Using Hymns for survival

alabamabelle · Senior Member

Using Hymns for survival

Cat Herder · Understander of unimportant things

Recent compounded events have had a real toll on my ability to keep that internal hymn playing radio station tuned in, let alone turned up...

It doesn't help to continually hear the deafening booming of the lowriders cruising the street whenever I open the door...

rayb · Hot Air Balloon

I'm constantly singing hymns... This morning it was "Praise to the Man" and then I sang the books of the New Testament... to the same tune... :)

--Ray

dianoia · Senior Member

Have you ever heard the original song that "Praise to the Man" was taken from?

It's "Scotland the Brave." Since my nephew introduced me to it after his mission in Scotland, I tend to get the lyrics all muddled between the two. I can't imagine what it's like for Scottish Saints to sing that hymn. Might as well confuse all of you as well.

My personal internal hymn playlist includes "How Firm a Foundation", "I Need Thee Every Hour", "More Holiness Give Me", "Lord, I Would Follow Thee", and "Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing." (I'm disappointed the song didn't make it into the 1985 hymnbook. I hear there were copyright problems.)

alabamabelle · Senior Member

that was industrially cool! I hadn't ever heard that before.

It makes me want to visit Scotland!

dianoia · Senior Member

Yeah, me too.

I love the sentiment of that song, "Screw you all, we're still here."

I can see why the tune was purloined by the early Saints. I suspect that the "we're tough and we're not going away" was implied when they chose to write "Praise to the Man" to it.

PollyAnna · Senior Bucketkeeper

Amazing Grace, on the pipes

-- Edited by PollyAnna at 22:34, 2008-01-04

alabamabelle · Senior Member

My late Mother LOVED the hymn "Amazing Grace" on the bagpipes. We played it on CD for her funeral and it really brought the Spirit into the meeting.

The whole meaning of the song and the many variant verses that have been penned to that tune are a musical legacy of faith that is eloquent.

DaKnife · Senior Member

I love Amazing Grace and it should only be played on bagpipes.

Oh and Janey asked for the Amazing Grace DVD for christmas. That movie is simply awsome.

alabamabelle · Senior Member

there is something hauntingly beautiful about the hymns that have been set to bagpipes. I have several renditions of Amazing Grace, one of which I got from one of the U.S. military music download site.

Cocobeem · Keeper of the Holy Grail

I'm gonna have a lone bagpiper playing Amazing Grace over my grave at the burial.

Then I want big fireworks.

nitasmile · Senior Member

Alabamabelle- is that military music site just for the military and their families, or can anyone listen/download??

alabamabelle · Senior Member

anyone can use it. I'll get you the link in a bit.

alabamabelle · Senior Member

http://www.usarmyband.com/Audio/listen.html

http://www.usafband.af.mil/ (links to bands on the right side for various music)

http://www.marineband.usmc.mil/ (links on bottom of page)

http://www.navyband.navy.mil/ (links on the left and top of page)

each of these has music that you can right click on and save as whatever for your own listening pleasure.

and if you have a kid in scouts looking to learn bugle calls, they have them on these sites for the various services as well.

mirkwood · Senior Bucketkeeper

I have about 30 hymns on my laptop at work. When the stress levels turn up I play them til peace returns. I also use them for most my Sunday work music and when I read the scrips at work.