Comments on: Who Is On The Lord’s Side http://www.hymnpod.com/2009/10/16/who-is-on-the-lords-side/ Traditional Hymns on Piano Podcast. Download high quality mp3 files of piano hymn accompaniments that you can sing along with. Mon, 28 Nov 2011 20:37:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Robert http://www.hymnpod.com/2009/10/16/who-is-on-the-lords-side/comment-page-1/#comment-427 Robert Wed, 13 Oct 2010 13:53:17 +0000 http://www.hymnpod.com/?p=804#comment-427 "A catchy children's hymn"? No, I don't think so. (And none of the hymn books I checked places it among their hymns for children.) It is a call to service for the Lord Jesus Christ. I don't think children could comprehend the nuances of the text, or the "fierceness of the conflict" Frances Havergal describes. Having said that, I might use the first stanza with children, teaching them the basic principle of obedience to the Lord, and preparing them to have a greater appreciation for the whole hymn in later years. But it is definitely not a children's hymn. If you don't already keep tabs on my daily hymn blog, Wordwise Hymns, I encourage you to do so. By the end of the year, I'll have referenced about a thousand hymns. "Who Is on the Lord's Side?" was written 133 years ago this very day. And if you’ll excuse a brief “commercial:” With the arrival of fall, we begin to think of the Christmas season up ahead. If you do not have a good book on the subject of our Christmas carols, I encourage you to take a look at mine, Discovering the Songs of Christmas. In it, I discuss the history and meaning of 63 carols and Christmas hymns. The book is available through Amazon, or directly from Jebaire Publishing. (Might make a great gift too!) “A catchy children’s hymn”? No, I don’t think so. (And none of the hymn books I checked places it among their hymns for children.) It is a call to service for the Lord Jesus Christ. I don’t think children could comprehend the nuances of the text, or the “fierceness of the conflict” Frances Havergal describes.

Having said that, I might use the first stanza with children, teaching them the basic principle of obedience to the Lord, and preparing them to have a greater appreciation for the whole hymn in later years. But it is definitely not a children’s hymn.

If you don’t already keep tabs on my daily hymn blog, Wordwise Hymns, I encourage you to do so. By the end of the year, I’ll have referenced about a thousand hymns. “Who Is on the Lord’s Side?” was written 133 years ago this very day.

And if you’ll excuse a brief “commercial:” With the arrival of fall, we begin to think of the Christmas season up ahead. If you do not have a good book on the subject of our Christmas carols, I encourage you to take a look at mine, Discovering the Songs of Christmas. In it, I discuss the history and meaning of 63 carols and Christmas hymns. The book is available through Amazon, or directly from Jebaire Publishing. (Might make a great gift too!)

]]> By: S. Gabriel http://www.hymnpod.com/2009/10/16/who-is-on-the-lords-side/comment-page-1/#comment-328 S. Gabriel Sat, 01 May 2010 03:08:22 +0000 http://www.hymnpod.com/?p=804#comment-328 This hymn has convicted me to go ahead in a plan I was deliberating to leave my comfort zone to serve the Lord among less privileged people in a remote and troubled part of India This hymn has convicted me to go ahead in a plan I was deliberating to leave my comfort zone to serve the Lord among less privileged people in a remote and troubled part of India

]]> By: Joan http://www.hymnpod.com/2009/10/16/who-is-on-the-lords-side/comment-page-1/#comment-201 Joan Sat, 17 Oct 2009 21:41:49 +0000 http://www.hymnpod.com/?p=804#comment-201 Now this hymn is majestic, and I would like to hear it on the pipe organ! Now this hymn is majestic, and I would like to hear it on the pipe organ!

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