Name that hymn

[MotherBluestocking]

A man that looks on glass
On it may stay his eye

Just worked one from upthread -

Persephone76
'The church with psalms must shout
No door can keep them out'

Let All The World In Every Corner Sing

Teacher your db sounds very talented - playing at 10 in church! Does he still play? Organ improv can be amazing, i don't know why it works so well, but it does.

The last couple of years our church choir has only had one bass. In his 70s so not the strongest singer anymore (though he was marvellous twenty years ago!). There's also been a distinct creep towards the more modern stuff.

We've just had a new couple join the choir; a strong alto and a phenomenal bass. Suddenly all the 'jolly good sing' oldies are appearing in the hymn list again

There in the ground his body lay,
Light of the worlds by darkness slain;
Then bursting forth on glorious day
Up from the grave He rose again!

Lamusic I can't get through that hymn without crying. The last verse especially:

Till he returns or calls me home
Here in the love of Christ I'll stand

In Christ Alone. Brilliant.

That is defo my face hymn

Bit of a newer one but classic

See what a morning, gloriously bright
With the dawning of hope in Jerusalem;
Folded the grave-clothes
Tomb filled with light,
As the angels announce Christ is risen!
See God's salvation plan, wrought in love,
Borne in pain, paid in sacrifice,
Fulfilled in Christ, the Man, for He lives,
Christ is risen from the dead!

Love all these.
Love Rend Collective too - in fact saw them live last week, they were just brilliant.
I believe in a good balance between old and new - hate to think that dc won't grow up with the richness from these beautiful words on this thread - there are good new ones too but nothing beats absolutely belting out and can it be.

Remember 'we rest on thee'? That took a talented organist to really being it to life.

This thread is so lovely. I also am enjoying how many speak of their own church choir. I started singing in ours back in November and I am getting so much pleasure from it.

Madhairday is that the one with music by Sibelius?

Lord Dismiss us/Behold Us was part of my life for about 7 years. Made me cry then & still does today.
Other school regulars were Onward Christian Soldiers & There is a Green Hill Far Away.
Hymns remind me of my mother singing along to R4 whilst cooking Sunday lunch. Is it odd that when I hear a well-loved hymn I could swear that I smell gravy?

Bogburglar, For All The Saints with full differing harmonies is my complete top favourite. I'd have it at my funeral but keep thinking it would be rather self-congratulatory without meaning to be or meriting anything like that!

And whoever can only hear certain things in broad Yorkshire: same here with certain things, namely "Give me courage when the world is rough; keep me loving though the world seems tough", and the line "Suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the 'eveanly 'ost".

They don't understand me in Essex, and I'd say that my native tongue is all but flattened now. Sigh.

This is a super thread. Another hymn loving atheist here.

My favourite hymn is How Great Thou Art.

Our school hymn was Mine Eyes have Seen the Glory which was all rather lovely and rousing when 1200 girls sang it.

I do have a total soft spot for the words of Jerusalem.

And Abide with Me reduces me to a gibbering mess

Abide with me does that to me, too, Jacques! When Emile Sande sang it at the Olympic opening ceremony I was in utter pieces.

Larry, not sure who wrote the music for We Rest on Thee - very powerful though.

Take my heart, and let it be
Dedicated, Lord, to Thee . . .

Is it the one that goes 'We rest on Thee, our shield and our defender, We go not forth alone to face the foe' Madhairday?

'And I will trust in you alone,
And I will trust in you alone.
For your endless mercy follows me
And your goodness will lead me home.'

A few verses which I read in a hospital hymn book when in a bad place - they still mean just as much

My God, my Father, while I stray
Far from my home in life’s rough way,
O teach me from my heart to say,
Thy will be done

Renew my will from day to day;
Blend it with Thine; and take away
All that now makes it hard to say,
Thy will be done

If but my fainting heart be blessed
With Thy sweet Spirit for its Guest,
My God, to Thee I leave the rest:
Thy will be done

Anyone else remember this one:

Intercessor, friend of sinners,
Earth's Redeemer, plead for me,
Where the songs of all the sinless
Sweep across the crystal sea.

Wonderful last line there.

Also:
When I tread the verge of Jordan,
Bid my anxious fears subside;
Death of death, and hell's destruction
Land me safe on Canaan's side.

That one sends thrills down my spine.

And I love Amazing Grace, especially the verse starting 'Through many dangers, toils and snares/I have already come...'

Another atheist hymn-lover here...(despite my father who was an Anglican clergyman...my mother is an atheist though..and they had a very happy marriage, incidentally). Just a thought..it may have been mentioned as I haven't had time to read the whole thread but all hymn/carol lovers would do worse than seeking out the Hymns and Carols by the Huddersfield Choral Society. In my mind, the surge, the descants/harmonies and just general magnificence has never quite been equalled in a domestically accessible situation (I realise Carols from Kings College Cambs would be amazing if you were there, but I'm talking about putting a wonderful CD on in the kitchen). Oh and my other Remembrance Sunday favourite is 'Oh Valiant Hearts' by Rev C Harris. Forgive me if it'd already been mentioned.

Oh, and the St Patrick's Breastplate, not to be missed..Best version by The Framlingham College Choir.

We have 'Oh valient hearts' on Remembrance Day here, but in the open air it loses its effect unless the Methodists turn out in force to boost the singing.

Wol - first is Alleluia, Sing to Jesus, His the Sceptre, His the Throne - a fantastic alto melody!

Second is Guide me o thou great Redeemer.

I do like some of the new ones though
In Christ Alone
The Summons
Even Shine on Me

My kids go to Church school so often come home singing wired and wonderful new stuff, and if a visiting minister at our church picks a strange new hymn, they are often familiar with it.

Yes, Pigeon. Alleluia, sing to Jesus is a wonderful tune, but it wears out my rather weedy mezzo-soprano. I end up with an aching throat and a severe lack of breath by the end of it. Shame, I love it.