planned Parenthood.

 Ms. Dannenfelser claims that Trump initially froze Title X grants for the organization,
but then, quietly unfroze them in January.  He is now actively re-funding the nation's
 largest provider of abortion services courtesy of American tax payers.

The same man who, on Easter Sunday no less, threatened to wipe the nation of Iran 
off the world map, and one week later, after a purported war of words with the Pope,
 posted an offensive image of himself as Jesus Christ on his own social media platform,
    decided it is better to bow his knee before Moloch, alongside the pro-abortion Democrats
 in Congress and other high-end lobbyists, and replenish millions of dollars to fill the
  coffers-or is it offering boxes?- at the largest altar of child sacrifice in the world.

Why this sudden shift in policy?  Is President Trump trying to attract more votes 
 for the upcoming mid-term elections by softening his stance on abortion?
It seems more than apparent that this is exactly what he is doing. But it
also seems like a high price to pay for something that may not happen at all.

 As Ms. Dannenfelser rightly asserts, "There is little evidence that funding Planned
Parenthood, or softening positions on abortion will meaningfully shift independent
voters in large numbers. But there is ample evidence that such moves will dampen
enthusiasm among pro-life voters who already feel sidelined...When these voters
perceive that their priorities are being ignored-or worse, contradicted- it becomes
significantly harder to mobilize them."

So, if the Republicans fail miserably in the mid-terms, will Trump once again
  blame the loss on pro-life Americans as he did after he lost the 2020 election?

"the Devil makes pots and not lids."

The message of this old saying, again simply put, is that despite all the evil
we see happening in the world, and this does not exclude America, where
 certain people act as if they are above the laws of both God and man,
 truth and justice will one day ultimately prevail. 

 Someone who is hiding something and are up to no good can be likened 
 to cooking with a pot without a lid.  Eventually people will look into the
 pot to see what's cooking, or the contents will boil and spill over, and 
 thus expose the person in charge of the pot for whom they really are!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Friday Focus: Unlocking The Mysteries Of The Universe...

 

"You alone are the LORD.  You created the heavens, the highest heavens with
all their host, the earth and all that is on it, the seas and all that is in them.
You give life to all things, and the host of heaven worships You."
(Nehemiah 9:6)

 

  "Butterfly Nebula"

Image courtesy/Colossal

 

 

 Thirty-six years ago today-April 24, 1990-the Hubble Telescope was launched 
by NASA into low earth orbit.  This large and versatile telescope, named after
   American astronomer Edwin Hubble, captured some of the most hauntingly
  beautiful images from outer space never seen before that time.

 

26 Best Images Captured By
The Hubble Space Telescope
 Beyond Science
(Uploaded March 23, 2015)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pastor Jack Hibbs: Angels Had Sex With Humans... A Demonic Background

 

 

 

 

 Pastor Jack explores the intriguing verses about the infamous Nephilim
 mentioned in Scripture. Who were these mysterious giants?
 Where did they come from and where did they go?

 

Angels Had Sex With Humans...
A Demonic Background
Real Life With Jack Hibbs
(April 23, 2026)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

America At 250: Old Ironsides

 

 

 

USS Constitution "Old Ironsides" in Boston Harbor
Boston, Massachusetts
(July 4, 2014)
Image courtesy /US Navy Seaman Matthew R. Fairchild
/Wikipedia

 

 

 

OLD IRONSIDES

(Written with reference to the proposed breaking up of the famous
U.S. frigate Constitution) 

Ay, Tear her tattered ensign down! 

Long has it waved on high,

And many an eye danced to see

That banner in the sky;

Beneath it rung the battle-shout,

And burst the cannon's roar;

The meteor of the ocean air

Shall sweep the clouds no more!

Her deck, once red with heroes' blood,

Where knelt the vanquished foe,

When winds were hurrying o'er the flood

And waves were white below,

No more shall fell the victor's tread,

Or know the conquered knee:

The harpies of the shore shall pluck

The eagle of the sea!

O better that her shattered hulk

Should sink beneath the wave!

Her thunders shook the mighty deep,

And there should be her grave:

Nail to the mast her holy flag,

Set every threadbare sail,

And give her to the god of storms,

The lightning and the gale!

 

"Old Ironsides"
(1830)
Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.
(1809-1894)
American writer and poet

 

 

THE STORY BEHIND THE POEM

 

Welcome To The USS Constitution
And Charlestown Navy Yard
USS Constitution Museum
(Uploaded August 8, 2018)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MeMe Makes Strawberry Cream Cheese Icebox Cake

 

 

 

 

Gracious host Diane "MeMe" Leary shares her recipe for simple 
 no-bake "berry" delicious Strawberry Cream Cheese Icebox Cake! 

And everybody remember, Shine for Jesus! 

 

Strawberry Cream Cheese Icebox Cake
MeMe's Recipes/Diane Leary
(April 22, 2026)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wednesday's Word: The Shepherd And Bishop Of Souls

 

 "For ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned 
unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls."
(1 Peter 2:25)

 

Image courtesy/Adobe Stock

 

 

 THE SHEPHERD OF SOULS

 It is needless to trace this metaphor through the Old Testament, where it is employed to
express the relation of Jehovah to Israel. The most familiar of all the psalms shows us
a single devout soul appropriating the whole rest and blessedness of thought for 
 the nourishment of the individual life of trust.

 "The LORD is my Shepherd, I shall not want."
(Psalm 23:1)

  The Shepherd leads. And under that thought is included all the shaping 
 of outward life, for Christ is the Lord of providence, and the hands that
were pierced for us hold the helm of the universe.  

And therefore we must think of His guidance as mainly leading our souls 
in the paths of righteousness, and "showing us that which is good."  

The touch of His hand on our wills, the sweet constraint of His love,
 the wisdom which directs breathed into the soul which lives in fellowship
with Him, has silenced the loud voice of self, that His voice may be heard.

He says, "Come, follow Me" and His sheep walk not in darkness, 
but have the light of life. 

 

 CHRIST THE BISHOP OF OUR SOULS

Undoubtedly, the allusion here is to the bishop or elder of the early Church. 
The marginal rendering of the Revised "overseer" is perhaps better than
 "bishop".  The connection between "shepherd" and church "overseer"
can clearly be seen in the apostle Paul's address to the elders at Ephesus:

"Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over which the
Holy Spirit hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which
 He hath purchased with His own blood."
(Acts 20:28) 

The original meaning of the word, "overseer"  suggests the vigilant inspection
which Christ exercises over His Church.  The Good Shepherd knows each sheep
by name and His watchful eye is on every one of His flock.

"Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my thoughts!
See if there is any offensive way in me, lead me in the way everlasting."
(Psalm 139:23-24)

Reference Material for
"The Shepherd and Bishop of Souls"
 A. Maclaren/Bible Hub