Traditional Church Hymns Played on Organ

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Rock of Ages:

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"It Is Well with My Soul" is a very influential hymn penned by hymnist Horatio Spafford and composed by Philip Bliss.

This hymn was written after several traumatic events in Spafford’s life. The first was the death of his only son in 1871, shortly followed by the great Chicago Fire which ruined him financially (he had been a successful lawyer). Then in 1873, he had planned to travel to Europe with his family on the S.S. Ville du Havre, but sent the family ahead while he was delayed on business concerning zoning problems following the Great Chicago Fire. While crossing the Atlantic, the ship sank rapidly after a collision with a sailing ship, the Loch Earn, and all four of Spafford's daughters died. His wife Anna survived and sent him the now famous telegram, "Saved alone." Shortly afterwards, as Spafford traveled to meet his grieving wife, he was inspired to write these words as his ship passed near where his daughters had died.

Bliss called his tune Ville du Havre, from the name of the stricken vessel. (From the opening section of the Wikipedia article about the hymn)

[Osweo]

Great idea for a thread. Anyone remember Landerun from the good old days of Skadi? She sang a beautiful version of Ein Fester Burg...

I love our old stately majestic hymns. Religious innovators and rebels have a lot of work to do to create anything so impressive...

Jerusalem is one we sang a lot at school, primarily because of our industrial heritage and its mention of 'Dark Satanic Mills' that we all knew so well. THe mystic poet and artist William Blake wrote the words. He didn't realise that us growing up among the mills actually would grow to love em, though!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJRojmvlE6U
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I vow to Thee, my country is another superb rousing patriotic piece.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MG27BKwjaI
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I'll have to dig out my old hymn book some time and share some of the others... But here's a few from the top of my head;

A fairy-tale one! When a knight won his spurs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puKFtHbtB8w
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A Manchester written one - Christians awake by our 18th Century gentleman merchant and polymath John Byron http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Byrom
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOGNn...eature=related
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yySPv...eature=related
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And we shall end with a personal favourite (though the beginning is a little different to the words I know). Even my hedonistic modern-living brother likes to sing it with me! To be a pilgrim by John Bunyan from the 17th Century (I believe the melody is younger);
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbNbXxQwFws
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EDIT, they're not all on organ, but never mind... I like the singing best!

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Jerusalem is one we sang a lot at school, primarily because of our industrial heritage and its mention of 'Dark Satanic Mills' that we all knew so well. THe mystic poet and artist William Blake wrote the words. He didn't realise that us growing up among the mills actually would grow to love em, though!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJRojmvlE6U
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I remember this hymn from the movie Chariots of Fire, which told the story of Eric Liddell and Harold Abrahams in the 1924 Paris Olympics. Liddell later became a missionary to China, and died in a Japanese internment camp near the end of World War II. Abrahams was highly respected and became prominent in British athletics.

A moving piece of music, the hymn was played at Abrahams' funeral service in 1978.

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Our church plays this hymn at the end of each service.

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[Murphy]

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Regards,
The Papist.

[Osweo]

An Orthodox one;
Αγνή Παρθένε
O Virgin Pure

Greek, with lyrics:
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In Old Church Slavonic (Divna Ljubojevic singing ):
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In English:
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Agni Parthene (Αγνή Παρθένε) is a liturgical hymn composed by St. Nectarios of Aegina, drawn from the Theotokarion (Book of Hymns to the Mother of God).

Sometimes performed in Orthodox churches at the beginning of Vespers.

Refrain: O Rejoice Bride unwedded.
O Virgin pure, immaculate, O Lady Theotokos. (Refrain)
O fleece bedewed with every grace. O Virgin Queen and Mother.(Refrain)
More radiant that the rays of the sun, and higher than the heavens. (Refrain)
O joy of virgin choruses, superior to the angels. (Refrain)
O brighter than the firmament and purer that the sun's light. (Refrain)
More holy than the multitude of all the heavenly armies. (Refrain)

O ever virgin Mary of all the world, the Lady.(Refrain)
O Bride all pure immaculate, O Lady Panagia. (Refrain)
O Mary Bride and Queen of all, the cause of our rejoicing. (Refrain)
O noble Maiden, gracious Queen,
supremely holy Mother. (Refrain)
More honored than the Cherubim,
beyond compare more glorious(Refrain)
Than the unbodied Seraphim, transcending the angelic Thrones. (Refrain)

Rejoice, the song of Cherubim rejoice,
the hymn of angels
Rejoice the ode of Seraphim; the joy of the archangels.
Rejoice, O peace and happiness and cause of our rejoicing.
O sacred chamber of the Word, the flower of incorruption.
Rejoice, delightful Paradise of blessed life eternal.
Rejoice O sacred Tree of life and fount of immortality.

I supplicate you, Lady now, I fervently entreat you.
O Queen of all, I earnestly implore and seek your favor.
O gracious Maiden, spotless one, O Lady Panagia.
I call upon you ardently , O holy hallowed Temple.
O help me and deliver me protect me rom the enemy.
And make me an inheritor of blessed life eternal.