I Need No Mansion Here Below When Burdens Come so hard to Bear

[morriswilburn]

I find no need to choose one style of Christian music over another. I like the hymns that have been sung in the Baptist church for hundreds of years, southern gospel, some contemporary gospel, Mennonite and Amish (if in a language I know).

[bonita44343]

this is a beautiful song i had not heard it since i was a little girl... my mom would sing this song as she worked around the house and yard... THANK YOU for sharing!!!!!!!!!

[3abnpublishing]

Does anyone know the songwriter (lyricist) and composer of this song?

[pnchbg]

I like this song!!! We sing aquapella all the time!!! lots of fun

[libertylovinamerican]

btw, I'm a Baptist and a Southern Gospel listener and I have never heard this song. It is an interesting question, I would like to know too.

[libertylovinamerican]

In the Amish church, to my knowlege, this wouldn't be sung rather the old german hymns. They do however sing "gospel songs" in homes, at gathering and refer to them as "fast songs". I believe the music type you are referring to is Southern Gospel.

[ServusGrueziHallo]

This video surprises me. This is like Baptist music. Stamps and Baxter and all that. But aren't these Mennonites or Amish? I though they worshipped in German and sang old hymns from Germany, Austria, or Switzerland. Oh well, I gues they "Americanized".

[goodlilmennonitekid]

Hey you got it these are mennonites. But within the name "mennonite" is a huge difference in churches, you have anything from extremely strict to liberal churches.This would be a plainer church. Um the amish still worship in german and sing traditional martyr hymns. but in general most of our (mennonite) worship is in english and with four part harmony. The transistion from german to english began in the early 1900's and believe it or not split many churches.

[ServusGrueziHallo]

I see. Well, I was surprised, and I must say also disappointed that they no longer sing their German hymns, and have replaced them with American gospel music that I always heard Baptists sing around here.

[ServusGrueziHallo]

The same has happened in the Lutheran church. At my uncle's funeral a couple of years ago, all the hymns were Baptist. "Old Rugged Cross", "How Great Thou Art", "Amazing Grace". There was not one traditional Lutheran hymn sung, and I was sorely disappointed. I find it unfortunate that the rest of us don't keep up our heritage the way the Mexicans do.

[goodlilmennonitekid]

Oh but some churches still sing their german for sake of heritage. But It was getting to the point (as it currently is in the amish circles) where the german in not being understood and people were not able to understand them any longer. Ps The baptist can actually trace some of their roots to the Anabaptist movement. The mennonites/amish are descendants of the anabaptist. So technically mennonites and baptist are like cousins :)

[goodlilmennonitekid]

I like this song. We sing it at church. Acapella of course ;)