Open Your Hymnals

In Part 2, we slow down and sit with the words themselves. We’ll take a deeper dive into the hymn text—what it’s actually saying, why it resonates so powerfully with Adventist hope, and how it can be lived out in practical ways in everyday life. Then we’ll listen with fresh ears as the Almost Home piano arrangement interprets that same longing, urgency, and promise in sound—turning theology into music you can feel.

Resources:
Almost Home Music Score (Alejandro Consolacion II)
O When Shall I See Jesus Music Score (Alejandro Consolacion II)
O When Shall I See Jesus Audio (Irene Bennett)

Resources Mentioned:1. The Morning Trumpet for the Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra - TTBB (Mack Wilberg)2. The Morning Trumpet - SATB (Mark Hayes)3. The Morning Trumpet -SATB (Lloyd Larson)4. The Morning Trumpet - SSA (Ken Berg) 5. O When Shall I See Jesus; Morning Trumpet (Irene Bennett) 6. Millenial Musings (JV Himes & Josiah Litch) 7. The Sacred Harp (BF White)

Resources Used:1. O When Shall I See Jesus (piano accompaniment)2. O When Shall I See Jesus (Sofia Tsatalbasidis & Thomas Mayhew) 3. Almost Home: Hymns on the Second Coming of Jesus - piano arrangements (AJ Consolacion II)

Purchase Resources: (For the scores I don’t own, I receive a small commission without additional costs to you)1. Almost Home (O When Shall I See Jesus) - Music sheet 2. O When Shall I See Jesus - Hymns sheet with transpositions 3. O When Shall I See Jesus - Piano accompaniment for congregation 4. The Morning Trumpet - SATB TTBB SATB+ORCHESTRA (Mack Wilberg) 5. The Morning Trumpet - SATB (Mark Hayes) 6. The Morning Trumpet - SATB SSA (Ken Berg) 7. The Morning Trumpet - SATB (Lloyd Larson)

Chapters:(0:00) Welcome and what’s ahead
(01:28) Podcast Intro
(02:14) My early memories of this hymn
(04:34) Word vs. Melody: When hymn text meets tune
(05:18) The man behind the words: John Leland
(09:12) The birth of ‘O When Shall I See Jesus’
(10:13) Morning Trumpet: The tune that shaped the hymn
(13:20) Vocal rendition of ‘O When Shall I See Jesus’
(15:50) O When Shall I See Jesus enters Adventist hymnody

Resources mentioned:

1. Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah (Bryn Terfel)
2. The Three Angels’ Messages and the Mission of the Church (Ted Wilson)
3. Driven by a Dream (Oliver Jacques)
4. Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 123 “Choral” : IVc-j Presto. ‘O Freunde nicht…’ (Ludwig van Beethoven)
5. Finlandia, Op. 26 (Gustav Holst / Jean Sibelius)
6. SDAH 415: Christ the Lord, All Power Possessing (C. Mervyn Maxwell)
7. SDAH 201: Christ Is Coming (John MacDuff)
8. SDAH 538: Guide Me O Thou Great Jehovah (WIlliam Williams)
9. Beyond the Barren Land: Finding Faith & Hope In “Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah” (Unveiling Hymns Using CWM RHONDDA) (Hymns for Worship)
10. A Hymn of Hope in Changing Times: John MacDuff’s “Christ is Coming” (Unveiling Hymns Using CWM RHONDDA)(Hymns for Worship)
11. A Hymn of Clouds and Conviction: Christ, the Lord All Power Possessing (Unveiling Hymns Using CWM RHONDDA)(Hymns for Worship) 
12. Three Angels Message lyrics
13.Almost Home - Full Album
14. Almost Home (Three Angels) - Audio
15. Almost Home (Three Angels) - Music sheet

Chapters:

(00:00) Episode Intro
(02:45) Podcast Intro
(03:31) How Hymns Are Created
(04:36) CWM RHONDDA and the Gymanfa Ganu
(06:59) Three Texts in the SDA Hymnal Using This Hymn Tune
(09:50) Discovering the Three Angels' Messages
(11:50) What's So Special About the Three Angels' Messages
(14:29) The Message of the Three Angels
(19:45) Almost Home: The Three Angels Piano Arrangement
(25:19) Conclusion