Comments on: Not Singing the Third Verse

By: Jordan M. Poss

Jordan M. Poss — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 14:53:42 +0000

LOL–Touche, sir. Not that I care that much about that verse–I’ve always enjoyed the first through third more.

By: Brendt Waters

Brendt Waters — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 14:13:23 +0000

Jordan, that wasn’t trying to refute you. And I agree that a song should be sung the way it was written (and not the way it was printed), which means that the “10,000 years” verse should be omitted.

By: Darrell

Darrell — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 01:25:07 +0000

fwiw, I did a brief one on Patch the Pirate back in February.

By: Nathan

Nathan — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 00:38:14 +0000

PATCH THE PIRATE!! I remember that!

By: Annelise

Annelise — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 23:51:35 +0000

Yes, please, please do a post on the Majesty Hymnal. Note how many Hamilton songs there are vs. Charles Wesley. It really is pathetic.

By: Jordan M. Poss

Jordan M. Poss — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 20:56:21 +0000

True, the final verse is a later addendum, but my point is that you should sing a song the way it’s written. “The Star-Spangled Banner” is a good secular case in point.

By: Brendt Waters

Brendt Waters — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 20:50:12 +0000

OK, you referenced a sore spot — though it’s something that seems to go with fundies unfortunately.

John Newton did not write the “when weâ€™ve been there 10,000 years” verse of “Amazing Grace”. It was tacked on about 50 years later. And it fits the rest of the hymn like OJ Simpson’s glove, turning several very God-centered verses on their ear to end on a cheesy, fairly man-centered final verse. Thank goodness Chris Tomlin had the sense to stop when he did.

By: Christopher

Christopher — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:29:24 +0000

My father was and my father-in-law is a “music pastor” which is a strange sort of title when you think about it (if the Youth pastor ministers to the youth, to whom does the music pastor minister?).

Each of us, as children, distinctly remembers an occasion when we asked our fathers and they used this as an opportunity to tell the congregation: “Tonight, we’re going to sing the third verse because my son/daughter asked me…”

I believe this has happened to every music pastor who has kids.

By: Tim Frederick

Tim Frederick — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 15:35:46 +0000

I make every one around me in church laugh as we sing because our song leader ALWAYS says before we get to the third stanza, “sing with me on the last!!” so I say it with him aloud like it’s apart of the song. I get it in unison with him every time!

By: Beefy

Beefy — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 14:15:52 +0000

Jordan, you obviously went to BJU (of course, I already knew that ), since they only do that thousand/trillion thing there. Apparently, Jr/Sr used to do that substitution, and they do it today out of worship….err…..remembrance of him.