I woke up with this hymn today, and nobody’s asked for any other, so here it is–Rejoice, Give Thanks, and Sing, performed by the Chancel Choir of the First Baptist Church in Wilmington, North Carolina.
The hymn shop’s open, though, folks.
I woke up with this hymn today, and nobody’s asked for any other, so here it is–Rejoice, Give Thanks, and Sing, performed by the Chancel Choir of the First Baptist Church in Wilmington, North Carolina.
The hymn shop’s open, though, folks.
This one brings me back to Sunday school: Rejoice, Give Thanks and Sing. I don’t know who Michael B. is, but he was in good voice in 1981: and there is a timeless quality to this performance.
It took me a minute or two to recognize this as the same hymn–Rejoice, Give Thanks and Sing–we used to sing in our church long ago: but then we didn’t have anybody who could play the clarinet.
This is the choir at Second Presbyterian Church in Lexington, KY.
Open our hearts to you, O Lord!
This is the hymn I woke up with this morning, so this is the one I’ll post–Rejoice, Give Thanks and Sing. This version is by someone called “Michael B” in 1981. It’s a traditional hymn that I found rather difficult to corral today.
I have a lot of material on hand for today–but first, a hymn: Rejoice, Give Thanks and Sing.
Sing it loud, Christians; perplex the ungodly. Exasperate them. We want to hear them say, “Rejoice? What are they rejoicing about?”
You’ll find out. Or you could just read Revelation and repent. Hey, it’s up to you…
If I haven’t bollixed up this video, here, in this performance of a classic hymn, the unaided human voice is used as a musical instrument to praise God.
We can’t all do it well, but we can all do it.