#426: Sing with All the Saints in Glory
May. 5th, 2020 11:00 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lutheranhymnsIt's not listed as an alternate tune here, but some versions list "Ode to Joy" as another potential melody for this text.
One of the former pastors at the church where I grew up really liked this text and in fact had it taped on his office door, so part of my "awesome text" tag is probably his opinion wearing off on me. The last verse is especially great--"Shout with joy, O deathless voices! Child of God, lift up your head!" Upon poking around, verse 3 as it stands is actually an abridged version of the original verses 3 and 4, the editors smushed them together to get rid of some of the more archaic language. I think it works this way, though.
One of the former pastors at the church where I grew up really liked this text and in fact had it taped on his office door, so part of my "awesome text" tag is probably his opinion wearing off on me. The last verse is especially great--"Shout with joy, O deathless voices! Child of God, lift up your head!" Upon poking around, verse 3 as it stands is actually an abridged version of the original verses 3 and 4, the editors smushed them together to get rid of some of the more archaic language. I think it works this way, though.
