It’s a grey and dreary day outside, and here at this blog address it’s the blahs–we need a hymn to pep things up. And this is the first one I thought of: Lead On, O King Eternal, sung by One Voice Hymnal. It’s the kind of hymn you hear drifting out of a church on a quiet summer morning.
Here’s the first hymn that popped into my head today, a good old 19th century classic–Lead On, O King Eternal. I wish I could tell you who was singing it, but I couldn’t find that information.
Well, the hymn shop’s open, everybody… Let’s not push and shove to get in.
I’ve received no hymn requests today so far, so I’m on my own again. I’ll go with one that came into my mind last night–Lead On, O King Eternal. Here we have it sung by the Hastings College Choir.
(Where is everybody? Did I miss a day?)
Again, I’m going with the first hymn I could think of today–and it’s a good one: Lead On, O King Eternal, sung by the Sanctuary Choir at the First United Methodist Church, Houston.
I’ve used up all the hymn requests I had stockpiled, so now’s a good time for more. All are welcome, and the hymn shop’s always open.
A hymn to blow the cobwebs out: Lead On, O King Eternal, sung by the Hastings College Choir. If you’re a little slow off the mark this morning, turn up the volume.
Let us not forget that we have a king, Jesus Christ the Son of God, whose right it is to rule, and that all power and dominion shall be placed under Him. A lot of people don’t want to hear that! But we do.
This is the Hastings College Choir, assisted by organ and trumpet, singing Lead On, O King Eternal.
Allow me to take a moment to pay tribute to my cyber-friend, Paul Zimmerman, of Texas, who, some few years ago, left his tabernacle to be with the Lord. A disabled military veteran, Paul emailed daily devotionals to many of his friends. I miss them–and I miss him! Paul was also an enthusiastic fan of my books. O Lord, please tell him that his friends have not forgotten him.
Lead on, O King Eternal, performed by the Good Shepherd Band–I’m not much for rock, but give this one a chance. Too many hymns are sung like dirges. But this hymn was written as a call to battle and a celebration of victory–and that’s how these guys play and sing it! It has pumped me up pretty good, and I hope it does the same for you.
The wicked have us surrounded, they outnumber us at fearful odds, they’re already bragging about it–
The poor fools!
So much to do today! But first a hymn–Lead On, O King Eternal, performed by the Hastings College Choir. This one was in my head as I vacuumed the living room this morning.