Be Still My Soul

Spiritual revivals throughout history have always been accompanied by an outburst of new song. This was especially true of the 16th century reformation movement when, following centuries of dormancy during the Middle Ages , congregational singing was rediscovered. However, by the 17th century the church was once more cold and non-evangelistic. Again God lit the fires of revival in the latter half of that century with a movement known as the Pietistic Revival in Germany, which was similar to the Puritan and Wesleyan movements in England. The Pietistic movement also gave birth to many rich German hymns, one of which is "Be Still My Soul". - Osbeck, K. W. (1990). Amazing grace : 366 inspiring hymn stories for daily devotions.

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[newberea]

Yes, the arrangement is quite difficult to sing with. It may help if you familiarize with the arrangement first so that you can catch the sudden changes of tempo in some places.

[richarrrdj]

Fantastic pictures to go with this great historic Christian song of faith & hope.

[flameon7777]

I like the first verse, but the second gets hard to sing along to