What are your three favorite hymns and why?

[Thoughtful Monk]

Easy enough question.....what are your three favorite hymns and why?

All three because they have great tunes and great theology.

Joyful, Joyful We Adore Thee
O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
Holy, Holy, Holy

[Catholicity]

What Wonderous Love is This
O Sanctissima
The Old Rugged Cross

[justgin]

Cath, there is a beautiful arrangement of O Sanctissima on one of my favorite Christmas albums. If you want to check it out, it's "The Glorious Sounds of Christmas" by director Eugene Ormandy. I'll try to get a link to it. That is one of my favorites on the album!

[justgin]

Here you go Cath! A short sample of all the songs on that album.


http://www.amazon.com/Glorious-Sound.../dp/B0000024PT

[moreta]

And Can It Be That I Should Gain is probably my favourite. And I guess my second favourite would be What Wondrous Love is This:

What wondrous love is this, O my soul, O my soul!
What wondrous love is this, O my soul!
What wondrous love is this
That caused the Lord of bliss
To bear the dreadful curse for my soul, for my soul,
To bear the dreadful curse for my soul!

When I was sinking down, sinking down, sinking down,
When I was sinking down, sinking down,
When I was sinking down
Beneath God’s righteous frown,
Christ laid aside His crown for my soul for my soul,
Christ laid aside His crown for my soul.

To God and to the Lamb I will sing, I will sing;
To God and to the Lamb I will sing;
To God and to the Lamb,
Who is the great I AM,
While millions join the theme, I will sing, I will sing,
While millions join the theme, I will sing.

And when from death I’m free, I’ll sing on, I’ll sing on;
And when from death I’m free, I’ll sing on.
And when from death I’m free
I’ll sing His love for me,
And through eternity I’ll sing on, I’ll sing on,
And through eternity I’ll sing on.

Not sure about the third one yet.

Thanks so much for reminding me of this one. I had forgotten all about it until now. I grew up in the Baptist church, andwe sang all the old hymns. I don't think I could narrow my favorites down to just a few, but Holy, Holy Holy and Fairest Lord jesus pop immediately to mind. I really love the old four part harmony southern or country gospel hymns too. I could sit down with the old Broadman hymnal frome when I was kid and be able to sing at least the first verse of half of them with out the book. Too bad the music is moving more toward the contemporary side. I like the newer songs too, but I miss the old timey stuff.