11
Nov
Posted by Keren in Interesting, Music, Resources. Tagged: Luther, Music, Reformation, Reformation Day. Leave a Comment
Still can’t get enough of Luther and his ‘Nine-Five Theses’? Sing the ‘Reformation Polka’ to the tune of “Supercalifragilisticexpialadocious”!
The Reformation Polka
by Robert Gebel
When I was ein younger man I studied canon law;
though Erfurt was a challenge it was just to please my pa.
Then came the storm, the lightning struck; I [...]
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27
Jul
Posted by Keren in Hymns, Music. Tagged: Hymn, Hymns, Music. Leave a Comment
by George Matheson, 1882
O Love that wilt not let me go,
I rest my weary soul in thee;
I give thee back the life I owe,
that in thine ocean depths its flow
may richer, fuller be.
O Light that followest all my way,
I yield my flickering torch to thee;
my heart restores its borrowed ray,
that in thy sunshine’s blaze its [...]
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17
Jul
Posted by Keren in Hymns, Music. Tagged: Forgiveness, Hymn, Music, Repentance, William Cowper. Leave a Comment
by William Cowper (1731-1800)
There is a fountain filled with blood drawn from Emmanuel’s veins;
And sinners plunged beneath that flood lose all their guilty stains.
Lose all their guilty stains, lose all their guilty stains;
And sinners plunged beneath that flood lose all their guilty stains.
The dying thief rejoiced to see that fountain in his day;
And there have [...]
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