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| KYgurlsrbest |
Posted - Nov 14 2007 : 09:03:30 AM
We all come from different backrounds--and I'm sure different religious backgrounds. While I was raised in church, we didn't sing too many of the old hymns (and now I understand my home church has done away with the hymnal books all together-?????--and a giant screen comes down out of the ceiling????). Most churches around here are this way now--no hymnal books, and songs that noone knows. Gosh, I hate that.
Some of my best memories are of my great grandmother, Dodie, singing her favorites while cleaning, while cooking, sitting and sewing...She always sang "He Keeps Me Singing As I Go" when she gardened, and her roses were always beautiful. Maybe I should adapt that one, along with some better composting 
Grandma Dodies' favorites were:
The Old Rugged Cross
He Keeps me singing as I go
There is a fountain
Do you still sing old hymns? What are your favorites? My husband's grandmother, who is catholic, says some kindof little "saint ___ help me" whenever she is need--what songs get you through?
"She was built like a watch, a study in balance ... with a neck and head so refined, like a drawing by DaVinci"...
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| katmom |
Posted - Nov 21 2007 : 6:08:33 PM
Be it an old familiar hymn from Sunday school, a more modern one or a simple old melody like "on a hill far away, stood an old rugged cross", what ever it be, it brings such joy to my heart. I only wish I could sing better, but then God doesn't care what our voices sound like, so I continue to sing away.
Blessings to you all and may you have a very joyous Thanksgiving.
hugz,
>^..^< Happiness is being a katmom.
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| Maryjane Lee |
Posted - Nov 21 2007 : 12:35:24 PM
I always read the words of these hymns each Sunday. Just gives me peace.
For the Beauty of the Earth
How Great Tho Art
Hugs, Maryjane Lee
The Beehive Cottage~est. 1971
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| DeepsouthMamma |
Posted - Nov 20 2007 : 7:17:59 PM
Yes, I sing to my grandbabies when I can! Badly and off key but they smile & giggle and we cuddle up for naps to Jesus Loves me!
Ahh, to have a baby to cuddle and sing with- truly a granny's delight!
Blessings!
Autumn
Isaiah 40:31
But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint. |
| jpbluesky |
Posted - Nov 20 2007 : 2:32:08 PM
What a gift it is to remember these old hymns! They sink deeper than we ever knew they would when we were children. There is a memory connected to so many - yes, I sang Deep and Wide, and I've got the Joy Joy Joy down deep in my heart....all three songs above in bible school and Sunday School, too. I had not thought of them in forever!
Psalm 51: 10-13 |
| Annika |
Posted - Nov 20 2007 : 2:22:50 PM
My granny would hold my hand at night and we'd sing "Jesus loves me this I know, because the bible tells me so"....I'm gonna cry now , I'm trying to think of others.
Wishing you joy in small things and peace in your heart
Annika
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| Linda Houston |
Posted - Nov 20 2007 : 1:56:21 PM
Not to divert from old standard hyms, but did all of you go to Bible school and sing those wonderful old chorus?
The B I B L E
I 've got the Joy, Joy joy, down in my heart
Deep and Wide
Now back to old hymns---I have enjoyed this so much. I am just singing . reading and smiling |
| Lainey |
Posted - Nov 18 2007 : 8:38:51 PM
My favorite hymns would be:
In the Garden- it's hard for me to sing this and not have a tear in my eye, it's such a beautiful song.
Sing and Be Happy- A wonderful song that we sang a lot in the church I grew up in. When I'm feeling down I can sing this song and it still gives me a boost.
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| KYgurlsrbest |
Posted - Nov 18 2007 : 3:33:30 PM
Oh,yes, Jeannie! That was what we sang before spontaneous baptisms at church camp (Happy Hills). I surely do remember that, singing acapella, by the creekside.
These songs surely hold memories.
"She was built like a watch, a study in balance ... with a neck and head so refined, like a drawing by DaVinci"...
NY Newsday sportswriter Bill Nack describing filly, Ruffian.
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| jpbluesky |
Posted - Nov 18 2007 : 1:35:35 PM
My little granddaughter sings this one:
I have decided to follow Jesus
I have decided to follow Jesus
I have decided to follow Jesus
No turning back, no turning back
It is so sweet to hear her little voice singing these words!
Psalm 51: 10-13 |
| Phils Ann |
Posted - Nov 18 2007 : 1:35:09 PM
I'm currently reading a novel about "It is Well With My Soul" by Christine Schaub, called "Finding Anna", and have made it through the great fire in Chicago and a bout of smallpox nearly killing one of Horatio Spafford's little girls. Actually left the book crying to come to Mary Jane's. Great book, but what a wonderful hymn.
I'll Fly Away is great and we sing it--but how about Abide With Me? Does anyone's church sing that one? I love it, but knowing our group, we'd all be in tears half way through.
Jeannie, the Evangelical United Brethren Church is sort of my ancestral church. A great-grandfather was a minister (in Indiana, I believe). Dad sent me the baptismal clippings from the church newspapers on so many of my relatives, from Michigan, Indiana and Illinois, if I remember correctly. I cried when I read them.
Linda, I'd Rather Have Jesus. And, Higher Ground--great ones!
Ann
Sairy Hill Thicket
There is a Redeemer. |
| Linda Houston |
Posted - Nov 18 2007 : 06:02:10 AM
I attend a church that sings a mixture of old and new music. I smiled as I read the list of favotites and yes you named almost all of mine. some more for me is:
Moment by Moment
Jesus is the sweetest name I know
I'd rather have Jesus
Higher Ground |
| Carol Sue |
Posted - Nov 16 2007 : 11:07:31 PM
The best part 0f singing the 0ld hymns was a sung them with my dad, and sister and br0ther. WE did a l0t 0f quartets in church when we were y0unger till alm0st my 20's when I m0ved 0ut.
I think y0u gals have h0nestly listed the 0nes that I l0ve
In the Garden,
Near t0 Thee
H0w Great th0u art
Tis s0 sweet t0 trust in Jesus that Mikki shared with us.
I g0 t0 a small c0mmunity church, we d0n't d0 the 0ld hymns but we have c0mmunity and 0ne Sunday every m0nth, we have p0tluck and talking and sharing. I w0uldn't trade this gr0up f0r anything. They are grand.
Thanks f0r sharing.
CS
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| lisamarie508 |
Posted - Nov 16 2007 : 07:21:02 AM
The Old Rugged Cross (Grampa's fav)
In The Garden (Gramma's fav)
Amazing Grace
How Great Thou Art
Wings of a Dove
A Closer Walk With Thee
Morning Has Broken
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| jpbluesky |
Posted - Nov 16 2007 : 06:01:09 AM
I'll Fly Away is one of my favorites, too. Was it originally a song more popular with the black churches of the South, and even among slaves? That seems to be what I remember. Anyway, I love the tune and the words.
Alan Jackson has a CD out now that is all the old hymns, and I listen to it a lot. But I will always remember standing in the basement of The Evangelical United Brethren Church in Springfield, Illinois and singing all these hymns during Sunday School....
Jonni - I can just hear you singing down the road!
Psalm 51: 10-13 |
| KYgurlsrbest |
Posted - Nov 16 2007 : 05:53:17 AM
Oh, Jeannie! I love this song--I sang it to and from my destinations Wednesday night, doing my errands. Boy, if singing hymns isn't a cure for all the driving woes (i.e, rude folks, speeding, whatever)...
And yes, Amazing Grace--I didn't even put that down, because it's almost like a "given" you know? My mother said that was her mother's favorite (my gran) but I remember most, my Great Gran singing. When she was ill and couldn't go to church any longer, the minister would come and sit in her little living room, of her little shotgun house (that was already 60 years old when they bought it in 1918), and they would have communion, and sing a few hymns with the pastor. Oh, how I loved to hear her little voice sing!!!
I'll Fly away is a gorgeous one, too. We didn't sing that one in church--don't know if it was too "mountain" or what, but I do recall Allison Kraus's version, and whenever I hear the song, I just get transported to a riverside baptism. So wonderful!
"She was built like a watch, a study in balance ... with a neck and head so refined, like a drawing by DaVinci"...
NY Newsday sportswriter Bill Nack describing filly, Ruffian.
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| jpbluesky |
Posted - Nov 16 2007 : 05:41:08 AM
I love this thread - it has made me feel so good.
I always liked "What a Friend We have in Jesus". I am forgetting some of the words in one line but it goes something like this:
What a friend we have in Jesus
All our sins and griefs to bear
What a privilege to carry
everything to God in Prayer....
Oh what joy we often forfeit
oh what needless pain we bear
all because we do not carry
everything to God in prayer.
The old hymns are my favorites,too. There are two books out right called "Then Sings My Soul" Volume I and II, which have collections of the old hymns along with a history of how each was written. The words of these wonderful songs, when read as poetry, are so reassuring and strengthening.
Does anyone remember The King of Love, My Shepherd Is?
And Nearer My God to Thee?
Psalm 51: 10-13 |
| therusticcottage |
Posted - Nov 15 2007 : 11:31:16 PM
It Is Well With My Soul -- just the best hymn! It makes me cry too. I did a post on my blog about that hymn. The story behind it is amazing.
How lucky you are to be in a church that still sings the old hymns!!!
When I was little - a long, long time ago - and I would spend the night at my granny's, she would lay in bed with me and teach me hymns. Her favorite was the Old Rugged Cross. I can never hear that without thinking of her.
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| kissmekate |
Posted - Nov 15 2007 : 10:05:26 PM
Hands down, my favorite is Amazing Grace.
I also love I'll Fly Away.
Allison Krauss did a beautiful version for the movie "O Brother Where Art Thou?" a few years back.
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| peggysue |
Posted - Nov 15 2007 : 4:12:55 PM
my favorites are :
Precious Jewel
He'll Do It Again
Amazing Grace
Serenaded by Angels
Boundless Love
Life is too short to be narrow minded. |
| mima |
Posted - Nov 15 2007 : 1:38:03 PM
Okay ditto to the last three posts!!! I love those hymmns too! |
| KYgurlsrbest |
Posted - Nov 14 2007 : 7:34:35 PM
It is Well (with my soul)!!!! So wonderful! Good one--I always remember how our church sort of "split" the parts.."It is well..." It is well, "With my soul", with my soul...And yes, Ann, My Jesus I love thee..I remember singing that one alot before a baptism--always seemed like something little ones would sing, to me. Wow. I really needed this!
I just ran some errands, taking my time, and singing these songs that I remember, not always so well, but what a difference in my commute tonight!
"She was built like a watch, a study in balance ... with a neck and head so refined, like a drawing by DaVinci"...
NY Newsday sportswriter Bill Nack describing filly, Ruffian.
http://www.buyhandmade.org/ |
| DeepsouthMamma |
Posted - Nov 14 2007 : 7:07:28 PM
One of my favorites is"It Is Well With My Soul"
I cry every time- so comforting in the tumult of life!!!!
It is well with my soul!
Blessings to you all
Lovely singing! I can hear you- I know I can!
Autumn
Isaiah 40:31
But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint. |
| Amie C. |
Posted - Nov 14 2007 : 6:08:06 PM
Can I add a few more?
Crown Him With Many Crowns (I can't believe I forgot about that one!)
Praise To The Lord, the Almighty
Christ the Lord Is Risen Today
There's another one that I've got in mind but I can't remember enough words to find it. If I could hum it for you, I'll bet someone would know it. But that doesn't work here does it?
Speaking of christmas songs, has anyone ever heard of the Coventry Carol? I have an instrumental version on a cd by Mitzi Collins (dulcimer and flute, mostly). It was one of my favorites in elementary school (yes, I'm a geek from way back). I've never heard anyone sing it, and I can't imagine how the printed words I've seen would go with the tune I know. It's the carol that goes: Lullay, lully, thou little tiny child. Supposedly, it's about Herod slaughtering the innocents. Very goth, for a christmas carol. |
| Phils Ann |
Posted - Nov 14 2007 : 5:05:02 PM
Oh, Mima, And Can It Be, followed by (#204) Amazing Grace. My hymnal is upstairs and the brain isn't very sharp, but lets see. Anyone know "Nearer, Still Nearer"? It's one we just began singing about a year ago. There is a Balm in Gilead, More Love to Thee, and My Jesus I Love Thee. We all come from different backgrounds in our house church, with conservative Mennonite, Methodist, Baptist and Church of God as a few. But we do the covered dish suppers and give each other a lot of support. If we had a pulpit, it'd be alot like Autumn's church, with whoever feels led speaking. Whatever anyone wears is fine, too. The hymns, Jonni... great thread.
Ann
Sairy Hill Thicket
There is a Redeemer. |
| mima |
Posted - Nov 14 2007 : 4:37:16 PM
Oops! Sorry! I think the last one was Amazing Love-How can it be? Always makes me cry!!! |
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