Famous gospel singer, composer, and hymnal editor Ira D. Sankey stumbled upon it and published into his hymnalGospel Hymns No. 1,where it immediately had wide circulation. Sankey had mistakenly attributed the hymn to another Scotsman, Horatius Bonar, but Bonar informed Sankey that he was indeed ...
album: "The People's Hymnal" (2025) Oh Happy Day How Great Thou Art The Blood Great Is Thy Faithfulness (Lord Unto Me) What A Friend (Medley) Where Could I Go I Surrender All The People's Hymn (Medley) His Eye Is On The Sparrow ...
The German composer then set the text to a triumphant hymnal theme, which became the fourth and final movement of his ‘Choral’ Symphony. “The Ninth is the culmination of Beethoven’s genius,” says Beethoven expert and Classic FM presenter,John Suchet. “He uses solo voices in a symphony...
The song “Do Lord, Remember me” showed that it was repetitive. The song lyrics “Do, Lord, do, Lord, Lord, remember me” was constantly being repeated throughout the whole song, while a banjo accompanied the artist voices. The artist asked the lord when he’s on his knees praying ...
While dirges are often times found within the Catholic church, they are only the most classic and formal types of dirges. But dirges are also seen in other funeral services, where they lament but are not strictly hymnal. In New Orleans, a tradition known as the jazz funeral developed with ...
The Day That Changed Everything the grave has no victory,1 Satan has no lasting power, and we are “begotten … again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ.”2 Truly, the Apostle Paul was correct when he said we can “comfort one another with these words.”3 God’s...
There are a few other things about Advent, besides its themes, that you might find odd if you’re unfamiliar with the season. The strangest might be the Advent color scheme. We associate Christmas and the weeks leading up to it with typical Christmas colors: red, green, white, silver, an...
"And when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done is secret, will reward you..."Matthew 6:6
that came out in 2008. Brandon Flowers, the lead singer, has as distinctive a voice as his hero Neil Tennant (and is equally detached), and the harmony between the lyrics and the music has an almost architectural precision. The pretentious, new-age lyrics are, admittedly, part of ...
No Mass should have “too much” music of any one kind — especially if that music tends towards “the traditional,” doubly so if the mode of music is chant or if the lyrics are in Latin. A Mass might have a fine organist and schola. These could begin the Mass with the proper anti...