We have a good old-fashioned Sunday school favorite, requested by Erlene–Showers of Blessings, sung by Andy Harsant and choir. I can’t say I remember this one from my old Sunday school, but it would have certainly fit right in.
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By Request, ‘And He Shall Purify’
We have a hymn request from SlimJim to start the day–And He Shall Purify, from Handel’s Messiah, performed by VOCES8. We usually expect to hear this at Christmas-time… but Jesus is Lord of all the year.
By Request, ‘Take My Hand, Precious Lord’
I’ve got to go to the eye doctor this morning, but first things first. We have a hymn request from Erlene–Take , My Hand, Precious Lord, sung by Carroll Roberson–so here it is.
By Request, ‘How Great Thou Art’
First things first! We have a hymn for you, requested by Erlene–How Great Thou Art, sung by Alan Jackson. My grandma, my mother, and my aunts used to sing this as they went about their housework; this hymn is rich in memories for me.
By Request: ‘I Woke Up This Morning With My Mind on Jesus’
Before we move on to reel grate litterature, we have a hymn request from Phoebe–I Woke Up This Morning With My Mind on Jesus, sung by Rev. Jason Walker and the congregation at Southside Church, Durham, NC. Phoebe’s right–this will liven us up.
By Request, ‘How Great Thou Art’
My mother and Grandma and my aunts used to sing this hymn as they went about their housework. Requested by Erlene–How Great Thou Art, performed by Alan Jackson.
How I would love to hear them singing it again.
By Request, ‘Swing Low, Sweet Chariot’
All right, we’ve had enough nooze for one day. And we have a hymn request from Thewhiterabbit–Swing Low, Sweet Chariot (the good old stuff). I picked this rendition by Johnny Cash: most of us, I think, can sing along.
By Request, ‘Great Is His Faithfulness’
Erlene, I hope this is the hymn you wanted: there was some confusion on YouTube between Thy and His.
Great Is His Faithfulness, sung by the Collingsworth Family.
It’s going to be a very busy day around here, I guess–but we always start with a hymn.
By Request, ‘Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring’
I usually save this hymn for Christmas-time; but Erlene planted the suggestion in my head this morning, so here it is–Jesu, Joy of Men’s Desiring, by J.S. Bach, performed by the New London Symphony Orchestra.
I was whistling this to myself one day, on my way into the Y, when a passerby stopped and said, “That’s so beautiful! What’s it called?” So I told him. Surely among the most beautiful pieces of music ever written.
By Request, ‘Thank You’
We have a hymn request from SlimJim–Thank You, by Ray Boltz.
These lyrics teach a valuable lesson. Sometimes when we do good, seemingly just some little thing, we do not know how much good we’ve really done! As Steve Brown would say, “You think about that.”