#599: Lord Jesus, Think on Me
Dec. 23rd, 2018 09:29 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lutheranhymnsDo the writers have ridiculous names?
Not the craziest, but they're up there. Text writer is "Synesius of Cyrene," and the music composer is "W. Daman"--no first name, just W.
Cyrene? Like Simon of?
Yeah. This guy lived in the 3-400s, keeping it old school!
Does it still have relevance?
Not sure how much is translator effect, but "by anxious thoughts oppressed" sounds like me frequently.
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An update: this was the fourth Sunday in Advent, and I got to be home for my mom (a Lutheran pastor) to preach. Afterwards she was like "good hymns today, huh."
"Yeah," I said, "well, they're all good this time of year."
"But you want to get to the good ones, and not something like...Hark the Glad Sound."
I rest my case (for it not being the most impressive leadoff hymn).
Not the craziest, but they're up there. Text writer is "Synesius of Cyrene," and the music composer is "W. Daman"--no first name, just W.
Cyrene? Like Simon of?
Yeah. This guy lived in the 3-400s, keeping it old school!
Does it still have relevance?
Not sure how much is translator effect, but "by anxious thoughts oppressed" sounds like me frequently.
--
An update: this was the fourth Sunday in Advent, and I got to be home for my mom (a Lutheran pastor) to preach. Afterwards she was like "good hymns today, huh."
"Yeah," I said, "well, they're all good this time of year."
"But you want to get to the good ones, and not something like...Hark the Glad Sound."
I rest my case (for it not being the most impressive leadoff hymn).
