This British congregation can sing this beautiful uplifting hymn with power and the right tempo ! The organ sounds majestic and it doesn't drown the congregation's voices. There is a video of the National Prayer Service held at the National Cathedral Washington D.C. Sept 14th 2001 attended by dignitaries ( Billy Graham, President Bush) and this hymn was played, but it lacked the uplifting power. Perhaps the acoustics was a factor. This is sung so well that the glitch doesn't bother me.
This British congregation can sing this beautiful uplifting hymn with power and the right tempo ! The organ sounds majestic and it doesn't drown the congregation's voices. There is a video of the National Prayer Service held at the National Cathedral Washington D.C. Sept 14th 2001 attended by dignitaries ( Billy Graham, President Bush) and this hymn was played, but it lacked the uplifting power. Perhaps the acoustics was a factor. This is sung so well that the glitch doesn't bother me.
@march131958 You are so right. I never understand why Catholics don't sing the hymns when they are played in their churches. It's so embarassing. Anglicans always sing beautifully.
@ilalfisto I know, how time flies!! One of the problems is the original is on a hard-drive I can't get access to at the moment; also, if I re-upload, I'd still want to leave this one here anyway, or all the comments will be lost. No lack of respect though; I hadn't realised there was a false start until after I'd uploaded it.
@notyobs Your attitude shames me, and my unjust judgement. I quite understand the predicament - YouTube does not allow one to change the clip without losing everything associated with it.
In any case I apologise for the disgraceful way in which I addressed you, and am very thankful for the wonderful recording... AS IS!
@ilalfisto You know ilafisto - that's really rude of you. I was delighted to find this video - and the wonderful singing and awesome descant on the last verse. So it's got a glitch in the beginning. Big deal. If you get that bent out of shape at someone's video posting, I'd hate to see your temper at something that really matters in the scheme of things. Bravo for notyobs for posting this video - it made my day to see and hear it.
@dcrippen2000 Isaac Watts (the hymn words); the tune known as "St.Anne" by Croft, of the Chapel Royale and later organist at Westminster Abbey. Neither of them were remotely of the Romanist persuasion.
This is the First National Anthem of the USA (1775-1789), followed by Hail Columbia (1789-1932), and finally the current Star Spangled Banner (1932-Present).
This is a very nice video. Don't worry about the glitch in the beginning. Very minor! Anyway, that sounded like a descant on the last verse of "O God Our Help In Ages Past."
It's me, again. This is to all denominations: If Isaiah 43:1-7, 11-12 is read as your Scripture for the day, this is a good hymn to compliment it. I think of Sadhu Sundar Singh, born 1889, who was a Sikh who converted to Christianity at the age of 14. His father denounced him and even attempted to murder him. But with the help of nearby Christians, he survived. He spent the next 25 years spreading the Gospel in India and Tibet.
@ebenasire And the 1929 BCP (now Rite I) reads like Shakespeare. The current version reads like it was written by a committee of lawyers and social workers.
I am an ELCA Lutheran from South Carolina. I play the piano and organ. Today (November 7, All Saints' Sunday), we sang this as our closing hymn. It is #632 in Evangelical Lutheran Worship. May God bless all those who have gone before us.
We are all living in such difficult times these days........if people would reflect on these lyrics, and contemplate on the truth of what they speak, they would find comfort.
Thank you for posting this, and since you mention the glitch, heck what's a glitch here or there in the service of beauty and humanity...not to worry, leave the glitch. cheers
Comments or no comments , an otherwise lovely hymn in a great setting is pretty much ruined by the glytch. I'd love to pass the link on to friends but the blooper at the beginning turns the whole thing into a parody. If you want to keep the comments why not repost under a another title? Like Oh God With Glythes.....
I've always felt at home at Westminster Abbey. This is a great presentation by the Abbey choir. They are so rehearsed and sound absolutely fantastic. It arouses the spirituality in those who attend.
This is such a great recording of the song, but needs the re-edit. I only wished they performed all six verses of the song. Just love the sound of that organ.
Best version on Youtube. Magnificent chorale and sonorous organ music enhanced by great acoustics of Westminster Abbey. It’s worth editing out the glitches at the beginning & end. Concern about deleting comments can be overcome by copying them into MS Word, delete the trivia and paste them back as a composite comment. Narcissists can revisit your post and recomment. Sadly, “Time like an ever rolling stream…” a reminder about the ephemerality of life is missing
Sorry for editing glitch my foot........it absolutely ruins MY wanting to listen to any hymns by the Westminster Abbey. So like the other posting has said CORRECT YOUR PROBLEM.
@Waldocounty Well the problem is, I can't just substitute the video on this Youtube upload can I, I'd have to start again with a fresh upload. So all the comments, views and statistics here would be lost, which would be a shame.
@someonespadre You'll probably find that the microphones moved - the accents in this country can change within about 10 miles lol just a geographical oddity. I say pawst and blawst, but people in the midlands and the north say past and blast.
@TJJ5621 In the US pronouncing pawst or awnt is a Yankee (New England) accent where Past or Ant would be a Southern and Western accent. On the other hand I was taught to say Awmen not Ae-men like most Americans (including Roman Catholics). I saw a bumper sticker on a Nevada vehicle the other day that said "Nevada not Nevahduh" which is a reference to Eastern vacationers mis-prounouncing the State's name.
@encpirateman There's nothing much better than a traditional, well trained Anglican Choir of Boys & Men, singing traditional pieces, in high-ceiling cathedrals and churches. accompanied by a great organist on a massive pipe organ. It's awe-inspiring, both visually and acoustically.
@02Blackbeard Actually, Christianity is growing in remarkable numbers in Africa; and all through the Southern Hemisphere. Christianity may be declining significantly in most of the West, but so is militant Atheism which is really just a current trend that spread from T.V. personalities. I could care less if somebody is an Atheist; why do you care if somebody is a Christian? You're just as guilty as the Fundamentalists who shove religion down people's throats with your "NO GOD" beliefs.
@hamartolos1 ..."Christianity growing in Africa"...so is Islam. I guess those folks need to believe in something, as do most people. But personally I'd rather live with the harsh reality that there is no God other than what man has created, for good or for ill.
The vast majority of those upper-crust toffs in society who claim to believe in God live as though there were none.
The vast majority of upper-crust church-goers are totally compassionless.
@02Blackbeard You have valid points except I doubt most Atheists are trying to be 'honest'. They have ideas that many wish to push on others and if others reject it they are labeled as of lesser intelligence. There's no credence to that as there is none to the fundamentalist who tries to do the same thing. My point is, who cares what someone else believes? Most religious people aren't rotten, and neither or most Atheists. We shouldn't care and everyone should mind their own business.
@hamartolos1 What I can't stomach is the hypocrites....like the Judge who creeps in and out of the Cathedral every year for the Legal Service....yet the rest of the year he opperates as little more than a money sucking tic.
The commoners are sheep fed by wolves. I personally despise the upper crust of society.
@02Blackbeard I completely agree although I'm not sure what you mean about the Judge (I'm not Protestant). I've seen Christians be completely terrible to others and it blows your mind that they can say they adhere to something yet do the opposite. However, I've seen Christians help other people and sincerely do their best to adhere to the core teachings of Christianity. I think people will be themselves with or without it. If there wasn't religion, we'd still have the hypocrites.
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the way develop stars earth and mankind is not the work of God, but the way it does! is my a God, and that idee is my a help and creationpossibillity in all changing times.
"ONLY through Christ can we know God as it's written in the Word, which is the most reliable ancient document in the world."
Before the Reformation, Scripture was used to justify Papal authority, the Real Presence in the Eucharist, the seven sacraments, clerical celibacy, and veneration of Mary and the saints. Then Protestants interpreted Scripture differently. It's meaning isn't written in stone, or the Reformation wouldn't have happened. The early Church had no Bible, yet God was with it.
VERY LOVLEY!!! " A THOUSAND AGES IN THY SIGHT ARE LIKE AN EVENING GONE" is my fav verse in this song. it is true b-cuz heaven has no time. there is no yesterday, nor next year! how can this be, i dont know but i really hope to experience this myself when i reach heaven
You're one of those "coexist" people aren't you? How come the first commandment in the Bible happens to say "you shall have no other gods before me"? That commandment came directly form God and it is of pure ignorance to believe that all roads lead to heaven. All religions have their own ideas and no god binds them all together. Some religions don't even worship a god and you think that they are all connected? it's nonsense. Christianity is the true religion and is the only way to heaven.
You have no proof to back up your claim either you hypocrite. Unlike all of the other religions that believe that you have to do good deeds to get to heaven, Christianity is distinctly different in that Jesus died for all sin so that we don't have to do anything to get to heaven but believe in him. That's how you can differentiate between man made religions and Christianity, which is not man made. How about you wake up.
How does one go about "experiencing" God? How would man know he has experienced God? How can sinful man experience a ABSOLUTELY Holy and Just God (among his other eternal attributes i.e. loving, merciful, omniscient, etc) without being immediately justly condemned and punished, for God has revealed in the Sacred Eloquence, in Rom 3:23 that ALL sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and Rom 6:23 the wages of sin is death but the gift of God is eternal in Christ Jesus our Lord.
The Lord's (God's) resurrection is based in historical fact, Jesus Himself has said he WILL rise in 3 days after His crucifixion; John 2:19-21, John 20:19-20, Luke 24:38-39. This might help you, google carm, and type "There are no non-biblical accounts to the resurrection" in the search engine.
TruthLightSeeker, we cannot save ourselves or come to know God by ourselves, but ONLY throught Christ can we know God as it's written in the Word, which is the most reliable ancient document in the world.
Christians & Muslims share the same god & both believe in the old testament. Islam does God no favours by its miltant approach & I for one do not reckonise the prophet Mohamed. I heard that God loved the world so much that he gave his only son & that was Jesus Christ. Islam is a fake religon that origanated some 2 or 3 centuries after christianity and practices some of the most extreme violence ever known in a religion ( in my opinion that is ) . Feel free to despute my views :)
I am an ELCA Lutheran from South Carolina. I play the piano and organ. This past Sunday (September 21), I played this for our Sunday School Assembly. Just thought I'd share.
This song is a great reminder of the choral might of the Christian church of yesteryear. The a cappella third verse is simply glorious in this performance, due largely to the boy soprano floating the high notes sans vibrato. I love listening to these old hymns for their rich texts, something lacking a bit in today's contemporary style.
A bit silly that some of you thought that the technical glitch actually meant something ironic or political. It was half a sentence, taken out of context, accidentally placed in the middle of a beautiful hymn. Come on guys. Let's be a little more bright, and a little less cynical.
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This British congregation can sing this beautiful uplifting hymn with power and the right tempo ! The organ sounds majestic and it doesn't drown the congregation's voices. There is a video of the National Prayer Service held at the National Cathedral Washington D.C. Sept 14th 2001 attended by dignitaries ( Billy Graham, President Bush) and this hymn was played, but it lacked the uplifting power. Perhaps the acoustics was a factor. This is sung so well that the glitch doesn't bother me.
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This British congregation can sing this beautiful uplifting hymn with power and the right tempo ! The organ sounds majestic and it doesn't drown the congregation's voices. There is a video of the National Prayer Service held at the National Cathedral Washington D.C. Sept 14th 2001 attended by dignitaries ( Billy Graham, President Bush) and this hymn was played, but it lacked the uplifting power. Perhaps the acoustics was a factor. This is sung so well that the glitch doesn't bother me.
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lolowrd23 3 months ago
This is a really good arrangement of O God Our Help... Whose arrangement is it?? Or whose descant is it?? I'd love to do it with my choir.
Vanderflash 4 months ago
notyobs, even with the glitch it is still lovely. Glitch is easily overlooked. Some people are so rude. I'm sorry.
bongojava21 4 months ago
Very good music and singing! Congrats and best regards Karlheinz
KarlheinzFey1 5 months ago
I wish we would sing like this. I am Catholic and we do not sound like they do.
march131958 5 months ago
@march131958 You are so right. I never understand why Catholics don't sing the hymns when they are played in their churches. It's so embarassing. Anglicans always sing beautifully.
foodie65 3 months ago
Im an atheist, but still i enjoy walking in the abbey for its spiritual feeling and intresting history
ByabyaChannel 5 months ago
I think you can edit it in Youtube. It allows you to trim video.
AmosPressley 5 months ago
@AmosPressley Hiya.. many thanks for that, just gave it a try but unfortunately it saves it as a new video.
notyobs 5 months ago
AND FIGHT, AND SUFFER WAR!
:P
BoltonBrowneComposer 6 months ago 3
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SHAME on you, notyobs.
You've had four years to upload this again, and you should have had more RESPECT for all concerned than to put it up like this in the first place.
ilalfisto 6 months ago
@ilalfisto I know, how time flies!! One of the problems is the original is on a hard-drive I can't get access to at the moment; also, if I re-upload, I'd still want to leave this one here anyway, or all the comments will be lost. No lack of respect though; I hadn't realised there was a false start until after I'd uploaded it.
notyobs 6 months ago 6
@notyobs Your attitude shames me, and my unjust judgement. I quite understand the predicament - YouTube does not allow one to change the clip without losing everything associated with it.
In any case I apologise for the disgraceful way in which I addressed you, and am very thankful for the wonderful recording... AS IS!
ilalfisto 6 months ago
@ilalfisto You know ilafisto - that's really rude of you. I was delighted to find this video - and the wonderful singing and awesome descant on the last verse. So it's got a glitch in the beginning. Big deal. If you get that bent out of shape at someone's video posting, I'd hate to see your temper at something that really matters in the scheme of things. Bravo for notyobs for posting this video - it made my day to see and hear it.
jbutler303 6 months ago
haha :)
TheRockSlammer 7 months ago
hmmm o_O
Love2HomeshoolMom 9 months ago
Pure Class! why cant catholics have magnificent songs like this
TheRockSlammer 9 months ago
@TheRockSlammer hahah well catholics did write the piece sooo.. because we're poor probably haha
dcrippen2000 9 months ago
@dcrippen2000 Isaac Watts (the hymn words); the tune known as "St.Anne" by Croft, of the Chapel Royale and later organist at Westminster Abbey. Neither of them were remotely of the Romanist persuasion.
brassspitoon 6 months ago
@dcrippen2000 This was written by Issac Watts who was Presbyterian - not Catholic.
foodie65 2 months ago
This is the First National Anthem of the USA (1775-1789), followed by Hail Columbia (1789-1932), and finally the current Star Spangled Banner (1932-Present).
USAsoldier1955 9 months ago
We will sing the Kyrie at our Easter Vigil this year. It is just marvelous, beautiful, moving, solemn, ...
Come to St. Mary in horto (Neuwerkkirche), Goslar, Lower Saxony, Germany, this Easter Sunday at 5:30 a.m.
Sk8erDC82 9 months ago
@Sk8erDC82 My ancestors are from Lower Saxony. They lived near Osanbrurck, in Hilter.
:)
HailZeon57 7 months ago
What is the setting for the Kyrie at the end of this video?
adamwelp 11 months ago
the descent from ''2:05'' is simply breathtaking!!! lovely harmony of minor chords
chedo007 11 months ago
This is a very nice video. Don't worry about the glitch in the beginning. Very minor! Anyway, that sounded like a descant on the last verse of "O God Our Help In Ages Past."
kenpalmer1965 1 year ago
i love old hymns, and i love this one!
im 15 and i just love God so much!
i love England too!
God is so amazing and its beautiful when people worship him with hymns!
godloverbrit 1 year ago 3
It's me, again. This is to all denominations: If Isaiah 43:1-7, 11-12 is read as your Scripture for the day, this is a good hymn to compliment it. I think of Sadhu Sundar Singh, born 1889, who was a Sikh who converted to Christianity at the age of 14. His father denounced him and even attempted to murder him. But with the help of nearby Christians, he survived. He spent the next 25 years spreading the Gospel in India and Tibet.
mkl62 1 year ago 3
Spent a Christmas Eve at the Abbey once...It was soooo marvelous...
dorisboy52 1 year ago
I will never forget the day I first heard this as a boy during the early days of WW II
London was then in the middle of the Blitz...
The US Episcopal Hymnbook was full of Kipling verses then.
ebenasire 1 year ago 2
@ebenasire And the 1929 BCP (now Rite I) reads like Shakespeare. The current version reads like it was written by a committee of lawyers and social workers.
someonespadre 1 year ago
I am an ELCA Lutheran from South Carolina. I play the piano and organ. Today (November 7, All Saints' Sunday), we sang this as our closing hymn. It is #632 in Evangelical Lutheran Worship. May God bless all those who have gone before us.
mkl62 1 year ago
We are all living in such difficult times these days........if people would reflect on these lyrics, and contemplate on the truth of what they speak, they would find comfort.
LivingMindfully1975 1 year ago
love much but from 1:52....... awesome!!!
Ajani2000 1 year ago
@Ajani2000 That part (1:52) is nothing short of angelic.
Aritul 1 year ago
Thank god for Church of England
ProfessorSmazz 1 year ago 2
Thank you for posting this, and since you mention the glitch, heck what's a glitch here or there in the service of beauty and humanity...not to worry, leave the glitch. cheers
rottyboyy 1 year ago
Comments or no comments , an otherwise lovely hymn in a great setting is pretty much ruined by the glytch. I'd love to pass the link on to friends but the blooper at the beginning turns the whole thing into a parody. If you want to keep the comments why not repost under a another title? Like Oh God With Glythes.....
OpusDogi 1 year ago
@OpusDogi tough to ruin this hymn. just skip ahead to 0:25 and there's no problem.
someonespadre 1 year ago 2
Wonderful, simply magnificent.
Thank you, Notyobs.
gadzooks004 1 year ago 2
...and the boy soprano descant at the end is just gorgeous...
mktejeda 1 year ago
Islam is mijn geloof
dat is wat ik allah beloof
Ik probeer als een goede moslima te leven.....
totdat ik mijn ziel aan ALLAH (SWT) zal moeten geven
Armine49 1 year ago
This is My official hymn
feliccias 1 year ago
I've always felt at home at Westminster Abbey. This is a great presentation by the Abbey choir. They are so rehearsed and sound absolutely fantastic. It arouses the spirituality in those who attend.
shemiska 1 year ago
It's good to know there are still God fearing Brits.
AntiquityCentury21 1 year ago 2
This is such a great recording of the song, but needs the re-edit. I only wished they performed all six verses of the song. Just love the sound of that organ.
kfsipdog 1 year ago
Best version on Youtube. Magnificent chorale and sonorous organ music enhanced by great acoustics of Westminster Abbey. It’s worth editing out the glitches at the beginning & end. Concern about deleting comments can be overcome by copying them into MS Word, delete the trivia and paste them back as a composite comment. Narcissists can revisit your post and recomment. Sadly, “Time like an ever rolling stream…” a reminder about the ephemerality of life is missing
lethe5032 1 year ago
thanks for the upload, anyway.
bobpai2006 1 year ago
One of the Greatest Hymns of the Christendom
joesneha1 1 year ago
OUR HOPE FOR YEARS TO COME
abu2030nagol 1 year ago
@Waldocounty. Your anger issues need some immediate attenton. So here goes--SIT DOWN AND SHUT UP.
bgrobin66 1 year ago
KEEP THE GLITCH!
"Fight and suffer war!"
Brilliant. St. Anne is a funeral anthem afterall.
mondonudes 1 year ago
Beautiful...Love to hear the "Brits",whom I adore, sing.
march131958 1 year ago
we are good singers, you should hear the Welsh though they are the best.
candey66 1 year ago
Who composed the Kyrie that we hear towards the end?
dtlr 1 year ago
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CaptainWill1989 1 year ago
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@dtlr Did you ever get an answer? I'd love to know - it sounds lovely!
CaptainWill1989 1 year ago
Sorry for editing glitch my foot........it absolutely ruins MY wanting to listen to any hymns by the Westminster Abbey. So like the other posting has said CORRECT YOUR PROBLEM.
limeliter 1 year ago
The lyrics to this hymn are exceptional. I listen to them and I'm moved deeply.
LivingMindfully1975 1 year ago 4
wow, and sung so beautifully. the choir did an amazing job!
ccabross2003 1 year ago
this is nice
TheHlovert 1 year ago
super
TheHlovert 1 year ago
skip to 0:25
nauort23 1 year ago
...and fight and suffer war! !!!!!
Geeharris 1 year ago
Hymn-English
MrFreddyahwan 1 year ago
So beautiful i want to cry....
Its so sad that our traditions are being worn away.
thebigJM92 1 year ago
So beautiful i want to cry....
Its so sad that our traditions are being worn away.
thebigJM92 1 year ago
So beautiful i want to cry....
Our country does not realise what it is losing slowly but surely....
thebigJM92 1 year ago
So beautiful i want to cry....
Our country does not realise what it is losing slowly but surely....
thebigJM92 1 year ago
Awesome!
Filadelfiagemeente 1 year ago
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notyobs: You wrote: "Sorry for the editing glitch at the beginning, must re-upload! " So do it, already!!
Waldocounty 1 year ago
@Waldocounty Well the problem is, I can't just substitute the video on this Youtube upload can I, I'd have to start again with a fresh upload. So all the comments, views and statistics here would be lost, which would be a shame.
notyobs 1 year ago 12
@notyobs
The glitch is fine, I like it actually...twice the beauty :)
hiroshi2020 1 year ago
@notyobs But you can alter the audio, afaik...
MaxPonuryZniwiarz 1 year ago
@Waldocounty Just relax and enjoy. :) Thanks notyobs for uploading
arcanovas 8 months ago
It makes me happy to be an Anglican
episcopalcatholic 1 year ago
Why is it "Pawst" but not "Blawst"? Being a oddity (raised Californian AND Episcopalian), we sang "Past" and "Blast" :)
someonespadre 1 year ago
@someonespadre You'll probably find that the microphones moved - the accents in this country can change within about 10 miles lol just a geographical oddity. I say pawst and blawst, but people in the midlands and the north say past and blast.
TJJ5621 1 year ago
@TJJ5621 In the US pronouncing pawst or awnt is a Yankee (New England) accent where Past or Ant would be a Southern and Western accent. On the other hand I was taught to say Awmen not Ae-men like most Americans (including Roman Catholics). I saw a bumper sticker on a Nevada vehicle the other day that said "Nevada not Nevahduh" which is a reference to Eastern vacationers mis-prounouncing the State's name.
someonespadre 1 year ago
Good luck finding a church that full in Britain today.
HailZeon57 1 year ago
@HailZeon57 Indeed, what a shame.
Walnut1871 1 year ago
The hymns of the Church of England are surely the best of all the churches.
MARKBPHARM 1 year ago 2
My favorite hymn!!
LivingMindfully1975 1 year ago
WOW.!!!
Gary7Gann 1 year ago
What are wonderful hymn!! To God be the Glory. Thank you. Stephanas
galinnya 2 years ago 3
People write that they are impressed with the choir. Understatement or what lol It's Westminster Abbey, only the best choir on God's earth.
TJJ5621 2 years ago 2
I just love to hear the British sing!!!!!!
encpirateman 2 years ago 40
@encpirateman Greatest choral tradition in the world, for sure.
tiernan87 1 year ago
I second that and to hear the choir from Oxford-reminds me of the CS Lewis, Tolkie, etc
toasts7 1 year ago
@encpirateman There's nothing much better than a traditional, well trained Anglican Choir of Boys & Men, singing traditional pieces, in high-ceiling cathedrals and churches. accompanied by a great organist on a massive pipe organ. It's awe-inspiring, both visually and acoustically.
dobert49 1 year ago 10
Beautiful. My word, doesn't that organ thunder!
bebajoro77 2 years ago 2
It sure does. I would love to attend a service there.
RampGuy1 2 years ago
BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!!
jajalica 2 years ago 7
the minors mechanism towards the end of the hymn was excellent.....nyc performance overall
chedo007 2 years ago
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A bit slow. But overall is fine
tguodong 2 years ago
the fool says in his heart "there is no God"!
swoopy009 2 years ago 42
@swoopy009 I could swear it was the sensible, well informed and rational man?
zappagasm 9 months ago
@swoopy009 Tell that to every starving child in Africa...stupid CUNT.
02Blackbeard 7 months ago
@02Blackbeard Actually, Christianity is growing in remarkable numbers in Africa; and all through the Southern Hemisphere. Christianity may be declining significantly in most of the West, but so is militant Atheism which is really just a current trend that spread from T.V. personalities. I could care less if somebody is an Atheist; why do you care if somebody is a Christian? You're just as guilty as the Fundamentalists who shove religion down people's throats with your "NO GOD" beliefs.
hamartolos1 6 months ago
@hamartolos1 ..."Christianity growing in Africa"...so is Islam. I guess those folks need to believe in something, as do most people. But personally I'd rather live with the harsh reality that there is no God other than what man has created, for good or for ill.
The vast majority of those upper-crust toffs in society who claim to believe in God live as though there were none.
The vast majority of upper-crust church-goers are totally compassionless.
At least the atheists try to be honest.
02Blackbeard 6 months ago
@02Blackbeard You have valid points except I doubt most Atheists are trying to be 'honest'. They have ideas that many wish to push on others and if others reject it they are labeled as of lesser intelligence. There's no credence to that as there is none to the fundamentalist who tries to do the same thing. My point is, who cares what someone else believes? Most religious people aren't rotten, and neither or most Atheists. We shouldn't care and everyone should mind their own business.
hamartolos1 6 months ago
@hamartolos1 What I can't stomach is the hypocrites....like the Judge who creeps in and out of the Cathedral every year for the Legal Service....yet the rest of the year he opperates as little more than a money sucking tic.
The commoners are sheep fed by wolves. I personally despise the upper crust of society.
02Blackbeard 6 months ago
@02Blackbeard I completely agree although I'm not sure what you mean about the Judge (I'm not Protestant). I've seen Christians be completely terrible to others and it blows your mind that they can say they adhere to something yet do the opposite. However, I've seen Christians help other people and sincerely do their best to adhere to the core teachings of Christianity. I think people will be themselves with or without it. If there wasn't religion, we'd still have the hypocrites.
hamartolos1 6 months ago
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the way develop stars earth and mankind is not the work of God, but the way it does! is my a God, and that idee is my a help and creationpossibillity in all changing times.
Excuse my English i am a dutch-normal- man..
Sipke44 2 years ago
Did someone ask for your opinion about God?
Why do you think you have to post an inexpressive, boring and annoying comment like that?
You're allowed your opinion, but believers are allowed theirs.
Keep your comments for yourself or for a forum where it belongs to.
rarems 2 years ago 5
I posted a comment in reply to Sipke44.
Youtube placed it as a new comment.
Sorry
rarems 2 years ago
no dutch are normal sipke44 lol
jzflack91 2 years ago
awesome those earthquaking 32's on final stanza!
steelersfanhawaii 2 years ago 5
I like you very much!
Greetings from Croatia, Petrinja!
TheHlovert 2 years ago 3
I love the lyrics to this hymn.....so beautiful and true!
NashvilleJermz 2 years ago 3
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NashvilleJermz 2 years ago
WOW. THAT WAS AN AMAZING CHOIRS!!!
leo874life 2 years ago 6
Which Kyrie are they singing after the piece?
is that Palestrina?
choirboy526 2 years ago
I've been to worship here a number of times and am always moved by the services. They sing this at my funeral.
weddy52 2 years ago 2
Wonderful!
Moonstars434 2 years ago 3
Stirring.....
tezkingkong 2 years ago
This comment has received too many negative votes show
This is the way it should be -- before all the homesexuals and female clergy got involved
rectaltemp 2 years ago
This is just splendid. Anytime i worship at the Abbey, its always an awesome experience. The Harrison & Harrison Organ is a grand instrument
keybora 2 years ago 5
"ONLY through Christ can we know God as it's written in the Word, which is the most reliable ancient document in the world."
Before the Reformation, Scripture was used to justify Papal authority, the Real Presence in the Eucharist, the seven sacraments, clerical celibacy, and veneration of Mary and the saints. Then Protestants interpreted Scripture differently. It's meaning isn't written in stone, or the Reformation wouldn't have happened. The early Church had no Bible, yet God was with it.
lichtbroeder 2 years ago 2
Thank you, well said.
kevininbuffalo 2 years ago
Ulster's hymn since 1912.
gerryarmstrong82 2 years ago
VERY LOVLEY!!! " A THOUSAND AGES IN THY SIGHT ARE LIKE AN EVENING GONE" is my fav verse in this song. it is true b-cuz heaven has no time. there is no yesterday, nor next year! how can this be, i dont know but i really hope to experience this myself when i reach heaven
av3rRageGameName 2 years ago 2
The lyrics to this sacred hymn are profound and amazing!
TheChristianView 2 years ago 14
Indeed. It's a paraphrase of Psalm 90 (by Isaac Watts)
notyobs 2 years ago
I love this hymn...beautiful!!
AlifewithChrist 2 years ago 2
now that's the way hymnody should be done!!!!!
steelersfanhawaii 2 years ago 5
that treble descant just soars doesn't it? hymns should always be done like this!!!!
baabroma 2 years ago
What a thrill for all in attendance! Beautiful music, beautiful sanctuary, beautiful worship!
Thanks for sharing this.
Plans4Nobody 2 years ago
Stop nattering and enjoy the song!
jensmom604 2 years ago
Beautiful and Glorious...No one comes to the Father but by Me, the Lord Jesus Christ.
seifert14 2 years ago 3
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TruthLightSeeker 2 years ago
You're one of those "coexist" people aren't you? How come the first commandment in the Bible happens to say "you shall have no other gods before me"? That commandment came directly form God and it is of pure ignorance to believe that all roads lead to heaven. All religions have their own ideas and no god binds them all together. Some religions don't even worship a god and you think that they are all connected? it's nonsense. Christianity is the true religion and is the only way to heaven.
HailZeon57 2 years ago 3
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TruthLightSeeker 2 years ago
Then where's the proof that your god exists?
You have no proof to back up your claim either you hypocrite. Unlike all of the other religions that believe that you have to do good deeds to get to heaven, Christianity is distinctly different in that Jesus died for all sin so that we don't have to do anything to get to heaven but believe in him. That's how you can differentiate between man made religions and Christianity, which is not man made. How about you wake up.
HailZeon57 2 years ago 3
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TruthLightSeeker 2 years ago
How does one go about "experiencing" God? How would man know he has experienced God? How can sinful man experience a ABSOLUTELY Holy and Just God (among his other eternal attributes i.e. loving, merciful, omniscient, etc) without being immediately justly condemned and punished, for God has revealed in the Sacred Eloquence, in Rom 3:23 that ALL sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and Rom 6:23 the wages of sin is death but the gift of God is eternal in Christ Jesus our Lord.
shogunshogun 2 years ago
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TruthLightSeeker 2 years ago
The Lord's (God's) resurrection is based in historical fact, Jesus Himself has said he WILL rise in 3 days after His crucifixion; John 2:19-21, John 20:19-20, Luke 24:38-39. This might help you, google carm, and type "There are no non-biblical accounts to the resurrection" in the search engine.
TruthLightSeeker, we cannot save ourselves or come to know God by ourselves, but ONLY throught Christ can we know God as it's written in the Word, which is the most reliable ancient document in the world.
shogunshogun 2 years ago 3
TruthLightSeeker, I hope God guides you to the Truth, the Way and the Life. God bless you today.
shogunshogun 2 years ago 2
Christians & Muslims share the same god & both believe in the old testament. Islam does God no favours by its miltant approach & I for one do not reckonise the prophet Mohamed. I heard that God loved the world so much that he gave his only son & that was Jesus Christ. Islam is a fake religon that origanated some 2 or 3 centuries after christianity and practices some of the most extreme violence ever known in a religion ( in my opinion that is ) . Feel free to despute my views :)
75RUSSKIE 2 years ago
The Allah of the Quran is NOT the God of the Bible. This is the great con that Islam spins. In fact, Allah is the same as Satan in the Bible.
Allah
1. wants to kill all Jews
2. says to hate *not love) Jews and Christians
3. bans music (which enobles mankind)
4. promises sexual pleasures for men in Heaven
7 women are deficient and like dogs
and on and on.
Just enjoy this beautiful hymn and hope Islam does not prevail in England!
beheadedchristian 2 years ago
Inspirational! And England needs God as "our hope for years to come".
Christians need to stand up and acknowledge that Allah of Islam is Satan in the Bible.
BAN ISLAM
beheadedchristian 2 years ago
I presume you have never heard of five blind men and an elephant!
30DFlickbook 2 years ago
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TruthLightSeeker 2 years ago
same God? We don't have the same God and we def. don't have the same religion.
HailZeon57 2 years ago
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TruthLightSeeker 2 years ago
How old is this clip? very beautiful!
HailZeon57 2 years ago 2
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TruthLightSeeker 3 years ago
England's waning Christian Faith directly affected their position as a world power.
slappy1234567 3 years ago 2
of course there is. :) i was just down when i wrote that lol. anyway im not christian - im muslim - but i love this hymn(certain lines in it).
Deely7654 3 years ago
what was ur response to? " theres no hope"? .....well i dont understand ur response.
Deely7654 3 years ago
?...........
Deely7654 3 years ago
Tremendous!
accousticdecay 3 years ago
God is my hope forever... read the bible and live forever!!
cootjebea 3 years ago 2
What does god look like does anyone know? did jesus do any pictures of him as proof cos that is what you would do right!
katecommon 3 years ago
our hope in 2009!!
cootjebea 3 years ago
theres no hope.
Deely7654 3 years ago
My song & prayer this christmas and always.
SimplySonnet2008 3 years ago
WOW!
davidnhvtme 3 years ago
Glory!
StJamesCourt 3 years ago 3
What's this "pawst" and "blawst" they're talking about? ;-)
someonespadre 3 years ago
Ha ha
winterlj 3 years ago
Hi, could someone tell me who the composer of the Kyrie right after the hymn is? Thanks!
shylocksings 3 years ago
Ulster's hymn.
gerryarmstrong82 3 years ago
I am an ELCA Lutheran from South Carolina. I play the piano and organ. This past Sunday (September 21), I played this for our Sunday School Assembly. Just thought I'd share.
mkl62 3 years ago 2
So nice to hear good diction & phrasing.
orgeldude 3 years ago
The third, stanze without music is my absolute favourite stanza. Etherial!
RevunBuford 3 years ago
Revun,
Don't wish to detract from your enjoyment... but it's "ethereal." And as far as that adjective is concerned, well, you're dead on!
KPP
kpp01 3 years ago
Thanks! I'm not a good speller. I only pray to be a good worshiper. I'm surprised you didn't catch the way I spelled stanza! or is it stansa? lol
RevunBuford 3 years ago
"well, you're dead on!"
What a great statement. Good "speeling."
alexvlk 3 years ago
Praise God.
Thanks for sharing.
God bless †
benaggreyfynn 3 years ago
This song is a great reminder of the choral might of the Christian church of yesteryear. The a cappella third verse is simply glorious in this performance, due largely to the boy soprano floating the high notes sans vibrato. I love listening to these old hymns for their rich texts, something lacking a bit in today's contemporary style.
mweiss1983 3 years ago 4
Thanks for posting this.
A bit silly that some of you thought that the technical glitch actually meant something ironic or political. It was half a sentence, taken out of context, accidentally placed in the middle of a beautiful hymn. Come on guys. Let's be a little more bright, and a little less cynical.
Bless all.
Ian
jocorbian 3 years ago
Thanks for posting this song. GOD BLESS.RAMESH
rameshthangaraj 3 years ago