10.18.07 Diverse City
This morning I’m going to the homeschool co-op thingy to sing some songs with the kids. Then, immediately following, I head to a studio to sing on an album made up of hymns by Charles Wesley. Then I’ll pick up my copy of a country demo I sang on last week, a song of mine that’s being pitched to Tim McGraw and a few other country folks right now.
Only in Nashville.
Here’s the hymn I’m singing.
JESUS, THE NAME HIGH OVER ALL
by Charles Wesley
Jesus, the name high over all,
In hell, or earth, or sky:
Angels and men before it fall,
And devils fear and fly.
Jesus, the name to sinners dear,
The name to sinners giv’n;
It scatters all their guilty fear,
And turns their hell to heav’n.
Oh, that the world might taste and see,
The riches of His grace!
The arms of love that compass me,
Would all mankind embrace.
Jesus the prisoner’s fetters break,
And bruises Satan’s head;
Pow’r into strengthless souls He speaks,
And life into the dead.
Thee I shall constantly proclaim,
Though earth and hell oppose;
Bold to confess thy glorious name
Before a world of foes.
Him as my righteousness I show,
His saving truth proclaim:
‘Tis all my business here below,
To cry, Behold the Lamb!
Happy, if with my latest breath
I may but gasp His name:
Preach Him to all, and cry in death,
“Behold, behold the Lamb!”
Zack said:
Dude, that sounds awesome, and I sincerely hope to hear your stuff on country radio someday soon.
Did you catch the Passion podcast interview with David Crowder? I ask because the new Crowder CD, ‘Remedy’ has a re-make of ‘O, For a Thousand Tongues To Sing’. In the interview, Crowder says that Wesley was adamant on his deathbed that nobody should mess with his hymns - no re-makes or re-writes.
Crowder basically said, ‘Yeah, but that was pretty prideful and, how’s he going to know?’
...thought it was funny
said:
I heard a clip of “Jesus” from that Compassion International CD on WRBS this morning and it made me smile--hearing you on the radio and knowing that it was for the Compassion kids.
I love that you’re going the Wayne Kirkpatrick route with the country songs! I would not mind a bit scanning down the radio dial and going “There’s a Shaun song. Oooh, there’s a Shaun song too.” Just, you know...no hip hop, aight? Cuz there’s only one KJ-52.
said:
So when is this hymn compilation cd being released anyway? I know it’s still in production, but do we have a idea? Some of us are “feening” for new Shaun material....after all, the “live Knoxville cd” is sold out until ?
Anon said:
Now, did you write the country songs, or did you just sing them?
said:
Wow Tim Mcgraw, hope to hear you on the country station soon! What beautiful lyrics that song has.