Favorite Hymns?

Even if you're an atheist, you must feel the appeal. You should hear me belting out "To Be A Pilgrim" or "Brightest And Best". Or dissolving into tears over "Amazing Grace".So I think this is something we can all discuss. What are the best hymns?Apart from the three I just mentioned, I'd like to put in a word for "The Holly Bears A Berry". That's got to be one of the best melodies ever written.Edited by Dr Adequate, : No reason given.

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I've always been a fan of Hymns, Amazing Grace on pipes and the Ave Maria that AZ linked are two favorites. In fact, Ave Maria was played at my wedding ceremony like any good cuban couple should do. And if there is a fat lady who can sing it from the family, that is always better.One of my other favs, having heard it in the movie Sister Act (don't judge) was Joyful Joyful, especially when done by a Gospel Choir like the one I've linked.Other great ones, in no particular order: Oh Happy Day, Alleluia - both this version that I've linked and the one done in Shrek, and Higher Ground - this version, the hymn.Oh I also like the bluegrass stuff done by Ralph Stanley: Constant Sorrow, Oh Death, and Glory Land.And how could I forget, DMX Lord Give Me a Sign.- OniEdited by onifre, : No reason given.Edited by onifre, : No reason given.

What qualifies a piece of music as a hymn? I've some religious-themed songs that I find particularly appealing, though I'm not sure you'd find them in a hymnal. Working on a Building
I'm Ready to GoJon

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"Can we say the chair on the cat, for example? Or the basket in the person? No, we can't..." - Harriet J. Ottenheimer

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"Dim bulbs save on energy..." - jar

"Circumcision of the Spirit" certainly fails to make my list of favorites. Nearly anything set to Herr Bach's melodies does.

I've always been a fan of bluegrass hymns.Bury Me beneath The Willow and many others.Some from the old Hee Haw television series as well.

If you ever get a chance, see if you can be allowed to sit quietly in the empty square during shape note singing.

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Anyone so limited that they can only spell a word one way is severely handicapped!

I like to croon this one in the shower sometimes: Spem in aliumThomas Tallis (c. 1505 — 23 November 1585)

My favourite hymns all seem to have Irish melodies for some reason.My favourite is I Cannot Tell to the tune Londonderry Air (Danny Boy)My next favourite is I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say This is to the same tune as I Feel the Winds of God TodayAfter that it would be Be Thou my Vision.

Dunno if it qualifies as a hymn or not, but I go all soft for the Carol of the Bells. The Mormons do a good job of it.

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Ridicule is the only weapon which can be used against unintelligible propositions. -- Thomas Jefferson

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We see monsters where science shows us windmills. -- Phat

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It has always struck me as odd that fundies devote so much time and effort into trying to find a naturalistic explanation for their mythical flood, while looking for magical explanations for things that actually happened. -- Dr. Adequate

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...creationists have a great way to detect fraud and it doesn't take 8 or 40 years or even a scientific degree to spot the fraud--'if it disagrees with the bible then it is wrong'.... -- archaeologist

Sounds like a British soap opera.- Oni

"Just As I Am," Billy Graham's invitation hymn for new converts recieveing Jesus as personal savior and lord."Stand Up For Jesus," and "Count Your Many Blessings,," ones we've sung in many churches for many decades.

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BUZSAW B 4 U 2 C Y BUZ SAW.
The immeasurable present eternally extends the infinite past and infinitely consumes the eternal future.

And of course, while it's most certainly not what people think of as a hymn, who can deny the majesty of Norman Greenbaum?

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Ridicule is the only weapon which can be used against unintelligible propositions. -- Thomas Jefferson

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We see monsters where science shows us windmills. -- Phat

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It has always struck me as odd that fundies devote so much time and effort into trying to find a naturalistic explanation for their mythical flood, while looking for magical explanations for things that actually happened. -- Dr. Adequate

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...creationists have a great way to detect fraud and it doesn't take 8 or 40 years or even a scientific degree to spot the fraud--'if it disagrees with the bible then it is wrong'.... -- archaeologist

I forget the name, the tune, and most of the words. It's a Unitarian hymn about life and nature. The line I remember is:

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Some call it evolution, some call it God

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Every Memorial Day weekend at the Highland Games, the massed pipe bands play "Amazing Grace". But one year they also had a lone piper play "Going Home", a spiritual that Bartok used in the Largo of "New World Symphony".

A Firemist and a Planet, Unitarian Hymn #343Looked for a YouTube video but seems there isn't one.From the poem "Each in His Own Tongue" by William Curruth. PoemEdited by AZPaul3, : No reason given.