I've moved the Name That Hymn game to Instagram. Didn't get a whole lot of feedback about it, so if you have an opinion please speak up...
“O ye
heavy-laden, come to Me and rest;
Come,
no longer tarry, I your load will bear,
Bring
Me every burden, bring Me ev'ry care.”
Refrain:
Come
unto Me; I will give you rest;
Take
My yoke upon you, hear Me and be blest;
I am
meek and lowly, come and trust My might;
Come,
My yoke is easy, and My burden’s light.
2
Are
you disappointed, wand’ring here and there,
Dragging
chains of doubt and loaded down with care?
Do
unholy feelings struggle in your breast?
Bring
your case to Jesus, He will give you rest. [Chorus]
3
Stumbling on the mountains dark with sin and shame,
Stumbling
toward the pit of hell’s consuming flame;
By the
pow’rs of sin deluded and oppressed,
Hear
the tender Shepherd, “Come to Me and rest.” [Chorus]
4
Have
you by temptation often conquered been,
Has a
sense of weakness brought distress within?
Christ
will sanctify you, if you’ll claim His best,
In the
Holy Spirit He will give you rest. [Chorus]
Author:
Charles Price Jones
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJgv89wDQRc
1
O heart bowed down with sorrow!
O eyes that long for sight!
There's gladness in believing;
In Jesus there is light.
Refrain:
"Come unto me, all ye that labor,
and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me;
for I am meek and lowly in heart:
and ye shall find rest unto your souls."
2
Earth's fleeting gain and pleasure
Can never satisfy;
'Tis love our joy doth measure,
For love can never die. [Refrain]
3
Divinest consolation
Doth Christ the Healer give;
Art thou in condemnation?
Repent, believe and live. [Refrain]
4
His peace is like a river,
His love is like a song;
His yoke's a burden never;
'Tis easy all day long. [Refrain]
1
Come to Jesus, He will save you,
Though your sins as crimson glow,
If you give your heart to Jesus,
He will make it white as snow.
2
Come to Jesus do not tarry,
Enter in at mercy’s gate,
O delay not till the morrow,
Lest Thy coming be too late.
3
Come to Jesus, dying sinner,
Other Savior there is none,
He will share with you His glory,
When your pilgrimage is done.
Refrain
Come to Jesus! Come to Jesus!
Come to Jesus! come today!
Come to Jesus! Come to Jesus!
Come to Jesus! come, come today!
Author: Eden Reeder Latta
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwu3KthIbP0
This video is a genuine representation of how you would hear this song in a typical Church of Christ. No piano or organ. Lots of four-part harmony.
Come, Thou Almighty King,
Help
us Thy name to sing,
Help us to praise.
Father,
all glorious,
O’er
all victorious,
Come,
and reign over us,
Ancient of Days.
2
Come,
Thou incarnate Word,
Gird on Thy mighty sword
Our prayer attend:
Come,
and Thy people bless,
And
give Thy word success;
Spirit
of holiness,
On us descend.
3
Come,
holy Comforter,
Thy
sacred witness bear
In this glad hour:
Thou
who Almighty art,
Now rule
in every heart,
And
ne’er from us depart,
Spirit of power.
4
To
Thee, great One in Three,
Eternal
praises be
Hence evermore.
Thy
sov’reign majesty
May we
in glory see,
And to
eternity
Love and adore.
author
unknown (written in England 1757)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfyHfuTlqlg
Daniel
7
9 I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool: his throne was like the fiery flame, and his wheels as burning fire. A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him: thousand thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him: the judgment was set, and the books were opened. 11 I beheld then because of the voice of the great words which the horn spake: I beheld even till the beast was slain, and his body destroyed, and given to the burning flame. 12 As concerning the rest of the beasts, they had their dominion taken away: yet their lives were prolonged for a season and time. 13 I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him. 14 And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed. 15 I Daniel was grieved in my spirit in the midst of my body, and the visions of my head troubled me. 16 I came near unto one of them that stood by, and asked him the truth of all this. So he told me, and made me know the interpretation of the things. 17 These great beasts, which are four, are four kings, which shall arise out of the earth. 18 But the saints of the most High shall take the kingdom, and possess the kingdom for ever, even for ever and ever. 19 Then I would know the truth of the fourth beast, which was diverse from all the others, exceeding dreadful, whose teeth were of iron, and his nails of brass; which devoured, brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with his feet; 20 And of the ten horns that were in his head, and of the other which came up, and before whom three fell; even of that horn that had eyes, and a mouth that spake very great things, whose look was more stout than his fellows. 21 I beheld, and the same horn made war with the saints, and prevailed against them; 22 Until the Ancient of days came, and judgment was given to the saints of the most High; and the time came that the saints possessed the kingdom.
while inside the family cried all through the night
because the old woman had passed away...
I loved her so and oh she was a special one
a lovely lady and a gentle old soul
and she taught me to sing an old folk song
it's got a melody of a hundred years ago
and she sang a come a lou come a lou come a high low
come down the merry stream
I'm remembering...
those memories have given me so much
she wore her age so gracefully
and there was not a living thing that she did not love
and I pray that there is a little of her in me
Oklahoma in the summertime
in her rocking chair she's a singin there on the porch
while the hounds are howling through the hot black night
and that ole fox he's a runnin like he never has done before
when you hear the melody and when
I play my song, every note you hear from me she'd sing right along
and she sang a come a lou come a lou come a high low
come down the merry stream
I'm remembering...
all along the old back road the people stopped to talk at her garden gate
while inside the family cried all through the night...
did you hear that old Mrs. Whitten
has passed away today...
come a lou come a lou come a high low
come down the merry stream
come a ran tan tan and a dippy dippy dow
hear the row the bow wow wow
the bugle's horn the big Fi-diddle
and the hidey ho through the woods
we're gonna roam boys, through the woods we're gonna roam
come a loo come a loo come a high low
come down the merry stream
come a ran tan tan and a dippy dippy dow
hear the row the bow wow wow
the bugle's horn the big Fi-diddle
Songwriter: Gail Davies
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyLLeq0N4-Q
(this video is without grandma singing at the beginning of the song)
Here are the lyrics that the grandmother sings at the beginning of the recording (link below)
The next I saw was a blind man, as blind as he could be
He said he saw Corina in the hollow tree
come a lou come a lou come a high low
down the merry stream
come a round down town come a dippy dippy dow
hear the row, the bow wow wow
bugle horn, the bid Fi-diddle and the hidey ho
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ldIoa1LJ1M
(with grandma singing in the beginning)
