Question:
Fellow Christians: What is an old hymn you love?
Amy
2010-02-03 21:57:13 UTC
Mine:

When I Survey The Wondrous Cross
by Isaac Watts

When I survey the wondrous cross
On which the Prince of glory died,
My richest gain I count but loss,
And pour contempt on all my pride.

Forbid it, Lord, that I should boast,
Save in the death of Christ my God!
All the vain things that charm me most,
I sacrifice them to His blood.

See from His head, His hands, His feet,
Sorrow and love flow mingled down!
Did e’er such love and sorrow meet,
Or thorns compose so rich a crown?

Were the whole realm of nature mine,
That were a present far too small;
Love so amazing, so divine,
Demands my soul, my life, my all.
27 answers:
2010-02-04 05:58:01 UTC
there are a few,

Heavens Jubilee,

(Chorus)

Oh what singing,

Oh what shouting,

on that blessed morning when we all shall rise,

Oh what glory,hallelujah.

when we meet our blessed savior in the sky.



The old rugged Cross,

Chorus)

I will cherish the old rugged cross,

where my burdens at last,I lay down.

I will cling to the old rugged cross,

and exchange it someday for a crown.



power in the blood,

(chorus)

There is power,power,wonder working power,

in the blood,of the Lamb,

There is power,power,wonder working power,

in the precious blood of the Lamb.



and of course,

Amazing Grace



all from the Baptist hymnal.
Wyn
2010-02-03 22:36:27 UTC
Too many to name just one.



Praise to the Lord, the Almighty

Turn your eyes upon Jesus

O How He loves you and me

All Hail the Power of Jesus' name

Holy! Holy! Holy!

There's Something About that Name

Blessed Assurance

Beautiful Savior

To God be the Glory, Great things he hath done

How Great Thou Art

Fairest Lord Jesus

Great is Thy Faithfulness

O Love That wilt Not Let Me Go

Once to every Man and Nation

The Lord's My Shepherd, I'll Not Want
cowsert
2016-09-30 17:05:17 UTC
astounding Grace, The satisfaction, hatred, greed, lust, prejudice.... even the perfect of mankind is a tragic wretch whilst placed next to the perfect that guy could be and the perfect examined in Jesus. Jesus loves me. The previous youngsters hymn holds greater reality than many will ever renowned. it is definitely. After listening to the story of the writing of this hymn it has a reliable place in my coronary heart. God Bless Todd
2010-02-05 12:28:18 UTC
Footprints Of Jesus

Sweetly, Lord, have we heard Thee calling,



Come, follow Me!



And we see where Thy footprints falling



Lead us to Thee.



Refrain



Footprints of Jesus,



That make the pathway glow;



We will follow the steps of Jesus



Where'er they go.



Though they lead o'er the cold, dark mountains,



Seeking His sheep;



Or along by Siloam's fountains,



Helping the weak.



Refrain



If they lead through the temple holy,



Preaching the Word;



Or in homes of the poor and lowly,



Serving the Lord.



Refrain



Though, dear Lord, in Thy pathway keeping,



We follow Thee;



Through the gloom of that place of weeping,



Gethsemane!



Refrain



If Thy way and its sorrows bearing,



We go again,



Up the slope of the hillside, bearing



Our cross of pain.



Refrain



By and by, through the shining portals,



Turning our feet,



We shall walk, with the glad immortals,



Heav'n's golden street.



Refrain



Then at last when on high He sees us,



Our journey done,



We will rest where the steps of Jesus



End at His throne.



Refrain
?
2010-02-04 10:43:28 UTC
Old rugged Cross by George Bennard in 1912.
R.
2010-02-04 14:42:08 UTC
The Mountain Of the Lord

Let us go to the mountain of the Lord to meet Him

Let us rise above this earthly plane and draw near Him

Let us lay our cares and burdens down and seek His face

As we turn our hearts to Heaven now at the mountain of the Lord



Let us come with humble confidence to His Heavenly Throne

For the Father loves to give gifts to His choose ones

Let us come as trusting children now to receive His love

As the dew of Heaven falls on us at the mountain of the Lord



Alleluia, Alleluia, We sing Alleluia



Let us come to the mountain of the Lord to celebrate

To tell of all His wondrous works and to shout His praise

In all the nations of the earth we spread His name

that all who hear would worship Him at the mountain of the Lord



We come to the mountain to praise Him

We come to lift up His Name



God Bless!
2010-02-03 22:04:31 UTC
Battle Hymn of the Republic
missleslie
2010-02-04 02:16:32 UTC
He Lives, He Lives,

Christ Jesus lives today, He walks with me and He talks with me along life's narrow way, He Lives, He Lives, Salvation to impart! You ask me how I know He Lives, He lives with-in my Heart.. Rejoice Rejoice O Christian, lift up your heart and sing, Eternal Hallelujahs to Jesus Christ the King. The hope of all who seek Him,the help who all who find, None other is so loving, so good and kind. He Lives, He Lives, Salvation to impart, You ask me how I know He lives?, He lives with in my heart.

Hey...we sing pretty good together. Back to bed....Sweet dreams Amy
Christian M
2010-02-04 05:21:40 UTC
Hymn who made the whole creation, my favorite, old before even time began. Hymn who is my life and reason, Hymn who knows the purpose and the plan.
ungodly
2010-02-03 22:02:40 UTC
That was a very nice one!

My favorite was "All Hail the Power of Jesus' Name".

I loved singing that one when I was a christian (esp., "...and crown Him Lord of All").



EDIT: I also loved "How Great Thou Art".



Thank you so much for reminding me of some nice memories!
Jigoku Shoujo
2010-02-03 22:02:28 UTC
Tell me not, in mournful numbers,

Life is but an empty dream!

For the soul is dead that slumbers,

And things are not what they seem.



Life is real! Life is earnest!

And the grave is not its goal;

Dust thou art, to dust returnest,

Was not spoken of the soul.



Not enjoyment, and not sorrow,

Is our destined end or way;

But to act, that each to-morrow

Find us farther than to-day.



Art is long, and Time is fleeting,

And our hearts, though stout and brave,

Still, like muffled drums, are beating

Funeral marches to the grave.



In the world's broad field of battle,

In the bivouac of Life,

Be not like dumb, driven cattle!

Be a hero in the strife!



Trust no Future, howe'er pleasant!

Let the dead Past bury its dead!

Act,--act in the living Present!

Heart within, and God o'erhead!



Lives of great men all remind us

We can make our lives sublime,

And, departing, leave behind us

Footprints on the sands of time;--



Footprints, that perhaps another,

Sailing o'er life's solemn main,

A forlorn and shipwrecked brother,

Seeing, shall take heart again.



Let us, then, be up and doing,

With a heart for any fate;

Still achieving, still pursuing,

Learn to labor and to wait.



actually it's a poem. . . so i guess glory glory hallelujah
2010-02-03 22:05:59 UTC
I like that one. My all-time favorite is It Is Well With My Soul. The man wrote it right after he learned that his four daughters had been killed in a shipwreck. The story behind it always makes me admire his strength.
o.O
2010-02-03 22:05:23 UTC
Non-Christian theist here



I love love love Ave Maria. Such a beautiful song, and it's amaaaazing to sing! I also love Why Have You Abandoned Me, which is sung during Good Friday Mass.



Ave Maria, gratia plena.

Maria, gratia plena

Maria, gratia plena

Ave, ave dominus,

Dominus tecum.



Benedicta tu in mulieribus,

Et benedictus.

Et benedictus fructus ventris,

Ventris tui, Jesus.

Ave Maria.



(instrumental part)



Ave Maria, Mater Dei

Ora pro nobis, peccatoribus

Ora, ora pro nobis

Ora, ora pro nobis, peccatoribus.



Nunc et in hora mortis,

In hora mortis nostrae.

In hora mortis, mortis nostrae,

In hora mortis nostrae.



Ave Maria!
Marie
2010-02-03 22:39:33 UTC
Amazing Grace,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3XdXEJEI4E&feature=related



How Great Thou Art,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8BumYH8n1k



It Is Well With My Soul

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYFjikyp7mQ&feature=related



Are You Washed In The Blood.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNGDTTiM_v4



I'll Fly Away

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdRdqp4N3Jw



Just As I Am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StmGW7QHleM



All these songs remind me of the little church I attended with my little Southern granny.



Peace
robert p
2010-02-04 21:29:42 UTC
many.



how great Thou art.



battle hymn of thee republic



when the roll is called up yonder



amazing grace



oh the blood of Jesus
?
2010-02-06 01:05:41 UTC
I love something basic and simple for me to teach in my Sunday school class.

God loves you

God loves me

we are a big family!

Jesus loves me.
James O
2010-02-04 17:55:36 UTC
This is My Father's World
2010-02-04 14:48:44 UTC
oh I have a lot. I will give you a few lines from some of my favorites my daddy use to sing around the house and in his church.



1.I love to tell the story, of Jesus and his glory.....



2.I shall not be, I shall not be moved, repeat chorus, Just like a tree, planted by the water....repeat



3.Heavens a place for holy, Heavens a place for the free, Heavens a place for redeem ones, don't you wanna go to heaven with me?. Listen to call of Nations, and the people over the sea, from the black to the white and the yellow and the brown, there's a home in heaven for me. Well I won't know how to behave myself when I'm finally free at last, I'll never have another burden to bare, I'm never gonna be downcast. I'll walk up and down the streets of gold, take Jesus by the hand.....can't remember the rest but it has a great tune. My little Turkish newphew use to sing this song when he was only 3 with his grandpa.



4.When I'm growing old and feeble, stand by me, repeat, when the world is tossing me, like a ship out on the sea, thou who knowest all about me, stand by me.

When I'm crossing chili Jordan, stand by me, repeat, when I do the best I can, still my friends misunderstand, when I'm crossing chili Jordan, stand by me...

In the midst of tribulation, stand by me, repeat chorus....



5.Oh they tell me of a home where no storm clouds rise, Oh they tell me of home far away, Oh they tell me of a home far beyond the skies, oh they tell me of an uncloudy day.... tis a land of a cloudless sky, can't remember the words all the way, but we sang it at my dads burial.



6.Are you washed in the blood , in the soul cleasing blood of the Lamb?, our your garments spotless are they white as snow, are you washed in the blood of the Lamb.

Have you been to the River, have you been bamptized, are you washed in the blood of the Lamb?



7.Beaula land, I'm longing for you..... I'm kind of home sick for a country, to which I never been before...No sad farewells will enter that city, and time won't matter anymore...... Repeat Chorus. I'm sure I got some words wrong, but this song is so beautiful.



8.Some glad morning when this life over, I'll fly away, to a land on God's Celestial shore, I'll fly away. I'll fly away ol glory I'll fly away in the mornin, when I die haleiluyah bye and bye, I'll fly away. (maybe those old people made up some of these words in church,lol?)



9.Glory haleluyah I'll have a new body, changed in the twinling of an eye, When I wake up, to sleep no more. Blessed redeemed of all the ages praises the one whom I adore, When I wake up to sleep no more.



10.When I wake up, some glad morning, happy I'll be over in glory, on the shore, telling the story, when the redeem of all the nations, praising the one whom I adore, when I wake up, repeat, to sleep no more.( This song gives you goosebumps because there is like a quartet of old men when the deepest voices repeating each other, no need for music.)



11.Fifty miles of elbow room, from either side to spare..... Oh the gates swing wide on the other side, where the flowers always in bloom. There will be room to spare as we enter there, room for you and room for me.....



12. The darkest hour is just before dawn.

13. Heaven could never welcome a sweeter mamma, earth could never loose a greater soul. Her favorite spot was sitting by window, rocking in her old rocking chair.....

14. Look for me, for I will be there too.

15. King of Kings

16. From Cradle to Cross to Crown( Bluegrass Cardinals)

17. Rough side of the Mountain (The Winans)

18. The Palm of His Hand ( ALison Kraus)

19. Who am I (Elvis Presley)

20. Coat of many colors (Dolly Parton)
2010-02-04 02:01:15 UTC
Here:



There is a fountain filled with blood drawn from Emmanuel’s veins;

And sinners plunged beneath that flood lose all their guilty stains.

Lose all their guilty stains, lose all their guilty stains;

And sinners plunged beneath that flood lose all their guilty stains.



The dying thief rejoiced to see that fountain in his day;

And there have I, though vile as he, washed all my sins away.

Washed all my sins away, washed all my sins away;

And there have I, though vile as he, washed all my sins away.



Dear dying Lamb, Thy precious blood shall never lose its power

Till all the ransomed church of God be saved, to sin no more.

Be saved, to sin no more, be saved, to sin no more;

Till all the ransomed church of God be saved, to sin no more.



E’er since, by faith, I saw the stream Thy flowing wounds supply,

Redeeming love has been my theme, and shall be till I die.

And shall be till I die, and shall be till I die;

Redeeming love has been my theme, and shall be till I die.



Then in a nobler, sweeter song, I’ll sing Thy power to save,

When this poor lisping, stammering tongue lies silent in the grave.

Lies silent in the grave, lies silent in the grave;

When this poor lisping, stammering tongue lies silent in the grave.



Lord, I believe Thou hast prepared, unworthy though I be,

For me a blood bought free reward, a golden harp for me!

’Tis strung and tuned for endless years, and formed by power divine,

To sound in God the Father’s ears no other name but Thine.
2010-02-04 09:23:54 UTC
My hope is built on nothing less than Jesus' blood and righteousness
2010-02-03 22:04:39 UTC
wow, i'm a music person; it really speaks to my heart. there are literally hundreds of hymns i LOVE.



but one of my favorites always has been... My Jesus, I Love Thee, William R. Featherston, 1864.



My Jesus, I love Thee, I know Thou art mine;

For Thee all the follies of sin I resign;

My gracious Redeemer, my Savior art Thou;

If ever I loved Thee, my Jesus, ’tis now.



I love Thee because Thou hast first loved me,

And purchased my pardon on Calvary’s tree;

I love Thee for wearing the thorns on Thy brow;

If ever I loved Thee, my Jesus, ’tis now.



I’ll love Thee in life, I will love Thee in death,

And praise Thee as long as Thou lendest me breath;

And say when the death dew lies cold on my brow,

If ever I loved Thee, my Jesus, ’tis now.



In mansions of glory and endless delight,

I’ll ever adore Thee in heaven so bright;

I’ll sing with the glittering crown on my brow,

If ever I loved Thee, my Jesus, ’tis now.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=at67q_staZ8&feature=related
kdanley
2010-02-03 22:04:02 UTC
Pick me! Ooh! Pick me! I got one!



Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee

1

Joyful, joyful, we adore Thee

God of glory, Lord of love;

Hearts unfold like flowers before Thee,

Opening to the sun above.



Melt the clouds of sin and sadness,

Drive the dark of doubt away;

Giver of immortal gladness,

Fill us with the light of day.



2

All Thy works with joy surround Thee,

Earth and heaven reflect Thy rays,

Stars and angels sing around Thee,

Center of unbroken praise.



Field and forest, vale and mountain,

Flowery meadow, flashing sea,

Chanting bird and flowing fountain,

Call us to rejoice in Thee.



3

Thou art giving and forgiving,

Ever blessing, ever blest,

Wellspring of the joy of living,

Ocean depth of happy rest!



Thou art Father, Christ our Brother-

All who live in love are Thine;

Teach us how to love each other,

Lift us to the joy divine.



4

Mortals, join the happy chorus

With the morning stars began;

Father love is reigning o’er us,

Brother love binds man to man.



Ever singing, march we onward,

Victors in the midst of strife,

Joyful music leads us sunward

In the triumph song of life. Amen.
2010-02-03 21:59:13 UTC
I've always loved The Greatest Commands, although I'm not a Christian.
JAY
2010-02-03 22:08:30 UTC
i dont remember many old hymns.



but when i was young we sang "Awesome God"

and i like that song





great song, every time it repeats, just gets stronger... i love that



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RGcb7alSk0



LOOK^
Chou
2010-02-10 14:08:21 UTC
Nearer, my God, to thee, nearer to thee!

E'en though it be a cross that raiseth me,

still all my song shall be,

nearer, my God, to thee;

nearer, my God, to thee, nearer to thee!



Though like the wanderer, the sun gone down,

darkness be over me, my rest a stone;

yet in my dreams I'd be

nearer, my God, to thee;

nearer, my God, to thee, nearer to thee!



There let the way appear, steps unto heaven;

all that thou sendest me, in mercy given;

angels to beckon me

nearer, my God, to thee;

nearer, my God, to thee, nearer to thee!



Then, with my waking thoughts bright with thy praise,

out of my stony griefs Bethel I'll raise;

so by my woes to be

nearer, my God, to thee;

nearer, my God, to thee, nearer to thee!



Or if, on joyful wing cleaving the sky,

sun, moon, and stars forgot, upward I fly,

still all my song shall be,

nearer, my God, to thee;

nearer, my God, to thee, nearer to thee!
Turmoyl
2010-02-03 22:10:05 UTC
Good song.

I've always liked "What a friend we have in Jesus".
Indycar girl (real one)
2010-02-03 21:59:45 UTC
oh...one of these nights at about twelve o'clock

this whole earth's gonna reel and rock...

things thay'll tremble and cry for pain

for the Lord's gonna come in his heavenly airplane.


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