Hymns You Just DON'T Get-Be Honest!!

HeatherJay · #1 23rd July 2004, 05:19 PM

I bring this up because of one song that we sing often...Trees of the Field. I mean, I get it, I guess, but it's, for me, very different than the normal hymns that we sing....and it's so FAST...I always get tongue tied.

So I shared my "weird" hymn...what's yours?

TREES OF THE FIELD

You shall go out with joy and be led forth with peace
The mountains and the hills
will break forth before You
There'll be shouts of joy and all the trees of the field
Will clap, will clap their hands

And all the trees of the field will clap their hands
the trees of the field will clap their hands (2x)
while You go out with joy (Repeat)

Piano Player · #2 24th July 2004, 06:11 AM

Slightly off topic, but... My father said when he was a child he always wondered why they were singing about "Gladly, the cross-eyed bear." My sister's name is Holly, and when I was little I wondered why the whole church was singing "Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God Almighty!" Talk about sibling rivalry.

ClementofRome · #3 24th July 2004, 02:08 PM

Originally Posted by HeatherJay

I bring this up because of one song that we sing often...Trees of the Field. I mean, I get it, I guess, but it's, for me, very different than the normal hymns that we sing....and it's so FAST...I always get tongue tied.

So I shared my "weird" hymn...what's yours?

TREES OF THE FIELD

You shall go out with joy and be led forth with peace
The mountains and the hills
will break forth before You
There'll be shouts of joy and all the trees of the field
Will clap, will clap their hands

And all the trees of the field will clap their hands
the trees of the field will clap their hands (2x)
while You go out with joy (Repeat)

This might help with that:

(KJV) Isaiah 55:12
"For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands."

See the metaphorical context of the passage from Isaiah.

ClementofRome · #4 24th July 2004, 02:09 PM

Originally Posted by Piano Player

Slightly off topic, but... My father said when he was a child he always wondered why they were singing about "Gladly, the cross-eyed bear." My sister's name is Holly, and when I was little I wondered why the whole church was singing "Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God Almighty!" Talk about sibling rivalry.

My favorite to laugh about as a kid was , "Led On Oh Kinky Turtle."

ClementofRome · #5 24th July 2004, 02:14 PM

I had a similar discussion about the theology of Christian hymns/songs with a colleague some time back and we agreed that contemporary Christian music is a theological wasteland in many instances. But he brought up an error with the following hymn, "What a Friend We Have in Jesus." Now I am not as much of a hair splitter as my colleague, but he concludes that this hymn is theologically incorrect in that the scriptures nowhere say that Jesus is our friend. Scripture does say that we are Jesus' friend....but that He is our Lord and Savior.

I was not quite sure how to respond to that one.

Others that I have chuckled over in the past have to do with glorifying Jesus' name in some way, shape or form.....when his name was NOT Jesus!

ufonium2 · #6 24th July 2004, 06:29 PM

There was a whole book of them, and now I can't think of the name. Any time I'd see one from that book in the bulletin (I was UMC at the time) I would know it was gonna be weird. I wish I could remember the name. They tended to be faster, and were modal. Grrrr.....I'm going senile at 23!

bigsierra · #7 24th July 2004, 09:54 PM

I believe this is the one I always liked. I think it was number 188. hehe At the church I grew up in, they let people call out a hymn number, then we would sing it. We would sing till people stopped calling numbers.

Under His Wings
Barney E. Warren

I’m in the Lord’s sacred pavilion;
I rest in the holiest place;
His kingdom and all its dominion
I’ve found with abundance of grace.

Refrain:
Under His wings, yes, under His wings;
I’m resting in Jesus, oh, it is precious!
Under His wings, yes, under His wings;
I’m resting in Jesus, under His wings.
I’m in the Lord’s sacred pavilion,
Where peace like a river doth flow;
Where manna from heaven is given;
Where joys are eternal, I know.
I’m in the Lord’s sacred pavilion,
Thus sheltered securely from harm;
With Him I have constant communion,
I’m resting on His mighty arm.
I’m in the Lord’s sacred pavilion;
Where I would forever abide;
Though once far away—a lost alien—
In Jesus I now can confide.

kayanne · #8 24th July 2004, 10:33 PM

Originally Posted by ClementofRome

Others that I have chuckled over in the past have to do with glorifying Jesus' name in some way, shape or form.....when his name was NOT Jesus!

could you explain please?

HeatherJay · #9 25th July 2004, 02:06 AM

Originally Posted by ClementofRome

This might help with that:

(KJV) Isaiah 55:12
"For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands."

See the metaphorical context of the passage from Isaiah.

As I said, I 'get' it...I know it's Biblical. It's just the tune and the melody and all that that drives me nuts.

HeatherJay · #10 25th July 2004, 02:10 AM

Since starting this thread, lol, I think the Lord is really working on me...lol, I've been unable to get the song (Trees of the Field)out of my head for the last 2 days.

Singing it to my kids in the car and everything...isn't that funny and wonderful?

I'm actually coming around to liking it, maybe.