Hymns not in our current hymnal “Sing to the Lord” . . .

[Nelson Bradford]

. . .but, IMHO, outta be . . .

A Heart like Thine
Blessed Be the Fountain
Christ is Not a Disappointment
Did You Think to Pray?
Down From His Glory
For You I Am Praying
God is Still on the Throne
Ho! Every One That Is Thirsty.
Holy Ghost, with Light Divine
I Know I Love Thee Better, Lord
I Know That My Redeemer Liveth
I Need Jesus
I Would Be Like Jesus
Is it the Crowning Day?
Is My Name Written There?
Jesus Has Lifted Me
Let Jesus Come Into Your Heart
Living Forever
My Sins Are Blotted Out I Know
My Wonderful Friend
Now the Day is Over
Saved by Grace
Saved to the Uttermost
Savior More than Life to Me
Sitting at the Feet of Jesus
Something for Jesus
Sweet Peace the Gift of God’s Love
The Name of Jesus
The Peace that Jesus Gives
The Rock that is Higher than I
The Unveiled Christ
Trust in the Lord
Trusting Jesus
What if it Were Today?
Where Jesus is ‘Tis Heaven There
Why Do I Sing About Jesus?
Ye Must Be Born Again

[Dana Grant]

This might open a can of worms, but........

A lot of people are missing out on some absolutely beautiful music and beautiful lyrics when their church makes that decision to forego any music in the hymnal. SAD, very sad.......

[Jim Chabot]

Down from His Glory should be a keeper, I have had that one requested more than once/

I remember Ho! Every One That Is Thirsty. from the C&MA Hymnal, another good one!

How about "The Old Account Was Settled" I miss that one.

I taught a couple of A.B. Simpson songs on Monday night at camp, they went over quite well;

Jesus Only

http://lyrics.astraweb.com/display/178/hymns..unknown..jesus_only_is_our_message.html

To The Regions Beyond

http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/r/e/regionsb.htm

[Billy Cox]

This might open a can of worms, but........

A lot of people are missing out on some absolutely beautiful music and beautiful lyrics when their church makes that decision to forego any music in the hymnal. SAD, very sad.......

I can't speak for the editors of 'Sing to the Lord', but I know that they asked for a lot of input in choosing what songs to include. I am also certain that some songs were excluded because they used archaic language or promoted bad theology, although song popularity could sometimes trump those concerns.

A printed hymnal simply cannot include every hymn or gospel song. The evangelical church seems to be nearly done with printed hymnals anyway, so the question of what songs did or did not make the cut for 'Sing to the Lord' is really a moot point. I can't imagine that there will be a new Nazarene hymnal; print or otherwise.

[Marg Shurtliff]

Down from His Glory should be a keeper, I have had that one requested more than once/

I remember Ho! Every One That Is Thirsty. from the C&MA Hymnal, another good one!

How about "The Old Account Was Settled" I miss that one.

I taught a couple of A.B. Simpson songs on Monday night at camp, they went over quite well;

Jesus Only

http://lyrics.astraweb.com/display/178/hymns..unknown..jesus_only_is_our_message.html

To The Regions Beyond

http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/r/e/regionsb.htm

The Old Account Was Settled was my mom's favourite . When the Master's chorus books first came out she bought them for our church to use on condition that the Old Account be photocopied and pasted in the back of each chorus book .

[David Pettigrew]

Whosoever Meaneth Me did not make it into STTL. I used to like it because the chorus had the same tune as the theme song to Hogan's Heroes.

I also used to like "We'll Girdle the Globe" because it always made me think of my great aunt, who wore an elastic girdle.

"Jewels" is another one not in STTL.

[John Kennedy]

As a young child, 'Whosoever surely meaneth me....' made a definite impression. I had a cousin named Shirley Foster and I could easily visualize some girl named Shirley whose last name was Meanethme. That visualization didn't survive my learning to read and spell. I guess life just consists of a long succession of trade-offs.

[John Kennedy]

Whosoever Meaneth Me did not make it into STTL. I used to like it because the chorus had the same tune as the theme song to Hogan's Heroes.

I also used to like "We'll Girdle the Globe" because it always made me think of my great aunt, who wore an elastic girdle.

Before you air your perspective on 'How firm a foundation....', give the forum time to retain a psychotherapist.

[Marsha Lynn]

As a young child, 'Whosoever surely meaneth me....' made a definite impression. I had a cousin named Shirley Foster and I could easily visualize some girl named Shirley whose last name was Meanethme. That visualization didn't survive my learning to read and spell. I guess life just consists of a long succession of trade-offs.

My misinterpretation of that one survived well into literacy. I kept waiting for the rest of the sentence. What happens to the person who "surely meaneth me"? I presumed it was Jesus we were to "mean" and that "meaning" him for sure was a good thing. There surely must be more and I just wasn't tracking the words. "Whosoever meaneth Me (Jesus) [when they say, 'this is my Lord' will]..." or "Whosoever meaneth Me (Jesus) [when they declare the object of their worship will] ..." It was all quite incomplete in my mind.

I may not have been the only one confused by that line. I notice that the "whosoever" is in quotes in SttL, making the line easier to interpret.

That error was sort of like the one I made when trying to avoid duty and danger. You know, "where duty calls or danger, be never wanting there." I already knew enough to never want to be around danger and made a mental note to also avoid duty once I figured out what it was. ;)

I didn't know about Shirley Meanethme, however, I did learn about the peasapassa understanding in Sunday School opening. It's a special type of understanding one can have down in their heart right next to joy and the love of Jesus.

By the way, Nelson, "Ho, Everyone ..." is actually in SttL; it just has a new name. Check out song #324. We sing it as a response now and then.

Marsha

[Nelson Bradford]

I KNEW those words sounded familiar, Marsha, and was surprised to not find them in STTL. It's no wonder. They changed the title and text! Not fair messing with an old geezers mind!

8-)

Checking back, I see that I posted this wonderful hymn (new text) in March.

Thanx
-neb

[Nelson Bradford]

** A Heart like Thine
** Blessed Be the Fountain
** I Know That My Redeemer Liveth
** I Need Jesus
** I Would Be Like Jesus
** Jesus Has Lifted Me
** Living Forever
** My Sins Are Blotted Out I Know
** My Wonderful Friend
** The Name of Jesus
** The Peace that Jesus Gives
** Where Jesus Is, ‘Tis Heaven There
** Why Do I Sing About Jesus?

** scheduled hymns for the month of August.

-neb

[Eric Frey]

I'm not going to take the time to list a bunch of titles, but I find huge deficiencies in the following categories:

* Advent Hymns
* Funeral Hymns
* Wesley's Hymns (particularly his Eucharistic Hymns)
* Traditional Canticles
* Metrical Psalms

[Billy Cox]

I'm not going to take the time to list a bunch of titles, but I find huge deficiencies in the following categories:

* Advent Hymns
* Funeral Hymns
* Wesley's Hymns (particularly his Eucharistic Hymns)
* Traditional Canticles
* Metrical Psalms

Speaking in terms of hymnody, Sing to the Lord was a huge upgrade over the previous hymnal, Worship in Song. If it were me - and it's not - I would keep a couple of beefier hymnals on hand to compensate for the gaps in SttL.

[Eric Frey]

...got a whole shelf