Favourite hymn

Showergelfresh, in my day the girls grammar school in Rochdale was also known as Greenhill, and there was a running joke that it was the school song of the boys grammar, which was on the other side of town. So whenever I hear it it makes me smile!

Praise, my soul, the King of Heaven.
God be in my head (short but sublime).

Through all the changing scenes of life.
In heavenly love abiding.
Oh perfect love. (we had this one at our wedding).

Jerusalem and I Vow to Thee my Country both move me to tears.

Shine,Jesus,Shine
Lord Jesus Christ
And can it be
As the deer pants for water( not sure what title is!)

Showergel that's a very sad memory for you. Hard ti understand why no one talked to you about it.
Callgirl thanks.
Must look up ones I don't know.
There are some lovely modern hymns that are definitely not dirges.

This isn't a hymn. It's a very moving ( I think) Easter song sung by Len Magee. I thought some people might like it.

youtu.be/8-wXZnwTS-8

We are fortunate in attending a cathedral, where the music is awe inspiring, especially the anthems

Among my favourites hymns

Make Me a Channel of your Peace
Guide me O Thou Great Redeemer
The Holy City
Oh Love That Will Not Let Me Go
Take my Life and Let it Be
When I Survey the Wondrous Cross

Guide me O Thou Great Redeemer and Love Divine

Enjoyed those Bathsheba . Both new to me.

I must say all these favourites are good.

It is well with my soul.

Cwm Rhondda
The Day Thou Gavest
Love Divine

lemongrove, your hymn is called, 'Hail, Queen of Heaven'.

Most of the music I listen to consists of hymns and worship songs and I am hard pressed to name a single favourite, but I have asked that the following are played at my funeral:
Your Faithfulness (Brian Doerksen)
I know not why God’s wondrous grace
I stand amazed in the presence of Jesus the Nazarene

For many years I have been taking a small group into a local care home once a month and we sing four traditional hymns with the residents. This particular home (not the one I'm Chaplain to) has a high number of residents with dementia and it never ceases to move me when I observe them singing along and remembering all the words. The effects of singing the hymns sometimes lingers for a while and they reminisce about their school days, or singing in the church choir. It's quite humbling.

Abide with me.

I do like To Be a Pilgrim Lily65
(written by John Bunyan)

Eternal Father
and
Dear Lord and Father of Mankind, forgive our foolish ways

Not a hymn but a beautiful piece of music
Elgar Nimrod

and one of Jessity's choices:

Ye Holy Angels bright

lemongrove the hymn you're thinking of is Hail Queen of Heaven the Ocean Star - another favourite of mine!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aF4k9mUO81o

Grannyactivist what a lovely thing to do. I shall mention that in church.

Psalm 121

I to the hills will lift mine eyes
From whence doth come my aid
My safety cometh from the Lord
Who Heaven and Earth hath made.

Bathsheba, you beat me too it, naming *Lemongrove's hymn.

For me: " Be still and know I am with you"

^There is a green hill far away
Without a city wall
Where the dear Lord was crucified
He died to save us all^

When I was a very small child and we sang this at Sunday School I could never understand why a green hill needed a city wall around it.

The church used to come to the home where I worked.
It was absolutely lovely to see people singing along.
Made me quite tearful.

Praise the Lord ye heavens adore him.I vow to thee my Country.

‘In Christ Alone’ is my favourite at the moment, although I also love ‘Crown him with many crowns’. I absolutely detest ‘Abide with me’

MissA I've been going to the home and doing this for, I think, eleven years now and I do still get a bit choked and tearful occasionally. Sometimes when they hear a familiar hymn it's almost like a light comes on behind people's eyes and all of a sudden they're back in this world for a short time.

One of my favourite residents was the hundred year old son of a farmer who, would relate tales about his beloved late father in a wonderful west country accent. His dad used to take him to church and it was a memory he treasured, in fact the love that elderly gentleman had for his dad always left me in awe of the relationship they must have had.