‘Yield Not to Temptation’

You don’t need to be in church, you don’t need a studio or microphones. to make a joyful noise unto the Lord. Your living room will do.

No hymn requests this morning, so I’m on my own–with Nathan and Lyle and an old Sunday school favorite, Yield Not to Temptation (published 1868).

‘Yield Not to Temptation’

I have to rush out and buy the week’s groceries, etc.; but first, this hymn was on my mind when I woke up today, I feel I ought to post it–an old Sunday school favorite, Yield Not to Temptation (published in 1868). Nathan (mandolin) and Lyle (guitar)–yes, I love the way they do this hymn.

‘Trust and Obey’ (Fountainview Academy)

An old Sunday school favorite–Trust and Obey, just a flute and a piano and two kids from Fountainview Academy. We know the words, don’t we?

This hymn, this quiet, peaceful setting for it, wakens sweet and golden memories…

‘I Love to Tell the Story’

Where is everybody this morning? No hymn requests–I’m on my own, I guess.

Here’s a Sunday school favorite, sung by Alan Jackson–I Love to Tell the Story. I used to play it on my harmonica.

I’d love to get a hymn request from whoever it is who’s viewing from Mauritius.

‘Rejoice, Ye Pure in Heart’

It’s been a long time since I’ve heard this hymn–Rejoice, Ye Pure in Heart. We gave up the thin Sunday school hymn books for the thicker, heavier church hymnal: this was one of the hymns found in both books.

Sung by the congregation at Grace Community Church, Sun Valley, California.

‘All Hail the Power of Jesus’ Name’

An old-fashioned Sunday school favorite–All Hail the Power of Jesus’ Name, sung by the congregation at Southwest Baptist Church in Oklahoma City.

Please, everybody pray for my wife: she’s not getting better, and we’ve both fallen way behind in our work. We appeal to the power of Jesus’ name–please, Father, heal us.

‘Trust and Obey’

How about a good old Sunday school favorite to start the day? Trust and Obey, sung by the Vagle Brothers–yes, this one brings me back.

We used to have sun-dappled woodland paths around here, too…

‘This Is My Father’s World’

And when God looked on His creation, which He had made, He saw that it was very good…

This Is My Father’s World, sung by Fernando Ortega. I think I want to hear this twice.

‘O, Worship the King’

How about a good old-fashioned hymn, with a piano playing and a congregation singing? Produced by the Northern Baptist Assn.

O Worship the King was the first hymn I learned to play on my harmonica.

 

‘Revive Us Again’

I keep coming back to this no-frills version of this grand old traditional hymn–Revive Us Again, performed by Nathan (autoharp) and Lyle (guitar) deep in the heart of Texas. There are a lot of ways to sing this hymn; but I think simplest is best.