This Must Be Grace
Our virtual choir project for This Must Be Grace has been completed and returned by the company who compiled our recordings. We will present this video in our 8:30 a.m. worship on April 11. We owe a debt of gratitude to both Vance Stewart and Andrea Jennings, as they worked diligently to bring this project to completion.
This must be grace, love in this place.
So we take our bread; we take our fish;
We offer it up to You so You can multiply it!
This must be grace!
Hymns With Strange Titles
Recently I came across an article which listed a number of hymns with strange titles. I decided to share three of these with all of you.
Lord, I Can Suffer thy Rebukes – The text of this hymn was written by Isaac Watts. The tune was by Mozart. Here is the first verse of the hymn:
Lord, I can suffer Thy rebukes,
When Thou with kindness dost chastise;
But Thy fierce wrath I cannot bear:
O let it not against me rise.
Blest Be the Man Whose Bowels Move – This is another hymn written by the great hymn writer Isaac Watts. “Bowels” as referenced in scripture are the seat of emotions. It’s that realization that your feelings come from deep within. Here is the first verse of the hymn:
Blest is the man whose bowels move
And melt with pity to the poor;
Whose soul by sympathizing love,
Feels what his fellow saints endure.
Although Isaac Watts composed the text for these two “strangely titled” hymns, he is best known for writing text for When I Survey the Wondrous Cross and Joy to the World.
If Men Go to Hell, Who Cares – This hymn was written by E.M. Bartlett in 1939. In the first verse and chorus, you can clearly see the underlying message of the hymn is all about CARING.
While the world rushes on in its folly and sin,
And men go down in despair
To reign where demons are shrieking within,
If men go to hell, who cares?
Who cares, who cares, O Lord, who cares?
While the world rushes on in sin to despair:
If men go to hell, who cares?
A very popular hymn written (text and music) by Bartlett is Victory in Jesus. An interesting piece of trivia…Bartlett was from Waynesville, MO!