Welcome to the 133rd 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 "Immortal Love, Forever Full" written by John G. Whittier (1807-1892). This author was an American Quaker born in Massachusetts. As a child he was a farm-boy, then he started in shoemaking but eventually ended up being a successful journalist, editor and poet. He was a member of the Anti-Slavery Society.
I have included two videos below the lyrics (The lyrics in the first version is a little different and the second one is a capella).
Enjoy!
Turn with me to number 169 in your hymnals and let's sing:
Immortal Love, Forever Full
written by John G. Whittier (1807-1892) & composed by William V. Wallsee (1814-1865)
1. Immortal Love, forever full, Forever flowing free, Forever shared, forever whole. A never-ebbing sea!.
2. We may not climb the heavenly steeps To bring the Lord Christ down; In vain we search the lowest deeps, For Him no depths can drown;
3. But warm, sweet, tender, even yet A present help is He; And faith has still its Olivet, And love its Galilee.
4. The healing of His seamless dress Is by our beds of pain; We touch Him in life's throng and press, And we are whole again.
5. O Lord and Master of us all, Whate'er our name or sign, We own Thy sway, we hear Thy call, We test our lives by Thine.
A special thanks to "Olive Tree Hymns" for sharing this with us!
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I love the old hymns and am always thrilled when one is included in a weekly church service. When our girls were growing up, their church choir director had a "Hymn Sing" program where he highlighted 10 traditional hymns per year and invited the kids to memorize the first verse of each one. They'd get some kind of recognition at the end of the school year at a church service. The amazing thing, was that after elementary school (and 6 years in said choir) both of my girls knew the first verses of 60 hymns! We can learn so much from them!
ReplyDeleteOur family loves to sing together (in parts) so this was extra fun!