What is your favorite Hymn?

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Hymns are a special category within Gospel music. They are typically found in church hymnals. Hence the name. :slight_smile:

Alan Jackson released 2 CD’s of hymns. Both were very big sellers. His album Precious Memories charted number 1 on the country charts in 2006. Volume II released in 2013 charted #5.

My favorite hymn changes occasionally. Lately it’s been the Irish Hymn Be Thou My Vision. The best two covers are Alison Krauss and Union Station It’s my favorite. I play it every morning before getting out of bed. This Celtic version is very good too.

Nominate your favorite hymn. I’ll take the top six and make a poll to pick the most favorite next week.

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My Song Is Love Unknown.

I collect hymnals.

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“Lift Every Voice and Sing.”

My first thought, anyway. Certainly about the most fun to sing, and the only hymn in the Episcopal hymnal I know by number (it is 599…sounds like a price).

“Be Thou My Vision” is wonderful as well.

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“Be Not Afraid,” “Here I Am, Lord,” and “Make Me a Channel of Your Peace.” (You can tell I grew up Catholic in the 70s-80s!)

“Here I Am, Lord” is probably the winner.

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“Starchild” is the only one I really like. I generally am disappointed with hymns as they seem to be made for angels to sing them, which they do really well, but it takes a very skilled human to be able to make most be enjoyable to hear IMHO

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“Angel Band.”

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Work, for the night is coming.

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Sing With All The Saints In Glory - it will be the recessional at my funeral. Ode to Joy is the bomb.

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Christ is Risen! Hallelujah! because we sing every Easter and I pretend I can hit the high note.

I Am the Bread of Life is good for a Communion hymn.

O Holy Night is Christmas.

His granddaughters sang Untitled Hymn at my uncle’s funeral, and that was the last time I cried.

Others too numerous to mention. I can’t sing worth a darn, but

Let’s hope so. To the family two pews over who only comes to church on Christmas and Easter, probably not.

Regards,
Shodan

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It is Well With My Soul.

Knowing the backstory that Horatio Spafford wrote it shortly after learning all four of his daughters died in a shipwreck, it’s hard for me not to get choked up hearing it.

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A Mighty Fortress Is Our God

Written by Martin Luther. I feel sorry for Catholics.

I go to a large Episcopal cathedral with a large, booming organ pipe organ and when this cranks up it almost shakes the building. Fabulous.

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Is Amazing Grace considered a hymn? If so, it’s this card-carrying atheist’s favorite hymn. If not, then Ave Maria. I guess I only hear hymns at funerals.

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We sang this in the Catholic church I grew up attending. Must have been during some ecumenical phase in the late 60’s.

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So did we. And it’s a favorite of mine, too.

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Wow. You picked like exactly the same three I would have. Also grew up Catholic in the 80s. I might add “On Eagle’s Wings.”

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“A Mighty Fortress”

I guess I’m a good Lutheran ;).

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Make you to shi-ine like the SUUUUUUN! :smiley:

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Boring, but Amazing Grace and Will The Circle Be Unbroken.

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Battle Hymn of the Republic

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Don’t know if it’s actually my favorite, but I sometimes like to sing “Swing Low, Sweet Chariot” in the shower, in as deep a voice as I can muster.