Monday
May182009
My List of Favorite Hymns
Monday, May 18, 2009 at 12:55PM Here's my top ten twenty-five list of favorite hymns for Sherry's Hymn Project. (I forced myself to stop at 25.)
5. Praise to the Lord, the Almighty
11. Christ the Lord is Ris’n Today!
12. O the Deep, Deep Love of Jesus
13. And Can it Be
14. Lord, Thou Hast Been Our Dwelling-place
15. Crown Him with Many Crowns
16. Blessing and Honor and Glory and Power
17. Thy Works, not Mine, O Christ
19. Alas, and Did My Savior Bleed?
20. Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus
21. The Church's One Foundation
23. Approach My Soul, the Mercy Seat
24. Christ, of all my Hopes the Ground
25. Ah, Holy Jesus
Reader Comments (4)
I sang the first verse of each going down the list. Good picks, Kim! I mailed your cookie today- hope it gets there in one piece!
Great project Sherry! And being a hymn historian I have done this with many groups over the years. It's interesting to see what stays on the list, and what is dropped or added. A poll was taken (not by me) of 10,000 people in the States in 1990, ranging in age from 5 to 96, and coming from 32 different denominations (Quite a cross section!) Here are the results: !) Amazing Grace; 2) How Great Thou Art; 3) In the Garden; 4) The Old Rugged Cross; 5) What a Friend We Have in Jesus; 6) A Mighty Fortress Is Our God; 7) Blessed Assurance; 8) He Lives! 9) Victory in Jesus; 10) Holy, Holy, Holy. I look forward to hearing the results of your own survey. I write a weekly newspaper column on our traditional hymns and gospel songs (have done over 600 of them), and I have so many "favourites" [Hey! That's how we spell it in Canada!] that it would be hard to list only 10. Two that are not on the above list but are personal favourites are: It Is Well With My Soul, and Jesus Loves Even Me ("I am so glad that our Father in heaven...").
Your #1 would be my #1 as well!
I realize this is over 2 years old but I would be VERY interested in the survey Robert sited above.