Hymns...Old & New, Vol. 1 (Old tunes--New lyrics / New tunes--Old lyrics) This title indicates there are "old" hymns with "new" lyrics and some "new" tunes set to "old" lyrics. In this collection, there are 25 hymns with 16 original hymns, 2 arrangements of hymns, "Blessed Assurance" and "The Star-Spangled Banner", 2 new hymn tunes to "old" lyrics, "Love Lifted Me" and "Softly and Tenderly", and 5 "new" lyrics to "old" tunes, "Hymn for the Homeless" (PASSION CHORALE), "Serving, Growing, Reaching" (ELLACOMBE), "The Arms of Grace" (American Folk Song), "The Basin and the Towel" (PASSION CHORALE), and "With Hearts and Hands" (OLD 100th, Doxology).
I hope you enjoy singing these great hymns and internalize the spiritual turths that each hymn offers. You can view and listen to many of these hymns at: http://members.sibeliusmusic.com/tomeggleston
Contents include: A Table Blessing That All Peoples May Know Him Blessed Assurance The Arms of Grace Calvary's Cross The Basin and the Towel Christ Has No Hands but Our Hands The Christ of Christmas Don't Go Away Without Jesus The Colors of Christmas He First Loved Us The Colors of Easter Hope Was Born That Night The Lord of Music Hymn for the Homeless The Star-Spangled Banner In the Singing We Hear the Homeless Crying Jesus, My Lord We Want to Tell the World Love Lifted Me What Will You Do With This Jesus? Serving, Growing, Reaching With Hearts and Hands Softly and Tenderly
