# What is your favorite Hymn? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 21, 2016, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-hymn/743772 "2016-01-21T13:14:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2016, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-hymn/743772/41 "2016-01-21T19:47:34Z")
> [@missred](#): > > Jesus Christ is Risen Today (for Easter) The final note of this one at the end of a long beautiful Easter vigil is the high point of my whole year. Also Chris the Lord is Risen Today – Made like Him/like Him we rise Ours the cross, the grave, the skies! ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2016, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-hymn/743772/42 "2016-01-21T19:52:27Z")
_Amazing Grace_ on bagpipes. ---
**Author:** ![Malthus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2016, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-hymn/743772/43 "2016-01-21T20:02:35Z")
Jerusalem. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2016, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-hymn/743772/44 "2016-01-21T20:05:46Z")
I’ll confess to not being keen on “A Mighty Fortress Is Our God.” A bit too triumphalist for me, I think. > [@Oakminster](#): > > _Amazing Grace_ on bagpipes. Seconded. > [@Chefguy](#): > > I now return you to your more respectful Dopers. What, we have some of those? 😕 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Xema](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/9de053/32.png) [@Xema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xema)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2016, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-hymn/743772/45 "2016-01-21T20:08:57Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > “I Bind Unto Myself Today” aka St. Patrick’s Breastplate Yes, indeed. ---
**Author:** ![Xema](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/9de053/32.png) [@Xema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xema)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2016, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-hymn/743772/46 "2016-01-21T20:24:22Z")
I’ll also suggest: [Lord of All Hopefulness](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXEQWqh4NvE) [Of the Father’s Love Begotten](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mkUAk94ThI) ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2016, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-hymn/743772/47 "2016-01-21T20:30:15Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > _Amazing Grace_ on bagpipes. Nice, yes. I really liked the rendition sung at Indycar driver Dan Wheldon’s memorial service, televised on ESPN IIRC. A band, country band I think, with female lead singer and two male vocal backups. Beautiful, very moving. Great harmony. A while back I tried finding a video of it, but could not. Does anyone have a link? ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2016, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-hymn/743772/48 "2016-01-21T20:30:50Z")
It’s awfully hard to list favorites. So instead I’ll list the four that will be sung at my funeral. If I didn’t like them I wouldn’t have them at my last hurrah. Praise to the Lord, the Almighty I Know That My Redeemer Lives Thine is the Glory(Sung to the tune of Ode to Joy) A Mighty Fortress is Our God. I was born Lutheran, that last one might just edge out the others for favorite. But there’s a ton of other hymns I love to sing. Sometimes it depends on what season of the church year it is. ---
**Author:** ![Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6bbea6/32.png) [@Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Living_Well_Is_Best_Revenge)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2016, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-hymn/743772/49 "2016-01-21T20:31:17Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > “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. I just had a flashback to Mass in the 80s… ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2016, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-hymn/743772/50 "2016-01-21T20:37:56Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > It’s awfully hard to list favorites. So instead I’ll list the four that will be sung at my funeral. If I didn’t like them I wouldn’t have them at my last hurrah. My four are: Love Divine, All Loves Excelling What Wondrous Love Is This (and when from death I’m free, I’ll sing on) How Can I Keep From Singing? Sing With All the Saints in Glory I’m the worst singer evah so that must be why I gravitate to songs about singing – my mom wished for perfect eyesight in heaven, I wish for perfect pitch and a pleasant voice 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2016, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-hymn/743772/51 "2016-01-21T20:39:12Z")
> [@Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](#): > > I just had a flashback to Mass in the 80s… Did it involve liturgical dance by the popular girls who took dance class? :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2016, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-hymn/743772/52 "2016-01-21T20:50:05Z")
Hymn of Promise (That one always chokes me up.) For All the Saints Who From Their Labors Rest Simple Gifts (my wedding processional) Come O Thou Traveler Unknown Lord of the Dance And Can It Be (A minister in my church once called it “the Methodist Church fight song”) How Can I Keep from Singing? The Holy City ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2016, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-hymn/743772/53 "2016-01-21T20:56:44Z")
_ **God Is Our Strength and Refuge** _, aka _ **The Dam Busters Theme** _. I like hitting and holding the last note a full octave higher than the choir. Makes every head in the church turn around! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2016, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-hymn/743772/54 "2016-01-21T21:00:05Z")
> [@Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](#): > > I just had a flashback to Mass in the 80s… I’m sorry. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2016, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-hymn/743772/55 "2016-01-21T21:01:50Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > I’m sorry. 😃 Hopefully **LWIBR** will forgive you. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2016, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-hymn/743772/56 "2016-01-21T21:03:53Z")
> [@gigi](#): > > My four are: > > Love Divine, All Loves Excelling > What Wondrous Love Is This (and when from death I’m free, I’ll sing on) > How Can I Keep From Singing? > Sing With All the Saints in Glory > I’m the worst singer evah so that must be why I gravitate to songs about singing – my mom wished for perfect eyesight in heaven, I wish for perfect pitch and a pleasant voice 🙂 Another vote here for How Can I Keep From Singing? That’s a fun one, we sing it with upbeat tempo. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2016, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-hymn/743772/57 "2016-01-21T21:05:26Z")
**Dendarii Dame** , +1 for The Holy City. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2016, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-hymn/743772/58 "2016-01-21T21:07:34Z")
Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2016, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-hymn/743772/59 "2016-01-21T21:08:15Z")
This is the definitive version of Silent Night. It is achingly beautiful: [Stille Nacht](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4puLybRGSAw) ---
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How Great Thou Art. Sung at my dad’s funeral. Reduces me to a wet blob. Bringing in the Sheaves. In the Garden. In My Heart (There Rings a Melody) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-hymn/743772.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-hymn/743772.md?page=4)