"The God of Abraham praise" with Shema; St. Bartholomew's Church
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- čas přidán 12. 03. 2012
- #401 from the Hymnal 1982. Opening Hymn on the Second Sunday of Lent, March 4, 2012, at St. Bartholomew's, an Episcopal church in New York City.
Words: Thomas Olivers (1725-1799)
Tune: 'Leoni', Hebrew melody; harmonized in Hymns Ancient and Modern, 19th century
"Abraham" here is pronounced as "Abram", his previous name. Some hymnals write it as "Abr'ham".
"Shema Yisra'el", unknown arrangement.
Text read is from Mark 12:29-31.
Text sung is from Deuteronomy 6:4 in the original Hebrew. - Hudba
We should serve God even if there is darkness enveloping our life and even if we don’t understand what’s happening... even when the circumstances of our life don’t make sense. Because He is worthy of praise. Because He is God
I love this tune!
The melody is from the Jewish hymn, Yidgal, which is based on the 13 Principles of Faith attributed to Maimonides. The melody was written by Meyer Lyon.
Thanks for your comment and support. :-)
Hmm, that's not how I approach Scripture, but thank you for your... passionate feedback. So glad you enjoyed the Shema!
Yeah! Picardy third at the end of the opening hymn!
I love the Episcopal church. One of the most Christ like churches in the world.
Such a gorgeous hymn, why so fast?
What a romantic notion: it's so pretty, let's drag it out. This isn't being crooned by a soloist. When you have a congregation and a choir in procession singing something, you have to keep up the pace. The congregation doesn't want to hold onto long notes, and the choir hates being strung out along the aisle. Other Episcopal churches play it at this same tempo. If you listen to the Westminster Chapel in London sing it (on CZcams), it goes even faster.
This is based on the Jewish hymn, "Yigdal", which is sung at this pace.
Wow... How many altar servers are there?! Seems that's quite a Mass!
+Robert Morin Some of those cassock/surplice robed individuals are probably choir members.
Seems Episcopalians don't uniformly reverence the processional crucifix. Saw only a few bowing when it passed. Also, why were the deacons standing facing the nave instead of bowing to the altar when the Trinitarian Name was sung in the last verse. Is this practiced in the Anglican liturgical tradition?
a little fast but very beauiful
i don't think the overall tempo is necessarily too fast, but the cadences aren't given enough time, and following phrases are brought in too quickly. i'd about guarantee that the organist is not singing as s/he plays.
THE God of Abraham praise;
who reigns enthroned above;
ancient of everlasting days,
and God of love;
the Lord, the great I AM,
by earth and heaven confessed,
we bow before his holy name
for ever blessed.
2 He by himself hath sworn;
we on his oath depend;
we shall, on eagle-wings upborne,
to heaven ascend;
we shall behold his face,
we shall his power adore,
and sing the wonders of his grace
for evermore.
3 There dwells the Lord, our King,
the Lord, our Righteousness,
triumphant o'er the world of sin,
the Prince of peace;
on Zion's sacred height
His kingdom still maintains,
and glorious with his saints in light,
for ever reigns.
4 The God who reigns on high
the great archangels sing,
and 'Holy, Holy, Holy,' cry,
'Almighty King!
who was, and is, the same,
and evermore shall be:
Jehovah Father, great I AM,
we worship thee.'
5 The whole triumphant host
give thanks to God on high;
'Hail, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost!'
they ever cry;
Hail, Abraham's God and mine!
we join the heavenly lays;
all might and majesty are thine,
and endless praise.
Sure is a lot of judgement going on in the comments of Menachem_Shaul. I believe the scriptures tell us that all things will be left to Jesus Christ at the time of judgement. Those who judge on earth will be judged accordingly. As I get older, I realize the less I know about anything, especially the Holy Trinity One God and the Holy Scripture. I grew up int he Baptist Church and quote a lot of Scripture. However, over the years, so many interpretations of the same scriptures have been shown to me through my life experiences. I dare not judge anyone else since I have so much to work on personally. Quite judging and go out and do your best to live the Gospel through the Love of God, in Christ Jesus with the Power of the Holy Spirit. Get out of God's way and let God do his work. Don't let your pride hinder God's work in you and in those around you.
You can see who the true Christians are by reading the comments. The Episcopal is kind and nonjudgmental of the fundamentalist who continuously insults him.
The way you approach Scriptures is based on twisting, and distorting them!
Just a quick observation here, Budd. It appears to me that you are on the right track. However, the "judge not that ye be judged" passage in Scripture was aimed at heathens, not those who believed in Christ. Christ Himself observed that, when dealing with secular authority, we should be wise as serpents. The tools for holiness which He gave us requires us to discriminate in their use. Christians are supposed to make judgments to distinguish right from wrong in any sphere. The tendency for many to make their own 'interpretation' of what the Bible says or doesn't say specifically on any given subject is little more than a ruse, often to justify what a person wants to do hedonistically. Christ told many things in parables on purpose. The only time He used allegory, He explained what the allegory meant. As Christians, we are to make judgments in accordance with what Christ taught us and He taught us how to be holy, how to live.
Oh Lord, I hope not! Who knows? I may yet decide to become a priest one day, and I'm so thankful that I can be part of a church that would allow me to serve in that capacity, even to allow me the honor of celebrating a same-sex union.
His beliefs are not wrong just because they conflict with yours. And your refusal to respect the rights of others to believe as they see fit is sickening. You don't have to agree, but you should at least respect others and their beliefs. Furthermore, if you're going to assign blame, it's bigots like you who are responsible for the further schism of the Anglican church. And the Anglican use rite is the result of enough Anglicans wishing to rejoin Rome without giving up their beautiful liturgy.
Part 2. I've no issue with women in ministry, Romans 16 will back me up, however Scripture is quite clear that immoral's, straight me, or straight women, gay men, or gay women, should not be leading congregations. While I do not condone gay bashing, I cannot compromise what God has taught his children in His word. Yes we are under a New Covenant, and a changed law, however we know what the right usage, and the wrong usage of the law is (I Timothy 1:8-11). Wonderful job with the Shmah though!
Repent before it's too late!
First of all theses are not just my views, these are given to me by God's word! Get over your pride, and grow up!
YOU MAY DECIDE TO BE A PASTOR (SCRIPTURE STATES WE'RE ALL PRIESTS IN CHRIST!), but you will be in direct violation of God's word! GOD MADE IT QUITE CLEAR, ON MAN, AND ONE WOMAN TO THE EXCLUSION OF ALL OTHERS! That being said, I do condone Phelps and Westboro (THEY VIOLATE SCRIPTURE, as we are all broken people in need of Christ, nor do I condone Robinson, leaving his wife, cheating on her, and shacking up with his "husband". He's wrong because he's immoral, Phelps is wrong, as he hates.