hymns – Page 226 – Lee Duigon

‘For the Beauty of the Earth’

leeduigon(patty)April 27, 2018

Looking out my bedroom window this morning, with the birds calling, with the trees coming into leaf, and an April shower gently falling, I felt like I really had to have this hymn today: For the Beauty of the Earth.

I chose this video, from “Children’s Scripture Memory Hymns,” for the photos, many of which bring me back to beautiful, real places that I’ve known, most of them now all paved over and destroyed, but preserved, I pray, in the Kingdom of God who created them and loved their beauty in the first place.

By Popular Demand, ‘To Be a Pilgrim’

leeduigon(patty)April 25, 2018

These past few days, a lot of visitors to this blog have been looking for John Bunyan’s hymn, To Be a Pilgrim, performed by Maddy Prior and the Carnival Band. Well, this is one of my all-time favorites, so I don’t need to have my arm twisted, to post it again.

Remember, we’re always ready to take your hymn requests–so don’t be shy, speak up (well, “Leave a Reply”)…

Encore, ‘Trust and Obey’

leeduigon(patty)April 24, 2018

How this takes me back to Sunday school! Trust and Obey, lovely old hymn from 1887: I do wish I knew what choir this is, singing it so beautifully, so I could give them proper credit.

I have a feeling that if one truly can trust in the Lord and obey Him, one has accomplished very much.

By Request, ‘The Ends of All the Earth Shall Hear’

leeduigon(patty)April 23, 2018

Suggested by Susan: The Ends of All the Earth Shall Hear (1912) is taken from verses 27-31 or Psalm 22. Sung by the congregation at the URC Synod, 2012.

For those who are new to this blog, we do take hymn requests, and the more, the merrier. If you have a favorite hymn you’d like posted here, just “Leave a Reply” and we’ll do the rest.

By Request, ‘Praise to the Lord the Almighty, the King of Creation’

leeduigon(patty)April 22, 2018

Turn up the volume and immerse yourself in the music, and the photographs of God’s handiwork–which tell us, always, “God is nigh.” Sung by the London Philharmonic Choir. Thank you, Dave, for requesting it.

‘Blesst Be the Tie that Binds’

leeduigon(patty)April 21, 2018

Let’s reach for sanity early, today.

In our church we usually sang this as the last hymn of the service; but any time will suffice. I haven’t heard this in a long time, and it brings me close to tears: Blest Be the Tie that Binds, sung by a few of the lads at Fountainview Academy–with their own voices as the musical instrument employed. That always impresses me.

‘Rock of Ages’ (Fountainview Academy)

leeduigon(patty)April 20, 2018

If you’re new to this blog–and a lot of you are–you should know we like to start each blogging day with a hymn; and we especially like hymns requested by readers. If you have a hymn you’d like to see posted here, just let us know (“Leave a Reply”).

Meanwhile, here’s Rock of Ages, sung by the kids at Fountainview Academy, British Columbia. I wonder if they have any idea how many people have been blessed by their music.

‘Little Is Much When God Is In It’

leeduigon(patty)April 18, 2018

I’ve never heard this hymn before–Little Is Much When God Is In It–and as I write this post, it’s yesterday: this morning I’m gathering dust in the eye doctor’s waiting room.

Sung by Nathan and Lyle, with family and friends, in Denton County, Texas, in a family sing-along. I wish my family had done this.