The Curious Case of the Enigmatic Hymn Tune Name and 7 Things You Might Not Know About It

RILEY. KINGSFOLD. ORA LABORA. OASIS. CWM RHONDDA. VILLE DU HARVE. CANONBURY. DRONFIELD. TRURO. WELLESLEY. MARTYRDOM. Ok, before you think I’m babbling some kind of nonsense, let me tell you that the words above do have something in common, as irrelevant and different as they seem. That is they are names of hymn tunes. And in…

SDAH 252: Come, Let Us Sing

Text 1Come, let us sing the song of songs-The angels first began the strain-The homage which to Christ belongs:“Worthy the Lamb, for He was slain!” 2Slain to redeem us by His blood,To cleanse from every sinful stain,And make us kings and priests to God:“Worthy the Lamb, for He was slain!” 3To Him who suffered on…