You asked for it, Joyce, so here it is: This is the Day that the Lord Hath Made. Sorry it took so long, but I’ve got a backlog–which is a good thing.
Everybody out there, if you’ve requested a hymn, I will get to it, never fear. I have yet to turn down a request, so don’t be shy.
We sing like we pray–so God can hear us.
Let’s rinse out minds out after that last news item, shall we?
This ancient Irish hymn, from way back in the 8th century, gets requested all the time. It’s one of my favorites, so I’m always glad to post it. This version is by Jason Waller.
Think of it: just a few hundred years before this hymn was composed, the Irish were pagans and head-hunters.
May the Holy Spirit transform our nation!
Joyce, you asked for it and here it is: this rendition by Alan Jackson. I’d also like to hear Johnny Cash perform this song, but that I couldn’t find.
There is a lot of Christian music out there, and it doesn’t have to be published in a hymnal for me to post it here. It’s all to do with making a joyful noise unto the Lord.
In the old Dutch Reformed Church, in which I grew up, but is no more, this hymn was sung to the melody of O, Come, All Ye Faithful. We have it here by request.
I have received a lot of requests for hymns today, which pleases me, and I’m saying yes to all of them. It may take me a few days, though, to get them all in. So if you don’t see the hymn you asked for right away, it’s all right–I will get to it.
I never thought I’d be doing this, on this blog: but I’m pretty sure it’s the right thing to do, and pleasing to God.
By reader request–here’s one I never heard of, but it certainly has a lot of go to it, and strongly echoes Psalm 100 ( “Enter into His gates with thanksgiving, and into His courts with praise”).
Sing, Christians, so our King can hear us praise Him.
Reader Weavingword, this one’s for you, at your request. I was going to save it for tomorrow, but why not this evening?
For those of you who feel a bit tentative about requesting “Christian music” that is not technically a hymn, because it doesn’t appear in a hymnal–hey, no problem. The lyrics of this particular song would certainly not be out of place in a hymnal.
Some churches, I am told, don’t even use a hymnal anymore. Well, we needn’t get too involved just now in what some of the churches get up to.
Everybody else out there–this is an evil age. Sing louder.
I don’t know about you, but I need a hymn this morning. I think I may have posted this one some months ago, but it’s the one I want just now: I Sing the Mighty Power of God, with words by the old master, Isaac Watts, published in 1715.
Please feel free to request hymns to be posted on this blog. Lately everybody’s stopped doing that. I don’t know why. This fallen world hasn’t picked itself up and straightened itself out in the meantime.
Let me hear from you!
All right, I had to select this one myself–Yield Not to Temptation (1868), with Nathan trading in his auto-harp for a mandolin. I love the way this hymn sounds with a mandolin.
Funny about that 19th century: so many terrible ideas that have damaged the world no end, like Marxism and Darwinism; and yet so many beautiful hymns that we still love today.
The hymn shop is open to all, and I’m looking for requests, so don’t be shy! If there’s a hymn you want to hear, just scroll down and leave me a request. I’ll be sure to see it.
All right, I’ve had enough bad news today. Let’s hear some good news instead.
Wonderful Story of Love, performed by Nathan Sarvis on the autoharp and Lyle Howard on guitar, with family members singing backup–it ain’t the New York Philharmonic, but they do all right by this 1892 hymn.
Hey, out there–so far only a few readers have submitted hymn requests, which is too bad because it’s open to all and I hardly ever turn you down. If there’s a favorite hymn you’d like me to post, just scroll down a bit and tell me in a comment.
OK, if I haven’t messed up the technical side of this operation, here we have Bryan Duncan with A Heart Like Mine–by request of Patty, my wife.
The enemy sits in high places, boasting himself against the Lord.
Christians, sing louder.