Requested by TheWhiteRabbit especially for Advent, coming to us via Isaiah, The People That in Darkness Sat: and this is The Lutheran Warbler, working her way through the Lutheran Hymnal.
Tag: Advent
‘Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus’/’Hyfrydol’
A cold, rainy, quiet morning: couldn’t possibly be a better time for this hymn.
This is the version Laura actually wanted yesterday, with the Charles Wesley lyrics set to the Welsh melody, Hyfrydol: here performed by the First Presbyterian Church at Pittsford Choir. This is among the beauties of holiness (Psalm 110). I love to play this on my harmonica.
Advent. God is nigh. The Messiah shall be born: our redemption is at hand.
An Old Advent Hymn: ‘Let God Arise in Majesty’
Based on Psalm 68, Let God Arise in Majesty first appeared in 1567. Elizabeth I was Queen of England, and it would be ten years yet before Francis Drake set out on his circumnavigation of the world.
We are now open to reader requests for Advent and Christmas music–hymns, I mean. Not I Saw Mommy Kissin’ Santa Claus or anything like that. Don’t be bashful. We want your hymn requests!