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faroukfarouk -> Favourite hymns (8/25/2008 1:10:31 PM)
I guess we all have our favourite hymns. Here is one of mine: "Blessed be God, our God Who gave for us His well beloved Son The gift of gifts, all other gifts in one, Blessed be God, our God. .. He spared not His Son, 'Tis this that silences each rising fear, 'Tis this that bids the hard thought disappear, He spared not His Son."

LCannon -> RE: Favourite hymns (8/25/2008 1:30:14 PM)
To me, the pinnacle of English hymnology is Charles Wesley's poem, 'O for a Thousand Tongues to Sing'. My personal favorite is Fanny Crosby's 'Blessed Assurance' Jesus is mine! A close second is 'I'd Rather Have Jesus' sung by the rich voice of Jim Reeves.

faroukfarouk -> RE: Favourite hymns (8/25/2008 1:33:02 PM)
LCannon: I've heard Jim Reeves sing that, yes. quote: ORIGINAL: LCannon To me, the pinnacle of English hymnology is Charles Wesley's poem, 'O for a Thousand Tongues to Sing'. My personal favorite is Fanny Crosby's 'Blessed Assurance' Jesus is mine! A close second is 'I'd Rather Have Jesus' sung by the rich voice of Jim Reeves.

rcjames -> RE: Favourite hymns (8/25/2008 1:54:05 PM)
Personally I like "In the GArden" writeen (lyrics and music) by C. Austin Miles in 1912. Thanks RC

faroukfarouk -> RE: Favourite hymns (8/25/2008 1:55:22 PM)
RC: I think I know that one, it goes: "And He walks with me, and He talks with me", right? quote: ORIGINAL: rcjames Personally I like "In the GArden" writeen (lyrics and music) by C. Austin Miles in 1912. Thanks RC

TorchHeart -> RE: Favourite hymns (8/25/2008 1:58:38 PM)
"In The Garden Of Eden" by I. Ron Butterfly is always a good hymm.

faroukfarouk -> RE: Favourite hymns (8/25/2008 2:01:04 PM)
Torchheart: Oh , I dont know that one. Thnx quote: ORIGINAL: TorchHeart "In The Garden Of Eden" by I. Ron Butterfly is always a good hymm.

MidActsBibleBeliever -> RE: Favourite hymns (8/25/2008 9:59:51 PM)
My favorite hymn is "It Is Well". I love it.

faroukfarouk -> RE: Favourite hymns (8/25/2008 10:09:16 PM)
MidA: Yes, 'When peace like a river' are the opening words. I think Horatio Spafford, the writer, had lost all his family at sea. "It is well, it is well with my soul'. quote: ORIGINAL: MidActsBibleBeliever My favorite hymn is "It Is Well". I love it.

PureLight -> RE: Favourite hymns (8/25/2008 10:10:04 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: TorchHeart "In The Garden Of Eden" by I. Ron Butterfly is always a good hymm. I lol'd.

faroukfarouk -> RE: Favourite hymns (8/25/2008 10:15:18 PM)
Another favourite of mine is: "Great is Thy faithfulness, O God my Father, There is no shadow of turning with Thee, All I have needed Thy hand hath provided, Great is Thy faithfulness, Lord, unto me. Refrain: Great is Thy faithfulness, Great is Thy faithfulness, Morning by morning new mercies I see, All I have needed Thy hand hath provided, Great is Thy faithfulness, Lord, unto me."

sunshine4God -> RE: Favourite hymns (8/25/2008 10:54:32 PM)
Mine is amazing Grace. I am forever amazed at how much Jesus loves me,Me who is so imperfect and makes so many mistakes.Yet He loves me the same.

faroukfarouk -> RE: Favourite hymns (8/25/2008 11:22:53 PM)
Exactly. "Amazing grace, how sweet the sound That saved a wretch like me. I once was lost, but now am found Was blind, but now I see. 'Twas grace that taught my heart to fear, And grace my fears relived. How precious did that grace appear The hour I first believed! (John Newton) quote: ORIGINAL: sunshine4God Mine is amazing Grace. I am forever amazed at how much Jesus loves me,Me who is so imperfect and makes so many mistakes.Yet you love me the same.

sunshine4God -> RE: Favourite hymns (8/26/2008 12:00:01 AM)
Thanks for posting the song lyrics. They speak so much to me.

faroukfarouk -> RE: Favourite hymns (8/26/2008 12:42:14 AM)
YW (and it's good to think of those words together with reading about the theme of God's grace in Ephesians 2, right?) Take care. quote: ORIGINAL: sunshine4God Thanks for posting the song lyrics. They speak so much to me.

DaveW -> RE: Favourite hymns (8/26/2008 6:43:59 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: TorchHeart "In The Garden Of Eden" by I. Ron Butterfly is always a good hymm. LOL!! A simpsons fan. I actually played that organ piece on a fairly sizable pipe organ in my uncle's church back in the early 70s. Far out man!! My favorite hymns? There are too many to list.

Walker311 -> RE: Favourite hymns (8/26/2008 6:59:18 AM)
I wonder why all the great hymns are old.

RJR_fan -> RE: Favourite hymns (8/26/2008 7:23:47 AM)
quote: Charles Wesley's poem, 'O for a Thousand Tongues to Sing' I've been trying for quite a few years to get my pentecostal church to sing this Pentecost carol on Pentecost Sunday. It does, after all, include so many pentecostal themes, and was written to celebrate Wesley's conversion on Whitsunday -- aka Pentecost.

RJR_fan -> RE: Favourite hymns (8/26/2008 7:29:33 AM)
quote: Personally I like "In the Garden" writen (lyrics and music) by C. Austin Miles in 1912. Celebrating an imaginary romantic encounter in a rose garden between Mary Magdalene and Jesus? Well, why not include I don't know how to love him, a similar theme and setting and person song from JC Superstar? Or how about Paul McCartney's My Sweet Lord, where the chorus morphs from "Hallelujah" to "Hari Krishna?" In all of these cases, the hard-edged reality of the Gospel is replaced with sappy, sentimental, unreal mysticism. After all, as C. Austin Miles pointed out, the entire purpose of his "hymn" was to induce sentimental, romantic religious feelings in those who sang it. And why not use an imaginary romantic encounter as a technique to induce those feelings? And why not use those other two songs, which also excel at creating devotional feelings? After all, as everyone knows, the entire reason why the Second Person of the Blessed and eternal Trinity took on flesh, lived among us, died a gruesome death by torture, descended into hell, and rose again on the third day was -- so that we could enjoy sentimental, romantic religious feelings!

RJR_fan -> RE: Favourite hymns (8/26/2008 7:33:28 AM)
quote: I wonder why all the great hymns are old. Pietism assumes that we can get closer to God by turning off our brains and emoting like crazy. This tradition, which has grown to malignant strength in American pop culture protestantism, is not conducive to great thinking, writing, or creativity. As a case in point, look at the Todd Bentley dog and pony show, which begins with hours of repetitive simplistic chanting, until the desired altered state of consciousness is achieved. Before Pietism became so popular, folks assumed that it was a sin to offer God anything less than our best, anything less than an offering of our whole selves, mind included.

SonInMe1 -> RE: Favourite hymns (8/26/2008 7:53:04 AM)
My favorite humm is... hummm, hum,...humm,humm.humm......hmmmmmmmmmhmmmmmmmm, aha, hmmmm.. oh, you said hymn.....nevermind.

DaveW -> RE: Favourite hymns (8/26/2008 1:05:49 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Walker311 I wonder why all the great hymns are old. Because the great ones written today never get the title "hymn" and are never published so no one knows them beyond the congregations they come from.

faroukfarouk -> RE: Favourite hymns (8/26/2008 1:31:38 PM)
Exactly, and one hymn is 'Tell me the old, old story', which is for ever new. quote: ORIGINAL: LCannon quote: I wonder why all the great hymns are old. The 'Classic' not 'old' hymns were new, once.

isaacsmom -> RE: Favourite hymns (8/26/2008 1:32:30 PM)
Some of my favorites: O Sacred Head Now Wounded Be Thou My Vision Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing Amazing Grace (I especially like the verses not usually sung "The Lord has promised good to me, his will my hope secures, He will my shield and portion be, as long as life endures . . .) Great is Thy Faithfulness There is a Fountain (filled with Blood, drawn from Emmanuel's veins . . .)

faroukfarouk -> RE: Favourite hymns (8/26/2008 1:36:03 PM)
isaacsmom: I'm familiar with nearly all those. 'O Sacred Head Once Wounded' goes especially well to the tune by J. S. Bach, I think. Take care. quote: ORIGINAL: isaacsmom Some of my favorites: O Sacred Head Now Wounded Be Thou My Vision Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing Amazing Grace (I especially like the verses not usually sung "The Lord has promised good to me, his will my hope secures, He will my shield and portion be, as long as life endures . . .) Great is Thy Faithfulness There is a Fountain (filled with Blood, drawn from Emmanuel's veins . . .)

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