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Old hymns that you still love

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Mine Wed 07-Sep-22 17:39:21

Make me channel of your peace

How great thou art....My favourites

Madgran77 Wed 07-Sep-22 17:37:16

Thine be the Glory

PollyDolly Wed 07-Sep-22 17:35:20

For All The Saints
Jerusalem
The Lord's My Sheperd

MrsKen33 Wed 07-Sep-22 17:32:16

I spent a lot of my childhood wondering why the green hill didn’t have a city wall!

Grannyboots1 Wed 07-Sep-22 16:44:45

There is a Green Hill Far Away. It makes me cry!

grandMattie Wed 07-Sep-22 16:06:45

The king of love my shepherd is
I heard the voice of Jesus say
Be thou my vision

vampirequeen Wed 07-Sep-22 15:55:17

The Old Rugged Cross and When A Knight Won His Spurs

merlotgran Wed 07-Sep-22 15:53:42

I love the hymns I sang at school.

Lord Behold Us With Thy Blessing was always sung on the first day of term and Lord Dismiss Us on the last.

Oh Jesus I Have Promised, Dear Lord and Father of Mankind and Hills of the North Rejoice also bring back memories.

Juno56 Wed 07-Sep-22 15:23:50

So many but these come immediately to mind:

Be Thou My Vision,
How Great Thou Art,
And Can It Be,
Guide Me Oh Thou Great Redeemer,
Here I Am Lord (I The Lord Of Sea And Sky).

The last is not really old (late 20th century) but a wonderful hymn.

welbeck Wed 07-Sep-22 14:49:37

the english hymnal and its use during assembly was key to my learning to read at first year of junior school, age 7.
my fondness and warm gratitude remains.
as well as enduring familiarity with the hymns.
the swell of sound behind me, and gazing intently at the headmaster before me, the words almost sang themselves out of the book.

MrsKen33 Wed 07-Sep-22 14:19:00

My favourite has always been. ‘ Immortal Invisible.’

nanna8 Wed 07-Sep-22 13:54:41

Oh - haven’t heard Onward Christian Soldiers in a while. Good stirring hymn!

biglouis Wed 07-Sep-22 13:38:32

I am not religious but Ive always enjoyed a good sing song and had a very good voice when I was younger.

Jerusalem
Fight the good fight
Onward Christian soldiers

Smileless2012 Wed 07-Sep-22 13:34:28

Amazing Grace and How Great Thou Art.

lemsip Wed 07-Sep-22 13:32:11

me too, favourites are..
I am only an occasional church goer these days though.

How Great Thou Art

Make Me A Channel Of Your Peace

nanna8 Wed 07-Sep-22 13:10:09

I love many of the old hymns but particular ones stay in my mind. We went to Rarotonga just before Covid hit and in the church there they gave a wonderful rendition of ‘How Great Thou Art’ which brought tears to my eyes. I also love ‘The old wooden Cross’ and ‘It is Well with My Soul’.