Posted on 02/27/2006 7:25:56 PM PST by Knitting A Conundrum
This thread is not postulating either one way or another. We are sharing things that are meaningful to us spiritually.
Hossana!
Blessed be the rock,
and may the God of my salvation be exalted!
hehe I know that one too! :)
There was one a few weeks ago that got positively 'religious' about worship music. Glad to see that's not happening again. Be blessed!
Master, the tempest is raging!
The billows are tossing high!
The sky is o’ershadowed with blackness,
No shelter or help is nigh;
Carest Thou not that we perish?
How canst Thou lie asleep,
When each moment so madly is threatening
A grave in the angry deep?
The winds and the waves obey Thy will,
Peace, be still!
Whether the wrath of the storm tossed sea,
Or demons or men, or whatever it be
No waters can swallow the ship where lies
The Master of ocean, and earth, and skies;
They all shall sweetly obey Thy will,
Peace, be still! Peace, be still!
They all shall sweetly obey Thy will,
Peace, peace, be still!
Master, with anguish of spirit
I bow in my grief today;
The depths of my sad heart are troubled
Oh, waken and save, I pray!
Torrents of sin and of anguish
Sweep o’er my sinking soul;
And I perish! I perish! dear Master
Oh, hasten, and take control.
The winds and the waves obey Thy will,
Peace, be still!
Whether the wrath of the storm tossed sea,
Or demons or men, or whatever it be
No waters can swallow the ship where lies
The Master of ocean, and earth, and skies;
They all shall sweetly obey Thy will,
Peace, be still! Peace, be still!
They all shall sweetly obey Thy will,
Peace, peace, be still!
Master, the terror is over,
The elements sweetly rest;
Earth’s sun in the calm lake is mirrored,
And heaven’s within my breast;
Linger, O blessèd Redeemer!
Leave me alone no more;
And with joy I shall make the blest harbor,
And rest on the blissful shore.
The winds and the waves obey Thy will,
Peace, be still!
Whether the wrath of the storm tossed sea,
Or demons or men, or whatever it be
No waters can swallow the ship where lies
The Master of ocean, and earth, and skies;
They all shall sweetly obey Thy will,
Peace, be still! Peace, be still!
They all shall sweetly obey Thy will,
Peace, peace, be still!
Wonderful! Thank you!
"Earnestly, tenderly, Jesus is calling, Calling, oh sinner, come home." That was one I was "hearing" over and over, tried to find and posted the wrong one night before last. This is the right one and I love it, too!
Jesus calls us, o'er the tumult ... I love the way the 2nd line just *sweeps* up to a crescendo. Yes, a good one!
Wish I knew the melody on the "higher ground" one. I'm singing along with the words to all of these. Many are the "rollicking" kind I grew up with.
Also wanted to find the one I heard yesterday by a black choir in NOLA on some Mardi Gras coverage on TV - it wasn't familiar, but I loved it. I thought it was "Satisfied," but when I looked up the lyrics, that wasn't the right hymn.
There's a midi to Higher Ground here:
http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/h/i/highergr.htm
It's a little too fast IMHO, but it's the right tune.
Yes, "God of our fathers." I didn't remember that, but I recall the "Battle Hymn of the Republic." That song just so stirs me when I hear it.
It has always brought mixed feelings because my heritage was to not sing it, even when it was played in church. I had to be an adult before I allowed myself to really love it as I do now, though I still segue into "Gloria! Gloria!" and then "Dixie" in my mind or under my breath, after it's finished.
"In the beauty of the lilies, Christ was born across the sea ..." just makes me swoon. And I weep at "As He died to make men holy, let us die to make men free ..." - but I change that last "die" to "live" - "let us live to make men free ..." ooohhhh
I know that spirit feeling of which you speak.
I'm always pleasantly surprised when a group of people just spontaneously starts singing "Amazing Grace" in places like candelight vigils or when something sad has happened - people who normally wouldn't sing a song of worship otherwise. They may not know all the words, but it just comes out and they join right in ... it's a great bonding among diverse individuals. Love to see that.
The Prayer of St. Francis was my favorite as a child and still is today. My other favorite is On Eagle's Wings. I'm not exactly overly religious but those two always make me feel like I'm going to cry.
I like that! Even if I don't know the tune, the words sort of sing themselves.
Thanks! No sound card on this PC - sorry. Got it free from my computer repair person, but it was someone's workplace 'puter previously and they couldn't have sound in their office.
My other two are both "under the weather" and I can't fire one up to hear this! But I *will* when I can!
One musical online resource that I use a lot is:
http://www.mudcat.org/threads.cfm
It is primarily a "Folk" Music forum, and accordingly has a somewhat liberal leaning (although not as bad, IMHO, as it used to be) but the "Digitrad" Data Base is a tremendous archive of all sorts of musical info and debate, including a lot about Gospel / Spiritual music.
I have been collecting Christian music from the late 1700s on up, and have posted a lot of my findings there if anyone is interested.
Some of that old stuff is really beautiful and touching, and as far as I can tell has been essentially forgotten for 100 years or more.
One of these days I'd like to record an album of some of it, using my "period" instruments.
Here's one song that I wrote and recorded:
Goosebumps here!
Nice!
Yep, I discovered the Mudcat Cafe a long time ago. They are an excellent music source.
I wrote this yesterday, to the tune of the Christ Child Lullaby:
Lamb of God
The moon was bright above the trees
The shadows dark beneath the leaves,
The night you fell down on your knees
To pray in grief alone.
refrain:
Jesus, Lamb of God
Jesus, Lamb of God
Jesus, Lamb of God
Jesus, Lamb of God
The night was dark like lost man's sin,
The grief you bore, their pain within,
You cried out "Not my will, " and then
Salvation's time was born.
refrain
The time had come to walk that way
Of sorrow, pain and and sad dismay
And in your death to take away
Man's destiny to die.
refrain
They nailed you bloody to the tree,
And you forgave in agony,
And by your death, you set us free,
My Savior and my God.
refrain
My Light, my Lord, my God on high,
Amazed at Heaven's love, I sigh,
That you for me would choose to die
To bring me home at last.
refrain
to the tune of the Christ Child Lullaby - tune and original song here:
http://www.nigelgatherer.com/tunes/tab/tab1/ccl1.html
An uplifting hymn about trust;
...ON EAGLES' WINGS...
You who dwell in the shelter of the Lord,
Who abide in his shadow for life,
Say to the Lord:
"My refuge, my rock in whom I trust!"
And he will raise you up on eagles' wings,
Bear you on the breath of dawn,
Make you to shine like the sun,
And hold you in the palm of his hand.
Snares of the fowler will never capture you,
And famine will bring you no fear;
Under his wings your refuge,
His faithfulness your shield.
And he will raise you up on eagles' wings,
Bear you on the breath of dawn,
Make you to shine like the sun,
And hold you in the palm of his hand.
For to his angels he's given a command
To guard you in all of your ways;
Upon their hands they will bear you up,
Lest you dash your foot a-gainst a stone.
And he will raise you up on eagles' wings,
Bear you on the breath of dawn,
Make you to shine like the sun,
And hold you in the palm of his hand.
by: Michael Joncas/1951
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