Stories about Hymn

Stories about Hymn

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Stories about Hymn episodes

  • Episode 13 - Struggle, Deliverance, Calm

    Political struggles are never easy, especially when your national identity are on the line.  Jean Sibelius knew this and fought against the chains of oppression in the best way he knew how:  music!

    You can listen to a recreation of his finale tableau here:  https://youtu.be/F5zg_af9b8c

    The second piece of his symphony, the first tableau, was called "The Song of Väinämöinen."  You see why I couldn't pronounce it?

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    13 min
  • Episode 11 - Endings Are Not Always Happy
    Learn how one man had to quickly mature at a young age and how this aided him in his spiritual life.  But, things were never easy for Robert and it would later affect him in his older years.
    As promised in the episode, here are the lyrics for this song.  however, after uploading the episode, I learned that the additional stanzas, the ones I though were removed from the original, are actually added to the original.  My apologies in advance for this confusion.  This is not a professional podcast!  I will address this in my next episode as well.
    Come Thou fount of every blessing
    Tune my heart to sing Thy grace
    Streams of mercy never ceasing
    Call for songs of loudest praise
    Teach me some melodious sonnet
    Sung by flaming tongues above
    Praise the mount, I'm fixed upon it
    Mount of Thy redeeming love
    Here I raise my Ebenezer
    Here by Thy great help I've come
    And I hope by Thy good pleasure
    Safely to arrive at home
    Jesus sought me when a stranger
    Wandering from the fold of God
    He to rescue me from danger
    Interposed His precious blood
    (Precious blood)
    Oh, that day when freed from sinning
    I shall see Thy lovely face
    Clothed then in blood washed linen
    How I'll sing Thy sovereign grace
    Come my Lord, no longer tarry
    Take my ransomed soul away
    Send Thine angels now to carry
    Me to realms of endless days
    Oh, to grace how great a debtor
    Daily I'm constrained to be
    Let Thy goodness like a fetter
    Bind my wandering heart to Thee
    Prone to wander, Lord I feel it
    Prone to leave the God I love
    Here's my heart, oh take and seal it
    Seal it for Thy courts above
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    13 min
  • Episode 10 - Raw and Grotesque
    What do you do when your plan for life fails?  Your career is shattered and you get to a point you can't even take care of yourself and you end up living with and older couple as your caretakers.  That's what happened to this hymn story's author in the mid-1700s.  Learn what he did, Who he looked to, get get out of his states of depression.
    The performance of the song was arranged by Brian Buda and is performed by Majesty Music.  Majesty Music, Inc. holds the copyrights and this cover is used with permission.
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    13 min
  • Episode 9 - There are no Coincidences
    Learn how Envina Hall's lack of attention turned into a worship of God and a praise of His sacrifice for us. It is interesting how a "coincidence" can bring two unrelated compositions into relation.
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    9 min
  • Episode 8 - Blindness is a Gift

    Fanny Crosby's whole life is worthy of a hymn story.  After writing thousands of songs as a blind woman, her life is full of many smaller stories too.  In this story, it was one particular service in a prison that created the words in this hymn.  Listen and learn how our "disabilities" were given as gifts to us in order to glorify God.

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    11 min
  • Episode 7 - Words of Comfort

    Nadia was a special woman.  In this second dedication to her, learn how her story provided comfort to her friends and those who know her story.

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    12 min
  • Episode 6 - Dedication

    This song is dedicated to the life of someone who had cancer.  Faith has the victory, because it was her faith that has healed her.  She no longer has cancer and is now at home; she is now in heaven.

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    12 min
  • Episode 5 - Trusting in Sorrowful Times

    In another sad story, we learn that we can always trust God, no matter how sorrowful times are.  Let's face it, we will run into a storm at some point, so why not trust in God now, in the storm, and after it?  Listen to this story about Louisa Stead's beautiful song.

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    10 min
  • Episode 4 - A Shield of Faith

    In a tune that urges Christians to fight the spiritual battle, the song "Faith is the Victory" by John Yates is a reminder that during our hard times, with have a shield of faith to protect us.  Listen through the song to hear a bonus story.

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    12 min
  • Episode 3 - The Power of Music

    Music is a very powerful and influential tool.  God expects us to give Him music, but it was also given to us to lift our spirits.

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    9 min

About Stories about Hymn

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This is a history podcast that covers the events that led to the development of Christian hymns and songs.