Welcome to the 90th 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 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 "Thou My Everlasting Portion" written by Fanny J. Crosby (1820-1915) & composed by Silas J. Vail (1818-1884).
This author is one of the most well known American hymn writers of all time. Fanny Crosby became blind at the age of 6 weeks from the mistreatment of her eyes during an illness. She received a good education at the New York Institution for the Blind and later became a music teacher. She was married in 1858 and didn't begin writing hymns until 1864 (when she was 44 years old!). Because of her blindness she knew many portions of the Bible by memory!
"But as for me, it is good to be near God.
"But as for me, it is good to be near God.
I have made the Sovereign Lord my refuge;
I will tell of all your deeds."
Psalm 73:28
I have included 2 versions of this lovely hymn (below the lyrics). Enjoy!
Turn with me to number 410 in your hymnals and let's sing:
Thou My Everlasting Portion
written by Fanny J. Crosby (1820-1915) composed by Silas J. Vail (1818-1884)
1. Thou my everlasting portion, More than friend or life to me, All along my pilgrim journey, Savior, let me walk with Thee. Close to Thee, close to Thee, Close to Thee, close to Thee; All along my pilgrim journey, Savior, let me walk with Thee.
2. Not for ease or worldly pleasure, Not for fame my prayer shall be; Gladly will I toil and suffer, Only let me walk with Thee. Close to Thee, close to Thee, Close to Thee, close to Thee; Gladly will I toil and suffer, Only let me walk with Thee.
3. Lead me through the vale of shadows, Bear me o'er life's fitful sea; Then the gate of life eternal, May I enter, Lord with Thee. Close to Thee, close to Thee, Close to Thee, close to Thee; Then the gate of life eternal, May I enter, Lord, with Thee.
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