“Hosanna”
Brooke Gabrielle Fraser (born December 15th, 1983 in Wellington, New Zealand) is an award-winning New Zealand singer/songwriter. ~*Early life*~ Brooke is the eldest of the three children born to former All Black Bernie Fraser and his wife Lynda. Brooke grew up in Naenae, Lower Hutt and attended Dyer Street School then Naenae Intermediate and Naenae College. Brooke started taking piano lessons at age 7 - she continued to take these until she was 17. She started writing songs at age... she continued to take these until she was 17. She started writing songs at age 12 and taught herself the acoustic guitar at 16. Receiving some label interest when she was in Year 11 (age 15) Brooke decided it wasn't the right thing for her at the time; she decided she wanted to get an A bursary first - which she did. Despite turning these labels down she performed at the ''Parachute Festival'', a Christian music festival held annually, she has continued to do so each year since 2000. Brooke was a presenter on a cable TV show and began writing for the Christian magazine ''Soul Purpose'' at age 15 and was later made editor in 2002. She gave up her job as editor shortly after moving to Auckland (late 2002) in order to pursue her music career, in which she secured a record deal.
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"Blessed Be The Lord"
Blessed be the Lord,who reigns forever, reigns forever.
Blessed be the Lord,who reigns forevermore.
Verse: I will lift my voice in praises,I will lift my voice in song.
I will lift Him for His mercy,praise Him, praise Him.Chorus
Tenors: Hallelujah...All: the Lord is worthy.Tenors: Hallelujah...All: bless His name.Tenors: Hallelujah...All: the Lord is worthy;Lift those hands,clap those hands.
"Since Jesus came into My Heart"
The lyrics were written in 1914 by Rufus H. McDaniel after the death of his son. (The music was written by Charles H. Gabriel that same year.) McDaniel was born January 29, 1850 in Brown County, Ohio and died February 13, 1940 in Dayton, Ohio. He was educated at Parker’s Academy in Claremont County, Ohio. He received a preaching license at age 19 and was ordained a minister of the Christian Church in 1873. After serving at various locations in Ohio, including Hamersville, Higginsport, Centerburg, Sugar Creek, and Cincinnati, he retired in Dayton. He wrote more than one hundred hymns during his life.
The hymn I’ve selected this week is one he apparently wrote after the death of his son. The lyrics are not that form of deep faith or quiet resolve that one might associate with a hymn written at such an occasion. Perhaps the chronology was mere coincidence rather than a reflection of faith in the midst of grave times.
In fact, the lyrics of the song almost reflect a kind of denial of situations around, proclaiming happiness for salvation. In my mind, it doesn’t proclaim happiness “in spite of” but almost ignoring situations, to the point where the happiness can scarce be believed as rooted in reality. Sort of that old “Christians don’t feel sorrow” kind of thinking that accompanies the shallow sentiment that Christians know only happiness and sunny skies once they just accept Jesus. Not suggesting this shallow idealism is the case with McDaniel of course; he wrote almost 100 years ago and it’s difficult to know just what all occupied his mind at the time.
In any event, I recall singing this one standing amid the rows of light-coloured pews in the church of my youth. Not what I’d call an outstanding hymn, but one that reminds me of those days in my youth nonetheless.
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"I will Stand"
Glenn Packiam wrote the following on how he wrote this powerful worship song:I was sitting in my office late on a Friday afternoon, about to leave to get ready for theMILL, our college and 20-somethings service. In my hands was a picture from the sonogram of our first child, a girl. The picture made all the emotions I had felt when I sat in the ultrasound appointment, watching and listening to her beating heart, come rushing back. The pregnancy had been full of some scary moments, so to be at this point was overwhelming. I went over to the office next door where there was a keyboard and began to sing. "I will stand and worship You for everything You are to me I will lift my voice in praise for all the wonders You display I will stand, I will stand and worship You." Not long later, the song was finished, with the exception of few phrases I kept tweaking. Through salvation we see God's love demonstrated and His goodness revealed. That is reason enough to praise. But God keeps drawing us with tender mercies, calling us into relationship with Him. The only response to that kind of grace and love is to worship--not to attempt a repayment, not to prove that we deserve it--simply to worship. As we started to do the song at our church, I watched as people responded to God with a firm, unshakable decision to worship. "I Will Stand" is a declaration to God, a choice to worship no matter what, because it is the only response to God's great love and grace.
[Additional reading: Romans 5] - Glenn Packiam
Click here for a sampling of the song:
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“All Hail the Power of Jesus Name”
Some years ago, missionary E. P. Scott went to India. He set out to visit a remote mountain tribe which had never heard the name of Christ. As he neared their land, he was suddenly surrounded by a savage band of warriors, all pointing their spears straight at his heart. Expecting a quick death, the missionary pulled out his violin and began playing and singing in their native language the hymn "All hail the power of Jesus' name." He reached the stanza that reads:
Let every tribe and every tongueOn this terrestrial ball To him all majesty ascribe And crown him Lord of all...
The natives lowered their weapons and some were in tears. E. P. Scott spent the rest of his life ministering to these primitive people.
The hymn which so effectively moved this Indian tribe is often referred to as the "National Anthem of Christendom" and has been translated into almost every language where there are Christians. The author of the hymn, Edward Perronet was the descendent of a French Huguenot family which fled first to Switzerland and then to England to escape religious persecution. Perronet was a pastor who worked closely with John and Charles Wesley for many years in England's eighteenth- century revival.
At that time, Methodists were savagely persecuted. According to John Wesley's diary, Edward did not escape his share of abuse either. "Edward Perronet was thrown down and rolled in mud and mire" at Bolton, he wrote.
Edward was uneasy about preaching in front of John Wesley. Wesley urged him to do so several times. Finally, Wesley forced the issue. He announced that Brother Perronet would speak the following week. A week later, witty Edward mounted the pulpit and declared he would deliver the greatest sermon ever preached. He then read Christ's "Sermon on the Mount" and sat down!
Click here to hear an organ arrangement of the song:
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Click here to sing along with Avalon:
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