Every week we will feature a different hymn. There is no particular order
that they will appear. These are hymns I remember from my youth and still
enjoy to this day. I do enjoy some of the newer hymns, but I feel like that it
would be a shame if future generations of believers forget these. I grew up
on congregational a cappella singing. Included on this page is an
accompaniment just in case you do not know the melody or have forgotten
it. If you wish to sing them a cappella simply mute your volume and enjoy.
Growing up in a small town once a month or so we would host or travel to
another town for a Sunday afternoon of congregational singing. On the
Sundays that we were not doing that we didn't sit at home and watch
football or a sports event. (Even tho my mother was an avid Milwaukee
Braves fan, yes the Braves used to be in Milwaukee instead of Atlanta. Do
you remember Warren Spahn, Lew Burdette, Eddie Mathews, Red
Schoendienst and Hank Aaron?) She would take us to one of the nursing
homes in town and we would sing hymns for those that were not able to
attend services.
To this day I'm indebted to her for making us go and do such with our time.
Not only was she teaching us to enjoy singing hymns of praise, but also a
sense of duty to those less fortunate. According to today's standard she was
not an educated person. She never finished high school, (her father saw no
reason for a girl to get book learning because they would just get married
and raise a family.) She was far smarter than people today with degrees.
She made sure all of her children got their high school diploma, but more
important that we received a spiritual education as well. Three of her
children have passed on from this world and the remaining three children are
all faithful Christians. She must have done something right.
It is in loving memory I dedicate this page to Dorothy Marguerite Vaughn
(1918-1994). I appreciate her efforts more every day. We miss you mother
and know we will see you on the other shore.
that they will appear. These are hymns I remember from my youth and still
enjoy to this day. I do enjoy some of the newer hymns, but I feel like that it
would be a shame if future generations of believers forget these. I grew up
on congregational a cappella singing. Included on this page is an
accompaniment just in case you do not know the melody or have forgotten
it. If you wish to sing them a cappella simply mute your volume and enjoy.
Growing up in a small town once a month or so we would host or travel to
another town for a Sunday afternoon of congregational singing. On the
Sundays that we were not doing that we didn't sit at home and watch
football or a sports event. (Even tho my mother was an avid Milwaukee
Braves fan, yes the Braves used to be in Milwaukee instead of Atlanta. Do
you remember Warren Spahn, Lew Burdette, Eddie Mathews, Red
Schoendienst and Hank Aaron?) She would take us to one of the nursing
homes in town and we would sing hymns for those that were not able to
attend services.
To this day I'm indebted to her for making us go and do such with our time.
Not only was she teaching us to enjoy singing hymns of praise, but also a
sense of duty to those less fortunate. According to today's standard she was
not an educated person. She never finished high school, (her father saw no
reason for a girl to get book learning because they would just get married
and raise a family.) She was far smarter than people today with degrees.
She made sure all of her children got their high school diploma, but more
important that we received a spiritual education as well. Three of her
children have passed on from this world and the remaining three children are
all faithful Christians. She must have done something right.
It is in loving memory I dedicate this page to Dorothy Marguerite Vaughn
(1918-1994). I appreciate her efforts more every day. We miss you mother
and know we will see you on the other shore.
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| No, Not One! 1895 For He himself has said, "I will never leave you not forsake you." Hebrews 13:5 My keenest memories of this hymn involve a story my father, John Morgan, told about two churches across the road from one another in our native Tennessee mountains. The congregations had originally been one, but a split occurred and bad feelings lingered. One evening, a passerby paused between the churches to listen to their music. One of the churches was singing, "Will There Be Any Stars in My Crown?" From across the road came the reply: "No, Not One! No, Not One!" Johnson Oatman, the author of "No, Not One!" was born to Christian parents near Medford, New Jersey, on April 21, 1856. He was a child during the Civil War, and after the war he joined his father in the mercantile business. He also stood beside his father in church, for both men had good voices and enjoyed singing. Johnson was ordained a Methodist minister as a young man, but spent most of his life working in the business world rather than pastoring. After his father's death, he moved to Mount Holly, New Jersey, where he sold insurance. In 1892, when he was in his mid-thirties, Johnson began writing gospel songs. The next year, failing health forced him to retire from business, and he began devoting himself to full-time songwriting. Some sources say that he wrote 3,000 hymns; other sources put the number at 5,000. The usually reliable 1992 edition of Handbook to the Baptist Hymnal claims that Oatman wrote more than 7,000 texts. He was usually only paid a dollar or so per song, but he became one of the most important gospel songwriters of the turn of the century. This song, "No, Not One," emphasizes friendship with Christ. The Gospels call Jesus the "Friend of Sinners" (Matt. 11:19). In John 15, He told His disciples, "Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one's life for his friends. You are My friends. . . . I have called you friends." Jesus is a friend who "sticks closer than a brother" (Prov. 18:24). If you're feeling lonely today, could you ever find a better, closer, wiser, stronger friend? No, not one. Incidentally, those who complain that today's praise and worship music is too repetitious should notice that in singing Oatman's hymn, we repeat the phrase "No, Not One" thirty times! Taken from Then Sings My Soul Book 2 by Robert J. Morgan NO, NOT ONE! “Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.” Hebrews 13:5 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Words: Johnson Oatman, Jr., 1895. Music: George C. Hugg . Johnson Oatman, Jr. (1856-1922) George C. Hugg (1848-1907) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- There’s not a friend like the lowly Jesus, No, not one! No, not one! None else could heal all our soul’s diseases, No, not one! No, not one! Refrain Jesus knows all about our struggles, He will guide till the day is done; There’s not a friend like the lowly Jesus, No, not one! No, not one! No friend like Him is so high and holy, No, not one! No, not one! And yet no friend is so meek and lowly, No, not one! No, not one! Refrain There’s not an hour that He is not near us, No, not one! No, not one! No night so dark but His love can cheer us, No, not one! No, not one! Refrain Did ever saint find this Friend forsake him? No, not one! No, not one! Or sinner find that He would not take him? No, not one! No, not one! Refrain Was ever a gift like the Savior given? No, not one! No, not one! Will He refuse us a home in Heaven? No, not one! No, not one! Refrain |
