Hannah Roorda writes:
This blog hasn’t seen a new post in quite some time. I keep forgetting to post; I seem to spend most of my Tuesdays recovering from Monday-Amnesia/Cotard Syndrome (“Who am I? Where am I? What week is this? Am I still in school? Am I still alive?”) and I spent all of last week recovering from training (hahah!) for the Iowa Jazz Championships which happened the Tuesday of the week before. (If you were wondering, our jazz band came out state runner-up. Not too bad, if I do say so myself.)
I don’t have anything profound or amazing to bring you today, but I do have a completed project some of you may find useful:
At our evening church services, occasionally a friend brings a guitar. No, we don’t start rocking the praise choruses (good story, ask me some time) but we do throw a few guitar chords in with the hymns. The problem is that while the Trinity Hymnal has a lot of hymns with chords written in, there’s no index of them. So we flip back and forth and spend a lot of time saying “I hope this one has chords– oh, it doesn’t”. And that is a lot of time we would rather be singing!
So here you go. A complete list of hymns in the Trinity Hymnal with guitar chords; alphabetically by title, with the tunes listed:
254 – Alas! and Did My Savior Bleed – Martyrdom
605 – All the Way My Savior Leads Me – All the Way
562 – All to Jesus I Surrender – Surrender
9- All You That Fear Jehovah’s Name – Park Street
460 – Amazing Grace! – Amazing Grace
427 – Amidst Us Our Beloved Stands – Hamburg
455 – And Can It Be That I Should Gain – Sagina
662 – As the Hart Long for Flowing Streams – As the Hart Longs
205 – Away in a Manger – Cradle Song
204 – Away in a Manger – Mueller
175 – A Wonderful Savior Is Jesus My Lord – Kirkpatrick
65 – Before Jehovah’s Awesome Throne – Park Street
693 – Blessed Assurance – Assurance
564 – Blessed Is the Man – Blessed Is the Man
359 – Blest Be the Tie That Binds – Dennis
146 – Break Thou the Bread of Life – Bread of Life
131 – Children of the Heavenly Father – Tryggare Kan Ingen Vara
518 – Christ, of All My Hopes the Ground – Hendon
439 – Christ Shall Have Dominion – St. Gertrude
16 – Come, Let Us Sing unto the Lord – Duke Street
101 – Come, Thou Almighty King – Trinity
457 – Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing – Nettleton
266 – Come, Ye Faithful, Raise the Strain – St. Kevin
680 – Consider the Lilies – Consider the Lilies
579 – Dare to Be a Daniel! – Daniel
408 – Day Is Dying in the West – Evening Praise
731 – Doxology – Old Hundredth
732 – Doxology – Tallis’ Canon
42 – El-Shaddai – El-Shaddai
170 – Fairest Lord Jesus – Crusader’s Hymn
106 – Father, Father of All Things – Father of All Things
59 – Forever Settled in the Heavens – Duke Street
494 – Forgive Our Sins As We Forgive – Dove of Peace
339 – For Your Gift of God the Spirit – Blaenwern
386 – God Be with You Till We Meet Again – God Be with You
382 – God Himself Is with Us – Wunderbarer König
40 – God Is Our Refuge and Our Strength – Bethlehem (Fink)
23 – God of Gods, We Sound His Praises – God of Gods
64 – God, the Lord, a King Remaineth – Regent Square
134 – God Will Take Care of You – God Cares
224 – Go, Tell It on the Mountain – Go Tell It
32 – Great Is They Faithfulness – Faithfulness
346 – Hail to the Brightness of Zion’s Glad Morning! – Wesley
57 – Hallelujah, Praise Jehovah, O My Soul – Ripley
179 – Hallelujah! Thine the Glory – Thine The Glory
688 – Have Thing Own Way, Lord! – Holy Desire
600 – He Leadeth Me: O Blessed Thought! – He Leadeth Me
378 – Here, O My Lord, I See Thee Face to Face – Morecambe
315 – He Walks among the Golden Lamps – Revelation
137 – Holy Bible, Book Divine – Aletta
103 – Holy God, We Praise Your Name – Grosser Gott, Wir Loben Dich
100 – Holy, Holy, Holy – Nicea
94 – How Firm a Foundation – Foundation
681 – How Gentle God’s Commands – Dennis
44 – How Great Thou Art – O Store Gud
148 – How Shall the Young Direct Their Way? – Duane Street
459 – I Am Not Skilled to Understand – Greenwell
191 – I Am So Glad That Our Father in Heaven – Gladness
129 – I Belong to Jesus – Dedication
281 – I Know That My Redeemer Lives– Glory, Hallelujah – Shout On
705 – I Know Whom I Have Believed – El Nathan
674 – I Need Thee Every Hour – Need
682 – In Thee, O Lord, I Put My Trust – In Thee, O Lord
190 – I Think When I Read That Sweet Story of Old – Sweet Story
611 – I Want Jesus to Walk with Me – Walk with Me
650 – I Will Sing of My Redeemer – My Redeemer
180 – I Will Sing the Wondrous Story – Wondrous Story
592 – Jesus Bids Us Shine – Jesus Bids Us Shine
591 – Jesus Calls Us – Galilee
288 – Jesus Christ Has Triumphed Now – Resurrection (Wilson)
653 – Jesus Is All the World to Me – Elizabeth
264 – Jesus, Keep Me Near the Cross – Near the Cross
508 – Jesus, Lover of My Soul – Aberystwyth
509 – Jesus, Lover of My Soul – Martyn
189 – Jesus Loves Me, This I Know – Jesus Loves Me
308 – Jesus Paid It All – All to Christ
441 – Jesus Shall Reign – Duke Street
646 – Jesus, Thou Joy of Loving Hearts – Quebec
195 – Joy to the World! The Lord is Come – Antioch
616 – Leaning on the Everlasting Arms – Showalter
125 – Let All Things Now Living – Ash Grove
659 – Let Us Praise God Together – Let Us Break Bread
560 – Lord, Speak to Me That I May Speak – Fort Lauderdale
80 – Lord, with Glowing Heart I’d Praise Thee – Ripley
538 – More About Jesus Would I Know – Sweney
287 – Morning Sun – Music Anno Domini
153 – Most Perfect Is the Law of God – Kinsman
468 – My Faith Has Found a Resting Place – Landas
79 – My God, My God, O Why Have You Forsaken Me? – Kingsfold
521 – My Hope is Built on Nothing Less – Solid Rock
648 – My Jesus, I Love Thee – Caritas
328 – My Lord, What a Mourning – Mourning
126 – My Soul Bless the Lord – Houghton
640 – My Tribute – My Tribute
307 – Nothing but the Blood – Plainfield
11 – Now Blessed Be the Lord Our God – McKee
45 – Now unto Jehovah, Ye Sons of the Mighty – Willow Grove
177 – O Could I Speak the Matchless Worth – Ariel
164 – O for a Thousand Tongues to Sing – Azmon
712 – O God of Love, O King of Peace – Quebec
30 – O God, Our Help in Ages Past – St. Anne
51 – O Jehovah, Hear My Words – Aberystwyth
25 – O Light That Knew No Dawn – Waverton
612 – O Lord, Be Gracious to Me – O Lord, Be Gracious
48 – O Lord Most High, with All My Heart – Rockingham Old
81 – O Love of God, How Strong and True – Jerusalem (Parry)
327 – One Day He’s Coming – Chapman
675 – Only Trust Him – Minerva
132 – O Rejoice in the Lord – Wilmington
485 – O Thou That Hear’st When Sinners Cry – Hamburg
444 – O Zion, Haste, Your Mission High Fulfilling – Tidings
173 – Praise Him! Praise Him! – Joyful Song
77 – Praise, My Soul, the King of Heaven – Andrews
124 – Praise the Lord Our God – Kum Ba Ya
17 – Praise the Lord: Ye Heavens Adore Him – Faben
677 – Praise the Savior, Ye Who Know Him! – Acclaim
107 – Praise Ye the Father! – Flemming
701 – Redeemed, How I Love to Proclaim It! – Ada
499 – Rock of Ages, Cleft for Me – Toplady
388 – Savior, Again to Thy Dear Name We Raise – Ellers
599 – Savior, like a Shepherd Lead Us – Shepherd
369 – Shout, for the Blessed Jesus Reigns – Truro
130 – Showers of Blessing – Showers of Blessing
210 – Silent Night! Holy Night! – Stille Nacht
62 – Sing to the Lord, Sing His Praise – Wesley
479 – Softly and Tenderly Jesus Is Calling – Thompson
450 – So Send I You – So Send I You
338 – Spirit of God, Descend upon My Heart – Morecambe
71 – Stand Up, O God, Be Present
Now – Stand Up
404 – Sun of My Soul, Thou Savior Dear – Hursley
585 – Take My Life, and Let it Be – Hendon
537 – Take Time to Be Holy – Holiness
610 – “Take Up Your Cross,” the Savior Said – Quebec
149 – Teach Me, O Lord, Your Way of Truth – Bishop
234 – Tell Me the Story of Jesus – Story of Jesus
741 – The Apostles’ Creed – Credo (Miladin)
527 – The Beatitudes – Quebec
368 – The Ends of All the Earth Shall Hear – Vision
19 – Thee We Adore, Eternal Lord! – Park Street
113 – The Heavens Declare Thy Glory – Faithful
240 – The King of Glory Comes – Promised One
152 – The Law of the Lord is Perfect – The Law of the Lord
476 – The Light of the World Is Jesus – Light of the World
87 – The Lord’s My Shepherd, I’ll Not Want – Crimond
86 – The Lord’s My Shepherd, I’ll Not Want – Brother James
85 – The Lord’s My Shepherd, I’ll Not Want – Evan
253 – There Is a Fountain Filled With Blood – Fountain
178 – There Is No Name So Sweet on Earth – The Sweetest Name
145 – The Spirit Breathes Upon the Word – Ortonville
187 – There Were Ninety and Nine – The Ninety and Nine
154 – Thou Art the Way – Arlington
597 – Though I May Speak with Bravest Fire – Gift of Love
95 – Though Troubles Assail Us – Joanna (or St. Denio)
607 – Thy Loving-kindness, Lord, Is Good and Free – Ellers
136 – Thy Word Have I Hid in My Heart – Thy Word
679 – ‘Tis So Sweet to Trust in Jesus – Trust in Jesus
55 – To God Be the Glory – To God Be the Glory
672 – Trust and Obey – Trust and Obey
481 – Turn Your Eyes upon Jesus – Lemmel
84 – Under the Care of My God, the Almighty – Under His Wings
276 – Up from the Grave He Arose – Christ Arose
363 – We Gather Together – Kremser
448 – We Have Heard the Joyful Sound – Jesus Saves
97 – We Praise You, O God, Our Redeemer, Creator – Kremser
629 – What a Friend We Have in Jesus – What a Friend
563 – What Kind of Man Can Live in the World – What Kind of Man
261 – What Wondrous Love Is This – Wondrous Love
56 – When All Your Mercies, O My God – Manoah
325 – When He Cometh, When He Cometh – Jewels
252 – When I Survey the Wondrous Cross – Hamburg
541 – When the Roll Is Called Up Yonder – Roll Call
88 – With Grateful Heart My Thanks I Bring – St. Petersburg
697 – Wonderful Words of Life – Words of Life
166 – Wondrous King, All-Glorious – Wunderbarer König
286 – Worship Christ, the Risen King! – Regent Square
582 – Yield Not to Temptation – Yield Not
350 – Zion Stands by Hills Surrounded – Zion
Nick Embrey writes,
O always dying dreamer! tongue of the sublime!
The earth has given up all memory of your flesh,
Your sickly corpse has been swallowed by worms and time:
You belong to the soil, but still your soul is fresh.
Woven through your words, it whispers on a breeze,
And pours out its agony on every burning star;
Knotted to this world in dreams, it does not disperse,
And cannot withdraw from its nightingale reveries.
You wrote your name in water and the ripples are
Radiating outward until the edge of the universe.
Mark C. DenHoed and John R. Ahern found this manuscript in an old suitcase, abandoned by the roadside on I-80 in Nevada outside Reno. We’re posting it in installments because we’re having trouble deciphering the handwriting.
A Love Lost and Regained – By Russl* ******** (Here, the writing is particularly deplorable)
Like a lily, floating down a river, farther and farther from its origin,
So my love is lost, severed from its root -
Binding snapped that bound us, soul to soul.
It was a daydream, clear and simple.
But a nightmare came to overshadow all, dark and confused.
And when I awoke, my love had reached the ocean floor.
– Rosemary Grace, My Lost Love
To the young at heart.
I was coming in from a walk outside, only to find my mother – oh, she was so beautiful, even in death – lying sprawled on the floor with blood lining her beautiful lips. Her auburn hair looked so beautiful. I couldn’t speak. I didn’t remember anything after that, only waking up weeks later on a warm, cozy couch.
“Hi! I’m Jack.”
He had a freckled nose, a dimpled cheek, and azure eyes. His skin was brown and smooth, and his voice was deep and smooth. His face was not like sand. It was smooth. I knew at once I loved Jack, and would marry him someday.
“Hi. I’m – I’m – Cantaloupe.”
“What happened to your mother?”
“She drank the dregs of death.”
“I’m sorry.”
“Just shut up about it, OK?”
I was sad. My eyes were drenched in tears, and I ran from the room in a fit of rage, ready to tear down the walls, like I was as strong as an ox.
Weeks later, I said to Jack, “I’m sorry about what I said. I just sometimes feel like all this badness and evilness around me is making me bad and evil.”
“No, of course not, my dearest Canty. You’re a good person, deep down. You can’t let your anger get hold of you. Let it out. It’s not what you do that makes you, it’s who you are. Deep down. There in your heart.”
I smiled.
“Jack,” I said. “I have to go find my father. You’ll help me, won’t you?”
“No, Cantaloupe. This is your job. You must do it alone. You alone have the power to find where your father is.”
I nodded. “OK,” I said.
Chapter Two
As I was letting my beautiful auburn hair fall against the mauve and periwinkle pillow, there came a knock on the raven-black door. I fearfully got up from the cyan blankets on my bed and went to the door, unlocked the burly-brown lock, and there were Jack’s beautiful azure eyes, furtive, yet beautiful.
“Cantaloupe, I’ve changed my mind! I’ll help you find your father if I have to die first!”
I smiled. “OK,” I said. “You’ll always be in my heart, Jack!” I exclaimed. “We’ll never truly be separated – always one in spirit. Nothing can separate true love.”
These were among the happiest moments of my life.
“But Cantaloupe, how can we find your father? We don’t know where he is!”
“But I do, Jack… in my heart!”
In my heart, I knew we could find him. All people who love each other are connected throughout the world, I realized.
“You’re right. Oh, Cantaloupe, the world may seem so cruel, but we only need to look past it for love!”
We set off from the hut and soon came to a city. “Oh, Jack,” I exclaimed, “How – how shall we ever find him in th-th-th-this large ss-ss-city?” I felt my spirit falling, and I saw the deep waters of the river as a home to my grief-laden soul.
Jack slipped his strong arm around my shoulder and said in a deep, calm voice, “Let’s talk it over some drinks.”
Chapter 3
We were in the bar drinking – Jack’s dimple was so adorable when he was looking at me (it was only on the left side, and gleamed in the golden barlight) – when, the bartender came up to us and said, “Are you Cantaloupe Verbatim?” I nodded, and he made a terse motion with his head. “You’re father’s upstairs.”
As we went upstairs, I thought that I caught a rock hard glint in the waiter’s eye. Pausing deftly, and yet… suspiciously, at the top of the stairs, the bartender motioned for us to enter, once we did, he slammed the mahogany door, we were left in pitch-black darkness.
“Oh, Jack, we’re tr-tr-tr-tr-apped!
Tears rolled down my cheeks. “Everything is going wrong. We’ll never find my father now! What to do!”
“Cantaloupe, we’re trapped!”, Jack exclaimed.
“I just said that.”
“But it will be OK. Fate must have its course. We should just keep trusting in our hearts!”
Soon, after what seemed like a breathless eternity, I heard steps coming up the steps.
“Jack,” I screamed, clutching his strong, muscular arm, “someone’s coming!”
“Yeah, I’m not deaf,” said Jack in his impeccable wit.
Suddenly the door swung open and in strode the bartender.
“Well, Mr. Jack Collins, I see. You’ve run up quite the bill here, Jack. Did you really think you’d escape?”
“I don’t know what you’re talking about,” exclaimed Jack, with an offended dignity about him.
“$12,000 in unpaid beverages won’t go unnoticed, Mr. Collins,” said the bartender.
“Oh, Jack,” I cried, despairing, “how could you?” I bawled bitterly, throwing my head towards my hopelessly flinging-about arms.
To be continued….
John R. Ahern writes,
I’m having trouble with words that start with B. Help wanted. In the meanwhile….
If you haven’t noticed something about me, I’m one of those nuts who considers the whole year (Church or otherwise) as a preparation for Christmas, and starts planning next year’s Christmas Eve service after we’ve opened presents. Despite all the theological reasons to view Easter as higher and more heraldic (which I’m sure it is), I still love Christmas far more.
One of the things about Christmas I love so much is the music. 24/7/31/12, if you will, I’m finding new carols, new anthems, new motets, new organ pieces, etc. that are quite obscure, forgotten, esoteric, and all that. Just the type of stuff I love.
And, occasionally, I like to try my hand at writing one myself. Here I’m being a lot less original, as I’ve decided to take Greensleeves (I know, the height of clichéd Christmas caroling), and take a shot at some original harmonization for it.
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I’ve chosen the words for it I found in the Oxford Book of Carols that Martin Shaw and Percy Dearmer must have collaborated on. They’re apparently from 1642, and it would make this a New Years’ Carol rather than strictly a Christmas one.
As for my harmonizations, they’re largely inspired by four of the greatest hymnodists, carol experts, orchestrators, or English polyphonists that have ever lived – Ralph Vaughn Williams, Martin Shaw, Gustav Holst, and William Walton. Herbert Howells flew in there too. All from the 20th century, you’ll notice, so these aren’t going to be your Vanilla Ice-Cream carols, and I’d like to think that my Greensleeves harmonies aren’t either. Though inspired by them, I fall short of their glory. I have parallel fifths here and there I could sort out, but I like them better the way they are.
My brother pointed out that my harmonies seem rather strange around measure 18. It’s actually a chord I found in Bach’s St. Anne’s Prelude for Organ, first played as an F9 chord in that inversion. I simply transposed it, found a place for it harmonically speaking (it’s vaguely connected as a resolution to the C7 before it), and slipped it in. I’m not sure it makes sense, but it was worth a try.
