Whats your favorite hymn"s ?

[Boaz]

You Raise Me Up

https://youtu.be/rT0rhVhXnNA


Dang good choice !

[Boaz]

Ain't no grave going to hold me down. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdJTK4WdeZs


We think alike ! I like the Johnny cash version too !

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyfCTZB6Nrk

[luna butte]

Boaz,

My mom was asking me about my church and the type of music that we sing. I told her that we sing about half old and half contemporary, she then asked "do you sing 'the river'?" I wasn't sure but the very next week It was on the list. I have become very fond of this song though I may have the title wrong. can you put it up?

I am going to the river,
Bringing sins I can not bear
Take my hand now
Lead me closer, lord I want to meet you there.

[Boaz]

I'm glad you requested this one !
The river ;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Esph0YmNtkk

[Boaz]

In the sweet by and by ;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvagoD8T0u4

[Boaz]

Standing on the promises ;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lofNq0U2xk0&index=13&list=RDAHe_qmo3gX4

[Boaz]

How bout an old one ?

A closer walk with thee


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrM1aWtYpys

[Boaz]

Old classic , we need to to hear it often . Don't really remember but think I knew all the words by time I was 6 or 7 years old . Inspirational , invitational , whatever . It's good.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXAqoZuYvyA

[Boaz]

LOL , I remember Mom giving me a piece of Wriggleys Juicy fruit or Spearmint gum during the service in the sanctuary after 'Sunday school' . Giving me a piece of paper to write on , draw pictures , telling me to settle down , be still , be quiet . Telling me to bow my head and be respectful during prayer . Listen to the preacher/pastor .............I also remember her grabbing me by the arm , hauling me outside spanking my butt if I didn't . LOL Thanks mom .

PS..........got a lot of spankings !

[Blackwater]

Thanks for some great and poignant memories, guys! There are so many! I sang "The Old Rugged Cross" at boy's state in men's solo. Strained me like crazy, but got-r-dome, and got 2nd place. I think they knew how hard I was straining to hit the high notes? The other guy was clearly better. When Dad died, and I walked out to my car and turned on the radio, Eric Clapton was singing "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot," one of his favorite songs. I kind'a took it as a sign from God that Dad was in very good hands. "Amazing Grace," especially when played on the bagpipes, always brings a tear to my eyes.

And two of my cousins, the "Rowdy Wright Brothers," have several bluegrass pickin' parties at their pickin' shed, and up to 500 people make it there, some national recording artists, but nobody gets paid. They're just their friends from frequent trips to the Grand Ole Opry, and come down for the fellowship and singing and my oh my, the EATS! It's all covered dish, and the Wrights or someone else good at it usually BBQ a hog. They have a good enclosed kitchen set up to keep the flies and gnats off the food, and to prepare the meals that need to be prepared. Many come in motor homes and do their cooking inside them. The comraderie and atmosphere and spirit is very much that of an old time "barn dance" that were held every year after the crops were gathered and sold, and there'd be several in the fall, and they were hugely attended and enjoyed. The music is all bluegrass and gospel, and all instruments are acoustic. I'm always touche by that old song, "keep your hands upon the throttle, and your eyes upon the rails."

Y'all bring back some really great memories. THANKS!

[Boaz]

Dang ........never heard this one ; Keep Your Hand Upon The Throttle

[Boaz]

Keep Your Hand Upon The Throttle
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7weeYM_4jbI

[Blackwater]

Thanks for the link. I love the Patsy Cline version, too, but it's really at its best sung bluegrass style, IMO. Maybe I just relate to it best that way because of my heritage, though?

The real title is "Life is Like a Mountain Railway," but I often can't recall that simply because the words are so moving. Most people today are so jaded that little affects them emotionally. I'm the opposite, usually, except when I'm attacked verbally, when I just chalk it up usually to people's lack of thought and understanding. Christ was panned more than any other human EVER will be, but he also had his devotees of like mind. I learned long ago that we each must simply make our choice of who and what we'll serve, and whether it'll be good or evil or our own selves and our wants/desires/demands (usually on the side of evil).

I've just found that being open to what things MEAN lets me use my emotions in a more positive direction, rather than a negative one as they usually seem to do for most of us these days. God didn't give us an intellect AND our emotions just to have them used to our detriment! But it's up to us HOW we use them, and whether they'll serve us well or advance evil in us and all that lies around us.

Being easily moved by things that MEAN something positive has been a boon to me. I hope more can open up to using our emotions more positively in their lives.

[Boaz]

There is a fountain filled with blood ;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1WRt1Ag5gI

[Boaz]

Jesus paid it all ;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38EVco7eba0

[Boaz]

Worthy is the lamb ;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYnCVk76L_s

[Blackwater]

All great and not often sung any more. And from my perspective, at least, that's a shame. Simple, to the point, and beautiful when sung with real conviction and feeling. Thanks.

[Boaz]

Uncloudy day ;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=us58scwo5Bg

[Blackwater]

That's a great favorite of the bluegrass crowd, especially when they want to get happy and smile.

[Boaz]

Many hymns of achieving victory over this life . My personal favorite .

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BPoMIQHwpo

[rl69]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=w1-DHepnVLs

ive always loved Willys version

[Boaz]

Victory in Jesus ;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcIoFdSC-jA

Our pastor's grandfather wrote this one so we sing it a lot at church .lol

[Boaz]

Lead me to the cross;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcIoFdSC-jA

[GhostHawk]

I grew up listening to Tennessee Ernie Ford, he has a whole bunch I love. In the garden, oh holy night.

But this week it is "The 90 and 9"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltpKFmkYy1k

Had me crying when I realized that the LORD might look on me as one of his lost sheep.

"Rejoice, for the Lord brings back his own" = me falling on my knees and tears on my face.

Man TE could sing them.

[Boaz]

Thank you GhostHawk , I well remember Tennessee Ernie , He was great at singing hymns.

[Boaz]

Just as I am;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9oSB3elWY4

Many have walked down the aisle to be saved while this was sung .

[Blackwater]

What a wonderful post, Ghosthawk! Thanks. Ernie was another "one of a kind," and when he sang that song, and you looked at his eyes as he sang it, you knew the depth to which he meant every word of it. THAT is what makes ANY gospel song so powerful - it's all in the delivery. And people who don't have it in their hearts can sing great sometimes, but it still won't touch the heart like someone who clearly MEANS what he's singing. Lots of great singers all over who never went or even wanted to go pro. Some of these rather plain looking ol' country gals can really raise the rafters of the church, and grab your heart and squeeze the evil out of it. Music indeed DOES have the power to soothe the savage beast - even us "moderns."

Have y'all ever noticed how just listening to someone sing like that can just totally change your focus and attitude? It's amazing the power good music and singing really CAN have when it's done to the marrow of our bones. Anyone who's never been so moved is SO much the poorer for it, and most likely just never let it in. People CAN do that, of course. As with knowing God's will when he whispers to us His advice, we have to be OPEN to it to let it come in. And some of us "moderns" are just too busy, too focused on the things that will all pass away, or whatever, and so they miss some wondrous and poignant things that more balanced and objective people "get." And really, it's all their fault, if you want to call it a fault. I just think of it as a choice or compulsion, but compulsions are usually just extensions of choices, so really, it's mostly about choices. And we make these every day.

[Preacher Jim]

watch the lamb by Ray boltz
my favorite for Easter season

[Boaz]

Watch the lamb;
Good choice Jim

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNT1AThOgME

[Boaz]

I put this hymn up above but I like this version too, listened to it this morning.

Lead me to the cross;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_24IdbJ0Tw

[Boaz]

Easter is almost here ! Please post any hymn you consider would fit the resurrection of our Lord and savior who died that we might truly live .

[Boaz]

...............THE ROCK WAS ROLLED AWAY................
The tomb is empty.........................he lives !
..........WHY SEEK YE THE LIVING AMONG THE DEAD..

[Boaz]

Most often used invitational hymn and one of the best ;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGXDfxWM2r0

[Boaz]

I picked these young people to put this one up , Lord but that more would praise our GOD . Unclouded day ;


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2_PYxRxGl8

[mtnman31]

The Marine's Hymn

[Boaz]

Does your heartgood to see the hope for the future in our young sisters and brothers taking up the cross. Come to the water ;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcUrES8a4bY&ebc=ANyPxKoHMMk1N6X_rGA4VPtDcMVNKHgvcKgD9xJJjMI2VK UKwi7-gjLJzoUaXHr_la0djpEQGTpRsRTPQ6TwSzGNfHg3Xa01XA

[Boaz]

Rock of ages ;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gM7gt_cSxjw

[Boaz]

Standing on the promises ;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gM7gt_cSxjw

[Boaz]

Tis so sweet to trust in Jesus ;
Haven't heard this one in a long time

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DdgkvnsHjM&ebc=ANyPxKq-mKdO8zzT5Pg26eICeqiHVtfpjN7jYItOhzoZNY9ufBUmXt_L2h BheHdNLauno3uc4riyra1Btf9897BcaThsZ2ha5g

[Boaz]

What a friend we have in Jesus ;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X35JDIdQF5A

[Boaz]

How great thou art ;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofw7RLhsmxU

[Boaz]

Do you have any memories GOD put in your life ? When I stop and think there are many . We make them every day .

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNUhMFb5yYM

[Blackwater]

Went to the Sr.'s dinner at church today, and a younger lady with a great voice sang for us. Wow, was she good! As to songs, there are two parts - the song itself, which is important, but even moreso is the deliverer. When I see someone sing, and close their eyes, lean back their head, and just let it flow out of them like water from an Artesian spring, THIS is as good as it gets, and it only seems to happen these days in live performances.

Talent at singing and playing music are common, but few seem to have the simple grace to really let themselves go, and pour their whole souls into the song. When you see this, you're really blessed. So let's give credit to those who typically sing this way, and really put into it all that God gave them to work with. It never fails to impress and satisfy me greatly.

[marshall623]

1 How great though art.
2. Amazing Grace
3 Just as I am.
4 Are you washed in the Blood.
5. Peace in the the valley.

[Boaz]

Here ya go marshall623 .

Just as I am ;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGXDfxWM2r0

Amazing grace ;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDdvReNKKuk

Are you washed in the blood ;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R52heyok9Ps

Peace in the valley ;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9pCFo2HdU0

Good choices !

[marshall623]

Thanks I'll check those out.

[marshall623]

The touch of the masters hand is a good one.
http://youtu.be/2BZJ_TnwUWQ?list=RD2BZJ_TnwUWQ

[Pine Baron]

I love all hymns, so choosing one or even a few, is difficult, almost impossible.
However, it always comes back to "Amazing Grace". So many beautiful renditions, always keeps me humble and grounded.

[Half Dog]

I don't know where I was when this thread started but I have enjoyed so many responses. Thank you Boaz for starting and the time you have put into this.

Now my contribution: A favorite memory from when my daughter was young

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjBuTVGf8o4

[Ithaca Gunner]

How great thou art, best done by Tennessee Earni Ford.

[garym1a2]

While not a hym this is my fav.

https://youtu.be/lydBPm2KRaU

Jesus take the heel by Carrie.

[Traffer]

This is one I am looking forward to singing with the Heavenly Host. "On Zion's Glorious Summit"
"Then I looked and heard the voice of many angels, numbering thousands upon thousands, and ten thousand times ten thousand. They encircled the throne and the living creatures and the elders."

https://youtu.be/PGDzlA6JvyY

[Boaz]

Good music guys !

[Boaz]

Amazing grace by Ernie ;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTW_o4l05OI

[Pine Baron]

Amazing grace by Ernie ;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTW_o4l05OI
LOL, Boaz, you posted this for ME. Thanks.

[Blackwater]

Not just you, Pine Baron. I sure do miss ol' Ernie. They don't make 'em like him any more. He was truly one of a kind, and like some stars I've met, what you saw was what you got. Not a hint of "puttin' on airs" with ol' Ernie. And when he sang gospel, ya' knew he meant it to the marrow of his bones. THAT is REAL gospel!

[Boaz]

Leaning on the everlasting arms ;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=caUOl-URnNM

[Boaz]

Because he lives ;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxJuBTHzd3Q

[Boaz]

No turning back ;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAIplRcxM4E

[Boaz]

What a friend we have in Jesus ;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X35JDIdQF5A

[Boaz]

I'll fly away ;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNaf8WjAB44

[Boaz]

Victory in Jesus ;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcIoFdSC-jA

[Boaz]

Jesus paid it all ;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bPaXN9j9yQ

[Boaz]

Holy Holy Holy ;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6iK0Miq2xNo

[Boaz]

It is well with my soul ;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cv5V3bY6qlI

[Boaz]

Great is thy faithfulness ;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-HszBrTGfA

[Boaz]

Be thou my vision ;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKByTfiHOFE

[Boaz]

Blessed assurance ;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9XZ_HSquUQ

[Boaz]

I will follow Jesus ;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mG-Pvqv2PHs

[Boaz]

Softly and tenderly ;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzdFf9Hxc5U

[rl69]

This guy is rough

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KNo80EtzsWU&ebc=ANyPxKpJ1NkSaTPEya6zHJwKlDj2J7RdnkTl4jNmwdJD_h JK7O_aKr9Eo46cMu5ND-rDRs67pv5ZV0fl2ITAryoCvfCf2EVtqA

[Boaz]

I liked it rl69 . Guy is old school .

[45workhorse]

The Marines Hymn

[Preacher Jim]

Sanctuary Make me a sanctuary
Love that one

[Boaz]

From the halls of Montezuma;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3ugVvBwAZI

[Boaz]

Sanctuary prepare me to be a sanctuary ;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_eIJalH8z4

[Boaz]

Whom shall fear ;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0gu0nOaFsI

[Boaz]

I have decided to follow Jesus ;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehuBXUD5h8U

[rl69]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?autoplay=1&v=OVt817FC1QA&vidve=5727

[Boaz]

Thank you rl69 !

[Blackwater]

I think I need to turn off the radio and TV and listen to good Gospel songs more. Thanks, Boaz. I've loved music all my life, and tried to make it. Have had limited success making it, but I'll always love it. Sometimes, we just need to return to our roots. And just sit and enjoy, and soak up all the reassurances it brings. Thanks.

[Boaz]

It is well with my soul ;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHe_qmo3gX4

[Boaz]

Lord , I'm coming home .

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQuJhyTI0Tk

[rl69]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8791LGcYxE

[Boaz]

Good choice rl69 !

[Boaz]

Hark the herald angels ;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUqtKJ13eH4

[GhostHawk]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTW_o4l05OI

[rockrat]

Amazing Grace to the bagpipes!!

[GhostHawk]

Rockrat that is a good one. But then bagpipes always get me going. Makes me feel like I want to pack a light pack, grab a rifle, and go for a walk. Brings out the martial side in me.

Must be a Gaelic thing.

[Boaz]

Come as you are ;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2zhf2mqEMI

[FSR]

Just as I am.
https://youtu.be/w2VrRk4pZHY

[Boaz]

Great choice ! Bound to be used as the invitational hymn more than any other .

[SteelHorseCowboy]

Amazing Grace. Of course! What list of hymns is complete without it?
Go Rest High on that Mountain. Traditionally sang at funerals in my family. Beautiful song.

Here's one by Jamey Johnson, written by Randy Houser. I don't think it's found in any Baptist hymnal, but I love it. Just a beautiful song.

https://youtu.be/TJXCSM3Wg5I

I'm not a Christian, but I'm raising one. And I enjoy good music just as much as the next fella.

[Kosh75287]

Amazing Grace, usually. When I'm in a car with my girlfriend and she's driving... "Nearer, My God, to Thee".

[1johnlb]

Not a hymn. Just 1 of my many favorites. The long version I'll play inside my house just to set an atmosphere.


https://youtu.be/rvgJZy8UHco

[1johnlb]

Another


https://youtu.be/DuXB1a3NBCw

[1johnlb]

And yet another


https://youtu.be/tL0EjiWoEuA

[Boaz]

Thanks John....all good ones brother !!

[Traffer]

On Zion's Glorious Summit. Used to go to a Church with about 2500 people singing that. It was beautiful. We sang it a little slower than this though:
https://youtu.be/PGDzlA6JvyY

[Boaz]

2500 voices n praise ...would be an amazing thing ! Good hymn !

[Blackwater]

You know, song is a highly subjective thing. I've always been a fan of blues, or at least the kind that grew out of black gospel. It's very moving in a more secular way, but its roots always shine through. I've also learned to appreciate those who can't sing on key very well, but put all their heart into it. I have a suspicion Christ doesn't care much about being in tune, but DOES care greatly about what's put into the songs of praise to Him. Such singers seem to me to reflect humanity itself. We may often not quite get the key right, but the MAIN thing is that we're in the fight as best as we know how to conduct it, and are WILLING to take it on. Courage and faith combined make everything so much sweeter than it appears to those who are too persnickety to appreciate the humble things.

[Pistolero49]

Leaning on the everlasting arms.

[Boaz]

Leaning on the everlasting arms ;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=caUOl-URnNM

[Boaz]

Be thou my vision ;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKByTfiHOFE

[Boaz]

Ten thousand reasons ;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXDGE_lRI0E

[Boaz]

I will let this thread die . Hard to imagine for me there if no interest here . Could care less I put it up or views . If it's no count it should fade away . I love hymns but there is little interest seems like . So be it .

[Pine Baron]

Amazing Grace. May God have Mercy on us.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDdvReNKKuk

[Blackwater]

There are just so many hymns that have moved me greatly in the past, that the list could go on forever, and each singer puts something special of themselves into their singing, too. I regret to say that I'm so addicted to the "old standards" that the new stuff just can't cut it with me. There's just no "history" to them for me, and the history of each hymn is what gives them that special, endearing quality. I guess I'm really gittin' old?

[Greg G.]

Our God is an awesome God


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PP9BjKnDaFk

[Blackwater]

When my father died in the hospital, I went to the parking lot, cranked my truck, and the radio was on already. Eric Clapton's verson of "Swing Low Sweet Chariot" came on in its entirety, and it struck me fairly dumb for a moment. It was as if God was sending me a message not to worry about Dad, that he really WAS in a much better place. So that song will always hold a special place of honor in my heart. He always loved that old song, and could play and sing it well. I can still see that big ol' grin of his as he played and sang. He had a bit of the "ham" in him about his music. But never so much as to lose his humility. Country boys can't even spell "pridefulness," much less practice it!

[lightman]

I've always liked the older hymns. Up until my Wife had liver failure she was part of a group of 6 girls (Women) that regularly sang at Church. She just does not have enough air to sing anymore. I miss those times.

[Boaz]

Lord I'm coming home ;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=auD8szVnTaE

[Boaz]

I love to tell the story ;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0aiahIo8Sw

[Boaz]

The old rugged cross ;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fa1afzmDL1Q

[halvey]

Amazing Grace. There's some good modern versions, specifically the one by Chris Tomlin.

[Boaz]

Amazing Grace ;
(Chris Tomlin)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-4NFvI5U9w

[Blackwater]

Amazing Grace on the bagpipes is SO moving! Guess it's my Scots heritage coming out???

[bob208]

down to the river

[Boaz]

The old rugged cross ;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fa1afzmDL1Q