Honestly, of the hymns I have read so far from “The Hymns of Philip Doddridge“, this is the only text that is familiar to me. That’s not to say there aren’t good, solid texts, it just may hint to the popularity of the tunes to which they were sung. Bob Kauflin recently posted on twitter…
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Help My Unbelief
I got a new book in the mail today, “The Hymns of Philip Doddridge”, which contains over 300 hymns written in the early to mid-18th century (Doddridge was born in 1702 and died in 1751). As I paged through it this morning I found this hymn which ties in to my previous post. It turns…
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I Am His and He Is Mine
We sang this hymn in church tonight. What a wonderful affirmation of God’s love for us and our position with Him. This is one of my all time favorite hymn texts, written by George Robinson, and the traditional music by James Mountain fits the text perfectly. Loved with everlasting love, Led by grace that love…
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Nothing. Hallelujah!
I got a new CD for Christmas – Hymns for a Modern Reformation. The text was all written by Dr. James Montgomery Boice, who was pastor at Philadelphia’s Tenth Presbyterian Church for 32 years until his death in June 2000. These 12 hymns were his last project, done with Dr. Paul Jones, organist and music…
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Great (new) Christmas songs
We’ve done a couple of new songs at church this Christmas. The first is a song we’re learning as a congregation, We Will Seek You, written by Mark Altrogge. It’s a part of their CD “Savior: Celebrating the Mystery of God Become Man“. Great message, and a melody that lifts you up and stays with you.…
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I Sing The Mighty Power of God
“… all that borrow life from Thee are ever in your care, and everywhere that man can be, Thou, God, are present there!” What a great thought to end Thanksgiving weekend and continue on with a life devoted to thanksgiving. In everything give thanks.
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Coming Again!
Way back in 1957, When I was just a wee little lad, John Peterson wrote the words and music to this song. Marvelous message we bring, Glorious carol we sing, Wonderful word of the King – Jesus is coming again! (Chorus) Coming again, Coming again; Maybe morning, maybe noon, Maybe evening and maybe soon! Coming…
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Hymns From Page CXVI
Page CXVI has undertaken a project to do hymns in a new setting, providing a more contemporary musical setting. I’ve highlighted their first two albums before, and they have just provided the ability to listen to the albums online. If this works like it’s supposed to, you should see a player for each of their…
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For All My Sin
Denise and I are playing the offertory in church Sunday, going back again to this Norman Clayton song, written in 1943. It was His love for me That nailed Him to the tree, To die in agony For all my sin. For my own guilt and blame The great Redeemer came, Willing to bear the…
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Wealth at your fingertips
How much wealth we have, right at our fingertips, which is so easily overlooked or ignored. Reading through Gadsby’s Hymns, I came on these two Charles Wesley hymns, found back to back at numbers 1053 and 1054, and most likely found in most hymnals of the last century. The words may be familiar to you,…
