[Taliesan]

it's a pretty close paraphrase of Scripture to a lively melody.

Actually, it's not a paraphrase. It's a translation.

You do realize that, if the Lord tarries, 50 years from now RaceBannon's spiritual grandchildren will be holding that very song up as an exemplar of the properly dignified music for church, and decrying the "casual" compositions which are threatening to displace it.

[HiTech RedNeck]

You do realize that, if the Lord tarries, 50 years from now RaceBannon's spiritual grandchildren will be holding that very song up as an exemplar of the properly dignified music for church, and decrying the "casual" compositions which are threatening to displace it.

Yeah :-). It is funny how many seeming mountains dissolve into molehills as one gains years and wisdom.