tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8353719.post9160485326972771533..comments2024-02-02T09:08:38.643-05:00Comments on The White Man Blog: News, Views, and Reviews on topics of ancient and contemporaty interest: Singing heresyThe White Manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06732782601569135839noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8353719.post-69550489458922655512016-11-08T07:31:46.401-05:002016-11-08T07:31:46.401-05:00Here's one that would make anti-Calvinists win...Here's one that would make anti-Calvinists wince. <a href="http://www.songlyrics.com/the-modern-post/grace-alone-lyrics/" rel="nofollow">Grace Alone</a>The White Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06732782601569135839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8353719.post-170624415012604192016-05-27T09:21:36.215-05:002016-05-27T09:21:36.215-05:00Jan, it its an interesting fact of language that p...Jan, it its an interesting fact of language that people tend to change the wording of songs sung aloud, based on what they think they are hearing. For example, "I bless the rains down in Africa" was long sung as "I miss the rains down in Africa." Perhaps the most extreme example was a fictitious one, the hymn known as "What a friendly hammer cheeses."<br />The White Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06732782601569135839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8353719.post-2409863474425234492009-09-06T21:06:39.768-05:002009-09-06T21:06:39.768-05:00I have seen Wesley's great Christmas hymn &quo...I have seen Wesley's great Christmas hymn "Hark! the Herald Angels Sing" tortured within an inch of its life with the change of one tiny letter in one tiny word. "Born that man no more may die" became "Born that men no more may die."<br /><br />It fairly drove me up the wall.Janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00929002821245735729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8353719.post-38162049396197730872009-03-10T11:44:00.000-05:002009-03-10T11:44:00.000-05:00Yes, I've seen that too. One that really bugs me i...Yes, I've seen that too. One that really bugs me is:<BR/><BR/>Prone to wander Lord I feel it <BR/>Prone to leave the Lord I love<BR/>Take my heart O take and seal it<BR/>Seal it for thy Courts above<BR/><BR/>becomes<BR/>From thee never let me wander<BR/>Never leave the God I love<BR/>Take my heart O take and seal it<BR/>Seal it for thy Courts aboveThe White Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06732782601569135839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8353719.post-53296105682197856452009-03-09T16:25:00.000-05:002009-03-09T16:25:00.000-05:00What will often happen is that a particular verse ...What will often happen is that a particular verse will be modified to fit the doctrine of the denomination. I have read calvinist and anti-calvinist versions of the same hymn, altho I can't remember which ones off hand.The Schaubing Blogkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12811910033353720626noreply@blogger.com