How I love this hymn! And always have.
Requested by SlimJim, Be Thou My Vision, performed by students at Fountainview Academy. This ancient Irish hymn is some 14 centuries old–and loved more than ever, all over the world.
Tag: hymn contest
By Request, ‘Millenial Prayer’
Requested by Ina–Millenial Prayer, by Cliff Richard: and I think that’s the original video that went with it. This musical treatment of the Lord’s Prayer is based on “Auld Lang Syne.”
By Request, ‘The Old Rugged Cross’
Oops! I don’t have time to do any interspersing–gotta get to the supermarket before the next thunderstorm starts. But I do have time for the next hymn in our hymn contest.
Requested by Phoebe, The Old Rugged Cross–and I chose a rendition by Alan Jackson. If this hymn doesn’t move you, better check and see if you can fog a mirror.
By Request, ‘Come, Holy Spirit, I Need Thee’
I couldn’t quite find what Erlene asked for, so I hope this will do–Come, Holy Spirit, I Need Thee… by The Singing Contractors, on a job site. Hey, these guys can really sing!
Make a joyful noise unto the Lord.
By Request, ‘Blessed Jesus, At Your Word’
Here’s another hymn I’d never heard before, requested by “thewhiterabbit”–Blessed Jesus, At Your Word. Sung at Martin Luther College, 2012.
The hymn contest is on, and each view is a vote. We don’t have any other entries today, sp ;et’s stir up a couple, shall we?
By Request, ‘How Excellent Is Thy Name’
Another entry in our hymn contest–requested by Joshua, How Excellent Is Thy Name, a dramatic (very!) treatment of Psalm 8 (“Oh, Lord, our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth”).
And now, for the time being, we’re all caught up.
Don’t forget to vote with your views. A view is a vote.
By Request, ‘One Day at a Time’
Our friend in Scotland, Ina, asked for this worship song–One Day at a Time, sung by Lena Martell (a No. 1 hit in 1979, by Kris Kristofferson).
I’ll have at least one more hymn for you today, so don’t go away–and an Oy, Rodney episode because a good laugh is the gift of God and we proclaim the sabbath by throttling back on the nooze. (If your sabbath was yesterday, we throttled back then, too.)
By Request, ‘To Be a Pilgrim’ (‘He Who Would Valiant Be’)
This is one of my all-time favorite hymns, and Heidi didn’t have to ask twice for me to post it. The only problem lay in choosing which version of it to post.
To Be a Pilgrim, also known and loved as He Who Would Valiant Be, rests on the original lyrics written by John Bunyan in 1684. I love this version by Maddy Prior and the Carnival Band.
Come, Follow Me, the Savior Spake
Here’s another one I’ve never heard before–Come, Follow Me, the Savior Spake, requested by “thewhiterabbit.”
Stick around, because we’re heating up the hymn contest and I’m gonna post ’em all! It may take me all day, but I’m eager to do it.
By Request, ‘A Mansion Over the Hilltop’
I’d never heard this one before today, but I knew Elvis loved to sing gospel–A Mansion Over the Hilltop, requested by Janet.
Now we’ve got up a good head of steam for our hymn contest.
Make a joyful noise unto the Lord!