TWO NEW HYMNS TO ST. JOSEPH (by Mrs Don-o)

My Musical Muse | March 19, 2019 | Mrs Don-o

[Elsie]

As spouse of Our Lady, a father to me.

Nope.

A spouse has conjugal rights.

Rome has striped those away from Joseph.

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1 Corinthians 7:5
5 Do not deprive each other except perhaps by mutual consent and for a time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again so that Satan will not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.

[HarleyD]

There’s no logical debate. The Bible is clear on adult baptism.

There are two views on baptism: infant baptism and adult baptism. The scriptures aren't as clear as one would think and neither is the history of both. Both views can be supported by scripture and both trace their origins back to early times. I tend to favor the view of adult believer baptism but it is understandable to me how some believers can legitimately believe in infant baptism.

[Mrs. Don-o]

TC is talking about matching the meter of the song (quite an old song, predating its hymnal use) to the words in the lyrics. Her comment had nothing to do with theology.

My husband don-o and I sing shape-note music from the Christian Harmony (fascimile of the 1877 edition) which harkens back to many earlier editions, including William Walker's Southern Harmony (1835) and I'm guesstimating at least half of the tunes are set to multiple lyrics, and pre-date even that hymnal use.

Swapping out and adapting tunes and lyrics is a "White (and Black) Spiritual" tradition, and a Catholic and Protestant one, too.

I like that tradition. Christian Harmony.

[Tax-chick]

When I offer a mildly interesting observation that any reasonable person who can tap a rhythm would find uncontroversial, and someone goes loo-loo, I feel that the universe is a more threatening place.