Love this - stunning - but it's missing two verses: In simple trust like theirs who heard, Beside the Syrian sea, The gracious calling of the Lord, Let us, like them, without a word, Rise up and follow Thee. O Sabbath rest by Galilee, O calm of hills above, Where Jesus knelt to share with Thee The silence of eternity, Interpreted by love!
@boltonwandererskings I don't say this very often but I COMPLETELY DISAGREE with you about this tune, it is beautiful. I have just looked up the tune "rest" and it doesn't do anything, I would say it is one of the most boring tunes I have ever come across, no wonder it is never used.
@goodchappy Yes I agree with you, some people have unimaginably bad taste in music, I think there must be something fundamentally wrong with anyone who does not like this tune.
It's the wonderful melody and harmony of Parry's Repton that make this hymn so special. The choir of Westminster Abbey are also wonderful. Deeply moving.
The hymn is beautiful, but do these people know what they are singing about? Do they know what their "rightful mind" is to which they ask to be restored? The rightful Mind is Love infinite and forever operating, which is not the human mind which creates all the errors which they sing to be forgiven, but the heavenly Mind of which they have no clue. But Jesus had more than just a clue. And all the pretty music in the world cannot compensate for its absence in the mentation of a fool race.
So profoundly moving. If you sing this in times of distress and confusion, it miraculously holds you steady. It's a pure embodiment and vibration of love.
I'm an Athiest, but can still appreciate the beauty of a lovely old hymn like this.
I used to sing it in school assemblys, and was also blown away by it's brilliant use during the Dunkirk scene in the movie Atonement.. Wonderful stuff .
elgar34, just for info. Whittier an american quaker of european ancestry no doubt. Quakers: The roots of this movement lie in mid-17th century English dissenters;
I was referring to the video performance. The music, of course, is taken from Parry's oratorio Judith, where it is sung to 'Long since in Egypt's plenteous land'. Didn't think you were going to get me on that, did you? ;) ;)
Of course in the US, Whittier's words are usually sung to Frederick Maker's tune 'Rest'.
elgar34, just for info. Whittier an american quaker of european ancestry no doubt. Quakers: The roots of this movement lie in mid-17th century English dissenters; just for info...
@elgar34 yeah, too bad it doesnt make up for the dead people from the church's witch hunts, reformation, blasphemy trials, torture and murders of non believers, so called "witches" and other innocent people.
@TheMightyBlighty they didnt KNOW BETTER then??? they overlooked the "thou shalt not KILL" part and went for the "suffer not a witch to live" and "stone to DEATH the child who curseth their parents" eh?
Totally sickening, I can cite the written HISTORY and court documents. Y'all try to make up for hundreds of years of death, mayhem, subversion, slavery and worse with a few hail mary's and some hymns and think all's well now, some of us DONT FORGET the SICK history of the church!
@TheMightyBlighty the SAME country who invaded many others and then forced conversions, doesnt matter what brand of church you want to call yourselves- you are as guilty as the rest of them.
@TheMightyBlighty Australia was used for a British PENAL colony for one thing. the english INVADED scotland.
burning of Washington in 1814 by British troops. British invasions of the Río de la Plata were a series of unsuccessful British attempts to seize control of the Spanish colonies.
a significant number of forced conversions of British captives between 1780 and 1784
@TheMightyBlighty receiving from King Charles a monopoly of the trade to supply slaves to the British colonies of the Caribbean. From the outset, slavery was the basis of the British Empire in the West Indies. Until the abolition of the slave trade in 1807, Britain was responsible for the transportation of 3.5 million African slaves to the Americas. The trade was extremely profitable, and became a major economic mainstay for such western British cities as Bristol and Liverpool
@TheMightyBlighty LOL well honey, if you BEND OVER you may find something hard coming your way!
Maybe you need a head doctor to get over the psychosis you have- you think you hear voices and believe in an invisible god and worship it, that's a sign of a serious psychological deficit- they put people in the mental hospital for believing in little invisible green men and things, you should be there too!
My church is old style Anglican. No trash instruments there... We have a Schontz organ thank you very much. The first time a guitar, bongo drum, piano, or tamborine enters into the picture, I will be gone.
But isn't there room for all types of music to be used in worship? Of course it should always be there to praise God, not to "entertain" the congregation.
The Salvation Army are well known for their tamborine playing, and they do fantastic work with the homeless!
I do want to apologise for my last reply to your comment, it was rather rude and didn't convey what I was really trying to say. Sorry.
Musical worship is an issue of the heart, not an issue of which instruments and styles are superior. I think when we fight about things like this we miss the point; it becomes less about Him and more about our personal/cultural preferences and opinions.
I looked at your page and saw that you had some (really beautiful) songs by Kirk Franklin. I'm curious to know where you draw the line with what you consider mediocrity/trash instruments.
Thanks for your comments. I'm with you--you may wish to view my comment which I just posted. One of the many problems with most contemporary "praise" music is that it's not true congregational singing. It's usually a "praise team" up front showing off. And you're right--they're usually very mediocre in their abilities as well as the quality of the "music."
My original comment, which failed to post, I will make again. That is, that this is a sublime example of hymn-singing at its best. The music is pure and glorious, the text divinely inspiring. The congregation sings as one. Transcendence is experienced by all--we are with God, and God is with us. If this is what heaven is like, take me there!!
@foxhoundlady : I wish Baptist churches in my city had stayed away from the drums, bongo drum etc...these disgusts me and destroys the beauty of worship.
@foxhoundlady Organs were new to churches once, and vehemently opposed by traditionalists. It took nearly a thousand years for them to be sufficiently rehabilitated from their use in the gladiatorial arenas. How neat an irony, that the instrument which once accompanied the public execution of Christians found a place at the heart of Christian worship. Don't blame the instruments; blame the musicians.
I am an ELCA Lutheran from South Carolina. I play the piano and organ. Today (July 12), I played this for Sunday School Assembly. However, it was to the tune, REST, composed by Frederick C. Maker. He also composed the tune ST. CHRISTOPHER. Just thought I'd share.
I always sang it that way (it was the tune the Southern Baptist hymnals always used). Then I sang it to this tune at Evensong at Christ Church, Oxford. I heard it anew then . . .
I much prefer the Frederick Maker tune "Rest" this hymn is set to in America. It is as stunningly simple and pure as the words are and seems to me a much better fit. I'm sure someone has said this, but the long poem these words are excerpted from ("Soma" by John Greenleaf Whittier) will stun you. I'm sure it can be read on the web.
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Why on earth would a creep like you be watching something as celestial as this video? Probably looking for Cannibal Corpse but didn't know how to spell it.
Parry's coronation anthem " I Was Glad" approaches, equals, and in a few instances, surpasses Elgar. ( I will tentatively place "Nimrod" on an insurmountable pedestal....)
901cleo is right. If we in the modern church could ever get a tiny glimpse of the glory we have lost because we have tried to be like the world in our music, it would drive us to our knees in repentance.
one of my favourite hymns,remember a few years ago when I was singing for a wedding at Castle Ashby,there was a big thunderstorm going on with lightning and heavy rain.Then during the last verse of this hymn singing 'speak through the earthquake,wind&fire' a series of massive lightning bolts strike right next to the church scaring the life out of us&giving new insight into the text!Then almost that instant the rain and lightening stops as we sang '& still small voice of calm' a very weird moment
Oh, but, I should say... it's best when the congregation manages to realise that you should take a breath after "dumb". So hard to get everyone singing spacing right.
But you should NOT take a breath at the same time; that's the whole point. A good choir has everyone breathing at a different time, so you get a continuous flow and it sounds like no one is breathing at all.
How could anyone find this frozen? I find it one of just a very few hymns that never fails to move me very powerfully when I sing it in church, and I usually think that's a feeling I share with the congregation whether very young or very old. My favorite line, the real build-up for me, where I'm always overwhelmed, is "let sense be dumb, let flesh retire".
Schade, in Deutschland gibt es nicht viele so ergreifende Lieder Gesangbuch, das englische hingegen ist voll davon. Ich denke, ich werde umziehen müssen... ;-)
This hymn never fails to grip my heart, and bring me to tears. I have seen comments about this calling the people singing it The Frozen Chosen. People find God in different musical and liturgical styles. We are not frozen at all. We are passionate about our Creator and the music we sing. Parry, and Whittier were amazing men.
great hymn. we bless God for the inspiration given to those who compose this hymns to worship Him in truth. thanks for uploading, Notyobs. please could you post psalms either video or audio chanted by Kings choir, Cambridge. I am in dire need to listen to psalms 145 to 150 sung by this great choir. or could anyone please help. thanks & God bless.
As a cradle Episcopalian of English descent this hymn obviously resonates with me.
The words are so moving and Parry's melody so apt. It's especially apropos during Lent.
If you love this hymn you should watch the film "Atonement". The signature scene is the Beach at Dunkirk, shot in one continuous take with a steady-cam which slowly encircles a pergola in which some British soldiers are singing this hymn as all the Horrors of Dunkirk surround them.
Ahh, the wonderful combination of John Greenleaf Whittier, and Hubert Hastings Parry. I know that the pentecostals and so called born agains call us the frozen chosen, but I defy you not to find the spirit of God in this beautiful, peaceful, and serene music. The organist is so skillful and sensitive to the text. We do hear the earthquake, wind, and fire, and the still small voice of calm. The choirboys have such pure voices. Now this is worship.
I was raised in a pentecostal denomination, but left it years ago. I am now an Episcopalian! I have never experienced such sacred worship as what I have during Holy Communion in the Episcopal Church. The music touches me in ways that I never experienced in the pentecostal church. I loved you comment!!
Anyone interested in the original version of this tune should hear it as 'Long since in Egypt's pleasant land' from the oratorio Judith. There is a lovely version on Winchester Cathedral Choir's 'I was glad' CD on ARGO.
wish someone could post parry's HEAR MY WORDS YE PEOPLE; its a masterpiece particularly when the tenor/bass does his baroque solo concluding with the magnificent hymn
Glory be to The Father, glory be to The Son, Jesus, and glory be to The Holy Spirit, The paraclete. Amen. Blessed be The Holy Trinity, One God forever and ever. Amen.
Despite its Quaker writer's stance against the pomp and march and liturgy in the church catholic, the hymn is not respected in traditional churches which keep the more serene and calm space of worship. Love its inspring lyrics telling of Jesus and Isiah and more, and of course Parry's lovely tune set to the hymn.
Just listen to the skill of the Organist though. As she/he gets to the last sentence of the song he/she reduces the registration, retards the tempo and so skillfully steers the congregation through the text. A master of her/his craft.
Even the Christian Scientists understand the glory of this music. It's #50 in their hymnal! They know quite a bit about Atonement and Eucharist -inside joke- but alas, on page 56 of their textbook it gets into "Marriage". What a concept...
Being a life long Episcopalian/Anglican, I wholeheartedly agree. There is a world of untapped potential in the 1940 Hymnal especially. We are still using the 1940 at my church and I have always said, no one does church music like the Anglicans/Episcopalians.
anglicans can do church music very well, but nowadays it's potential is only tapped in abbey's/cathedrals. your local church will have pianos and electric guitars and drums and all manner of rubbish music.
Though I personally love this type of Christian music, it ostracizes many potential worshipers- especially youth- and the "rock band" style of worship brings in people who might otherwise not have come. How can we condemn something that brings people to Jesus?
your view is shared by many church officials, however i disagree strongly with it. i would say that "rock band" worship ostracizes more young persons than it brings in; an active attempt to be 'cool' will invariably fail, and more and more people are entering evensong _just_ to listen to the music. hence returning to latin mass, chants etc. would, in my opinion, bring in more people and make us happy.
further, let them have their rock band, but not at the total expense of decent music...
Utterly magisterial. My beloved C of E. Thanks, cnmmnc8852 for your comment. You are a brave one to be so honest... and so accurate. Cheers my friend.
In addition, look at a half dozen other parts. Strong leadership eg. choir and organist leading as one entity/voice, hymn and text decidedly NOT of the 'soft-rock' persusion, congregation knows it's time to get up on their hind-feet and sing, not stare off into space/blab on their hellish cell phones/text message. Notice too, the race of 99+% of the congregation, 100% of the choir, political 'correctness' be damned, it makes a difference. The Hymnal 1940 and 1982 has hundreds of decent hymns.
It has always been a favourite hymn and I was reminded of it when I saw Atonement. The words were so appropriate for those men at Dunkirk: Drop Thy still dews of quietness, Till all our strivings cease; Take from our souls the strain and stress, And let our ordered lives confess The beauty of Thy peace. Breathe through the heats of our desire Thy coolness and Thy balm; Let sense be dumb, let flesh retire; Speak through the earthquake, wind, and fire, O still, small voice of calm.
Notyobs is right. This hymn is best understood in the larger context of that poem "The Brewing of Soma" by J. G. Whittier. The poem itself is about worship.
Those who are criticizing the "frozen chosen" are especially encouraged to read that poem. It speaks well to the neo-Pentecostal idea that worship is not really worship until someone goes into a trance, falls on the floor, or is somehow otherwise taken from his sensibilities.
Dear Lord and Father of mankind, Forgive our foolish ways!
Amen. I sat for years in the congregation of Dr.W.A. Criswell's First Baptist/Dallas. You could have heard a pin drop for 45-60 minutes as he preached straight thru the Bible, and every time I hear the term "frozen chosen" I think of the utterly rapt attention, often tears, on the faces of those ~7000 listeners.
Interesting observation. I wonder if it has something to do with having a culture where the ability to sing beautifully is appreciated. It seems that as trashy music takes over in a culture, the ability to appreciate (and therefore strive for) vocal beauty is diminished.
It will be interesting to compare hymn singing today with what it will be 50 years from now.
I totally agree. Anyone who loves this hymn must see the new movie Atonement starring James MacAvoy and Keira Knightley. It's used memorably on the soundtrack in a jaw-droppingly shot scene set during the 1940 Dunkirk evacuation.
@jdfrusher Yes it's in the elegy for Dunkirk sequence in the film "Atonement". I watched it in a hotel bedroom in New York with the hubbub of Manhattan below, but it still brought a lump to my throat!
To the uploader comments above: it's also base on an Vedic tradition: brewing of Soma.
It's a gift of history, more like.
Oh, P.S.: like if the Dunkirk scene of Atonement brought you to search this :3
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ravenwolf68 4 months ago
This is a dirge but there is a better tune (Rest)
boltonwandererskings 5 months ago
@boltonwandererskings I don't say this very often but I COMPLETELY DISAGREE with you about this tune, it is beautiful. I have just looked up the tune "rest" and it doesn't do anything, I would say it is one of the most boring tunes I have ever come across, no wonder it is never used.
goodchappy 4 months ago
@goodchappy AND I TOTALLY DISAGREE WITH YOU. REPTON SHOULD BE CONFINED TO THE WASTEBIN
boltonwandererskings 4 months ago
@goodchappy Yes I agree with you, some people have unimaginably bad taste in music, I think there must be something fundamentally wrong with anyone who does not like this tune.
Organexaminer 4 months ago
The words were written by a Quaker
felicciasc 5 months ago
@felicciasc ...so?
contratromba858 5 months ago
When was this recorded? Were you a choir boy notyobs?
alonelychild 8 months ago
It's the wonderful melody and harmony of Parry's Repton that make this hymn so special. The choir of Westminster Abbey are also wonderful. Deeply moving.
grebochess 11 months ago
The hymn is beautiful, but do these people know what they are singing about? Do they know what their "rightful mind" is to which they ask to be restored? The rightful Mind is Love infinite and forever operating, which is not the human mind which creates all the errors which they sing to be forgiven, but the heavenly Mind of which they have no clue. But Jesus had more than just a clue. And all the pretty music in the world cannot compensate for its absence in the mentation of a fool race.
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TheMightyBlighty 11 months ago
So profoundly moving. If you sing this in times of distress and confusion, it miraculously holds you steady. It's a pure embodiment and vibration of love.
SuperAntisocialite 1 year ago
One needn't be religious to enjoy art and beauty...
dorisboy52 1 year ago 2
good times!
barelyapianist 1 year ago
This is my favourite hymn! It's so lovely. Thank you for posting it.
Morgana0x 1 year ago
im not religious at all, but this song is beautiful.
thepointinmyheart 1 year ago 2
Traditional English hymn . Beautiful .
bhoyjack 1 year ago 2
I'm so happy someone posted this beautiful hymn on YT so we can all enjoy it!! Thanks!
And how wonderful to see the choir and congregation at Westminster.
duval14 1 year ago 3
I'm an Athiest, but can still appreciate the beauty of a lovely old hymn like this.
I used to sing it in school assemblys, and was also blown away by it's brilliant use during the Dunkirk scene in the movie Atonement.. Wonderful stuff .
RicardosRealm 1 year ago 5
elgar34, just for info. Whittier an american quaker of european ancestry no doubt. Quakers: The roots of this movement lie in mid-17th century English dissenters;
discoheatDan 1 year ago
Beautiful! Used to sing this at school assembly in high school
rowenah14 1 year ago
the flute band am in plays this
its amazing
darrendoc100 1 year ago
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gished100 2 years ago
wee glorious n HOLY HYM I LoVE THIS ONE
zam4ex 2 years ago 2
The boys are adorable.
elgar34 2 years ago 6
@elgar34 : When they are not sly. Sinful beings we all are irrespective of age.
3NUNS 2 years ago
@3NUNS live and let live
3tangle3 2 years ago
This video is the ultimate Anglican gift to the world.
elgar34 2 years ago 7
Just for info, the words are taken from a poem written by an American Quaker.
notyobs 2 years ago 5
I was referring to the video performance. The music, of course, is taken from Parry's oratorio Judith, where it is sung to 'Long since in Egypt's plenteous land'. Didn't think you were going to get me on that, did you? ;) ;)
Of course in the US, Whittier's words are usually sung to Frederick Maker's tune 'Rest'.
elgar34 2 years ago
@notyobs
elgar34, just for info. Whittier an american quaker of european ancestry no doubt. Quakers: The roots of this movement lie in mid-17th century English dissenters; just for info...
discoheatDan 1 year ago
yup but turned into a hymn by repton, a British public school
tallyhoxxpims 1 year ago
@notyobs ("The Brewing of Soma" [1872] by John Greenleaf Whittier)
EisegeticsInstitute 1 year ago
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@elgar34 yeah, too bad it doesnt make up for the dead people from the church's witch hunts, reformation, blasphemy trials, torture and murders of non believers, so called "witches" and other innocent people.
doggiejigs 11 months ago
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TheMightyBlighty 11 months ago
@TheMightyBlighty they didnt KNOW BETTER then??? they overlooked the "thou shalt not KILL" part and went for the "suffer not a witch to live" and "stone to DEATH the child who curseth their parents" eh?
Totally sickening, I can cite the written HISTORY and court documents. Y'all try to make up for hundreds of years of death, mayhem, subversion, slavery and worse with a few hail mary's and some hymns and think all's well now, some of us DONT FORGET the SICK history of the church!
doggiejigs 11 months ago
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TheMightyBlighty 11 months ago
@TheMightyBlighty the SAME country who invaded many others and then forced conversions, doesnt matter what brand of church you want to call yourselves- you are as guilty as the rest of them.
doggiejigs 11 months ago
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TheMightyBlighty 11 months ago
@TheMightyBlighty Australia was used for a British PENAL colony for one thing. the english INVADED scotland.
burning of Washington in 1814 by British troops. British invasions of the Río de la Plata were a series of unsuccessful British attempts to seize control of the Spanish colonies.
a significant number of forced conversions of British captives between 1780 and 1784
doggiejigs 11 months ago
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TheMightyBlighty 11 months ago
@TheMightyBlighty receiving from King Charles a monopoly of the trade to supply slaves to the British colonies of the Caribbean. From the outset, slavery was the basis of the British Empire in the West Indies. Until the abolition of the slave trade in 1807, Britain was responsible for the transportation of 3.5 million African slaves to the Americas. The trade was extremely profitable, and became a major economic mainstay for such western British cities as Bristol and Liverpool
doggiejigs 11 months ago
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TheMightyBlighty 11 months ago
@TheMightyBlighty LOL well honey, if you BEND OVER you may find something hard coming your way!
Maybe you need a head doctor to get over the psychosis you have- you think you hear voices and believe in an invisible god and worship it, that's a sign of a serious psychological deficit- they put people in the mental hospital for believing in little invisible green men and things, you should be there too!
doggiejigs 11 months ago
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TheMightyBlighty 11 months ago
@TheMightyBlighty Looks like YOU are the one doing the blathering in here not me, I cite the facts, you recite crap.
doggiejigs 11 months ago
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TheMightyBlighty 11 months ago
@doggiejigs You are an anti English racist!
grebochess 11 months ago
when was this video made?
jmknap 2 years ago
thanks for posting that nice video..
khalvanodxb 2 years ago
I love Vaughan Williams' work. But is it the singer or the song??
corksand 2 years ago
Not Vaughan Williams. It's Parry.
villageorganist 2 years ago
Yes my friend this is just beautiful, indeed !!!!
GDSaved 2 years ago
I have not heard anything come close to Repton.....a masterpiece..then and forever
repmar 2 years ago 3
My church is old style Anglican. No trash instruments there... We have a Schontz organ thank you very much. The first time a guitar, bongo drum, piano, or tamborine enters into the picture, I will be gone.
foxhoundlady 2 years ago 6
please don't go, rather, complain. otherwise those fools will get their way and foul music will permeate everywhere.
sirinferno 2 years ago
Congratulations on your lack of understanding!
30DFlickbook 2 years ago
Oh I understand perfectly... I am not interested in church music that sounds like it needs to be played at a coffee house or jazz club.
Old style Anglican music is just what it should be. Elegant, well written, and surpasses decent... take your mediocrity and go elsewhere.
foxhoundlady 2 years ago 6
But isn't there room for all types of music to be used in worship? Of course it should always be there to praise God, not to "entertain" the congregation.
The Salvation Army are well known for their tamborine playing, and they do fantastic work with the homeless!
I do want to apologise for my last reply to your comment, it was rather rude and didn't convey what I was really trying to say. Sorry.
30DFlickbook 2 years ago 4
Musical worship is an issue of the heart, not an issue of which instruments and styles are superior. I think when we fight about things like this we miss the point; it becomes less about Him and more about our personal/cultural preferences and opinions.
I looked at your page and saw that you had some (really beautiful) songs by Kirk Franklin. I'm curious to know where you draw the line with what you consider mediocrity/trash instruments.
lauralc14 2 years ago
(The second paragraph is specifically for foxhoundlady)
lauralc14 2 years ago
Thanks for your comments. I'm with you--you may wish to view my comment which I just posted. One of the many problems with most contemporary "praise" music is that it's not true congregational singing. It's usually a "praise team" up front showing off. And you're right--they're usually very mediocre in their abilities as well as the quality of the "music."
Thanks again,
Nora
ngilotti 2 years ago
My original comment, which failed to post, I will make again. That is, that this is a sublime example of hymn-singing at its best. The music is pure and glorious, the text divinely inspiring. The congregation sings as one. Transcendence is experienced by all--we are with God, and God is with us. If this is what heaven is like, take me there!!
ngilotti 2 years ago 13
@ngilotti Truly wonderful!
tonyleeson1 8 months ago
@foxhoundlady : I wish Baptist churches in my city had stayed away from the drums, bongo drum etc...these disgusts me and destroys the beauty of worship.
jantigercat 1 year ago 5
@foxhoundlady Just so long as you know that you won't 'be gone' from the building, or the people, but from the encounters with God.
rgeogllo1 1 year ago
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EisegeticsInstitute 1 year ago
@foxhoundlady Organs were new to churches once, and vehemently opposed by traditionalists. It took nearly a thousand years for them to be sufficiently rehabilitated from their use in the gladiatorial arenas. How neat an irony, that the instrument which once accompanied the public execution of Christians found a place at the heart of Christian worship. Don't blame the instruments; blame the musicians.
EisegeticsInstitute 1 year ago
I am an ELCA Lutheran from South Carolina. I play the piano and organ. Today (July 12), I played this for Sunday School Assembly. However, it was to the tune, REST, composed by Frederick C. Maker. He also composed the tune ST. CHRISTOPHER. Just thought I'd share.
mkl62 2 years ago 2
Yes I also like the tune "Rest" for this hymn. That's how I originally learnt it.
oceanmaid 2 years ago
I always sang it that way (it was the tune the Southern Baptist hymnals always used). Then I sang it to this tune at Evensong at Christ Church, Oxford. I heard it anew then . . .
85mello07 2 years ago
I love this one so much
augustusgl 2 years ago 2
I much prefer the Frederick Maker tune "Rest" this hymn is set to in America. It is as stunningly simple and pure as the words are and seems to me a much better fit. I'm sure someone has said this, but the long poem these words are excerpted from ("Soma" by John Greenleaf Whittier) will stun you. I'm sure it can be read on the web.
MiddleDeeping 2 years ago
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Keep your opinion to yourself.
Retard Noob.
boltonbrowne 2 years ago
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Why on earth would a creep like you be watching something as celestial as this video? Probably looking for Cannibal Corpse but didn't know how to spell it.
MiddleDeeping 2 years ago
Boltonbrowne, Shut up you fool!
30DFlickbook 2 years ago
I'm not familiar with the tune you refer to. Is it on YouTube ? Can you send it to me ? Or perhaps it's in the Episcopal Hymnal ???
Either way, I respectfully disagree with you. I find this tune sublime !
anglicansag 2 years ago 3
You can't fix what isnt broken, this is sublime.
MegaBrits 2 years ago 5
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And the (all white) boys are so cute.
elgar34 2 years ago
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lol@these little fags
FrenchKnightofLouis 2 years ago
This is one of the finest hymns ever written.
coyoacan73 2 years ago 3
Truer words were never spoken.
Have you seen Atonement ? (the film..) A glorious scene in which this hymn takes center stage.
Glorious.
anglicansag 2 years ago 5
I love this in 'Atonement'.
AlliWalker 2 years ago 39
@AlliWalker makes me cry every time!
2ati3 10 months ago
This song is very good~!
12cyworld 2 years ago
But its a hymn, isn't it?
stafylides 2 years ago
My favourite song..i feel calm and repented for my sins when i hear this song.
Jenniferliman 2 years ago 4
i love this song :)
02jana02 2 years ago
If you have the last versjon of real player you can download to a real player file on my documents and from there you can get it over to your Ipod
magnar52 2 years ago
I notice something verry interesting that has to do with this hymn if you listen carefully about a minute in to this clip:
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ascendtofall 2 years ago
Can someone help me to find out where to download this song in Ipod? Thanks
papylucien 2 years ago
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magnar52 2 years ago
Forget Purcell, forget Elgar... Parry should be recognised as England's greatest composer.
RoninofRamen 2 years ago
Besides 'Repton', what work of Parry approaches Elgar?
elgar34 2 years ago
Parry's coronation anthem " I Was Glad" approaches, equals, and in a few instances, surpasses Elgar. ( I will tentatively place "Nimrod" on an insurmountable pedestal....)
Respectfully.
anglicansag 2 years ago
to elgar 34
i was glad
the songs of farewell
ode to music
dermie12 2 years ago
Not to mention Blest pair of Sirens or the 3rd symphony. And in addition to Repton, Engelberg and Rustington are also fine hymn tunes.
elgar34 2 years ago
Anyone who likes "praise bands" in church should see this to learn how it should be done.
901cleo 2 years ago
901cleo is right. If we in the modern church could ever get a tiny glimpse of the glory we have lost because we have tried to be like the world in our music, it would drive us to our knees in repentance.
AmosPressley 2 years ago
Amen to that!
oceanmaid 2 years ago
i'm a lvl 80 wow mage and i relate to manna :o)
sweetypie000 3 years ago
A beautiful hymn which brings be closer to God every time I hear or sing it.
coyoacan73 3 years ago
one of my favourite hymns,remember a few years ago when I was singing for a wedding at Castle Ashby,there was a big thunderstorm going on with lightning and heavy rain.Then during the last verse of this hymn singing 'speak through the earthquake,wind&fire' a series of massive lightning bolts strike right next to the church scaring the life out of us&giving new insight into the text!Then almost that instant the rain and lightening stops as we sang '& still small voice of calm' a very weird moment
gazapc 3 years ago 4
A masterclass on hymn writing...As for Repton....stunning
repmar 3 years ago 5
Oh, but, I should say... it's best when the congregation manages to realise that you should take a breath after "dumb". So hard to get everyone singing spacing right.
scotteri84 3 years ago
But you should NOT take a breath at the same time; that's the whole point. A good choir has everyone breathing at a different time, so you get a continuous flow and it sounds like no one is breathing at all.
Chocolateluvr1987 3 years ago 5
How could anyone find this frozen? I find it one of just a very few hymns that never fails to move me very powerfully when I sing it in church, and I usually think that's a feeling I share with the congregation whether very young or very old. My favorite line, the real build-up for me, where I'm always overwhelmed, is "let sense be dumb, let flesh retire".
scotteri84 3 years ago 3
That last verse says it all, doesn't it?
alexvlk 3 years ago
The powerful lyrics, the graceful music, the immense sentiment. Wow
elevenmystics 3 years ago 4
That note at 1.52 when the trebles sing the word "beauty" just soars and rings. It grips my heart. Thanks for posting this wonderful hymn.
drwestbury 3 years ago
Schade, in Deutschland gibt es nicht viele so ergreifende Lieder Gesangbuch, das englische hingegen ist voll davon. Ich denke, ich werde umziehen müssen... ;-)
maatrose 3 years ago
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elpadrevicente 3 years ago
Ocean3da and bhoyjack are horrid and WRONG.
Glorious Hymn, this. Glorious in its' Theology.
Glorious in its' Sentiment.
Glorious in its' Esthetics.
Glorious Indeed !!!
Poor Pathetic souls may disagree............
WE Glory in our JOY !!!
anglicansag 3 years ago
i love this song.
singingsastress 3 years ago
This hymn never fails to grip my heart, and bring me to tears. I have seen comments about this calling the people singing it The Frozen Chosen. People find God in different musical and liturgical styles. We are not frozen at all. We are passionate about our Creator and the music we sing. Parry, and Whittier were amazing men.
pgnorgan 3 years ago 2
great hymn. we bless God for the inspiration given to those who compose this hymns to worship Him in truth. thanks for uploading, Notyobs. please could you post psalms either video or audio chanted by Kings choir, Cambridge. I am in dire need to listen to psalms 145 to 150 sung by this great choir. or could anyone please help. thanks & God bless.
gbolagun 3 years ago
My favourite hymn of all times and I want it sung at my funeral... (not for a while yet, though :)..)
QuackingPenguin 3 years ago 3
As a cradle Episcopalian of English descent this hymn obviously resonates with me.
The words are so moving and Parry's melody so apt. It's especially apropos during Lent.
If you love this hymn you should watch the film "Atonement". The signature scene is the Beach at Dunkirk, shot in one continuous take with a steady-cam which slowly encircles a pergola in which some British soldiers are singing this hymn as all the Horrors of Dunkirk surround them.
You can't believe the CHILLS you will feel
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gabe050 3 years ago
Ahh, the wonderful combination of John Greenleaf Whittier, and Hubert Hastings Parry. I know that the pentecostals and so called born agains call us the frozen chosen, but I defy you not to find the spirit of God in this beautiful, peaceful, and serene music. The organist is so skillful and sensitive to the text. We do hear the earthquake, wind, and fire, and the still small voice of calm. The choirboys have such pure voices. Now this is worship.
pgnorgan 3 years ago 2
I was raised in a pentecostal denomination, but left it years ago. I am now an Episcopalian! I have never experienced such sacred worship as what I have during Holy Communion in the Episcopal Church. The music touches me in ways that I never experienced in the pentecostal church. I loved you comment!!
nashvilledisco 3 years ago
check out the kid with glasses at 1.58 haha face for radio =]
but nice song (:
clsteele 3 years ago
Anyone interested in the original version of this tune should hear it as 'Long since in Egypt's pleasant land' from the oratorio Judith. There is a lovely version on Winchester Cathedral Choir's 'I was glad' CD on ARGO.
quiretenor 3 years ago
wish someone could post parry's HEAR MY WORDS YE PEOPLE; its a masterpiece particularly when the tenor/bass does his baroque solo concluding with the magnificent hymn
gaybaronet 3 years ago
Glory be to The Father, glory be to The Son, Jesus, and glory be to The Holy Spirit, The paraclete. Amen. Blessed be The Holy Trinity, One God forever and ever. Amen.
Thanks for sharing.
Welldone.
benaggreyfynn 3 years ago
One of my favourite hymns~
Despite its Quaker writer's stance against the pomp and march and liturgy in the church catholic, the hymn is not respected in traditional churches which keep the more serene and calm space of worship. Love its inspring lyrics telling of Jesus and Isiah and more, and of course Parry's lovely tune set to the hymn.
scholarmark 3 years ago
Oh a typing mistake. I meant 'the hymn is NOW respected in...'
scholarmark 3 years ago
scholarmark, did you mean "respected", instaed of "not respected"? :)
God Bless!
frphilipmullen 3 years ago
I'm an atheist but have a great respect for religion and the greatness it can inspire. This hymn is such a beautiful composition.
BVargas78 3 years ago 25
Just listen to the skill of the Organist though. As she/he gets to the last sentence of the song he/she reduces the registration, retards the tempo and so skillfully steers the congregation through the text. A master of her/his craft.
Subass32 3 years ago 2
Beautiful - Hubert Parry's music simply sublime...
Mimameior 3 years ago
It is a great hymn. In Brazil we sing this hymn with another tune "Rest".
diegoguedesdefa 3 years ago
Even the Christian Scientists understand the glory of this music. It's #50 in their hymnal! They know quite a bit about Atonement and Eucharist -inside joke- but alas, on page 56 of their textbook it gets into "Marriage". What a concept...
elgar34 3 years ago
This hymn ha always been one of my favourites and seeing Atonement just reinforced my love for this hymn even more.
foxhoundlady 3 years ago
Being a life long Episcopalian/Anglican, I wholeheartedly agree. There is a world of untapped potential in the 1940 Hymnal especially. We are still using the 1940 at my church and I have always said, no one does church music like the Anglicans/Episcopalians.
foxhoundlady 3 years ago
anglicans can do church music very well, but nowadays it's potential is only tapped in abbey's/cathedrals. your local church will have pianos and electric guitars and drums and all manner of rubbish music.
sirinferno 2 years ago 6
Though I personally love this type of Christian music, it ostracizes many potential worshipers- especially youth- and the "rock band" style of worship brings in people who might otherwise not have come. How can we condemn something that brings people to Jesus?
nightschemer 2 years ago
your view is shared by many church officials, however i disagree strongly with it. i would say that "rock band" worship ostracizes more young persons than it brings in; an active attempt to be 'cool' will invariably fail, and more and more people are entering evensong _just_ to listen to the music. hence returning to latin mass, chants etc. would, in my opinion, bring in more people and make us happy.
further, let them have their rock band, but not at the total expense of decent music...
sirinferno 2 years ago 4
Utterly magisterial. My beloved C of E. Thanks, cnmmnc8852 for your comment. You are a brave one to be so honest... and so accurate. Cheers my friend.
elgar34 3 years ago
as a catholic i agree "this is real Church music" and its my favorite hymme
ricksuk 3 years ago
In addition, look at a half dozen other parts. Strong leadership eg. choir and organist leading as one entity/voice, hymn and text decidedly NOT of the 'soft-rock' persusion, congregation knows it's time to get up on their hind-feet and sing, not stare off into space/blab on their hellish cell phones/text message. Notice too, the race of 99+% of the congregation, 100% of the choir, political 'correctness' be damned, it makes a difference. The Hymnal 1940 and 1982 has hundreds of decent hymns.
cnmmnc8852 3 years ago 2
beautiful
xmintpoppetsx 3 years ago
me too. Tears. Beautiful.
Thanks for posting that!
dante144 3 years ago
brings tears to my eyes. what a beautiful hymn.
mlwinzies 3 years ago
chalkie88k 4 years ago 2
Wonderful words aren't they. Amazingly though, the entire hymn is actually just a small part of a much longer poem!
notyobs 4 years ago
Notyobs is right. This hymn is best understood in the larger context of that poem "The Brewing of Soma" by J. G. Whittier. The poem itself is about worship.
Those who are criticizing the "frozen chosen" are especially encouraged to read that poem. It speaks well to the neo-Pentecostal idea that worship is not really worship until someone goes into a trance, falls on the floor, or is somehow otherwise taken from his sensibilities.
Dear Lord and Father of mankind, Forgive our foolish ways!
AmosPressley 3 years ago
Amen. I sat for years in the congregation of Dr.W.A. Criswell's First Baptist/Dallas. You could have heard a pin drop for 45-60 minutes as he preached straight thru the Bible, and every time I hear the term "frozen chosen" I think of the utterly rapt attention, often tears, on the faces of those ~7000 listeners.
MiddleDeeping 2 years ago
This is one my favourite hymns. And I didn't know it until recently.
Sublime music, beautifully sung. Indeed a taste of heaven.
mhparanagua 4 years ago
a taste of heaven....
MediterraneanSmiles 4 years ago
Wasn't this in Atonement? I love it. I heard it on Aled Jones's CD, though.
fazfan 4 years ago 2
this gives me goosebumps, I love it
Sezzra1 4 years ago 5
gives me goosebumps! I love it
Sezzra1 4 years ago
When ordinary English people sing, they do it so perfectly.
Peter,Germany
maritime2 4 years ago 3
Interesting observation. I wonder if it has something to do with having a culture where the ability to sing beautifully is appreciated. It seems that as trashy music takes over in a culture, the ability to appreciate (and therefore strive for) vocal beauty is diminished.
It will be interesting to compare hymn singing today with what it will be 50 years from now.
AmosPressley 3 years ago
I'm an anglican from the Philippines
baguioode 4 years ago
another masterpiece by sir hubert parry.
jerusalem, i was glad,and this sensitive hymn.
the nobilty and humility of all his work.
a kind man, i am told and it shows.
gaybaronet 4 years ago 2
repton not parry.
gaybaronet 4 years ago
The name of the tune is Repton, composed by C.H.H. Parry
meeskin 4 years ago 2
I am a Catholic priest but had heard this on a cd one time and had to have it at my ordination......what beautiful words!!!!!
francanarsie 4 years ago 2
I'm an agnostic, and to be honest I find most hymns quite uninspiring but this one is beautiful. Really beautiful.
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righk 4 years ago
Such a great hymn you just gotta love it
GlasgowGuy2702 4 years ago 3
I totally agree. Anyone who loves this hymn must see the new movie Atonement starring James MacAvoy and Keira Knightley. It's used memorably on the soundtrack in a jaw-droppingly shot scene set during the 1940 Dunkirk evacuation.
droog69 4 years ago 3
I agree as well - I saw that film last night and the scene with this song in it was the most unbelievable scene imaginable.
jdfrusher 4 years ago 3
@jdfrusher Yes it's in the elegy for Dunkirk sequence in the film "Atonement". I watched it in a hotel bedroom in New York with the hubbub of Manhattan below, but it still brought a lump to my throat!
Cameraman61 7 months ago
The greatest hymn! Fantastic.
coyoacan88 4 years ago 4
MMMm...The traditional Anglican tune with LOTS of expression from the Organist. Lovely!
DesireeDeFete 4 years ago 3
ahh yes, by far my favourite hymn of all time. Such wonderful words. My favourite part is the last few lines "let sense be dumb, let flesh retire;
speak through the earthquake, wind, and fire,
O still, small voice of calm"
BTW when was this recored? sang in the abbey on sunday, a great place to sing.
gazapc 4 years ago 6
I was at the Abbey on sunday. Were you singing with All Saints, Northampton? If so you were tremendous.
drwestbury 4 years ago
yes im a bass choral scholar in All Saints'. Thankyou for the good comment. Which service did you go to on sunday?
gazapc 4 years ago