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lutheranhymns) wrote2020-07-11 11:16 pm
lutheranhymns) wrote2020-07-11 11:16 pm
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#454: Remember and Rejoice
The composer's surname is Duck, and she has another hymn in the baptism section as well as one about being called to baptize, I sense a theme.
The jump from "traced by water sign" in verse 2 to "flee the lures of hell" the next verse is jarring, but often during baptism ceremonies the sponsors/candidates for baptism do a ritual "do you renounce the forces of evil and the devil" "yes, I renounce them!" So this rephrasing makes the somewhat-familiar litany more effective as a tonal shift. Baptism is a big deal!
The jump from "traced by water sign" in verse 2 to "flee the lures of hell" the next verse is jarring, but often during baptism ceremonies the sponsors/candidates for baptism do a ritual "do you renounce the forces of evil and the devil" "yes, I renounce them!" So this rephrasing makes the somewhat-familiar litany more effective as a tonal shift. Baptism is a big deal!