Well, I’m in need of God’s hand, and that’s no lie. This is one of those mornings in which I don’t feel I’m getting any better. Please, Lord, pull me out of it!
Take My Hand, Precious Lord, sung here by Tennessee Ernie Ford. He was on TV when I was just a little boy.
Requested by Erlene: Tennessee Ernie Ford sings His Eye Is On the Sparrow. How he shifts so effortlessly from ordinary conversational speech to high-powered hymn-singing–well, really, it’s something to marvel at.
I’m sneezing like crazy as I try to post this hymn, and later today it’s more doctoring–but for the time being, let’s try this instead: Tennessee Ernie Ford belting out Onward, Christian Soldiers.
I don’t know what put this hymn into my head–sheaves aren’t plentiful around here lately–but here it is: Bringing in the Sheaves, sung by Tennessee Ernie Ford. We loved singing this in Sunday school.
This was the first hymn that came into my head today, and I thought I’d better post it: Bringing in the Sheaves, sung by Tennessee Ernie Ford.
I’m feeling very sick this morning; but it’s a beautiful day, and maybe I’ll feel better if I sit outside a while. Worth a try, I guess.
It’s been ages and ages since I’ve heard this hymn. Here it is, as song by Tennessee Ernie Ford: His Eye Is on the Sparrow. I don’t think I could’ve been more than 12 years old when I heard this last.
Requested by Erlene, just the thing to get started in the morning–Noah Found Grace in the Eyes of the Lord, sung by Tennessee Ernie Ford (with lots of backup). Given the kind of nooze we hear each day, maybe we ought to pay more attention to these lyrics.
Ai-ya! Another week of nooze stretches out in front of me. Harvest-time seems far away.
Tennessee Ernie Ford sings Bringing in the Sheaves, an old Sunday school favorite. I knew the hymn by heart before I know what “sheaves” were.
How about a good old Sunday school favorite? Here’s Tennessee Ernie Ford with Bringing in the Sheaves. (Most of us didn’t know what “sheaves” were, but we sung it with gusto anyway.)
Isaac Watts wrote this hymn in 1724, Am I a Soldier of the Cross? Mark Twain quoted it in Tom Sawyer. It’s still with us today, attached to various melodies. Here’s one by Tennessee Ernie Ford.