Welcome to the 139th Old Fashioned Sunday Hymn Sing!
I miss the old hymns that I remember from my childhood - there were no drums, no electric guitar and no mind numbing beat. It was just voices and maybe a piano or an organ. The choir led the congregation in singing - and the words of these hymns are poetic. I realize that there is a need for the modern "seeker oriented" worship music - but it is also necessary to have deeper songs (no offense intended to anyone who prefers the newer church songs).
I miss the old hymns that I remember from my childhood - there were no drums, no electric guitar and no mind numbing beat. It was just voices and maybe a piano or an organ. The choir led the congregation in singing - and the words of these hymns are poetic. I realize that there is a need for the modern "seeker oriented" worship music - but it is also necessary to have deeper songs (no offense intended to anyone who prefers the newer church songs).
I decided to have an "Old Fashion Sunday Hymn Sing" once a month on this blog.
I personally do NOT have a great singing voice - I used to play the guitar & piano but my voice is NOT an instrument. That's the great thing about this digital hymn sing, you can warble along without being embarrassed or without offending anyone else.
The hymns that we will be studying are taken from an old hymnal from a Baptist church that is no longer in existence - "The North American Hymnal" published in 1956 by "THE ROGER WILLIAMS PRESS"
I will also try to find a version of the featured hymn on "YouTube" to share with you each month.
Today's featured hymn is "A Gate Ajar for Me" and the author is Lydia O. Baxter. There was not much personal information about this author - simply that she wrote many hymns for Sunday School and for services.
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I have included a beautiful version of this hymn (video is below the lyrics).
Enjoy!
Turn with me to number 227 in your hymnals and let's sing:
The Gate Ajar for Me
written by Lydia O Baxter (1809-1874) & composed by S.J. Vail (1818-1884)
1. There is a gate that stands ajar, And through its portals gleaming, A radiance from the Cross afar, The Savior's love revealing.
CHORUS
2. That gate ajar stands free for all Who seek through it salvation, The rich and poor, the great and small, Of every tribe and nation.
CHORUS
3. Press onward then, though foes may frown, While mercy's gate is open, Accept the cross, and win the crown, Love's everylasting token.
CHORUS
4. Beyond the river's brink we'll lay The cross that here is given, And bear the crown of life away, And love Him more in heaven.
CHORUS
Chorus
Oh depth of mercy! Can it be That gate was left ajar for me?
For me......for me?.......Was left ajar for me?
For me. for me?
A special thanks to "SE Samonte" for sharing this with us!
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