Who doesn’t love Revive Us Again? I’m especially fond of this rendition of it by Nathan and Lyle.
Your Favorite Hymns continues–and whoever you are out there, don’t be afraid to add to the list.
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‘Precious Memories’
Your Favorite Hymns continues with Precious Memories, sung by Alan Jackson. God created the family, and this hymn celebrates that. The time to appreciate it is while most of your family’s still here.
‘In the Sweet By and By’
Who doesn’t love this hymn? In the Sweet By and By, sung here by the Mennonite Singers, is a 19th century classic. It sometimes seems strange that a century that generated such evils as communism and Darwinism (just to name two) was also remarkable for the sweetness of its hymns.
‘I’ll Fly Away’
When I saw this hymn on the list of your favorities, I remembered there’s a video of our own dear friends and colleagues, Joshua and Jeremy Swanson, performing it on their guitars–I’ll Fly Away, a good old-fashioned country hymn. We’re doubly thankful that the typhoon missed them last weekend.
By Request, ‘The End of Myself’
Okay, and here’s another hymn request, this one by Joshua–The End of Myself, by Daniel Craig. With snow! I’d give a lot, right now, to be walking across a snowy field. And I would thank the Lord whose mind and hands shaped it.
By Request, ‘He is Holy’
The nooze is its usual horrible self today, this blog’s viewer numbers continue to sink–well, I’ve got extra hymn requests today, and I’m gonna do ’em!
First up, He is Holy, sung with gusto by Joy Gardner, requested by SlimJim. I think it might be his first hymn request. Welcome aboard!
‘Come, Ye Thankful People, Come’
We usually hear this hymn around Thanksgiving time–but when’s a bad time to be thankful to the Lord? Come, Ye Thankful People, Come, sung by congregation and choir at St. George’s Church, Windsor.
‘His Mercy Is More’
“Our sins are many, but His Mercy is more” is the message of this hymn, sung by Praise & Harmony, requested by Susan. How you get such a numerous group of people to sing in such harmony–well, I don’t know how they do it.
‘Are You Washed?’
Your Favorite Hymns continues with Are You Washed (in the Blood of the Lamb)? This has been a well-loved hymn since it was published in 1878. Sung here by the Antrim Mennonite Choir.
The hymn shop is open to all. Some of you have been here for years and never requested a hymn. It’s not like we’ll run out of them or anything.
Wow! ‘Magnificent, Marvelous, Matchless Love’
Hey! How about a bonus hymn? And this one is spectacular. Requested by Susan–Magnificent, Marvelous, Matchless Love by (I think) Praise & Harmony. How to get all those people singing in perfect harmony strikes me as an art but little short lof angelic. You might want to play this one twice!