What are your favorite hymns and why?

[Chi Ro]

What a friend we have in Jesus ~ Was my moms favorite song

 

[Ariella]

Right now .... Great is thy faithfulness because it is such a precious reminder; and His eye is on the Sparrow for the same reason, i like lots of hymns though

 

[Rich48]

I posted my favorite some time back, but my late mom's favorite was the old hymn Whispering Hope

Soft as the voice of an angel,
Breathing a lesson unheard,
Hope with a gentle persuasion
Whispers her comforting word:
Wait till the darkness is over,
Wait till the tempest is done,
Hope for the sunshine tomorrow,
After the shower is gone.

(chorus)
Whispering hope, oh how welcome thy voice,
Making my heart in its sorrow rejoice.

If, in the dusk of the twilight,
Dim be the region afar,
Will not the deepening darkness
Brighten the glimmering star?
Then when the night is upon us,
Why should the heart sink away?
When the dark midnight is over,
Watch for the breaking of day.

(chorus)

Hope, as an anchor so steadfast,
Rends the dark veil for the soul,
Whither the Master has entered,
Robbing the grave of its goal.
Come then, O come, glad fruition,
Come to my sad weary heart;
Come, O Thou blest hope of glory,
Never, O never depart.

http://www.barb-coolwaters.com/hope2/whisperinghope.html

Rich

 

[Izzy23]

~ When the Roll is Called Up Yonder
~ O I Want to See Him
~ At the Cross

I also love George Beverly Shea's ~ I'd Rather Have Jesus.

They remind me of my parents.

 

[DawnTillery]

I really enjoy, He set me Free, Have a little talk with Jesus, In The Garden, Where could I go, Victory in Jesus, There is power in the Blood, ill fly away, Standing on the Promises, What a day that will be, I feel like travelin on, and Stand up for Jesus..

 

[JaelWasWickedCool]

i really like "and can it be" (aka "amazing love"), "come ye sinners," "Jesus, lover of my soul," and "onward Christian soldiers." i'm sure there are more, but those are what come to mind at the moment. also, call me crazy, but as good a song as "amazing grace" is, i get a little bored of it, i guess because everyone else is obsessed.

 

[invisiblemoses]

These are some of my favorites:

His Eye is On the Sparrow
Because He Lives
The Blood Will Never Lose It's Power
Great Is Thy Faithfulness
Amazing Grace
In the Garden
The Old Rugged Cross

I love these songs because they speak to me where I live.
They are prayers of praise and worship and they are spiritual vitamins.
They are weapons of warfare and they are the sweet assurance of Jesus.

Well, that's my 2.5 cents!

 

[philN]

Be Thou My Vision
Come Thou Fount
And Can It Be
Angels We Have Heard On High
At The Cross


These are a few of my many favorites, mostly because they convey what I wish I could put the words together to say sometimes. I'll probably think of more...

 

[chick4christ]

i have many favorites!
but one of my all time favorites is because he lives!

 

[VeryTiredGirl]

Hmmmm...this could take awhile-got a few minutes? *runs to get hymnals*

Of the Father's Love Begotten (both the music and the lyrics)
O God of God, O Light of Light
Come to Calvary's Holy Mountain (Haunting music and beautiful lyrics)
All Glory, Laud and Honour
At the Lamb's High Feast We Sing
Jesus Christ is Risen Today (Less than 24 hours 'til I get to sing it!)
Now All the Vault of Heaven Resounds
Holy, Holy, Holy
For All the Saints Who From Their Labours Rest
Here, O My Lord, I See You Face to Face
I Was There to Hear Your Borning Cry
We Were Baptized In Christ Jesus (My Confirmation hymn)
Go, My Children With My Blessing (this will be my funeral recessional hymn)
Abide With Me
The Church's One Foundation

 

[derBee]

My favorite hymm is "What a friend we have in Jesus".. and basically, that was the 1st christian song i heard and loved (up till now) Another hymm that i love is "Amazing Grace" which never fails in lifting my soul up whenever i'm down

 

[lillybug0514]

Just As I Am is my all time favorite but I'm not sure why... just is

Then there is

Amazing Grace
How Great Thou Art
The Old Rugged Cross
Rock Of Ages
There's Something About that Name
He is Lord

 

[LITB]

I am more into Vineyard style worship, but there are some traditionals that I really do love...Immortal, Invisible (So majestic) and Dear Lord and Father (of mankind, forgive our foolish ways) - a subject in my prayers just about every day!

 

[gizmo03]

My 2 favorites are; Blessed Assurance and Victory in Jesus... just the words that are the song are enough to say why anyone would choose them as a good song.

 

[jesusfreak34988]

blessed assurance is an amazing song and i like because i have that assurance that jesus is MINE My savior the words are just so good i had t o add it..
Blessèd assurance, Jesus is mine!
O what a foretaste of glory divine!
Heir of salvation, purchase of God,
Born of His Spirit, washed in His blood.


This is my story, this is my song,
Praising my Savior, all the day long;
This is my story, this is my song,
Praising my Savior, all the day long.


Perfect submission, perfect delight,
Visions of rapture now burst on my sight;
Angels descending bring from above
Echoes of mercy, whispers of love.


This is my story, this is my song,
Praising my Savior, all the day long;
This is my story, this is my song,
Praising my Savior, all the day long.


Perfect submission, all is at rest
I in my Savior am happy and blest,
Watching and waiting, looking above,
Filled with His goodness, lost in His love.


This is my story, this is my song,
Praising my Savior, all the day long;
This is my story, this is my song,
Praising my Savior, all the day long.

 

[Gardnjam]

I have severall favourite ones also. They are:

My Jesus My Saviour
He Has Risen
You rescued Me
Our Passion Is For you
Ancient Of Days
When the music fades
The Lion Of Judha

 

[GrinningDwarf]

My two favorites are Nothing But the Blood and Victory in Jesus. And my favorite versions of those two are the blues versions played by the praise band at the church we attended in the '90s!! (I'm not a big organ fan!)

I also like Undercover's version of Holy, Holy, Holy they did in 1984 or so.

 

[Historicus]

Hi Everyone!
I have more than one favorite hymn...


Jesus, Lover of My Soul
All Creatures of Our God and King
Joyful, Joyful We adore thee
King of Kings
Alas and Did My Savior Bleed?
Nothing but the blood
Come Unto Me

I have many more.... but these are my favorites!

Christ's Love and Peace! +

 

[mini_mim]

There are a lot that I love:

Man of Sorrows; awesome, awesome words.

Man of Sorrows, what a name
For the Son of God who came
Ruined sinners to reclaim
Hallelujah! What a Saviour!

Bearing shame and scoffing rude
In my place condemned He stood
Sealed my pardon with His blood
Hallelijah! What a Saviour!

Guilty, vile and helpless we
Spotless Lamb of God was He
Full atonement, can it be?
Hallelujah! What a Saviour!

Lifted up was He to die
'It is finished' was His cry
Now in heaven exalted high
Hallelujah! What a Saviour!

When He comes our glorious King
All His ransomed home to bring
Then anew this song we'll sing
Hallelujah! What a Saviour!

In Christ Alone; an amazing new hymn

In Christ alone, my hope is found,
He is my light, my strength, my song
This cornerstone, this solid ground
Firm through the fiercest drought and storm
What heights of love, what depths of peace
When fears are stilled, when strivings cease
My comforter, my all in all
Here in the love of Christ I stand

In Christ alone, who took on flesh
Fulness of God in helpless babe
This gift of love and righteousness
Scorned by the ones He came to save
Til on that cross as Jesus died
The wrath of God was satisfied
For every sin on Him was laid
Here in the death of Christ I stand

There in the grave, His body lay
Light of the world by darkness slain
Then bursting forth, in glorious day
Up from the grave He rose again
And as He stands in victory
Sins curse has lost it's grip on me
For I am His and He is mine
Bought with the precious blood of Christ

No guilt in life, no fear in death
This is the power of Christ in me
From lifes first cry, to final breath
Jesus commands my destiny
No power of hell, no scheme of man
Can ever pluck me from His hand
Til He returns or calls me home
Here in the power of Christ I'll stand

Here Is Love: a beautiful Welsh hymn from the Welsh Revival

Dyma gariad fel y moroedd,
Tosturiaethau fel y lli:
Twysog Bywyd pur yn marw—
Marw i brynu’n bywyd ni.
Pwy all beidio â chofio amdano?
Pwy all beidio â thraethu’I glod?
Dyma gariad nad â’n angof
Tra fo nefoedd wen yn bod.

Ar Galfaria yr ymrwygodd
Holl ffynhonnau’r dyfnder mawr;
Torrodd holl argaeau’r nefoedd
Oedd yn gyfain hyd yn awr:
Gras â chariad megis dilyw
Yn ymdywallt ym⠒nghyd,
A chyfiawnder pur â heddwch
Yn cusanu euog fyd.

Here is love, vast as the ocean,
Lovingkindness as the flood,
When the Prince of Life, our Ransom,
Shed for us His precious blood.
Who His love will not remember?
Who can cease to sing His praise?
He can never be forgotten,
Throughout Heav’n’s eternal days.

On the mount of crucifixion,
Fountains opened deep and wide;
Through the floodgates of God’s mercy
Flowed a vast and gracious tide.
Grace and love, like mighty rivers,
Poured incessant from above,
And Heav’n’s peace and perfect justice
Kissed a guilty world in love.

And some others that have already been mentioned:

I Surrender All
Blessed Assurance
Great Is Thy Faithfulness
It Is Well With My Soul
Be Thou My Vision

 

[ConCo]

WOW! Those songs you mentioned are some AWESOME songs. We sing at least one hymn on Sundays, to try to keep some of the older songs going.

Be Blessed,
ConCo