In this post, I will be looking at hymns. Hymns
are important to a lot of Christians, and even for some liberal
Quakers, though they do not feature as a regular part of our worship.
Devotional music is important to many people of all sorts of
different faiths, bringing some beauty and profundity to the act that
the words alone somehow fails to convey. I think a lot of Christian
hymns are musically uninspired, personally, and the lyrics in many
seem awkward, even taking Christian belief as a given. Some, however,
I can see that beauty in, even if I can't sing them wholeheartedly
myself due to the words not having that significance for me.
There are some hymns, however, that speak to me
beyond the surface of their words, and in this post, I'll be looking
at one of them. Despite it's absolutely Christ-based words, it speaks
to me with more than just its music; my failure to identify with the
literal meaning of its words doesn't stop it from somehow resonating.
I'm going to try and explore why.
