But I've fallen in love with it — just
good old hymns done beautifully.
there are
some good old hymns.
Not exact matches
The classical
hymn and choral music people, as
well as those loving the
good old gospel songs, register their dismay at the level of «pap» in praise - oriented songs and choruses.
Book IX, while collected later than most of the others, contains
hymns which may
well be as
old as any.
We need a spirituality that can discern the presence of God not just «In the Garden» as the
old Protestant
hymn puts it, but also, as a
better hymn says, «Where cross the crowded ways of life, / Where sound the cries of race and clan...»
«Glory for me», the
old gospel -
hymn is supposed to have sung — but the very words show that the
hymn is not about the gospel, for the gospel speaks of «Glory to God», in whose «glory» all
good is contained.
The phrase «God is dead» was not invented by Vahanian, Nietzsche or Time, but first appears in an
old Lutheran
Good Friday
hymn.
I believe it is one of the primary functions of meeting together — as seen in
Old Testament worship as
well as implied in Paul's admonition: «Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms,
hymns and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God.»
She hummed
old hymns with a fancy vibrato while tidying up her home, counted her blessings all day long, stocked her pantry early in the fall to provide for her family during the long cold winter, quilted by firelight, cherished her Bible which was
well - worn and underlined, was nicknamed «Honeybelle» by her groom of 62 years.