Another Year For Him

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Another Year For Him

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As The year draws to a close. I think back with thankfulness of all the ways the good Lord has blessed my life; through the thoughtful council of friends, the unexpected opportunities to learn new things, the meeting of new friends, the opportunities to bless others and see the power of God overflow out of my life into

On The Twelfth day of Christmas, My True Love Gave To Me......

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On The Twelfth day of Christmas, My True Love Gave To Me......

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....Vivaldi's Gloria.  Finally on the last day, a grand finale as it were, I want to share this beautiful classical Christmas piece with you. When I say Classical Christmas music, most, I believe, think of Handel's Messiah.  But everyone knows about Messiah; not so this one. I didn't even know until a few weeks ago that my mother

On The Eleventh day of Christmas, My true Love Gave to Me.....

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On The Eleventh day of Christmas, My true Love Gave to Me.....

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.....The Coventry Carol. Unlike most Christmas carols, this is a mournful one. It speaks of the sorrows of the Christmas season. When Herod, fearing the birth of another king, sent and slaughtered all the male children in Bethlehem. Now perhaps if Herod had known a little more about this king, he may have known that it would do

On The Tenth Day Of Christmas, My True Love Gave To Me.....

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On The Tenth Day Of Christmas, My True Love Gave To Me.....

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.......Good Christian Men Rejoice/In Dulci Jubilo. The words to this song were written in the 1850's but the melody dates back to the fourteenth century! It is said to have made even the most pious of men dance for joy when they heard it sung; but that is simply legend.   The tune was first set to a

On The Ninth Day Of Christmas, My True Love Gave To Me....

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On The Ninth Day Of Christmas, My True Love Gave To Me....

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......Thou Didst Leave Thy Throne.  I grew up with this beautiful Christmas hymn and assumed that most everyone else knew it too until we started singing it last year in Choir and our instructor asked who already knew the song, me and my siblings  were the only ones who raised our hands! I was surprised, however it alerted

On The Eight Day of Christmas, my true love gave to me.....

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On The Eight Day of Christmas, my true love gave to me.....

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......The Star Carol.  Up until today all the songs I have posted have no later than the 1800's but this song, written in the nineteen forty's by Alfred Burt is an exceptionally beautiful carol which, also our choir sang this year and which I would like to share with you all. This choir who sang it, did a

On The Seventh Day of Christmas, My true love gave to me......

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On The Seventh Day of Christmas, My true love gave to me......

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.....A Virgin Unsupported.  A very lovely carol which tells clearly and precisely the Christmas story; urging us in the chorus to rejoice for our Savior was born on this day!                                    1. A Virgin unspotted, the prophet foretold, Should bring forth a Savior, which now we behold. To be our Redeemer from death, hell and sin, Which Adam's

On The Sixth Day of Christmas, my true love gave to me.....

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On The Sixth Day of Christmas, my true love gave to me.....

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.....It Came Upon a Midnight Clear.  This is such a contemplative and beautiful song; one of my favorites. This is also one of the most messed with Christmas carols! In fact it has been so switched  that once at family bible time (where most of us sing without a hymn book) mommy and I were singing different lines

On The Fifth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me......

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On The Fifth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me......

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.....O Come All Ye Faithful! This one is an extremely old Carol, first written in Latin during the middle ages. It is not known for certain who wrote the lyrics or the music though there is much speculation on the subject.  This song has such a "joyful and triumphant" tune that it fits perfectly with the lyrics. Extremely

On The Fourth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me....

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On The Fourth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me....

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.....Angels From the Realms of Glory.  This is a beautiful Christmas hymn, calling all peoples to come and worship Christ. Written in the 1800's by James Montgomery a Scottish poet, and set to a tune written a few years later, it is indeed a glorious and majestic song. Unfortunately, I couldn't find out much about the history of

On the Third day of Christmas, my true love gave to me.....

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On the Third day of Christmas, my true love gave to me.....

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.....Hark! The Herald Angels Sing.  This song is really deep in theology. The words are rich and full of meaning. Unfortunately I do not have much time right now to go in to the History of this hymn but do take the time to study the lyrics. They unfold the attributes of Christ in a beautiful and triumphant

On the Second day of Christmas, my true love gave to me....

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On the Second day of Christmas, my true love gave to me....

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 .....What Child is this!    "What Child is this who lays to rest on Mary's lap is sleeping?"  Indeed the question that has been asked by many throughout the past two thousand years; a question of wonder and awe. That Christ should take on finite sinful flesh and that, in the form of a helpless babe dependent on

On The First day of Christmas, My True love gave to me.....

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On The First day of Christmas, My True love gave to me.....

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 .....God Rest Ye merry Gentlemen!   I know that I did this last year; the only problem was that last year I only posted the lyrics without any video. Unacceptable! So I am doing it again this year this time, without the lyrics and only a video! Because I am rather in a rush.  Tomorrow, I promise, I'll

Pachelbel's Cannon in D

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Pachelbel's Cannon in D

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If any one of my readers has never heard this piece before, please let me know! This is perhaps one of the most well known Cannon's in all of history; right up there with Mozart's "Fur Elise" and Bach's "Jesu Bleibet Meine Freud".   For any of you who does not know what a cannon is, I will explain.

Now Thank We All Our God

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Now Thank We All Our God

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Happy Thanksgiving! Please enjoy this lovely German hymn! And may we all lift up a song of thanksgiving to our Maker for His unfathomable blessings which are new every morning.

The Worship of God - Through Music

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The Worship of God - Through Music

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From October 31 - November 3 Our family attended "The Worship of God conference" In a lovely scenic conference center in the Mountains. Ridgecrest, to be precise! I met lots of friends, some old, some new. I heard lots of encouraging talks. I sang and sang, and sang some more. Especially on Saturday night when a large group

Reformation Day

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Reformation Day

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Being born on the thirty-first of October often caused me no little grief growing up. I hated seeing the horrible images people put up, on my birthday! I hated having trick-or-treaters showing up on the doorstep in the middle of my party, and, to top it off, I hated having  people call me a "boo baby" in stores!

Nearer, my God, to Thee Part 2

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Nearer, my God, to Thee Part 2

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I didn't expect to be doing a follow up post on my last one; but after I wrote about those other tunes, I just had to look for them on youtube, and once I heard them I just had to post them for you all to hear.  They are both such beautiful moving tunes. That I think that

Nearer My God to Thee/Naher, mein Gott, zu Dir

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Nearer My God to Thee/Naher, mein Gott, zu Dir

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This moving song was written first by Sisters, Sarah Flower Adams and Eliza Flower in 1841 based on  Genesis 28: 11-29.  I cannot find the tune Eliza composed for her sister's lines any where, but the song was originally written for a hymn book by William Johnson Fox with whom the sisters were well acquainted. The song, however,

Great is thy faithfulness

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Great is thy faithfulness

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When I think about The transition from season to season, I am constantly reminded of how great God's faithfulness is towards mankind. When I think of how He persistently pursues those whom He has called no matter what they do or say to Him, I am overwhelmed by His faithfulness. When I think of how time and time

I Am Thankful For What They've Done For Me

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I Am Thankful For What They've Done For Me

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September tenth was my parent's Twenty-fifth wedding anniversary. And I was reminded again how much I owe them for where they have brought me in life. I am constantly in awe when I remember just how much your life can be shaped by those to whom you were born. If there were no God, I could only say