Through The Hymnbook

Carol Jones Saint: Welcome, welcome to the organ loft. The chimes sound so happy, and we invite you to join us for organ music entitled Through the Hymnbook. The organist is Reverend Bert Jones, who is with the Lord, and my name is Carol Jones Saint, a sister of Reverend Jones. In this edition of Through the Hymnbook, Bert is going to be using a book entitled Worship in Song. Now, isn't that an interesting title for a book? From 1930, and he starts with the great hymn, "Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah".

Guest (Male): Next, "I Need Thee Every Hour", written by Annie Hawks and Robert Lowry from 1872.

Guest (Male): It's called "Who Will Our Pilot Be". It goes back to the year 1907. Listen to these lovely words as I read them to you: "We sail along toward the harbor light over the great life's sea; The breakers roar and the waves dash high; Who will our pilot be?" And then the chorus comes back with the beautiful reply: "Oh, Christ will our pilot be; A wonderful guide is He; So we'll sail, sail, sail; And Christ will our pilot be."

Carol Jones Saint: Yes, you're enjoying that special time we call Through the Hymnbook. It's such a joy to have you in the organ loft, and we know you're going to be enjoying these special songs that are being presented by Reverend Bert Jones. Remember that this book that he's playing from, Worship in Song, is from 1930, so that's going to be going back quite a ways.

I would like to just mention that if you would like to be in contact with us, you can write either Post Office Box 575, Erie, Pennsylvania, and the zip code is 16512. The title of the program is Through the Hymnbook. Or, if you would like to email, perhaps you have some question that you would like to ask, the email address is organhymns@aol.com.

You might be interested in knowing about some of the CDs or the cassettes that are available, the organ music of Reverend Bert Jones. Maybe you would like to have a picture of Bert. Well, you just take time and email or write us. We'll be glad to answer your questions.

Guest (Male): Next, "O Master, Let Me Walk with Thee", let me walk with Thee. Written by a minister in Columbus, Ohio.

Guest (Male): This book, Worship in Song, is one of those books where you could just almost play every song in the book and a good many people will know the song. Now, I don't see any sense playing songs that you do not know or recognize or which would not be known by a lot of people. So, it's nice to have a book like this that has so many familiar old favorites in. Here's one from 1904, "The Healing Waters".

"Oh, the joy of sins forgiven; Oh, the bliss the blood-washed know; Oh, the peace akin to heaven, where the healing waters flow." Where the healing waters flow, where the healing waters flow, where the joys celestial glow. Oh, there's peace and rest and love, where the healing waters flow.

Guest (Male): Here's a hymn that is new to me, although it's very old, written by Robert Murray long years ago. It's called "Lord, Thou Lovest the Cheerful Giver". Well, isn't that great to know? And it is true; the Lord loves a cheerful giver, the Scripture tells us that. Let me read the words:

"Lord, Thou lovest the cheerful giver, who with open heart and hand, blesses freely as a river that refreshes all the land. Grant us then the grace of giving, with a spirit large and free, that our life and all our living we may consecrate to Thee." Isn't that a beautiful phrase? "Grant us then the grace of giving, with a spirit large and free, that our life and all our living we may consecrate to Thee."

Guest (Male): I think you'll enjoy this beautiful hymn tune which, as I said, is new to me. "Blessed by Thee with gifts and graces, may we heed Thy church's call; Gladly in all times and places, give to Thee, who givest all."

Now, let me read this word, which this will make a great response at the time of offering. Some churches, the choir sings a response as the offering is brought forth: "Grant us then the grace of giving, with a spirit large and free, that our life and all our living we may consecrate to Thee."

Guest (Male): And our thanks to the Reverend Leo Hasty and his wife Adaline of Riceville, Pennsylvania, for passing along these books that were given to them by Mrs. Gene Lightick of Erie, Pennsylvania. Here's a beautiful song by Harry Dixon Loes, who taught at Moody Bible Institute—he taught music there. And it's copyrighted in 1915 by the Reverend Paul Rader, the great preacher. And the name of the song, "All Things in Jesus I Find".

"Friends all around me are trying to find what the heart yearns for, by sin undermined. I have the secret, I know where 'tis found; Only true pleasures in Jesus abound. All that I want is in Jesus; He satisfies and joy He supplies. Life would be worthless without Him, for all things in Jesus I find."

Guest (Male): "All that I want is in Jesus... Life would be worthless without Him. All things in Jesus I find."

Guest (Male): And this hymnbook from which I played was used for many years—I know it was used for many years because it's tattered and torn—in the Wesleyan Methodist Church, Church and 12th streets in Indiana, Pennsylvania. I wonder if that's where the church still is.

Here's a great song for Sunday: "O Day of Rest and Gladness". "O day of rest and gladness, O day of joy and light, O balm of care and sadness, most beautiful, most bright. On Thee the high and lowly, through ages joined in song, sing holy, holy, holy to the great God Triune." A hymn of the Sabbath.

Guest (Male): A beautiful song by William Runyan, and this comes from the year 1923. "Lord, I have shut the door, speak now the word, which in the din and throng could not be heard. Hushed now my inner heart, whisper Thy will, while I have come apart, while all is still." Beautiful, beautiful song, a song for a time of personal devotion. "Lord, I Have Shut the Door". It's entitled "Sanctuary".

Guest (Male): A great evening hymn comes next: "Sun of my soul, Thou Savior dear, it is not night if Thou be near. Oh, may no earth-bound cloud arise to hide Thee from Thy servant's eye."

Guest (Male): "Abide with me from morn till eve, for without Thee I cannot live. Abide with me when night is nigh, for without Thee I dare not die."

Guest (Male): From 1921, the beautiful song: "King of my life, I crown Thee now, Thine shall the glory be; Lest I forget Thy thorn-crowned brow, lead me to Calvary."

Guest (Male): "Lest I forget Gethsemane, lest I forget Thine agony, lest I forget Thy love for me, lead me to Calvary."

Guest (Male): It's been a joy playing these great hymns of the church from Worship in Song, and we dedicate all of these to the Reverend and Mrs. Leo Hasty, who have given us this book. Make it your prayer as we go singing: "Lest I forget Gethsemane, lead me to Calvary." Bye.