It’s the birthday of the English hymn writer Charles Wesley (1707-1788), many of whose hymns — this one, for instance — are among the most familiar and best-loved in Christendom.
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[…] via Some beautiful music for the fourth Sunday of Advent — bluebird of bitterness […]
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Thank you for the link. 🙂
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Beautiful piece, BoB. Mormons do choir right.
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They do. I appreciate the fact that they value excellence.
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Reblogged this on Musings on Life & Experience and commented:
May you and yours have a blessed Christmas. ❤ Suzanne & Family
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Thanks for reblogging. 🙂
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Reblogged this on saywhatumean2say and commented:
Again a wonderful Sunday morning offering but I shall turn off all lights, except my indoor reindeer and my gas fireplace and listen again just before I do to bed on this 4th Sunday of Advent. ~~dru~~
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Thank you for the re-blog. 🙂
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this was perfect…
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Glad you enjoyed it! I’m partial to this hymn, which was sung at my wedding almost forty years ago. (We’re still married, so I guess it worked. 🙂 )
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That’s beautiful!
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