What is your favourite hymn? (thread borrowed from Mumsnet)

Beautiful video Granny-a. Are people clever, the way they put these vids together.

You tube has got a lot going for it!

One of the lovliest hymns / songs that I know is:

Never weather-beaten sail more willing bent to shore
Never tired pilgrims limbs affected slumbe more,
Then my weary sprightly now longs to flye out of my troubled breast.
O come quickly, sweetest Lord and take my soul to rest.

Ever blooming are the joyes of Heavens high paradise
Cold age deafes not there our eares, nor vapour dims our eyes;
Glory there the sun outshines, whose beames the. Lesser see;
O come quickly, glorious Lord and raise my spright to thee.

It is from The First Book of Ayres (c1613) by Thomas Campion. I have a lovely recording of it sunk by Michael Chance with Nigel North playing the lute.

I've chosen it for one of my funeral hymns.

Some typos above forgot to stop the spell checker for the Elizabethan spelling. But I think it's clear enough!

Thank you for reminding me of Glad that I Live - another one we used to sing at school and I had forgotten! Might bone up on the words again!

I've been singing it ever since I listened Artygran.

DH just called me his "singing angel"!!!!!!!!!

Yeah right.

Not a hymn, but a Christian song which has a very special place in my heart. My husband sang this in our local theatre in 2001, to an audience of 250+ people. Our youngest son was ten at the time and very, very shy, but he agreed to dance alongside my husband as he sang. My husband choreographed a solo for him and it was so, so beautiful. It was, to date, one of the most moving things I've ever experienced and I was in tears by the end. Every time I listen to this song I see my little boy dancing and remember my feeling of awe at what he did and how very brave he was.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mm8BPyK_PtY

Which thread on GN does this one remind you of? The clue is in the title.

thisone

Sorry if it's been on the thread before.

..?jingl

her

Her?

This thread is getting more and more cryptic!

Pardon Carbon?

..?jeni

I AM CONFUSED! WHAT IS GOING ON?
it's that dratted jing's fault as usual.

divine intervention is taking the thread over

Just try and guess! It's easy!

There is a certain thread on GN at the moment which, every time I see it in Actives, I think of this particular song. Which is a bit counter-productive to the author of that thread's original intentions.

Try and guess!

Is it me?(lord)

Errr! No!!!!!!

did you click on the link at all?!

hereitisagain

sigh!

i'm going to go and do the washing up.

Keep in step Jeni.
Jingl

Give up. Too tiredafterdaywith pedantic judge!

grannyactivist can have the prize then.

Still don't get it. I must be tired.