Posted on 11/24/2007 1:33:40 PM PST by ensignsj
Fortunately, I pick the hymns, and I don't pick junk. I only use the hymnal, so we are spared the "contemporary worship praise songs" (e.g., "Shine, Jesus, Shine") and schlocky old "gospel hymns" (e.g., "In the Garden") that didn't make it into the hymnal.
Now what I *have* had to deal with sometimes, over the years, are organists/choir directors with bad musical taste and/or poor theological acumen.
Then there are weddings and funerals, when people want to have bad music with poor theology sung.
I think you have your date wrong, I'd say most after 1865.....
I was going to say, except for "For All the Saints", but Wikipedia tells me it was published in 1864. Just under the wire.
I want it sung at my funeral, with the Ralph Vaughn Williams tune.
Thou wast their Rock, their Fortress and their Might;
Thou, Lord, their Captain in the well fought fight;
Thou, in the darkness drear, their one true Light.
Alleluia, Alleluia!
Better specify which lyrics, too. Some newer hymnals, notably the ELCA abomination Evangelical Lutheran Worship have stripped away all the military imagery (ie changing "soon, soon to faithful warriors comes their rest" to "soon, soon to faithful servants comes their rest") to appease the hate-America peacenik crowd.
Ditto.
I always sing the words the way they’re s’posed to be. Loudly!
In the Garden is beautiful....
Yes, the tune to the Lord’s Prayer is truly awful.
Fight on, Charles! It is a worthy fight, to keep the music standards up. Those schlocky ditty-song-books should all be burned, and some musicians should be in stocks (the ones who cannot consistently count to FOUR). As a musician, I have to say, the contemporary music is torture. I avoid those services at all costs.
Red hymnal or that pagan blue one?
Red hymnal or that pagan blue one?
Any nominees? I can’t remember the name of that atrocious one.
“Lord of the Dance” word written by Sydney Carter in 1963.
Music traditional English even when it was picked up by Ann Lee and the Shakers in the 18th century.
All of them.
Me, too, with particular emphasis on "he" and "man"! And I have a BIG voice ... I can lead a whole choir flat, from the back row :-).
Absolutely! Our contemporary service is the third Sunday. We usually pass unless something else is going on. I'd have to look see what book we use. The overriding problem I have is having memorized things like the Lord's Prayer, The Creeds, etc. back when 'thou' 'thee', 'thine' 'unto' and 'shall', etc. were still being used. I find myself reciting by rote and fall out of step with the rest of the congregation because I'm spouting the 'old' version.
For instance:
Our Father, who art in heaven,
Hallowed be Thy name.
Thy kingdom come;
Thy will be done
On earth, as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread;
And forgive us our trespasses,
As we forgive those who trespass against us;
And lead us not into temptation;
But deliver us from evil;
For Thine is the kingdom
And the power
And the glory
Forever and ever. Amen
It certainly makes it interesting. I still have my 'The Lutheran Hymnal' publication date of 1941 by Concordia. All kinds of 'Thees' and 'Thy's' in it.
I recently saw where the Christmas carol "Good Christian Men, Rejoice" was re-written to "Good Christian Friends, Rejoice".
“In the Garden” is one of my favorites - that Baptist upbringing, y’know. It was sung at my grandfather’s funeral.
Probably YOU meant “Lord of the Dance.” MY vote goes to “Offering of Ashes.” I’m not registering with them to vote in the actual poll.
Not that one. I’m thinking of the one to which I played the air drums last time, to your dismay.
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