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Go Ye Therefore Into All the World
There is an interesting story behind this hymn. For twenty years it languished, almost never sang, in the usual congregations. Even now, this is definitely not one of the stronger hymns, whose words a… more →
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If I Have Not Charity
purplehymnal wrote 1 year ago: This was actually a popular hymn, even given its content, and the context it was drawn from. I suspe … more →
Not Many Wise Men Now Are Called
purplehymnal wrote 1 year ago: I prefer the version of this hymn over at the Graveyard Church of God, “Not Many Live Men Now … more →
Go Ye Therefore Into All the World
purplehymnal wrote 1 year ago: There is an interesting story behind this hymn. For twenty years it languished, almost never sang, i … more →
Lord Teach Me That I May Know
purplehymnal wrote 1 year ago: Double-pager Feast hymn. Usually reserved for the Feast of Trumpets or Pentecost. Lord, teach me tha … more →
O Lord Thou Art My God and King
purplehymnal wrote 1 year ago: Filler hymn, or a closing hymn to end Feast day services with. Spritely and uplifting. Nothing to al … more →
Hear My Cry Eternal One
purplehymnal wrote 1 year ago: Not one of the more popular hymns, in the congregations I attended over the years of my membership i … more →
By The Waters of Babylon
purplehymnal wrote 1 year ago: The British-Israelism does not get much more overt, nor more integral, than it does in this hymn. Th … more →
In Distress I Cried Unto The Lord
purplehymnal wrote 1 year ago: From the title you would assume this is a fairly standard worship hymn, with a loving god out to res … more →
I Hate The Thoughts of Vanity
purplehymnal wrote 1 year ago: A more solemn hymn, this one foreboded a dull sermon, often leading into the second part of a double … more →
O How Love I Thy Law
purplehymnal wrote 1 year ago: An ode to legalism, isolationism, and cult control. A typical staple for a typical Saturday. O how l … more →
Bless The Lord Eternal O My Soul
purplehymnal wrote 1 year ago: Another Feast hymn, this one presents an entirely different face of Worldwide’s god, one more … more →
He Shall Reign Forevermore
purplehymnal wrote 1 year ago: This has to be one of, if not the, most depressing hymns in what Pam Dewey calls “the Purple J … more →
Sing to the Lord With Cheerful Voice
purplehymnal wrote 1 year ago: Contrary to the title, this filler song is a dirge-like hymn, and definitely not as cheerful as one … more →
O Come and Let Us Worship Him
purplehymnal wrote 1 year ago: Another popular hymn for the Feast of Tabernacles. O come, let us in songs to God, Our cheerful voic … more →
How Long Eternal Hide Thou Away?
purplehymnal wrote 1 year ago: A short filler hymn. This one is even more depressing, when you realize that it was a literal reflec … more →
How Lovely Are Thy Dwellings
purplehymnal wrote 1 year ago: The repetition in this spritely tune was designed to numb the mind; a classic cult control tactic. H … more →
Praise The Eternal With a Psalm
purplehymnal wrote 1 year ago: Another rousing Feast hymn. The raging anti-Semitism throughout is not excused by the cheerful, live … more →
O Thou The Shepherd of Israel Art
purplehymnal wrote 1 year ago: This hymn pictured both the Old Testament Israelites, and featured us, as ”the spiritual Israe … more →
O God Forsake Me Not
purplehymnal wrote 1 year ago: This hymn reinforces the church’s xenophobia, and showcases a god who could be both bribed, an … more →
