Here’s another ruined hymn. Sir Isaac Watts – the hymn writer I most often harass – published this one in Hymns and Spiritual Songs, 1709. My brother is singing harmony with me in the video below. I happened to make this arrangement during a summer in Scandinavia. Not All the Blood of Beasts Not all [...]
Holy Ghost, dispel our sadness, Pierce the clouds of sinful night; Come, O source of sweetest gladness, Breathe your life and spread your light. Loving Spirit, God of peace, Great distributor of grace, Rest upon this congregation; Hear, O hear our supplication. From that height which knows no measure, As a gracious shower descend; Bringing [...]
O Thou that hear’st when sinners cry, Though all my crimes before Thee lie, Behold them not with angry look, But blot their mem’ry from Thy book. Create my nature pure within, And form my soul averse to sin: Let Thy good Spirit ne’er depart, Nor hide Thy presence from my heart. I cannot live [...]
We Rest On Thee Cyberhymnal needs to redo their site [and stop the midi files from playing automatically], but there’s some good info there: This hymn has a sad story associated with it. In January 1956, five missionaries sang it before entering the Ecuadorian jungle to bring the Gospel to the Auca Indians. Their names [...]