We can’t celebrate Christmas without Handel’s Messiah, can we? This version of Unto Us a Son Is Given is by the London Symphony Orchestra.
Requested by Thewhiterabbit.
[Ach! I want my cigar! But now it’s snowing. Well, I think I’ll break for a while and watch it come down.]
I couldn’t find the version Erlene requested–but you can’t post Christmas carols and leave our Joy to the World, can you? I don’t know who these performers are, but I like the way they sing this hymn.
[Sorry there’s no Christmas Carol Contest this year. I can’t see it prospering with such a late start.]
Requested by Phoebe, sung by Mediaeval Baebes–The Holly and Ivy. Gee, I was all set to post this before I heard from anybody.
I am too weak this year to trim a Christmas tree, let alone bring it through the door. So we’ll need a lot of hymns.
Requested by Erlene: Hava Nagila, with LaDonna Taylor on the violin.
I used to play this on the little organ we had in the living room. I could “b’lev sa ma’ach” with the best of them. I’ll bet I could still play it, even if I’ve forgotten what the words mean.
We also have a request from Elder Mike (and then I have to hit the road): Praise to the Lord, the Almighty sung by the Altar of Praise Men’s Chorale.
And now it’s off to the doctor’s office, and later the hospital, maybe their machine will work today…
I’m in for extra doctoring today, so it’s going to be very hard to get much written. But I do want to post your hymn requests.
Requested by Erlene: What a Healing Jesus, sung by Dean and Mary Brown.
I suspect I haven’t got quite the cut she wanted, but at least the song is right: requested by Erlene, Hallelujah, sung by the Isaacs.
I just have to hang on till the weekend.
Requested by Erlene: Love Lifted Me, sung by Alan Jackson.
I somehow managed to crank out a Newswithviews column today. You’ll see it tomorrow. I can’t do much more this afternoon because I have to go to the hospital early so they can do some extra stuff. Can’t say much for my literary output today. Well, it couldn’t be helped, I had two bouts of doctoring today. Or is it gonna be three?
Thank you all for your prayers.
Thank you, Erlene, for suggesting this–Days of Elijah, sung by a whole mess hall full of United States Marines. Just what I needed for my soul this morning.
“Ooh-rah! There’s no God like Jehovah!” (Can you give me Hallelujah?)
Thanks to Erlene for this hymn request: One Pair of Hands , sung by Carroll Roberson at Glacier National Park, Montana.
I had a terrible night; but this hymn is a good way to start the day.