Favorite Hymns?

[Winter_Rose]

O Holy Night by Carrie Underwood.

 

[mnorian]

O Holy Night by Carrie Underwood.

I will see your "Oh Holy Night" by Carrie Underwood and raise you one by Evie Tornquist; I was just listening to this song a half hour ago testing out a new pair of headphones; this is my favorite version of this song; altho I do like Underwood's too"

 

[mnorian]

I'll Fly Away.

That is one of my favorite old hymns; and I thought I would look it up for you and others and boy did I find a lot of copies of it; it's said to be the most copied song of all time. There are so many I thought at first I would find the most popular; but there are so many that were popular over the years; Johnny Cash came to mind from years ago when mom & dad used to listen to him:

 

[mnorian]

One of the oldest "I'll fly away" recordings is from the Selah Jubilee Singers of 1941"

 

[David4223]

That is one of my favorite old hymns; and I thought I would look it up for you and others and boy did I find a lot of copies of it; it's said to be the most copied song of all time. There are so many I thought at first I would find the most popular; but there are so many that were popular over the years; Johnny Cash came to mind from years ago when mom & dad used to listen to him:

My favorite version of I'll Fly Away is done by Jars of Clay.

It was one of my grandmother's favorite hymns -- we even sung it at her funeral.

 

[mnorian]

The Chuck Wagon Gang had the most popular songs of the 40s; the most popular Gospel song of all time, and sold over one million copies of "I'll fly away":

 

[mnorian]

My favorite version of I'll Fly Away is done by Jars of Clay.

It was one of my grandmother's favorite hymns -- we even sung it at her funeral.

I was going to post that next!

 

[mnorian]

One of the latest ones and I think my favorite of all of them is from "O' Brother Where Art Thou?" done by Alison Krauss and Gillian Welch:

 

[mnorian]

And it wouldn't be complete without Alan Jackson's million selling version of "I'll fly away" here combined with "are you washed in the blood of the lamb" which i think is a good mixture:

 

[jimmyjimmy]

I believe that this song contains the gospel as fully as any song could:

Before the Throne of God Above

Before the throne of God above
I have a strong and perfect plea

A great High Priest whose name is love
Who ever lives and pleads for me

My name is graven on His hands
My name is written on His heart

I know that while in heav’n He stands
No tongue can bid me thence depart

No tongue can bid me thence depart


When Satan tempts me to despair
And tells me of the guilt within

Upward I look and see Him there
Who made an end of all my sin

Because the sinless Savior died
My sinful soul is counted free

For God the Just is satisfied
To look on Him and pardon me

To look on Him and pardon me


Behold Him there, the risen Lamb
My perfect, spotless Righteousness

The great unchangeable I AM
The King of glory and of grace

One with Himself, I cannot die
My soul is purchased by His blood

My life is hid with Christ on high
With Christ my Savior and my God

With Christ my Savior and my God

 

[mnorian]

My Life is in You Lord!

 

[Dave-W]

Here is a little test; would this song be considered a hymn?

I certainly would not consider it a hymn. It is gospel (black or urban gospel, NOT southern gospel).

 

[Dave-W]

My Life is in You Lord!

Contemporary worship, Not a hymn.

 

[mnorian]

I certainly would not consider it a hymn. It is gospel (black or urban gospel, NOT southern gospel).

That was my feeling too; it was not a hymn as it was not praising God or Jesus; it more was a story by song of Israel's exile to Babylon.

 

[Dave-W]

"I'll Fly Away"
That is one of my favorite old hymns;

That falls into a rare genre called "Gospel Hymns" that were southern gospel from the early 20th century. That is some of the church music I grew up with.

 

[mnorian]

Contemporary worship, Not a hymn.

To you; does a hymn have to be old music?

 

[Dave-W]

To you; does a hymn have to be old music?

Not necessarily old, but it must have a classical structure and feel.

 

[faroukfarouk]

O Holy Night by Carrie Underwood.

Lovely song and subject

 

[mnorian]

Jesus is Lord

 

[NIrelandGillian]

An old hymn my late father sang and which I love is 'It is well with my soul' and a very recent one - don't know if it would be classed as a hymn or a Christian song - is 'Bless the Lord, oh my soul'.

Gillian