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

AlisonMA That's very sweet! My brother used to sing 'Once in royal David's Sooty stole a candle shed' What was he thinking!!
And Dad when little ( he lived in the Middle East so it made more sense!) misheard victory and sang 'From fig tree unto fig tree'

Definately a good non comformist one. The Welsh do it best but I can't claim I am welsh. Even as a lapsed non conformist I can't resist a rousing hymn with a good chorus.

lo he comes with cloudes descending
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlLvyzzmvhg

Guide me O though great Jehovah
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4gej0K_LRo

This one has me in tears!
http://yourepeatr.com/watch/?v=Uh0cD8siSRY

They need to be sung by a big choir and at "Chapel speed". Church and cathedral choirs sing some hymns too slowly and have too pure a sound for hymns that were designed for a whole congregation to sing and enjoy.

first one

next one

third one(inWelsh)

Not that there was anything wrong with your links Nellie!

There are many hymns that I find uplifting, but one tops the lot - not sure it's classed as a hymn, but the Allelulia chorus from Handels Messiah is my favourite. I just wish I could reach those very top notes!

A sharp hatpin perhaps? Or a rat?

Majesty

good version

yes, this is nice

Programme today about Make me a channel of your peace

Oh! if we are talking on stuff apart from hymns, try this final number from Faure requiem In paradisium. It has me tingling. Almost no Alto parts though.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUfi0ts_D-0
Enjoy

I like 'Walk with me' and 'I watch the sunrise' ...still remember the words to those.

Not sure if tis has been mentioned - too long to look through them all! So, how about "Oh love that will not let me go"?

Yes, I love that one Printmiss.
It was sung at my cousin's funeral.
My favourite at school was 'Hills of the North Rejoice'. It used to conjure up lovely pictures in my mind - 'isles of the southern seas, deep in your coral caves' etc

For a wonderful melody and lots of parts

Oh for a thousand tongues to sing

wonderful thread. I love Jerusalem, Oh Lord and Father of Mankind, We Plough the Fields and Scatter and The King of Love my Shepherd is - and so many others. I do feel as a society we're missing a lot of joy that comes with singing together, as church attendance drops

Oh! yes, Iam64, We plough the fields and scatter, sung by 7-11 year olds at Harvest Festival, what a joy. Children's voices singing at assembly were a great start to my day. Society is indeed missing the communal singing and praising as church attendance drops. Not a devout Christian, or regular church goer, but get there when I can and always enjoy the old 'songs of praise' when I do. I also like the Gospel Singers "Hallelula" singing.

As children we sang There's a friend for little children
Above the bright blue sky.....

Another was: Daisies are our silver, Buttercups our gold...

And: Jesus wants me for a sunbeam.

At the end of school we sang, Now the day is over, Night is drawing nigh...

Any more from your own infancy? Lovely memories, these!

I love Now The Day is over. I used to sing it sitting up in bed on light nights when I couldn't get to sleep. I got the words from the song book I stole out of the Sunday School cupboard.

As soon as I hit send I remembered,
Take my little light round the world,
I'm gonna let it shine!

Lovely songs of innocence......

That takes me back, J0. My granny used to play 'Now the day is over' on her rather out of tune piano and sing along.

I wonder what songs our grand-children will remember being sung to them?

That's an interesting point PRINTMISS. They have very busy lives, but there must be some songs in their little heads.