The hymns we will be looking at come from the Trinity Hymnal. For too long, we have laid aside the hymns for more "contemporary" (meaning generally out of style faster than a carton of milk on a summer day) music. By doing so, we not only have lost some great music, but some great theology. This may be cursing the darkness, rather than lighting a candle, but I am eager to see that the hymns are no longer seen as something sung, only to appease old people, but to truly capture the fullness and richness that is often lacking in contemporary music.
#1
Psalm 100
All people that on earth do dwell,
Sing to the Lord with cheerful voice;
Him serve with fear, his praise forth-tell,
Come ye before him and rejoice.
The Lord ye know is God indeed;
Without our aid he did us make;
We are his folk, he doth us feed,
And for his sheep he doth us take.
O enter then his gates with praise,
Approach with joy his courts unto;
Praise, laud, and bless his name always,
For it is seemly so to do.
For why? the Lord our God is good,
His mercy is for ever sure;
His truth at all times firmly stood,
And shall from age to age endure.
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