tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19876272590625989012024-03-13T22:04:10.954-07:00Terri Hutchings MusicTerrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16119018722233553634noreply@blogger.comBlogger111125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1987627259062598901.post-55888277420278866202024-03-13T21:41:00.000-07:002024-03-13T22:03:30.687-07:00Christ the Lord Is Risen Today<p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">It has been a decade since we lost my sweet mother-in-law, Naida.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Think of the nicest, most service oriented person you know,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>multiply times ten, and you begin to have an idea of who Naida was.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>She’s one of the most Christ-like people I’ve ever known.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>She didn’t have a mean bone in her body.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Small in frame, she stood at just 5’1”, but the height of her character loomed above us all.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>A mother of eight children, she loved and served others all her life without complaint.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Making others happy seemed to fill her with joy.</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwu_JSpwE7v1AibDYJtUK_dX-qe45e-fJtiVmIKqsh4r_RBT1gG4-lxP9gsqxNIZFWb013KHWTq364X9b6cwwiiRgP9_VdE6Af7h4BBjltkKgbIFiCELC8WeYXlvKiPcy20MreZMgEG5PomX288Hslq6Kn1qM1VlbzSHFQ7jhFsXZJa8MWdnpoZzCT_K7S/s604/Naida.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="604" data-original-width="392" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwu_JSpwE7v1AibDYJtUK_dX-qe45e-fJtiVmIKqsh4r_RBT1gG4-lxP9gsqxNIZFWb013KHWTq364X9b6cwwiiRgP9_VdE6Af7h4BBjltkKgbIFiCELC8WeYXlvKiPcy20MreZMgEG5PomX288Hslq6Kn1qM1VlbzSHFQ7jhFsXZJa8MWdnpoZzCT_K7S/w260-h400/Naida.jpg" width="260" /></a></div><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">While in grade school, Chuck remembers walking through his front door after school every day and instinctively calling out to his mom.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>From whatever corner of the house she was in, she would answer back, and then, reassured, he would go about his business knowing that all was right with the world.</span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">As a young newlywed myself, it would amaze me how Naida could make a great meal out of nothing at all, just whatever was in her fridge. That’s one quality I am definitely lacking.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Poor Chuck went from his mom’s home cooking to mine.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>It’s a good thing he spent a few years away from home before we met so that he wouldn’t always be reminded of the stark contrast.</span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">I have many fond memories with Chuck’s folks as we travelled through Yellowstone and Glacier National Parks, Canada, Mexico, and Washington DC.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Among my absolute favorites were simply camping with them at Big John’s Flat in Beaver Canyon.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>In the evenings there was always a card game and a bowl of ice cream.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Naida was a great canasta partner. Her otherwise docile personality on occasion would give way to a devious grin right before laying down a hand of cards that would destroy the opposing team. No smack talk, just a smile and then she would get up to refill the M&M’s dish so the guys wouldn’t feel so bad.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifK2LwDAH0FZ4lgEVLc3KB_7NsROXtqAUUjaoiw12YlARcYprPKoNVD9ltl_tc7rQLuD2cD9QG2aAyttxkiLX4hqD0_K4U0bd5cm03Ef43-3w6LRSXyATIdRv8sVHJiM-jOluqsH-PN_geY7g8rDJXkT2znX6jAGBgX3YUh5eKvNXwYHYdyUGxWJHRHTyK/s1314/Don%20and%20Naida,%20Chuck%20and%20Terri%20Hutchings%20(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1314" data-original-width="897" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifK2LwDAH0FZ4lgEVLc3KB_7NsROXtqAUUjaoiw12YlARcYprPKoNVD9ltl_tc7rQLuD2cD9QG2aAyttxkiLX4hqD0_K4U0bd5cm03Ef43-3w6LRSXyATIdRv8sVHJiM-jOluqsH-PN_geY7g8rDJXkT2znX6jAGBgX3YUh5eKvNXwYHYdyUGxWJHRHTyK/w273-h400/Don%20and%20Naida,%20Chuck%20and%20Terri%20Hutchings%20(1).jpg" width="273" /></a></div><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Naida always maintained a close relationship with her Savior, Jesus Christ, so it feels only natural to dedicate this arrangement of the Easter hymn 'Christ the Lord Is Risen Today' to Naida Hutchings — an angel that walked the earth for 92 years.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>She was a blessing to us all and her influence is still felt in our lives today.</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">
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</span></span><p></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Click <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/rqn32377cos4if5uhms8a/Christ-the-Lord-Is-Risen-Today.pdf?rlkey=mwdklrr93hbq8maxqrd7tv98a&dl=0" target="_blank">HERE</a> to download free sheet music</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p>Terrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16119018722233553634noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1987627259062598901.post-23259906990322400442024-02-15T00:47:00.000-08:002024-02-15T00:54:10.318-08:00Onward Christian Soldiers & Beethoven’s 9th<p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">These three little guys were all born within about a year of each other — one in South Dakota, another in California, and the other in Iowa.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>One would lose his father at the age of three.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>One would buy a fishing boat, but end up using it to<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>teach half the town to waterski.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>And one loved to dance.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>They lived through two world wars and the Great Depression.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Each one holds a special place in my heart.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>They are my grandfathers.</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="391" data-original-width="273" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3191gZOcqdiogx9OU6qlchyphenhyphenrN-FLQdsldmI8ybtHBu-PgVhiLLXFcBKcrN2SzqRxsolvPmYCOEsXzKsWT9avUA0vaWILqT6vs7216Ep6jM24IU5W8OaPj11j8d7pR2Z3nZc1Rpu1yMTNwQn4uN9kgB13-F5W7qQRZiwPmhMBXN-AKmgVBe0B5F9SJSUV-/w170-h244/gpa%20dave.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" width="170" /><img border="0" data-original-height="2035" data-original-width="1463" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrcuMi9diTUfhouZ-ZUbChnSkeO8N0kAuU17FrgebCKfvbXazFcdSNWx6OuCylzfbto2JSRLZXjfpb5NRYbcwuWjj0yefLTFTYZ5HJKzI5KMgYz_7s9ZhcpoO4Lgqf-YvJW3gsqIBH9pjjXR4kx-v-atjBHJvPfCIiqbyucROvJfjIOkpKKxbIeB0ZATuK/w177-h246/grandpa%20kenny.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span>Dave Crockett<span class="Apple-converted-space"> <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span></span>Kenny Nott <span class="Apple-converted-space"> <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span></span>George Lambert</span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">I was only six when my Grandpa Crockett died unexpectedly of a heart attack at age 55.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>It left a void in our family for so many years.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>I have a few flashes of memories with him at his house on Sequoia, but so much of what I know of him was shared by those who knew him best. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">He had a cheerful disposition, a great sense of humor and a heart full of love.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Around the house he would often whistle and sing.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>He loved to laugh.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>He had an entrepreneurial spirit which had been gifted to him by his mother.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>He was self-reliant.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>He was a great barbecuer.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>He loved the outdoors and going fishing, but his passion was golf.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>He worked long, hard hours to support his family, but he could often be found on the golf course before work at first light.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>He was loyal.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>His employers loved him and his co-workers spoke of his integrity, kindness and unconditional friendship.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>My dad once said that the greatest gift that his father gave to his children was for them to know for a surety that he loved their mother. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Grandpa Nott was a huge part of my life.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>He was there for just about every family vacation as I was growing up — pulling us on skis behind the boat, putting a fishing pole in my hand, going rock hounding, dragging us in inner tubes behind his truck on snowy roads by his cabin.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>He taught me how to drive a stick shift. Not long after he was married, he jumped at the chance to dismantle army barracks and use the wood to build his home on Walnut.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>He pulled every nail out and straightened it so that it could be used again.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>He was a skilled hunter and fisherman.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>He was the bravest of men, fighting for his country in the army during World War II. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">I have a memory when I was young of sitting next to him by the fireplace cracking open walnuts and eating them. I still think of him when I eat walnuts.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>One winter when I was about five, I remember he made our house the most popular on the block.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>He and Grandma had been up in snow country.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>It rarely snowed in our hometown, yet knowing how much we loved to play in the snow, they filled the entire bed of the truck to the rim with snow before driving back down the mountain to us. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>To our delight, when they arrived, he dumped his snow load in our front yard and the whole neighborhood enjoyed hours of fun. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Grandpa George is my bonus grandpa.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>He married my Grandma Jennie when I was 13 years old.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>They were married in our home.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>When they lived in Bremerton, they would go dancing three times a week.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>I remember every time he would come to visit he would always have plenty of Juicy Fruit gum to share.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>He had his workshop up at their home in West Point and he dabbled with his inventions.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>He was a great craftsman and would build things like wooden toys and cradles.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>He and Grandma Jennie made many great memories in their twilight years going on cruises and on road trips to see family. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">When I was a teenager, every once in a while when a group of us kids were singing around the piano, Grandpa Nott would come and join us in the front room.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>If there was a lull in requests, he would ask us to sing Onward Christian Soldiers.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Whenever I hear that hymn sung, I think of him.</span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">For years I have been considering pairing these two pieces, but it somehow seemed like I would be breaking some unwritten law by taking what many believe to be the greatest piece of music ever written and making it my own.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>It just didn’t seem right, but this year I decided to brush away my fears and dive in. I wanted to utilize the full range of the piano, so it’s arranged for piano — four hands. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">This arrangement is for my grandfathers — my heroes.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>With love.</span></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">
<iframe allow="autoplay" frameborder="no" height="166" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/1747660437&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true" width="100%"></iframe></span></span></p><div style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Interstate, "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Garuda, Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-weight: 100; line-break: anywhere; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; word-break: normal;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://soundcloud.com/user-771663631" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Terri Hutchings">Terri Hutchings</a> · <a href="https://soundcloud.com/user-771663631/onward-christian-soldiers-beethovens-9th" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Onward Christian Soldiers & Beethoven's 9th">Onward Christian Soldiers & Beethoven's 9th</a></span></span></div><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">
</span></span><p></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Click <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/gd9onbnv4iug364ritsi9/Onward-Christian-Soldiers-Beethoven-s-9th.pdf?rlkey=ri9lxphdpporwtg9p5bfxr7mj&dl=0" target="_blank">HERE</a> to download free sheet music</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p></div></div></div>Terrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16119018722233553634noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1987627259062598901.post-86101836678325383042024-01-09T23:35:00.000-08:002024-01-09T23:44:23.427-08:00Have I Done Any Good?<p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">I’m starting off the new year with a hymn arrangement for children’s voices — <i>Have I Done Any Good?</i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>The melody and lyrics are just as they are presented in the LDS Hymnbook (hymn #223).<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>It shouldn’t be too hard to sing since I pretty much include the melody line in the right hand accompaniment throughout.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>I tried to weave into the interlude and ending hints of a beloved piece you may also recognize.</span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Have I done any good in the world today?</span></i></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Have I helped anyone in need?</span></i></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Have I cheered up the sad and made someone feel glad?</span></i></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">If not, I have failed indeed.</span></i></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Has anyone’s burden been lighter today</span></i></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Because I was willing to share?</span></i></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Have the sick and the weary been helped on their way?</span></i></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">When they needed my help was I there?</span></i></span></p><p class="p4" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i></i></span><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">[Chorus]</span></i></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Then wake up and do something more</span></i></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Than dream of your mansion above.</span></i></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Doing good is a pleasure, a joy beyond measure,</span></i></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">A blessing of duty and love.</span></i></span></p><p class="p4" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i></i></span><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">There are chances for work all around just now,</span></i></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Opportunities right in our way.</span></i></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Do not let them pass by, saying, “Sometime I’ll try,”</span></i></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">But go and do something today.</span></i></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">’Tis noble of man to work and to give;</span></i></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Love’s labor has merit alone.</span></i></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Only he who does something helps others to live.</span></i></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">To God each good work will be known.</span></i></span></p><p class="p4" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>— Will L. Thompson<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXY_2iItREApy04T9ROaMMu_CCO8eSvxDqycrx3mL8F-0EI8uNvxoqVm-bFFCwgykj1f9HxmNoqhlA1Iar5cSe0MZku9XYxfuZOcX-LSj1CcHzUbDW_34WJrQlVYl888nlxlmlKBFsZJEgLVHpp7Jy4aSnnzxK02F2c0pJzkhCBrctlyF6WBkf7WcoSoF5/s1195/Mother%20Teresa%20and%20smiling%20orphan.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="820" data-original-width="1195" height="275" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXY_2iItREApy04T9ROaMMu_CCO8eSvxDqycrx3mL8F-0EI8uNvxoqVm-bFFCwgykj1f9HxmNoqhlA1Iar5cSe0MZku9XYxfuZOcX-LSj1CcHzUbDW_34WJrQlVYl888nlxlmlKBFsZJEgLVHpp7Jy4aSnnzxK02F2c0pJzkhCBrctlyF6WBkf7WcoSoF5/w400-h275/Mother%20Teresa%20and%20smiling%20orphan.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">When I think of good works and service, I think of Agnes Bojaxhiu — Mother Teresa.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>She lived a life of selfless service, touching hearts and lifting others along the way.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Her compassion and generosity set the standard for the world to emulate.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Through her light and love we catch a glimpse into heaven.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Here are a few of my favorite Mother Teresa quotes:</span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><i>“Every time you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing.”</i></span></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><i>“Love is a fruit in season at all times and within reach of every hand.”</i></span></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><i>“Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies.”</i></span></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><i>“Joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls.”</i></span></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><i>“Not all of us can do great things. But we can do small things with great love.”<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i></span></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><i>“It’s not how much we give but how much love we put into giving.”</i></span></span></p><p class="p4" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">
<iframe allow="autoplay" frameborder="no" height="166" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/1713313497&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true" width="100%"></iframe></span></span></p><div style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Interstate, "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Garuda, Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-weight: 100; line-break: anywhere; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; word-break: normal;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://soundcloud.com/user-771663631" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Terri Hutchings">Terri Hutchings</a> · <a href="https://soundcloud.com/user-771663631/have-i-done-any-good" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Have I Done Any Good?">Have I Done Any Good?</a></span></span></div><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">
</span></span><p></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Click <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/8tkpd42lzkr33dnmegi8l/Have-I-Done-Any-Good.pdf?rlkey=xk02cbxnoktz801g31576y8b8&dl=0" target="_blank">HERE</a> to download free sheet music</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p></p>Terrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16119018722233553634noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1987627259062598901.post-64029436475430776392023-11-28T20:02:00.000-08:002023-11-28T20:12:28.885-08:00What Child Is This?<p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">I marvel at the life of Mary, mother of the Savior.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>She, being a descendant of King David, passed along her royal bloodline to her son.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>She was highly favored of God, blessed among women, chosen to bring the Savior into the world, a world He would one day save.</span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Motherhood in and of itself is an enormous responsibility, but being tasked with bearing and raising the Lord, Jesus Christ, as a young woman is hard for me to comprehend.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Yet Mary courageously met the challenge with Joseph at her side.</span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMD5EFCrK4RHNOWO91M4xSu83mqQHmtskV6THWK4nRd5Atkxhd6Gql2mD1cwbXxPRuIRnqdecjoUmXcBs96Tb1pFCWmXmzIxjFQntylpPKgsKY8ro47DEcERKkUAFdIUKplFySGWOYi1uWNUiHb9vNF-GZtW9XDqqb6QtaSX6xpjYytTjObJ8zhPMx__bK/s2790/nativity_scene_mary_joseph_baby_jesus.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="2790" height="258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMD5EFCrK4RHNOWO91M4xSu83mqQHmtskV6THWK4nRd5Atkxhd6Gql2mD1cwbXxPRuIRnqdecjoUmXcBs96Tb1pFCWmXmzIxjFQntylpPKgsKY8ro47DEcERKkUAFdIUKplFySGWOYi1uWNUiHb9vNF-GZtW9XDqqb6QtaSX6xpjYytTjObJ8zhPMx__bK/w400-h258/nativity_scene_mary_joseph_baby_jesus.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Mary’s life was a faith-filled journey. A loving mother and devoted disciple, she would often follow Jesus throughout His mission.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Looking on as she did as her son was lifted up on the cross seems unbearable to me.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>And then after His ascension into heaven, she continued on, ever believing.</span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Margot Hovley stated beautifully, “Christmas is a season of giving, and Mary, as a central figure in the scriptural account, shows us the one gift that matters more than all others: the gift of ourselves, the gift of aligning our will to God’s, humbly accepting His mission for us and fulfilling to the utmost.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>That’s what Christ did, as did Mary, His mother before Him.”</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">
<iframe allow="autoplay" frameborder="no" height="166" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/1677163188&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true" width="100%"></iframe></span></span></p><div style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Interstate, "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Garuda, Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-weight: 100; line-break: anywhere; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; word-break: normal;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://soundcloud.com/user-771663631" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Terri Hutchings">Terri Hutchings</a> · <a href="https://soundcloud.com/user-771663631/what-child-is-this" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="What Child Is This?">What Child Is This?</a></span></span></div><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">
</span></span><p></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Click <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/hz18tpfitg9e0254uqud1/What-Child-Is-This.pdf?rlkey=ubso61p9h3rrfzgb4n99ebim6&dl=0" target="_blank">HERE</a> to download free sheet music</span> </span></p>Terrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16119018722233553634noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1987627259062598901.post-8905051480742656432023-10-24T20:03:00.005-07:002023-10-24T20:21:59.278-07:00Prayer of Thanksgiving<p><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">“Gratitude is a Spirit-filled principle. It opens our minds to a universe permeated with the richness of a living God. Through it, we become spiritually aware of the wonder of the smallest things, which gladden our hearts with their messages of God’s love. This grateful awareness heightens our sensitivity to divine direction. When we communicate gratitude, we can be filled with the Spirit and connected to those around us and the Lord. Gratitude inspires happiness and carries divine influence. . . Gratitude is our sweet acknowledgment of the Lord’s hand in our lives; it is an expression of our faith.” </span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">—Bonnie Parkin</span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDoD5hxKpwTB6wisyrBAdn0Eg2Ux3II0oQpNil2aDOLWoN-LAhAgvv0Kq4VwgpbwvcRr34sMb4yabOFljGp5EUd9j7S7KjXvMD7QElWtf4fQyGpXeXbRekq2PW3ineetzbgA-_FpUtWlMepNqMw_4gy44DvpnWP8gVqX3Tk65UY3M-Yt1fv9aRKDPupwUS/s1200/thanksgiving.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="604" data-original-width="1200" height="201" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDoD5hxKpwTB6wisyrBAdn0Eg2Ux3II0oQpNil2aDOLWoN-LAhAgvv0Kq4VwgpbwvcRr34sMb4yabOFljGp5EUd9j7S7KjXvMD7QElWtf4fQyGpXeXbRekq2PW3ineetzbgA-_FpUtWlMepNqMw_4gy44DvpnWP8gVqX3Tk65UY3M-Yt1fv9aRKDPupwUS/w400-h201/thanksgiving.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">We gather together to ask the Lord’s blessing;</span></i></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">He chastens, and hastens his will to make known;</span></i></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">The wicked oppressing now cease from distressing.</span></i></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Sing praises to his name;</span></i></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">He forgets not his own.</span></i></span></p><p class="p4" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i></i></span><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Beside us to guide us, our God with us joining,</span></i></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Ordaining, maintaining his kingdom divine;</span></i></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">So from the beginning the fight we were winning;</span></i></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Thou, Lord, wast at our side;</span></i></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">All glory be thine!</span></i></span></p><p class="p4" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i></i></span><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">We all do extol thee, thou leader triumphant,</span></i></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">And pray that thou still our defender wilt be.</span></i></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Let thy congregation escape tribulation;</span></i></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Thy name be ever praised!</span></i></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">O Lord, make us free!</span></i></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Text: Anon., The Netherlands, ca. 1626;<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>translated by Theodore Baker</span></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="p4" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p4" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">
<iframe allow="autoplay" frameborder="no" height="166" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/1648701684&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true" width="100%"></iframe></span></span></p><div style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Interstate, "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Garuda, Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-weight: 100; line-break: anywhere; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; word-break: normal;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://soundcloud.com/user-771663631" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Terri Hutchings">Terri Hutchings</a> · <a href="https://soundcloud.com/user-771663631/prayer-of-thanksgiving" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Prayer of Thanksgiving">Prayer of Thanksgiving</a></span></span></div><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Click <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/e11t16forltt4acot2ra4/Prayer-of-Thanksgiving.pdf?rlkey=0ax0oucz2r5tme0i2o1ncciin&dl=0" target="_blank">HERE</a> to download free sheet music</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p>Terrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16119018722233553634noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1987627259062598901.post-71280725943703466382023-09-12T20:38:00.000-07:002023-09-12T20:38:00.128-07:00Before Thee, Lord, I Bow My Head<p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Before thee, Lord, I bow my head</span></i></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">And thank thee for what has been said.</span></i></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">My soul vibrates; my poor heart sings</span></i></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">When thy sweet Spirit strikes the strings.</span></i></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">How sweet thy word I’ve heard this day!</span></i></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Be thou my guide, O Lord, I pray.</span></i></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">May I in patience do my part.</span></i></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Seal thou the word upon my heart.</span></i></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i></i></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Do thou, O Lord, anoint mine eyes</span></i></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">That I may see and win the prize.</span></i></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">My heart is full; mine eyes are wet.</span></i></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Oh, help me, Lord, lest I forget.</span></i></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">So may my soul be filled with light</span></i></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">That I may see and win the fight,</span></i></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">And then at last exalted be,</span></i></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">In peace and rest, O Lord, with thee.</span></i></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i></i></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Look up, my soul; be not cast down.</span></i></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Keep not thine eyes upon the ground.</span></i></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Break off the shackles of the earth.</span></i></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Receive, my soul, the spirit’s birth.</span></i></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">And now as I go forth again</span></i></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">To mingle with my fellowmen,</span></i></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Stay thou nearby, my steps to guide,</span></i></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">That I may in thy love abide.</span></i></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p4" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>-Text by Joseph H. Dean</span></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio_rp9PF4WdW_uVS7KJl5dC0woAQj995qWRbrP3K0v6IIYyWHfsu-PYYwknwtjwfuNyOYMlsnx4UoDJTjqJCX-3pEKQGBBawhSSRw0yqHc-t5pmhje7BhFJcSunwf48FxQUhoOJxfAKtKey-qMlLJT8Rqy5zeK5Fl5J9zNSi2yAx6ZMegYUnXujvr3v4KG/s1280/woman_outdoors_praying.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio_rp9PF4WdW_uVS7KJl5dC0woAQj995qWRbrP3K0v6IIYyWHfsu-PYYwknwtjwfuNyOYMlsnx4UoDJTjqJCX-3pEKQGBBawhSSRw0yqHc-t5pmhje7BhFJcSunwf48FxQUhoOJxfAKtKey-qMlLJT8Rqy5zeK5Fl5J9zNSi2yAx6ZMegYUnXujvr3v4KG/w400-h225/woman_outdoors_praying.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p class="p4" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p4" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">
<iframe allow="autoplay" frameborder="no" height="166" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/1614990156&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true" width="100%"></iframe></span></span></p><div style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Interstate, "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Garuda, Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-weight: 100; line-break: anywhere; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; word-break: normal;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://soundcloud.com/user-771663631" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Terri Hutchings">Terri Hutchings</a> · <a href="https://soundcloud.com/user-771663631/before-thee-lord-i-bow-my-head" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Before Thee, Lord, I Bow My Head">Before Thee, Lord, I Bow My Head</a></span></span></div><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Click <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/rb484pjk6aqd5v91e3277/before-thee-lord-i-bow-my-head.pdf?rlkey=nqzrsikkf4uk1x3khlhbmws7d&dl=0" target="_blank">HERE </a>to download free sheet music</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span> </span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p>Terrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16119018722233553634noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1987627259062598901.post-6395052220382716422023-08-28T21:07:00.002-07:002023-08-30T10:44:34.667-07:00The Iron Rod<p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">There is a dream recorded in the Book of Mormon.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>One night the prophet, Lehi, had a vision of a glorious tree unlike any other, whose fruit had the power to fill one’s soul with great joy.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>There were many obstacles blocking the way to the tree.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>However, along a narrow path leading straight to the tree was a rod of iron.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>By holding tightly to the rod, one could safely reach the tree and its precious fruit.</span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">In 1 Nephi chapter 11 the vision is explained.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>The tree is a symbol of Christ and its fruit is the love of God. The path which leads to the tree is the way to salvation as we journey through life.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>The iron rod is interpreted as the word of God, and represents an invitation to come unto Christ.</span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0NRSXyuioqqhnR3oHg8GW1FmWqHVsUnRgJhRyfJy3zcf-TJtcRincLnVeNl4L1PspC3_PaVqN7HmME3amG5sL404PgTqw_GFPCZw4ihih3OvRLIMULK1opcShFea7ZQK5F5kupoaz59_qpK76XfuxUA_7pz2YrQ4d6TyfKoTAkvWHIuUexcOf8puGEonY/s500/hold%20to%20the%20rod.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="323" data-original-width="500" height="259" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0NRSXyuioqqhnR3oHg8GW1FmWqHVsUnRgJhRyfJy3zcf-TJtcRincLnVeNl4L1PspC3_PaVqN7HmME3amG5sL404PgTqw_GFPCZw4ihih3OvRLIMULK1opcShFea7ZQK5F5kupoaz59_qpK76XfuxUA_7pz2YrQ4d6TyfKoTAkvWHIuUexcOf8puGEonY/w400-h259/hold%20to%20the%20rod.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">I have arranged the hymn ‘The Iron Rod’ as a piano accompaniment for children’s voices.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>The first verse and chorus are pretty basic, but the accompaniment gets a little tricky after that.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>You could always just use the first two pages and repeat back to measure 10 for additional verses if you prefer.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>But if you are looking for a fuller sound, this in an alternative. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">The melody is exactly as it appears in the LDS hymnbook (hymn #274), with the exception of moving up a half step the last time through.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>It is arranged for three verses. I have made the recording with strings representing the melody/children’s voices. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">I can tell you from my own experiences that life is hard.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Trials and experiences can knock us off our feet at times.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>I love these sweet words of encouragement by Dieter Uchtdorf:</span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">“Dear friends, if you find it difficult to hold fast to the iron rod and walk steadfastly toward salvation; if the laughter and ridicule of others who seem so confident cause you to waver; if you are troubled by unanswered questions or doctrines you don’t understand yet; if you feel saddened because of disappointments, I urge you to remember Lehi’s dream.</span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Stay on the path!<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Never let go of the rod of iron—the word of God!<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>And when anyone tries to make you ashamed for partaking of the love of God, ignore them.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Never forget you are a child of God; rich blessings are in store; if you can learn to do His will, you’ll live with Him once more!”</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">
<iframe allow="autoplay" frameborder="no" height="166" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/1603279209&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true" width="100%"></iframe></span></span></p><div style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Interstate, "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Garuda, Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-weight: 100; line-break: anywhere; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; word-break: normal;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://soundcloud.com/user-771663631" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Terri Hutchings">Terri Hutchings</a> · <a href="https://soundcloud.com/user-771663631/the-iron-rod" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="The Iron Rod">The Iron Rod</a></span></span></div><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">
</span></span><p></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Click <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/zzyjk00vvz8tame1r1bo7/The-Iron-Rod.pdf?rlkey=18c7rgddrqwodth5f72qw9fvw&dl=0" target="_blank">HERE</a> to download free sheet music<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"><br /></span></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"><br /></span></span></span></p>Terrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16119018722233553634noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1987627259062598901.post-23600298889852936492023-08-15T18:20:00.003-07:002023-08-15T18:44:40.663-07:00Come, Come Ye Saints & Schumann's Träumerei<p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-size: 10.5px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Come, come, ye Saints, no toil nor labor fear;</span></i></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">But with joy wend your way.</span></i></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Though hard to you this journey may appear,</span></i></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Grace shall be as your day.</span></i></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">’Tis better far for us to strive</span></i></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Our useless cares from us to drive;</span></i></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Do this, and joy your hearts will swell—</span></i></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">All is well! All is well!</span></i></span></p><p class="p4" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i></i></span><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Why should we mourn or think our lot is hard?</span></i></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">’Tis not so; all is right.</span></i></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Why should we think to earn a great reward</span></i></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">If we now shun the fight?</span></i></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Gird up your loins; fresh courage take.</span></i></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Our God will never us forsake;</span></i></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">And soon we’ll have this tale to tell—</span></i></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">All is well! All is well!</span></i></span></p><p class="p4" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i></i></span><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">We’ll find the place which God for us prepared,</span></i></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Far away in the West,</span></i></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Where none shall come to hurt or make afraid;</span></i></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">There the Saints will be blessed.</span></i></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">We’ll make the air with music ring,</span></i></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Shout praises to our God and King;</span></i></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Above the rest these words we’ll tell—</span></i></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">All is well! All is well!</span></i></span></p><p class="p4" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i></i></span><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">And should we die before our journey’s through,</span></i></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Happy day! All is well!</span></i></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">We then are free from toil and sorrow, too;</span></i></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">With the just we shall dwell!</span></i></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">But if our lives are spared again</span></i></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">To see the Saints their rest obtain,</span></i></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Oh, how we’ll make this chorus swell—</span></i></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">All is well! All is well!</span></i></span></p><p class="p4" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Text: William Clayton, 1814–1879</span></span></p><p class="p4" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO8ae2VbF2u6JdH1P7k-4bVx72bL8AB2ddOvedXk63PB7b4bmHt_4XpEnHXs7hKM1lMSdCKyMdmDjZujKJm_xuuRjhi_nrF4YcVN2DUwoHYgCsfQ6fu2SJ_JAdfJ7cjEhFnRpv0TVoF8R4n9Sj_K_2Ue_a5XPGSqPWAHwtsa-mfQjQPz3t6ExK-D3sXj6A/s3180/pioneer_definition.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2100" data-original-width="3180" height="264" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO8ae2VbF2u6JdH1P7k-4bVx72bL8AB2ddOvedXk63PB7b4bmHt_4XpEnHXs7hKM1lMSdCKyMdmDjZujKJm_xuuRjhi_nrF4YcVN2DUwoHYgCsfQ6fu2SJ_JAdfJ7cjEhFnRpv0TVoF8R4n9Sj_K_2Ue_a5XPGSqPWAHwtsa-mfQjQPz3t6ExK-D3sXj6A/w400-h264/pioneer_definition.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">
<iframe allow="autoplay" frameborder="no" height="166" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/1594120437&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true" width="100%"></iframe></span></span></p><div style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Interstate, "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Garuda, Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-weight: 100; line-break: anywhere; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; word-break: normal;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://soundcloud.com/user-771663631" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Terri Hutchings">Terri Hutchings</a> · <a href="https://soundcloud.com/user-771663631/come-come-ye-saints-schumanns-traumerei" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Come, Come Ye Saints & Schumann's Träumerei">Come, Come Ye Saints & Schumann's Träumerei</a></span></span></div><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">
</span></span><p></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Click <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/wc6fber70irvmlvbcc5z4/Come-Come-Ye-Saints-Schumann-s-Tr-umerei.pdf?rlkey=ebrg4bf4uboe14fn6dzq0lnkc&dl=0" target="_blank">HERE</a> to download free sheet music<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"><br /></span></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"><br /></span></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large; text-align: center;"> </span><i style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large; text-align: center;"> </i></p>Terrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16119018722233553634noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1987627259062598901.post-51387622501218309642023-06-27T16:09:00.004-07:002023-06-27T16:15:32.345-07:00Sweet Hour of Prayer<p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Sweet hour of prayer! Sweet hour of prayer!</span></i></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">That calls me from a world of care</span></i></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">And bids me at my Father’s throne</span></i></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Make all my wants and wishes known.</span></i></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">In seasons of distress and grief,</span></i></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">My soul has often found relief</span></i></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">And oft escaped the tempter’s snare</span></i></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">By thy return, sweet hour of prayer!</span></i></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">And oft escaped the tempter’s snare</span></i></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">By thy return, sweet hour of prayer!</span></i></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i></i></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Sweet hour of prayer! Sweet hour of prayer!</span></i></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Thy wings shall my petition bear</span></i></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">To him whose truth and faithfulness</span></i></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Engage the waiting soul to bless.</span></i></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">And since he bids me seek his face,</span></i></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Believe his word, and trust his grace,</span></i></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">I’ll cast on him my ev’ry care</span></i></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">And wait for thee, sweet hour of prayer!</span></i></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">I’ll cast on him my ev’ry care</span></i></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">And wait for thee, sweet hour of prayer!</span></i></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p4" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>— Attr. to William W. Walford</span></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1RMwb_FLMCYuu01TbEt1sgCYk9vHOZe6ozMdhPJX656fkmLVKECgAZ09ImRTYku0FH-LoZcJpgzxcYknHQdgoQ4RRRzui9sy9OYb8thbzx1jQ39WQMcowjSLhwYIIftC5yYNHsEdoZi8ZoNNV6F_ETKCjm4QSvKIBbHNepxz3LK7IvqjG-PD1DRtaqtJj/s1600/prayer.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1RMwb_FLMCYuu01TbEt1sgCYk9vHOZe6ozMdhPJX656fkmLVKECgAZ09ImRTYku0FH-LoZcJpgzxcYknHQdgoQ4RRRzui9sy9OYb8thbzx1jQ39WQMcowjSLhwYIIftC5yYNHsEdoZi8ZoNNV6F_ETKCjm4QSvKIBbHNepxz3LK7IvqjG-PD1DRtaqtJj/w320-h240/prayer.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p class="p4" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p class="p4" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">
<iframe allow="autoplay" frameborder="no" height="166" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/1551631333&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true" width="100%"></iframe></span></span></p><div style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Interstate, "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Garuda, Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-weight: 100; line-break: anywhere; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; word-break: normal;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://soundcloud.com/user-771663631" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Terri Hutchings">Terri Hutchings</a> · <a href="https://soundcloud.com/user-771663631/sweet-hour-of-prayer" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Sweet Hour of Prayer">Sweet Hour of Prayer</a></span></span></div><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">
</span></span><p></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Click <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/vmcoc0bbr2ljna9/Sweet%20Hour%20of%20Prayer.pdf?dl=0" target="_blank">HERE</a> to download free sheet music</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span> </span>Terrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16119018722233553634noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1987627259062598901.post-65691972353191833382023-04-20T20:01:00.001-07:002023-04-20T20:01:21.366-07:00Abide With Me!<p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Abide with me! fast falls the eventide;</span></i></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">The darkness deepens. Lord, with me abide!</span></i></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">When other helpers fail and comforts flee,</span></i></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Help of the helpless, oh, abide with me!</span></i></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i></i></span><br /></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Swift to its close ebbs out life’s little day.</span></i></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Earth’s joys grow dim; its glories pass away.</span></i></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Change and decay in all around I see;</span></i></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">O thou who changest not, abide with me!</span></i></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i></i></span><br /></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">I need thy presence ev’ry passing hour.</span></i></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">What but thy grace can foil the tempter’s pow’r?</span></i></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Who, like thyself, my guide and stay can be?</span></i></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Thru cloud and sunshine, Lord, abide with me!</span></i></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">— Henry F. Lyte</span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9p2cjgYTzbCJkHU7XPlflqP7HVi7Cpfpiwlc8vu814HlUNZVuWOeiCkKr8VCu84SW3nprYnz2rjCz0R7a3FdA68sawP_fll-Yqu9ARfa5ao7BAtZXl3hEoEaKi0lZmhK89JZ7yaYTq8p3Kaie6fzYPh15b5-N6ST2QeRZaiMQhmhe8Qc_7RCpyjOCiQ/s846/sunset.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="846" data-original-width="564" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9p2cjgYTzbCJkHU7XPlflqP7HVi7Cpfpiwlc8vu814HlUNZVuWOeiCkKr8VCu84SW3nprYnz2rjCz0R7a3FdA68sawP_fll-Yqu9ARfa5ao7BAtZXl3hEoEaKi0lZmhK89JZ7yaYTq8p3Kaie6fzYPh15b5-N6ST2QeRZaiMQhmhe8Qc_7RCpyjOCiQ/s320/sunset.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><p class="p4" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p4" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p5" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">
<iframe allow="autoplay" frameborder="no" height="166" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/1497379885&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true" width="100%"></iframe></span></span></p><div style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Interstate, "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Garuda, Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-weight: 100; line-break: anywhere; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; word-break: normal;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://soundcloud.com/user-771663631" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Terri Hutchings">Terri Hutchings</a> · <a href="https://soundcloud.com/user-771663631/abide-with-me" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Abide With Me">Abide With Me</a></span></span></div><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">
</span></span><p></p><p class="p4" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p5" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Click <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/l1aga50xcnuh1iz/Abide%20With%20Me%21.pdf?dl=0" target="_blank">HERE</a> to download free sheet music<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></p>Terrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16119018722233553634noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1987627259062598901.post-5817838644918329872023-04-01T23:02:00.007-07:002023-04-01T23:24:22.398-07:00High on the Mountain Top<p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><i>High on the mountain top</i></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><i>A banner is unfurled.</i></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><i>Ye nations, now look up;</i></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><i>It waves to all the world.</i></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><i>In Deseret’s sweet, peaceful land,</i></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><i>On Zion’s mount behold it stand!</i></span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><i><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></i></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><i>For God remembers still</i></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><i>His promise made of old</i></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><i>That he on Zion’s hill</i></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><i>Truth’s standard would unfold!</i></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><i>Her light should there attract the gaze</i></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><i>Of all the world in latter days.</i></span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><i><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></i></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><i>His house shall there be reared,</i></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><i>His glory to display,</i></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><i>And people shall be heard</i></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><i>In distant lands to say:</i></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><i>We’ll now go up and serve the Lord,</i></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><i>Obey his truth and learn his word.</i></span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><i><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></i></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><i>For there we shall be taught</i></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><i>The law that will go forth,</i></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><i>With truth and wisdom fraught,</i></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><i>To govern all the earth.</i></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><i>Forever there his ways we’ll tread,</i></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><i>And save ourselves with all our dead.</i></span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>— Joel H. Johnson</span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px; text-align: center;"><br /></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkFD6icBR3PJqYIEAcacdRHavw9aOECSJRl8l2Pznv0DTzeooRJp3xSmH-M6j65y6ZzDokxpEiyF19PchPVweTIBCQU_lVISOdfOUCXFJKrRhkGu-Am4l520DxbvYipKkfIW0tV7GNCzSItETSjdxJhurUYzh6wo-y9bgwvXkWMzOf9nJowqmgiEJaeg/s623/mountain%20top.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="460" data-original-width="623" height="295" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkFD6icBR3PJqYIEAcacdRHavw9aOECSJRl8l2Pznv0DTzeooRJp3xSmH-M6j65y6ZzDokxpEiyF19PchPVweTIBCQU_lVISOdfOUCXFJKrRhkGu-Am4l520DxbvYipKkfIW0tV7GNCzSItETSjdxJhurUYzh6wo-y9bgwvXkWMzOf9nJowqmgiEJaeg/w400-h295/mountain%20top.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p class="p4" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p4" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Fun fact:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Joel Johnson is my husband’s 2nd great-granduncle</span></span></p><p class="p4" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p4" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">
<iframe allow="autoplay" frameborder="no" height="166" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/1483124554&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true" width="100%"></iframe></span></span></p><div style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Interstate, "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Garuda, Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-weight: 100; line-break: anywhere; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; word-break: normal;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://soundcloud.com/user-771663631" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Terri Hutchings">Terri Hutchings</a> · <a href="https://soundcloud.com/user-771663631/high-on-the-mountain-top" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="High on the Mountain Top">High on the Mountain Top</a></span></span></div><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">
</span></span><p></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Click <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/3hr3mhzxofsacjv/high%20on%20the%20mountain%20top.pdf?dl=0" target="_blank">HERE</a> to download free sheet music</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span> </span></p>Terrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16119018722233553634noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1987627259062598901.post-58979809843786073842023-03-24T12:00:00.010-07:002023-04-01T23:24:53.516-07:00Nearer, My God, to Thee<p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><i>Nearer, my God, to thee,</i></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><i>Nearer to thee!</i></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><i>E’en though it be a cross</i></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><i>That raiseth me.</i></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><i>Still all my song shall be</i></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><i>Nearer, my God, to thee,</i></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><i>Nearer, my God, to thee,</i></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><i>Nearer to thee!</i></span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><i><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></i></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><i>Though like the wanderer,</i></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><i>The sun gone down,</i></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><i>Darkness be over me,</i></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><i>My rest a stone,</i></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><i>Yet in my dreams I’d be</i></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><i>Nearer, my God, to thee,</i></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><i>Nearer, my God, to thee,</i></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><i>Nearer to thee!</i></span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><i><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></i></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><i>There let the way appear,</i></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><i>Steps unto heav’n;</i></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><i>All that thou sendest me,</i></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><i>In mercy giv’n;</i></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><i>Angels to beckon me</i></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><i>Nearer, my God, to thee,</i></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><i>Nearer, my God, to thee,</i></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><i>Nearer to thee!</i></span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><i><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></i></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><i>Then with my waking thoughts</i></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><i>Bright with thy praise,</i></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><i>Out of my stony griefs</i></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><i>Bethel I’ll raise;</i></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><i>So by my woes to be</i></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><i>Nearer, my God, to thee,</i></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><i>Nearer, my God, to thee,</i></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><i>Nearer to thee!</i></span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><i><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></i></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><i>Or if, on joyful wing</i></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><i>Cleaving the sky,</i></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><i>Sun, moon, and stars forgot,</i></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><i>Upward I fly,</i></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><i>Still all my song shall be</i></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><i>Nearer, my God, to thee,</i></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><i>Nearer, my God, to thee,</i></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><i>Nearer to thee!</i></span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>— Sarah F. Adams, 1805-1848</span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFgJKfAuqL8R8g4Q1tt9m8nF30KwusZBdAg5rZavl_GdBK5UsQNiO916EkFwyF7zmhnytlCnCqi9GMzoV50YkbYzLsG3dHq8B8W6rfpU4hWuX73Pjn0weutJ5FzS2Z1di0cfWTM0kGhfqDX3foDhoA7_Pcyk5exHzATN2P5I-stGmVAGs4PLK2MXWU9w/s750/nearer.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="500" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFgJKfAuqL8R8g4Q1tt9m8nF30KwusZBdAg5rZavl_GdBK5UsQNiO916EkFwyF7zmhnytlCnCqi9GMzoV50YkbYzLsG3dHq8B8W6rfpU4hWuX73Pjn0weutJ5FzS2Z1di0cfWTM0kGhfqDX3foDhoA7_Pcyk5exHzATN2P5I-stGmVAGs4PLK2MXWU9w/w213-h320/nearer.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p class="p4" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p4" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">
<iframe allow="autoplay" frameborder="no" height="166" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/1478837107&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true" width="100%"></iframe></span></p><div style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Interstate, "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Garuda, Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-weight: 100; line-break: anywhere; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; word-break: normal;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://soundcloud.com/user-771663631" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Terri Hutchings">Terri Hutchings</a> · <a href="https://soundcloud.com/user-771663631/nearer-my-god-to-thee" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Nearer, My God, to Thee">Nearer, My God, to Thee</a></span></div><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">
</span><p></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">
</span></span></p><p></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px; text-align: center;"><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Click <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/4wt00lnt08k8qc5/Nearer%2C%20My%20God%2C%20to%20Thee.pdf?dl=0" target="_blank">HERE</a> to download free sheet music</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span> </span></p><p></p>Terrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16119018722233553634noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1987627259062598901.post-4164139539447802912023-03-10T16:04:00.005-08:002023-04-01T23:25:40.359-07:00We Ever Pray for Thee<p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">I held the door open for the prophet once.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>I was 18 years old and just out of high school.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>I had headed to Brigham Young University a month before school started, thinking I might have a better chance at finding part-time work before the throng of students arrived for fall semester.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>I landed a part-time job doing janitorial work at the Wilkinson Center, hub of the BYU campus.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>One week into the job, I was at work thinking it’s just another ordinary day, when I became aware that there was to be a commencement luncheon in room 324 that day and several church dignitaries would be in attendance.</span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Journal entry from August 15, 1980:</span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Three hours into my shift at around 1 o’clock I grab a rag and a squirt bottle and head up to the third.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Outside 324 there are about five guys wearing suits and have little transmitter earphones in one ear.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>I am standing at a nearby drinking fountain — I’ve washed it about 25 times (inconspicuously, of course) hoping to get a glimpse of the prophet and then I hear one guy say to another,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>“They’ve gotta be out by 1:15.”<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>I look at<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>my watch — 13 after.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>I’m going crazy.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Then the secret agents (I call the bodyguards secret agents) say, “OK, here they come.”<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>My heart skips five beats.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>I scooted up and I asked one of the secret agents how often the first presidency come here like this.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>He said, “All four of them together come about once every 100 years.”<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>I ALMOST DIED.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Then the secret agent said to me, “How would you like to do the most important job in your life?”<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>I screamed, “Sure!”<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>He said, “Will you hold the elevator door open for the prophet?”<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>By now I’ve totally lost all my senses!!<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>I shove the rag and sprayer in my left hand and hide them behind my back.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>That vest though, the only time I see them in person and I have to be wearing that pukey yellow janitors vest.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>HERE THEY COME!! <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>My stomach is turning flops. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">First Marion G. Romney and N. Eldon Tanner and an agent get on the elevator and I get to shake their hands.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>I was so excited I almost threw up on them. They go down.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Elder Packer and his wife and some others go down on the other elevator.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Then President Benson and his wife come.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>BYU President Dallin Oaks and his family, Barbara Smith and her husband, FINALLY PRESIDENT SPENCER W. KIMBALL AND HIS WIFE CAMILLA.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>I just couldn't believe it.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>He was adorable wearing a bright yellow Hawaiian lei around his neck.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>They were so gracious.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>I shook their hands too. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">After they had gone and I came to my senses, I realized that the rag I had shoved behind my back was dripping wet (25 times, remember!?!)<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>I had held the rag against my pants all that time.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Now I have this big wet spot on the back of my pants.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>For the rest of my shift I kind of walked with my back to the wall.</span></span></p></blockquote><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH_wb2zRA3U2k9ZEzow420cOBJ3Zp0_LVctkQCMlCtZigx3SQDBnMIct4FJsaHSoXm3LqZedCjobHgVRsNzp_heI0rdl1OFn2yuI2OKMQuJ0hq0f2UiBC02ua5y7obLsmhOJIKr1VMkpbTDqqDSRcNF-eMVUHKBoV40UXLDO5Lbuh6V_-WxjqlwTTnJw/s447/kimballs.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="447" data-original-width="302" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH_wb2zRA3U2k9ZEzow420cOBJ3Zp0_LVctkQCMlCtZigx3SQDBnMIct4FJsaHSoXm3LqZedCjobHgVRsNzp_heI0rdl1OFn2yuI2OKMQuJ0hq0f2UiBC02ua5y7obLsmhOJIKr1VMkpbTDqqDSRcNF-eMVUHKBoV40UXLDO5Lbuh6V_-WxjqlwTTnJw/s320/kimballs.jpg" width="216" /></a></div><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><i>We ever pray for thee, our prophet dear,</i></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><i>That God will give to thee comfort and cheer;</i></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><i>As the advancing years furrow thy brow,</i></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><i>Still may the light within shine bright as now,</i></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><i>Still may the light within shine bright as now.</i></span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><i><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></i></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><i>We ever pray for thee with all our hearts,</i></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><i>That strength be given thee to do thy part,</i></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><i>To guide and counsel us from day to day,</i></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><i>To shed a holy light around our way,</i></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><i>To shed a holy light around our way.</i></span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><i><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></i></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><i>We ever pray for thee with fervent love;</i></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><i>And as the children’s prayer is heard above,</i></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><i>Thou shalt be ever blest, and God will give</i></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><i>All that is meet and best while thou shalt live,</i></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><i>All that is meet and best while thou shalt live.</i></span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>— text by Evan Stephens<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; 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<iframe allow="autoplay" frameborder="no" height="166" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/1466292781&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true" width="100%"></iframe></span></span></p><div style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Interstate, "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Garuda, Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-weight: 100; line-break: anywhere; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; word-break: normal;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://soundcloud.com/user-771663631" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Terri Hutchings">Terri Hutchings</a> · <a href="https://soundcloud.com/user-771663631/we-ever-pray-for-thee" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="We Ever Pray for Thee">We Ever Pray for Thee</a></span></span></div><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Click <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/6opj3j1y2crnwa1/We%20Ever%20Pray%20for%20Thee.pdf?dl=0" target="_blank">HERE</a> to download free sheet music<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-size: 10.5px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><p> </p>Terrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16119018722233553634noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1987627259062598901.post-82368821446806487132023-02-23T15:04:00.004-08:002023-02-23T15:08:46.616-08:00How Firm a Foundation<p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">At an early age I was drawn to the music of Johann Sebastian Bach. I didn't mind practicing quite as much while playing his minuets and preludes.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>As the years progressed I found his book of Inventions fascinating.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>In college when cramming for tests late into the night, my go-to study music was usually Bach. I had to keep the volume down, however, otherwise I’d find myself focusing on the music instead of the task at hand.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">JS Bach was a man of God.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>He spent his entire life working primarily as a church musician.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>In all his 65 years, he was best known as a gifted organist rather than a prolific composer.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>He created so many masterpieces, yet only ten of his compositions were ever published in his lifetime. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">His music possessed an incredible spiritual vitality.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>As he would sit down to compose, he would often scribble J.J. at the beginning of a composition — Jesu Juva; Latin for “Help me, Jesus.” <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>And when finishing a manuscript, he routinely initialed S.D.G. — Soli Deo Gloria; “To God alone, the glory.” <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIGSSBqZGv5qZUptHiVNagPtSKEja7OCOrVtd72TUF9AtP1oQmnQRi89yZUuaDByTBBu_tJl9cyozn9Y6Pak9UNsORY0dvXG1qWj9N-Ne1e3AiIkMbInMVa0nAfFsJihIhOcDlECDGfa8-ZrNzruP7GPLb9gm1ZRIjqPdlR9GZH8tBvhBrYGA4F_pFFg/s1200/JSB.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="810" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIGSSBqZGv5qZUptHiVNagPtSKEja7OCOrVtd72TUF9AtP1oQmnQRi89yZUuaDByTBBu_tJl9cyozn9Y6Pak9UNsORY0dvXG1qWj9N-Ne1e3AiIkMbInMVa0nAfFsJihIhOcDlECDGfa8-ZrNzruP7GPLb9gm1ZRIjqPdlR9GZH8tBvhBrYGA4F_pFFg/w216-h320/JSB.jpg" width="216" /></a></div><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">The musical gifts he offered the world are monumental.</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="font-family: trebuchet;"> </span><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Leonard Bernstein said, “Once you do get to know Bach’s music well enough to love it, you’ll find you love him more than any other composer.”</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="font-family: trebuchet;"> </span><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">I want to visit Germany one day — to sit in the cathedrals where he played, both large and small, and imagine him at the organ.</span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">I have always found it uplifting to steal away to a quiet room in my house and blast Bach’s St. Matthew Passion or Toccata & Fugue in D minor on the speakers until my soul vibrates.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Even now when I sit down to practice, I like to warm up with his Inventions, numbers 13 and 8.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>They get my brain and sluggish fingers moving like nothing else can.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>You will no doubt hear Bach’s influence reflected in my piano arrangement of ‘How Firm a Foundation.’ <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Fun fact: My initials are TACH which happens to rhyme with Bach. So … yeah.</span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">No wonder I love him so.</span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">
<iframe allow="autoplay" frameborder="no" height="166" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/1454419285&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true" width="100%"></iframe></span></span></p><div style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Interstate, "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Garuda, Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-weight: 100; line-break: anywhere; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; word-break: normal;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://soundcloud.com/user-771663631" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Terri Hutchings">Terri Hutchings</a> · <a href="https://soundcloud.com/user-771663631/how-firm-a-foundation" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="How Firm A Foundation">How Firm A Foundation</a></span></span></div><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">
</span></span><p></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Click <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/3whkpsqjdrbuywe/how%20firm%20a%20foundation.pdf?dl=0" target="_blank">HERE</a> to download free sheet music<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></p>Terrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16119018722233553634noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1987627259062598901.post-74648047224839022782023-02-01T21:45:00.005-08:002023-02-01T21:47:32.111-08:00Amazing Grace<p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Amazing Grace how sweet the sound,</span></i></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">That saved a wretch like me!</span></i></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">I once was lost, but now I'm found;</span></i></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Was blind, but now I see.</span></i></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i></i></span><br /></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">'Twas grace that taught my heart to fear,</span></i></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">And grace my fears relieved;</span></i></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">How precious did that grace appear</span></i></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">The hour I first believed!</span></i></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i></i></span><br /></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Through many dangers, toils, and snares,</span></i></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">I have already come;</span></i></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">’Tis grace that brought me safe thus far,</span></i></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">And grace will lead me home.</span></i></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i></i></span><br /></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">When we've been here ten thousand years,</span></i></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Bright shining as the sun,</span></i></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">We've no less days to sing God's praise</span></i></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Than when we’d first begun.</span></i></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i></i></span><br /></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Amazing grace how sweet the sound,</span></i></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">That saved a wretch like me!</span></i></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">I once was lost, but now I'm found;</span></i></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Was blind, but now I see.</span></i></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p4" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> </span>- John Newton</span></span></p><p class="p5" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p5" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkoj2NVJ9agkNEiLi1REIG7BiPkbHiojMoszEzCMUrxYGOW9_0XoqPiQI60zIzVKVgHQDFCDxnqwRpSwzw0UXAKKvAODvPc7vMfteKmObw0DKdvkgX4MsECnfG2yM0f7zoZRX-OE2TXURqtE66zLgVeFr_wEkBZzxCt0N3wyxa6Y9wA1DHG4crt2OLPQ/s5616/Amazing%20Grace.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3744" data-original-width="5616" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkoj2NVJ9agkNEiLi1REIG7BiPkbHiojMoszEzCMUrxYGOW9_0XoqPiQI60zIzVKVgHQDFCDxnqwRpSwzw0UXAKKvAODvPc7vMfteKmObw0DKdvkgX4MsECnfG2yM0f7zoZRX-OE2TXURqtE66zLgVeFr_wEkBZzxCt0N3wyxa6Y9wA1DHG4crt2OLPQ/w400-h266/Amazing%20Grace.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p class="p4" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p class="p5" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p5" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p4" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">
<iframe allow="autoplay" frameborder="no" height="166" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/1437969802&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true" width="100%"></iframe></span></span></p><div style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Interstate, "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Garuda, Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-weight: 100; line-break: anywhere; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; word-break: normal;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://soundcloud.com/user-771663631" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Terri Hutchings">Terri Hutchings</a> · <a href="https://soundcloud.com/user-771663631/amazing-grace" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Amazing Grace">Amazing Grace</a></span></span></div><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">
</span></span><p></p><p class="p5" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Click <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/7veotw6gqb23qy9/Amazing%20Grace.pdf?dl=0" target="_blank">HERE</a> to download free sheet music</span> </span></p>Terrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16119018722233553634noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1987627259062598901.post-48508279840601984422023-01-11T17:25:00.012-08:002023-01-11T18:51:47.949-08:00Father In Heaven We Do Believe<p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><i>Father in Heav’n, we do believe</i></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><i>The promise thou hast made;</i></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><i>Thy word with meekness we receive,</i></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><i>Just as thy Saints have said.</i></span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><i><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></i></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><i>We now repent of all our sin</i></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><i>And come with broken heart,</i></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><i>And to thy covenant enter in</i></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><i>And choose the better part.</i></span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><i><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></i></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><i>O Lord, accept us while we pray,</i></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><i>And all our sins forgive;</i></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><i>New life impart to us this day,</i></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><i>And bid the sinners live.</i></span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><i><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></i></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><i>Humbly we take the sacrament</i></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><i>In Jesus’ blessed name;</i></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><i>Let us receive thru covenant</i></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><i>The Spirit’s heav’nly flame.</i></span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>- Parley P. Pratt</span></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLHo2_uLFLv7merrvP7NrjNaHSsBX2anHujedJgSoHhzfoAk76cg1fPDd4WxgiL7Fi-panUlYd7ljl66FO7JoH6k3Ly0UwQsHjSx2agvkgG4S6TopWbpR4HtBiaACQQHd61yrXujT1LAS7SDkXzRryIS1SVWI6hHFlXKk-UotcROiUPrZ9RvLZKG7o4A/s4937/Father%20In%20Heaven,%20We%20Do%20Believe.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4937" data-original-width="3950" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLHo2_uLFLv7merrvP7NrjNaHSsBX2anHujedJgSoHhzfoAk76cg1fPDd4WxgiL7Fi-panUlYd7ljl66FO7JoH6k3Ly0UwQsHjSx2agvkgG4S6TopWbpR4HtBiaACQQHd61yrXujT1LAS7SDkXzRryIS1SVWI6hHFlXKk-UotcROiUPrZ9RvLZKG7o4A/w256-h320/Father%20In%20Heaven,%20We%20Do%20Believe.jpg" width="256" /></a></div><p class="p4" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p class="p4" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Piano Prelude No. 14:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Father In Heaven, We Do Believe</span></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p4" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">
<iframe allow="autoplay" frameborder="no" height="166" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/1421906704&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true" width="100%"></iframe></span></span></p><div style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Interstate, "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Garuda, Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-weight: 100; line-break: anywhere; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; word-break: normal;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://soundcloud.com/user-771663631" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Terri Hutchings">Terri Hutchings</a> · <a href="https://soundcloud.com/user-771663631/father-in-heaven-we-do-believe" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Father In Heaven, We Do Believe">Father In Heaven, We Do Believe</a></span></span></div><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">
</span></span><p></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Click <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/k0jp0a25z5gymq8/Father%20In%20Heaven%2C%20We%20Do%20Believe.pdf?dl=0" target="_blank">HERE</a> to download free sheet music</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span> </span></p>Terrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16119018722233553634noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1987627259062598901.post-50435250983718345492022-12-11T21:45:00.007-08:002022-12-11T21:56:46.257-08:00O Come, O Come, Emmanuel<p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">The Kingdom of Israel, the Abrahamic covenant and the scattering of the ten tribes — I have been pondering these lately.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>I am studying Kerry Muhlestein’s book <i>Learning to Love Isaiah</i>.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>I’m digging into the poetic devices Isaiah uses:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>metonymy and synecdoche (had to look them up), similes, metaphors, personification and hyperbole.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Chiasmus and symbolism tend to stretch my puny brain.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>I’m taking it VERY SLOWLY. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">In Muhlestein’s words, “One literary device Isaiah employs pervasively is imagery.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>He expertly paints a picture with his words.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Furthermore, the pictures he paints usually create a powerful emotional reaction.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>If we will stop and consider the imagery that Isaiah creates, we will learn that he has a way of helping us imagine and feel things in a way that touches the depths of our souls and stirs out hearts.”<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWK4U01lPfBaxQx9bC6wIugjqsDUjkWWj-ajhXSY4fkN-YEvfwz1MmDKQYFQlUYKrsRrKweJEiIq6NAgauCdTybUdZdfIUH8GKDWbVTTLOgQsHsHxAtWYSSfUcypoSwXYt05JCZQZD58pBdQYFjEaNBfpADY84pcjGhM6OvDFwlKUBFhDtMDNDyBTMkA/s700/o%20come,%20o%20come.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="508" data-original-width="700" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWK4U01lPfBaxQx9bC6wIugjqsDUjkWWj-ajhXSY4fkN-YEvfwz1MmDKQYFQlUYKrsRrKweJEiIq6NAgauCdTybUdZdfIUH8GKDWbVTTLOgQsHsHxAtWYSSfUcypoSwXYt05JCZQZD58pBdQYFjEaNBfpADY84pcjGhM6OvDFwlKUBFhDtMDNDyBTMkA/w400-h290/o%20come,%20o%20come.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">My reading has put me in a Kingdom-of-Israel kind of mood.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>That is why I chose to arrange the Latin hymn <i>O Come, O Come, Emmanuel</i> this Christmas.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Music, too, has the ability to evoke strong imagery in the listener’s mind.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>I hope that this musical offering helps create a contemplative mood — reflections of our Savior and His wonderful gift to mankind throughout the ages.</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">
<iframe allow="autoplay" frameborder="no" height="166" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/1400832766&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true" width="100%"></iframe></span></span></p><div style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Interstate, "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Garuda, Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-weight: 100; line-break: anywhere; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; word-break: normal;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://soundcloud.com/user-771663631" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Terri Hutchings">Terri Hutchings</a> · <a href="https://soundcloud.com/user-771663631/o-come-o-come-emmanuel" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="O Come, O Come, Emmanuel">O Come, O Come, Emmanuel</a></span></span></div><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">
</span></span><p></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Click <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/4od0tq0gx107ep7/O%20Come%2C%20O%20Come%2C%20Emmanuel.pdf?dl=0" target="_blank">HERE</a> to download free sheet music</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span> </span></p>Terrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16119018722233553634noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1987627259062598901.post-14683799016473492462022-11-20T20:42:00.005-08:002022-11-20T20:54:19.156-08:00God Be with You Till We Meet Again<p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">I hate goodbyes.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>I hate them.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>On November 11th my dad lost his year long battle with cancer.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>He was just a few weeks shy of his 89th birthday.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>He fought a good fight, but what he will be remembered for most is that he lived a good life.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>His sphere of influence was great and he left behind a legacy of love.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>What more could you want in life?</span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">This arrangement is for anyone who has ever lost a loved one.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>May it bring you peace<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>— the peace that comes from knowing that we will be reunited with our loved ones when our earthly sojourn is complete. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"><br /></span></span></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Life is good.</span></span></p><p class="p4" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">All is well.</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgru9DAMLwaKoDdkgs3DAIElV97TBfJbnEduYs4wLK4-NI74UFVbyHjnMk7eAk-mt9J89vfZuPN2QQHu7u8cmVw3vi_48XlNAl0FqotzS2j8jiLH3SHir03pAw_KwHO_fB1D9r-2vJsmZw6tICQ9T476RKSQum_I9Wy9xRme2nRHVNqSXqic0w96SGTCw/s770/death%20is%20not%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="551" data-original-width="770" height="328" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgru9DAMLwaKoDdkgs3DAIElV97TBfJbnEduYs4wLK4-NI74UFVbyHjnMk7eAk-mt9J89vfZuPN2QQHu7u8cmVw3vi_48XlNAl0FqotzS2j8jiLH3SHir03pAw_KwHO_fB1D9r-2vJsmZw6tICQ9T476RKSQum_I9Wy9xRme2nRHVNqSXqic0w96SGTCw/w458-h328/death%20is%20not%20.jpg" width="458" /></a></div><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); 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<iframe allow="autoplay" frameborder="no" height="166" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/1387276330&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true" width="100%"></iframe></span></span></p><div style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Interstate, "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Garuda, Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-weight: 100; line-break: anywhere; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; word-break: normal;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://soundcloud.com/user-771663631" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Terri Hutchings">Terri Hutchings</a> · <a href="https://soundcloud.com/user-771663631/god-be-with-you-till-we-meet-again" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="God Be with You Till We Meet Again">God Be with You Till We Meet Again</a></span></span></div><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">
</span></span><p></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Click <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/iprvd74adnggae8/God%20be%20with%20you.pdf?dl=0" target="_blank">HERE </a>to download free sheet music</span> </span></p>Terrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16119018722233553634noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1987627259062598901.post-23657688344340612342022-06-14T12:24:00.007-07:002022-06-14T16:49:52.076-07:00America the Beautiful<p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">I have the coolest aunt in the world.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Always have.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Growing up we spent many unforgettable vacations together.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>An especially fun memory occurred just after my eighteenth birthday. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>I was headed off to college to live on my own for the very first time.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>That summer both our families had been vacationing at Flaming Gorge in southern Utah.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>When it was time for me check into my dorm for fall semester, my sweet Aunt Debbie helped me get settled in. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">I remember she took me shopping after I was all situated in my room.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>While cruising through the mall we saw a photo booth, jumped in and the camera started clicking away.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>I’m sure our giggles could be heard a couple stores in either direction.</span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMlRVfYICKXGc_kHhhwIL3dLiQRwb4mK7I7U-86CDhf_vodO63aOy_dKcwohco23Vul43iv4x7ZdgLk5-6TtAux7pVcHdgrWE_eSrIwJZ4LBOZh6XbRvz8JaHG23XCcsMqWc_oqdUBkaviZ_XoHkp9jRW2k2GtMTPDNCGUpzKFiklj-srR-G3DIjuO0Q/s874/terri%20debbie%20photo%20booth.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="874" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMlRVfYICKXGc_kHhhwIL3dLiQRwb4mK7I7U-86CDhf_vodO63aOy_dKcwohco23Vul43iv4x7ZdgLk5-6TtAux7pVcHdgrWE_eSrIwJZ4LBOZh6XbRvz8JaHG23XCcsMqWc_oqdUBkaviZ_XoHkp9jRW2k2GtMTPDNCGUpzKFiklj-srR-G3DIjuO0Q/s320/terri%20debbie%20photo%20booth.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">You never know what fun awaits when you’re with her. </span>I love the laughter that we share when we are together.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Her smile really is contagious and she always looks on the bright side of life.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">I arranged this piano solo of America the Beautiful for my wonderful Aunt Debbie.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>We share a deep and abiding love for family, for country and for our ancestors who possessed a profound spiritual connection to this land.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>They walked the path before us, paved the way and made our journey a little lighter. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Love Love Love you Aunt Deb!!</span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">
<iframe allow="autoplay" frameborder="no" height="166" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/1287490558&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true" width="100%"></iframe></span></span></p><div style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Interstate, "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Garuda, Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-weight: 100; line-break: anywhere; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; word-break: normal;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://soundcloud.com/user-771663631" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Terri Hutchings">Terri Hutchings</a> · <a href="https://soundcloud.com/user-771663631/america-the-beautiful" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="America the Beautiful">America the Beautiful</a></span></span></div><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">
</span></span><p></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Click <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/iqruc3e4gie25fh/America%20the%20Beautiful.pdf?dl=0" target="_blank">HERE</a> to download free sheet music</span> </span></p>Terrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16119018722233553634noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1987627259062598901.post-92133511610172118692022-05-05T10:13:00.002-07:002022-05-05T10:21:54.023-07:00Tell Me the Stories of Jesus<p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Julie grew up in the Bay area just an hour away from my hometown.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>We met the summer following my freshman year of college while working in the ticket booth at Oakwood Lake Waterslides. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>I always looked forward to the weekends when our shifts would overlap. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>My very first impression of her:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>This girl is FUN!!!<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">I married that fall, about the time she started dating my brother and the rest is history.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>We have shared so many great memories. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>During the lean years while working to put our husbands through college we’d have movie nights and make homemade fries.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>We could sing Barry Manilow songs all night long even before karaoke was a thing.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>We shared trips to the mountains, to the coast, and to Disneyland.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>I vaguely recall once coming dangerously close to capsizing our pontoon boat rental out on the lake.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>A recent highlight was rocking out with family at a Lionel Richie concert in Vegas.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Good stuff.</span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd9bGWnTRQM1SLRVtw4Hw3GpwgQQpXg8KU66zbPro8Y6SlaVdnv5RwQeES4L0pTFD312ecMMYOEtpbe_QY5mhFSZxFfjgQyLccC7yc8sryTjdN_LgzlANw0kY5EbPRuB04mZYg5nB6INXwAXaiFQ3pai0qrPh8ysuLSk3HjBs_OoPYb9R8FcKY2lUOUA/s604/Julie%20and%20Terri.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="453" data-original-width="604" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd9bGWnTRQM1SLRVtw4Hw3GpwgQQpXg8KU66zbPro8Y6SlaVdnv5RwQeES4L0pTFD312ecMMYOEtpbe_QY5mhFSZxFfjgQyLccC7yc8sryTjdN_LgzlANw0kY5EbPRuB04mZYg5nB6INXwAXaiFQ3pai0qrPh8ysuLSk3HjBs_OoPYb9R8FcKY2lUOUA/s320/Julie%20and%20Terri.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Everything is funner when Julie is around.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>She can hold her own against anyone when it comes to 70s and 80s music trivia.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>She is just about the World’s Greatest Page Turner and she can harmonize like nobody’s business.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Listening to her play her rendition of Winter Wonderland on the piano is a treat— she rocks those key changes. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">This arrangement of Tell Me the Stories of Jesus is for you, Julie.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>I hope you like the key changes at the end.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Love you sistah!!</span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">
<iframe allow="autoplay" frameborder="no" height="166" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/1262868208&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true" width="100%"></iframe></span></span></p><div style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Interstate, "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Garuda, Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-weight: 100; line-break: anywhere; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; word-break: normal;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://soundcloud.com/user-771663631" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Terri Hutchings">Terri Hutchings</a> · <a href="https://soundcloud.com/user-771663631/tell-me-the-stories-of-jesus" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Tell Me the Stories of Jesus">Tell Me the Stories of Jesus</a></span></span></div><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">
</span></span><p></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Click <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/9q62vsdsd7pa1or/Tell%20Me%20the%20Stories%20of%20Jesus%20.pdf?dl=0" target="_blank">HERE</a> to download free sheet music<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></p>Terrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16119018722233553634noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1987627259062598901.post-34187757219750346202022-03-30T18:11:00.015-07:002022-03-30T18:45:27.878-07:00Behold the Great Redeemer Die<p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Behold the great Redeemer die,</span></i></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">A broken law to satisfy.</span></i></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">He dies a sacrifice for sin,</span></i></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">He dies a sacrifice for sin,</span></i></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">That man may live and glory win.</span></i></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i></i></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">While guilty men his pains deride,</span></i></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">They pierce his hands and feet and side;</span></i></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">And with insulting scoffs and scorns,</span></i></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">And with insulting scoffs and scorns,</span></i></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">They crown his head with plaited thorns.</span></i></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i></i></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Although in agony he hung,</span></i></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">No murm’ring word escaped his tongue.</span></i></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">His high commission to fulfill,</span></i></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">His high commission to fulfill,</span></i></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">He magnified his Father’s will.</span></i></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i></i></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">“Father, from me remove this cup.</span></i></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Yet, if thou wilt, I’ll drink it up.</span></i></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">I’ve done the work thou gavest me,</span></i></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">I’ve done the work thou gavest me,</span></i></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Receive my spirit unto thee.”</span></i></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>- Eliza R. Snow, 1804-1887</span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie9mCpuL-e2e40EGIUcRu-aPH95qkascezC1NJpQAUGADizeE7PUJcUdz2lT94xu_K_aeGKjUuYxOPCozf5D-gz4Swrug2pIqSIxo2jWAl35k9a3G-zl_KNnvXnNA-CJyAT43dxLWKnSsEJDuxebfW-YDW5aZKDY0UzQVKTGaHezVBdrWTeA5URP8-jQ/s1000/Mia%20Tavonatti.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="597" data-original-width="1000" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie9mCpuL-e2e40EGIUcRu-aPH95qkascezC1NJpQAUGADizeE7PUJcUdz2lT94xu_K_aeGKjUuYxOPCozf5D-gz4Swrug2pIqSIxo2jWAl35k9a3G-zl_KNnvXnNA-CJyAT43dxLWKnSsEJDuxebfW-YDW5aZKDY0UzQVKTGaHezVBdrWTeA5URP8-jQ/w400-h239/Mia%20Tavonatti.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><b>Wishing you every good thing during this hopeful time of year. </b></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><b>Happy Easter!!</b></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">
<iframe allow="autoplay" frameborder="no" height="166" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/1241663209&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true" width="100%"></iframe></span></span></p><div style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Interstate, "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Garuda, Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-weight: 100; line-break: anywhere; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; word-break: normal;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://soundcloud.com/user-771663631" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Terri Hutchings">Terri Hutchings</a> · <a href="https://soundcloud.com/user-771663631/behold-the-great-redeemer-die" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Behold the Great Redeemer Die">Behold the Great Redeemer Die</a></span></span></div><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Click <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/l98taxnzcmakz96/Behold%20the%20Great%20Redeemer%20Die.pdf?dl=0" target="_blank">HERE</a> to download free sheet music</span><i> </i></span></p>Terrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16119018722233553634noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1987627259062598901.post-89861929168847383662022-02-10T19:20:00.010-08:002022-02-11T00:14:34.431-08:00Rejoice, the Lord Is King!<p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Mom had her first four children within six years. SHE IS A SAINT!!!<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>By the time I came along, my brother, Dave, was already two.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>He is named after our dad, who is named after his dad -- a strong line of Crocketts.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">I tried to keep up with my brother as best I could, but for a while our two years age difference was pretty obvious.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>As time went on the gap began to blur.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>As a result, I grew up a bit of a tomboy of sorts.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Afternoons were filled with three flies up, marbles and riding bikes until the street lights came on.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>We explored the High Sierras in every season, went camping, fishing and hiked along forgotten roads that skirted groves of quaking aspen trees.</span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">I'm sure I drove him crazy as a child.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Riding in the family station wagon, we girls just couldn’t stop ourselves from singing.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>And we travelled a lot.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: medium;">One trip to the beach when I was pretty young, I was sad because I was too little to go fishing with the others.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>My big brother fashioned a pole just for me out of a rope and a stick so that I could fish too.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>I was so proud of that pole.</span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"><br /></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhcGoJTtuZynZqdGH3aEnZjvLrYLC19gos2P1H9FCUK6CgwWmga8NB9w46mJ90CN7I9vpAEIP97duIZ9AAg3jWcMNJTtris7ictZJ1AcEikqGgheHbQj3jmfX2CH-Cr2jt669omsrqR_bf5eeyY-998pjDM_qQhyxHUCgFNu4SQv5h_0E5HEBlAYc1Xzw=s983" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="726" data-original-width="983" height="295" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhcGoJTtuZynZqdGH3aEnZjvLrYLC19gos2P1H9FCUK6CgwWmga8NB9w46mJ90CN7I9vpAEIP97duIZ9AAg3jWcMNJTtris7ictZJ1AcEikqGgheHbQj3jmfX2CH-Cr2jt669omsrqR_bf5eeyY-998pjDM_qQhyxHUCgFNu4SQv5h_0E5HEBlAYc1Xzw=w400-h295" width="400" /></a></div><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Halloween was always fun.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>We found if you use a pillowcase instead of a little orange bucket and run from house to house you could more than double your take that night.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>For some reason his candy stash always seemed to last forever while mine was gone in a week.</span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">Some of my adult memories with Dave are boating, canoeing,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and fishing with the grandkids. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Singing around the piano with our children warms my heart as I<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>hear Dave’s pure tenor voice harmonizing behind me.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Caroling on Christmas Eve and leaving wreaths and ornaments on grandparents’ graves Christmas Day is a December highlight.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>One especially memorable trip to the coast</span><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> involved the making of the epic home movie </span><span class="s3" style="font-kerning: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"><i>Beach House Martians</i></span><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Dave is somehow able to find more than 24 hours in a day as he works and serves others tirelessly.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>He stands for truth and is rock solid in his convictions.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>And he’s really fun to watch Pink Panther movies with — his laughter is contagious. Thanks, Brother, for being someone I can always look up to.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Love you!!!!</span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">— a piano solo for my brother, Dave</span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">
<iframe allow="autoplay" frameborder="no" height="166" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/1213769032&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true" width="100%"></iframe></span></span></p><div style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Interstate, "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Garuda, Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-weight: 100; line-break: anywhere; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; word-break: normal;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://soundcloud.com/user-771663631" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Terri Hutchings">Terri Hutchings</a> · <a href="https://soundcloud.com/user-771663631/rejoice-the-lord-is-king" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Rejoice, the Lord Is King!">Rejoice, the Lord Is King!</a></span></span></div><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">
</span></span><p></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Click <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/ox5qmt8g9c7luk2/Rejoice%20the%20Lord%20is%20King%21.pdf?dl=0" target="_blank">HERE</a> to download free sheet music</span></span></p>Terrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16119018722233553634noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1987627259062598901.post-2744387747008107862022-01-02T16:28:00.002-08:002022-01-02T16:42:27.229-08:00Put Your Shoulder to the Wheel<p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">This piano duet is for my beautiful sister, Dineen.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Growing up we’d sing this hymn at church in the old Pine Street chapel.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>It was a fun one to sing — especially the echo part.</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Dineen is three years younger than me.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>We’re the middle children --<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>three and four in the line up of six, so we share many golden childhood memories.</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh4ek1RlKf8Z6PV7cxnTxDn0_NMypa47F8EzuyeDoX14YgmCPhLvn9n8Cksm6zGjm2xtQb5Lc6znXRKrZEhsaZYbdZ0KhvdTXIXtooWhIBdYSsEdBVdGKJqKqSePwQpHJcv8D5vcBTWIK_tFpmx-qnfqDzg4UFX2Ua9jQVx9Y3rS7U1VRlMdsOCO68Cxg=s589" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="589" data-original-width="589" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh4ek1RlKf8Z6PV7cxnTxDn0_NMypa47F8EzuyeDoX14YgmCPhLvn9n8Cksm6zGjm2xtQb5Lc6znXRKrZEhsaZYbdZ0KhvdTXIXtooWhIBdYSsEdBVdGKJqKqSePwQpHJcv8D5vcBTWIK_tFpmx-qnfqDzg4UFX2Ua9jQVx9Y3rS7U1VRlMdsOCO68Cxg=s320" width="320" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">When we were young our grandparents built a small cabin just over the mountains from our house.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>We had the best of times there.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Dad would always stop on the way there and get us ice cream.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>We climbed mountains and trees.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Gazing off summits it felt like we were on top of the world.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>We’d save our nickels and dimes and walk to Lawson’s candy store.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>We’d go rock hounding on Crystal Mountain and play hide and seek in the trees until dark.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>We would take shovels in the heat of a Topaz summer and create trails on the side of the mountain so that come wintertime when the snow flew we’d have the perfect tubing runs. And there was Mutley, the world's coolest dog, who’d protect us on our bone hunting adventures.</span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">I remember catching bunnies in grandma's backyard, matching moo moos, and summers filled with watermelons, camping and fishing.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>We loved skiing and riding in the boat with grandpa.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Dune buggies.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Hondas.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>We had epic Fourth of July park sessions with the cousins at Shasta Park.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>The list goes on and on.</span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">My sister is hard-working.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">My sister is fearless.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">My sister loves to laugh.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">My sister has a heart of gold.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">She notices the unnoticed.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">She is so much fun to be around.</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">She loves animals and nature.</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">And she loves a challenge.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>She played center on the Modesto Maniax, a women's tackle football team.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Yeah, my sister is cooler than your sister.</span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">I love you, Dineen!!!<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Thanks for putting up with me as a kid.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>When I grow up I want to be just like you.</span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">
<iframe allow="autoplay" frameborder="no" height="166" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/1189143568&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true" width="100%"></iframe></span></span></p><div style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Interstate, "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Garuda, Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-weight: 100; line-break: anywhere; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; word-break: normal;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://soundcloud.com/user-771663631" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Terri Hutchings">Terri Hutchings</a> · <a href="https://soundcloud.com/user-771663631/put-your-shoulder-to-the-wheel" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Put Your Shoulder to the Wheel">Put Your Shoulder to the Wheel</a></span></span></div><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">
</span></span><p></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Click <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/0fhefyo5ec8ofr6/put%20your%20shoulder%20to%20the%20wheel.pdf?dl=0" target="_blank">HERE</a> to download free sheet music<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"><br /></span></span></span></p>Terrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16119018722233553634noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1987627259062598901.post-23861633039337918172021-12-07T19:27:00.001-08:002021-12-07T19:27:44.552-08:00Away in a Manger<p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Away in a manger, no crib for a bed,</span></i></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">The little Lord Jesus laid down his sweet head.</span></i></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">The stars in the sky looked down where He lay,</span></i></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">The little Lord Jesus asleep on the hay.</span></i></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i></i></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">The cattle are lowing, the Baby awakes,</span></i></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">But little Lord Jesus no crying He makes.</span></i></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">I love Thee, Lord Jesus, look down from the sky</span></i></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">And stay by my cradle 'til morning is nigh.</span></i></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i></i></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Be near me, Lord Jesus, I ask Thee to stay</span></i></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Close by me forever, and love me, I pray.</span></i></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Bless all the dear children in Thy tender care,</span></i></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">And fit us for heaven, to live with Thee there.</span></i></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><i></i></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>-John T. McFarland</span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEijNeDrT5ln-R-mW4zXaicfmibGJkoL3oRp23gG2Hknzf6OUJ373twKWFl601BkM_ZMa8_691gU0NWXiGjTtY8-uS8BUzxo2PWbhdAgFqdS78jmot3juU9fqY0dcWHJJGtb8aShds7gmX_1AvtPgAp-o4xK_f3UZkzPJ7Q7B4djItcCFXhaoGqav2erZw=s612" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="612" data-original-width="556" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEijNeDrT5ln-R-mW4zXaicfmibGJkoL3oRp23gG2Hknzf6OUJ373twKWFl601BkM_ZMa8_691gU0NWXiGjTtY8-uS8BUzxo2PWbhdAgFqdS78jmot3juU9fqY0dcWHJJGtb8aShds7gmX_1AvtPgAp-o4xK_f3UZkzPJ7Q7B4djItcCFXhaoGqav2erZw=s320" width="291" /></a></div><br /><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Wishing you peace, light and joy this holiday season. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Merry Christmas!!</span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">
<iframe allow="autoplay" frameborder="no" height="166" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/1173845293&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true" width="100%"></iframe></span></span></p><div style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Interstate, "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Garuda, Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-weight: 100; line-break: anywhere; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; word-break: normal;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://soundcloud.com/user-771663631" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Terri Hutchings">Terri Hutchings</a> · <a href="https://soundcloud.com/user-771663631/away-in-a-manger" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Away in a Manger">Away in a Manger</a></span></span></div><div style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Interstate, "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Garuda, Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-weight: 100; line-break: anywhere; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; word-break: normal;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Interstate, "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Garuda, Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-weight: 100; line-break: anywhere; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; word-break: normal;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Interstate, "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Garuda, Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-weight: 100; line-break: anywhere; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; word-break: normal;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large; text-align: center;">Click </span><a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/ewa6upf1kzq4lnt/Away%20in%20a%20Manger.pdf?dl=0" style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large; text-align: center;" target="_blank">HERE</a><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large; text-align: center;"> to download free sheet music</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large; text-align: center;"> </span></div>Terrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16119018722233553634noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1987627259062598901.post-12446766451803377892021-11-15T16:05:00.002-08:002021-11-15T16:26:30.551-08:00Now Thank We All Our God<p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><i>Now thank we all our God</i></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><i>With hearts and hands and voices,</i></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><i>Who wondrous things hath done,</i></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><i>In whom his earth rejoices;</i></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><i>Who, from our mothers' arms,</i></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><i>Hath blessed us on our way</i></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><i>With countless gifts of love</i></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><i>And still is ours today.</i></span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><i><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></i></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><i>Oh, may our bounteous God</i></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><i>Through all our life be near us,</i></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><i>With ever joyful hearts</i></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><i>And blessed peace to cheer us,</i></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><i>And keep us in his love,</i></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><i>And guide us day and night,</i></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><i>And free us from all ills,</i></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><i>Protect us by his might.</i></span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Text by Martin Rinkhart</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">trans. by Catherine Winkworth</span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJZpv1p1HM4yOVistPr34DYdSRDjvHUDdAgmwaTzhnC7XsTFCbwg5RJ97H4R_I7EsPxojr7SpIyxZFFYeakhDvYlJFwYxUfPjaRpq9jSwCWaNmcbtDzeLxM2QCz1Tcjbw93BvgzhD0U-_D/s1500/happythanksgiving.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1125" data-original-width="1500" height="313" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJZpv1p1HM4yOVistPr34DYdSRDjvHUDdAgmwaTzhnC7XsTFCbwg5RJ97H4R_I7EsPxojr7SpIyxZFFYeakhDvYlJFwYxUfPjaRpq9jSwCWaNmcbtDzeLxM2QCz1Tcjbw93BvgzhD0U-_D/w417-h313/happythanksgiving.jpg" width="417" /></a></div><br /><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">I give thanks for family, friends, and all that I hold most dear.</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Piano Prelude No. 13:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Now Thank We All Our God</span></span></p><p class="p4" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">
<iframe allow="autoplay" frameborder="no" height="166" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/1160686372&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true" width="100%"></iframe></span></span></p><div style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Interstate, "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Garuda, Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-weight: 100; line-break: anywhere; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; word-break: normal;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://soundcloud.com/user-771663631" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Terri Hutchings">Terri Hutchings</a> · <a href="https://soundcloud.com/user-771663631/now-thank-we-all-our-god" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Now Thank We All Our God">Now Thank We All Our God</a></span></span></div><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">
</span></span><p></p><p class="p4" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Click <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/wo42gt4yvvafe8q/Now%20Thank%20We%20All%20Our%20God.pdf?dl=0" target="_blank">HERE </a>to download free sheet music</span> </span></p>Terrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16119018722233553634noreply@blogger.com0