This popular text by Isaac Watts has been rehymned quite a few times recently and I thought I would post links to some of them. It is a great song to use during the Lent Season, during a Good Friday Service, and to meditate on before Easter.
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Redeemer Presbyterian – Indy
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RUF – Indelible Grace
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Alas! And Did My Savior Bleed
Posted in Music, tagged Bob Kauflin, indelible grace, Mid All the traffic, Sojourn Music on March 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
A Hymn for Lent
Posted in Music, tagged John Newton, Lent, Red Mountain Music on March 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
O Lord, How Vile am I
-John Newton
O LORD, how vile am I,
Unholy, and unclean!
How can I dare to venture nigh
With such a load of sin?
Is this polluted heart
A dwelling fit for thee?
Swarming, alas! I in every part,
What evils do I see!
If I attempt to pray,
And lisp thy holy name;
My thoughts are hurried soon away,
I [...]
Psalm 131 – a lullabye song
Posted in Music, tagged Isaac Watts, Psalm 131, Psalms of Ascents, Songs for the Sojourn on March 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
O Israel, Hope in the Lord
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Is there ambition in my heart?
Search, gracious God, and see;
Or do I act a haughty part?
Lord, I appeal to thee.
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Refrain:
O Israel, put your hope upon the Lord
From this time forth, forevermore.
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I charge my thoughts, be humble still,
And all my carriage mild,
Content, my Father, with thy will,
And quiet [...]
The Sermon Songs of John Newton
Posted in Music, Pastoral, tagged John Newton, songwriting on March 1, 2010 | 2 Comments »
This is part (1) of a two-part series looking at John Newton’s approach to hymn writing. In part (2) we will look at the various ways that John Newton approached hymn writing and his influence on songwriters to the current day.
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Many of our favorite hymns from John Newton are found in Book 1 of his [...]
Approach My Soul the Mercy Seat
Posted in Music, tagged John Newton, Olney hymns, rehymn on February 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Approach, My Soul, the Mercy Seat
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I’ve been spending a lot of time recently reading through a reprint of John Newton’s Olney hymns. This is a beautiful text from Book II under the heading “Seeking, pleading, and hoping.” Hymn XII. The effort — in another Measure.
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Approach, my soul, the mercy seat,
Where Jesus answers prayer;
There [...]
Songs for the Lord’s Supper
Posted in Music, tagged Lord's Supper on February 11, 2010 | 1 Comment »
I’ve been blessed to lead worship at a number of church’s that observe the Lord’s Supper every week, and in most of them music has been a part of the celebration. Here is a collection of congregational songs that both pastors and congregations have found helpful for meditating on the specific themes of the Lord’s [...]
Psalms of Ascents Series, Part 2
Posted in Liturgy, Music, tagged Christ the King, Psalm 127, Psalms of Ascents, Songs for the Sojourn, Songs of Ascents on February 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
This Sunday we begin part two of a year long series on the Psalms of Ascents (Psalm 120-134). We have entitled our series “Songs of the Sojourn” because the Psalms of Ascents were primarily pilgrimage songs sung by the Israelites on the way to Jerusalem to celebrate the major feasts (Passover, Weeks, Tabernacles, et al). [...]
To God I Made My Sorrows Known
Posted in Music, tagged Haiti, Isaac Watts, Psalm 142, Sacred Harp, Shape Note on February 4, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
To God I Made My Sorrows Known, a text from Isaac Watts based out of Psalm 142.
Read Psalm 142 (ESV)
Music from the tune POLAND, page 86 in The Sacred Harp
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(God is the hope of the helpless)
1 To God I made my sorrows known,
From God I sought relief;
In long complaints before his throne
I pour’d [...]
Gospel Liturgy Through Song
Posted in Music, Pastoral, tagged cardiphonia, Mid All the traffic, Sovereign Grace, Worship Matter's on January 27, 2010 | 1 Comment »
I was reading the other day on the Worship Matter’s blog that Sovereign Grace Music is working on a CD that will move through the Gospel liturgy in song. It’s a great idea and one I’m sure they borrowed from a recent release ‘Mid All the Traffic‘. A CD we released that took the core [...]
Hymns for the New Year
Posted in Music, tagged hymn, John Newton, new year on January 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve been reading through some collections of hymns for the new year. Both Wesley and Newton have a number of hymns written for the New Year, embracing themes of blessing, renewed vigor in the fight of faith, renewed grace and mercy, et al. Here is one from John Newton.
Hymns before annual Sermons to Young People, [...]
