Das Loblied: The Amish hymn of praise

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Loblied the amish praise song - page 770 in the Ausbund
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Old Order Amish singing in worship. In their regular biweekly worship service most of the Old Order Amish use the Ausbund exclusively. The hymnbooks are the property of the congregation and are gathered by the oldest hymn leader after each service and carried home in a satchel-like box. For the next service he selects the hymn sung traditionally with the Scripture suitable for that season of the year. (See "Amish service manuals" in MQR 15, 1941, 26-32.) Before the next meeting he marks with a piece of bluish-gray yarn in each book the first hymn to be sung. Arriving at the home where the service is to be held, he distributes the books along the benches in the rooms where the worshipers will sit. As the time for the service approaches, each one present takes up a book and turns to the marked page. Each congregation has several hymn leaders ("Vorsänger"), who decide among themselves who is to lead each hymn. Since the hymns of the Ausbund are sung to well-known medieval or Reformation folk tunes, and the books contain no music notation, hymn leaders must learn them by ear. Very few ever are able to learn all of the twenty-one tunes used by the Amish; many can lead only six or eight with complete confidence. Because leading a hymn is the only congregational activity usually engaged in by a layman, many members chosen for the lot when a minister is to be selected have first served as hymn leaders.

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[ideologger]

Fascinating- thank you for sharing!

[mrdeleted]

@ideologger You are welcome!

[maddy6able]

This is something special that not everyone will get the chance to hear. Thank you for sharing it with us.

[mrdeleted]

@maddy6able You are welcome!

[bluntsboobsbongs]

how disrespectful

[mrdeleted]

@bluntsboobsbongs You mean your username?

[girlstorm09]

Amish people are more modern them I thought. I even seen them in a restaurant I went to 2 summers ago. There buggy was parked in the parking lot.

[AmishRumskippa]

@bluntsboobsbongs I am Amish and I think its wonderful!!!

[biggame4me]

That's only 1 of the 4 verses.

[kitiowa]

@bluntsboobsbongs filming the Amish is also incredibly disrespectful as they view it as graven images.

[CountryBoy303]

Absolutely beautiful. Thank you for sharing..I have such a profound interest and deep respect for the Amish. They are a wonderful people..I wish one could become Amish if they were not born such...It would be a great sacrifice but some people would be willing to do it.

[daffodyllady]

My hubby grew up Amish... he said the young boys would run around the church outside, and could get all the way around on the first "Oh" of this song. (This was a rare Amish settlement that had a church building.)