This morning at mgpc we sang ‘Nothing But The Blood Of Jesus’ The song borrows verses from ‘What Can Wash Away My Sin’, and adds a refrain along with more verses. It’s uptempo and the timing takes little learning. That being said, the original hymn is fairly bright and takes a little bit of learning …
On January 15 Robert Cottrill, at the always interesting and informative Wordwise Hymns blog, featured Sarah Doudney author, of the hymn ‘The Master Has Come’, which is sung to the melody ‘Ash Grove’. I recognised the melody from Michael Card’s CD ‘Starkindler’, with Card singing ‘Let All Things Now Living’ to the tune. ‘Let All …
Tonight at mgpc we sang ‘O The Deep, Deep Love Of Jesus’. The first time I encountered the hymn was after the publication of the Rejoice! hymnbook of the Presbyterian Church of Australia. The tune and how to ‘fit’ it to the words takes some learning, but the strength of the lyrics is well matched …
Robert Cottrill dropped by and left a comment about my post on the hymn ‘All Hail The Power Of Jesus’ Name’. He has an informative blog named ‘Wordwise Hymns’. It’s well worth a look.
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