Old Fashion Sunday Hymn Sing #62

Normally I feature these old hymns on the first Sunday of every month but I just realized that because of Easter I actually missed April's "Old Fashion Sunday Hymn Sing"!  So, we will do that post today.

Welcome to the 62nd Old Fashioned Sunday Hymn Sing!

I miss the old hymns that I remember from my childhood - there were no drums, no electric guitar and no mind numbing beat. It was just voices and maybe a piano or an organ. The choir led the congregation in singing - and the words of these hymns are poetic. I realize that there is a need for the modern "seeker oriented" worship music - but it is also necessary to have deeper songs (no offense intended to anyone who prefers the newer church songs).

I decided to have an "Old Fashion Sunday Hymn Sing" once a month on this blog.

I personally do NOT have a great singing voice - I used to play the guitar & piano but my voice is NOT an instrument. That's the great thing about this digital hymn sing, you can warble along without being embarrassed or without offending anyone else.

The hymns that we will be studying are taken from an old hymnal from a Baptist church that is no longer in existence - "The North American Hymnal" published in 1956 by "THE ROGER WILLIAMS PRESS"

I will also try to find a version of the featured hymn on "YouTube" to share with you each month.

Today's featured hymn is "I Gave My Life for Thee" written by Francis R. Havergal (1836-1879)   & composed by Philip P. Bliss (1836-1876).  
Francis R. Havergal was a minister's daughter and never married.  She spoke many languages.  She was a writer and many said that she had such a sweet singing voice.  More than 50 of her poems became beautiful hymns - some of which we know today.

"For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life"  John 3:16


I have included 2 versions of this wonderful hymn (below the lyrics).  The first version is the entire congregation singing (just like I remember from my childhood), the second is A Capella.  Enjoy!

Turn with me to number 243 in your hymnals and let's sing:

I Gave My Life for Thee

written by Francis R. Havergal (1836-1879) & composed by Philip P. Bliss (1836-1876)



1. I gave My life for thee, My precious blood I shed.  That thou might'st ransomed be, And quickened from the dead;  I gave I gave My life for thee.  What hast thou given for Me?   I gave I gave My life for thee.  What hast thou given for Me?

2.   My Father's house of light, My glory circled throne I left, for earthly night, For wand'rings sad and lone;  I left, I left it all for thee, Hast thou left aught for Me?  I left, I left it all for thee, Hast thou left aught for Me?
  

3.  I suffered much for thee, More than thy tongue can tell, Of bitterest agony, To rescue thee from hell;  I've borne, I've borne it all for thee, What hast thou borne for Me?  I've borne, I've borne it all for thee, What hast thou borne for Me?

4.  And I have brought to thee, Down from My home above, Salvation full and free, My pardon and my Love;  I bring, I bring rich gifts to thee, What hast thou brought to Me?  I bring, I bring rich gifts to thee, What hast thou brought to Me?

A special thanks to "Dallas Christian Adult Choir - Topic" for sharing this with us!

A special thanks to "A Capella Hymns" for sharing this with us!

Other Hymns on this blog:

In the Sweet By and By
Now Thank We All Our God
We Have Heard a Joyful Sound
Send the Light
The Call For Reapers
Safely Through Another Week
O Master, Let Me Walk With Thee
The Light of the World is Jesus
Stepping In the Light
I Am Thine, O Lord
Behold a Stranger at the Door

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