Morning Manna: Good (Holy) Friday & Saturday worship

Friday, March 29, 2024

Good (Holy) Friday & Saturday worship—ancient and contemporary

[ If you haven’t read yesterday’s Maundy Thursday post, please go there first.]

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When I was young, there were certain Good Friday hymns that deeply touched me and always brought me to tears. Some of you were also raised with these, but others of you may not be familiar. Either way, enter in…

“There is a Green Hill Far Away” (Cecil Francis Alexander, 1848)

There are two tunes for this hymn. I loved both.

https://youtu.be/TUAvIDH47_s?si=ig9RMXux944todE_

https://youtu.be/lvqHhKF---U?si=OTM19Pd4NvU4do5u (Second tune, instrumental only)

Sing, My Tongue the Glorious Battle (Venantius Honorius Fortunatus, 569). [sung to Pange Lingua, as with Now My Tongue the Mystery Telling]

https://youtu.be/zvMC0R1atP4?si=xVzZqjhbzRp_V2bU

Ah, Holy Jesus, How Hast Thou Offended (Johann Heerman, 1630; translated 1899 by Robert Bridges) two tunes below

https://youtu.be/kXzKXBz9mgw?si=

https://youtu.be/_oHlAoxMXI4?si=iFCdtTrcJgOWuPUr (First tune with history of Heerman)

O Sacred Head, Now Wounded (Paulus Gerhardt, 1656; translated 1899 by Robert Bridges) Tune adapted and harmonized from Hans Leo Hassler’s original by Johann Sebastian Bach

https://youtu.be/UgkVTtT-0xg?si=b8p9WyLyXqHKBLnM

What Wondrous Love is This? (Southern Folk Hymn 1811)

https://youtu.be/n-UmemwpAvA?si=4QkPpvacORv-khkO

When I Survey the Wondrous Cross (Isaac Watts, 1707)

https://youtu.be/Tkx8WAycYAc?si=q-KawMHqiVOcuibX

Glory Be to Jesus (18th century)

https://youtu.be/aIdBD18v3a8?si=WgDuuZUXBroN0zqS

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Back to the 21st century:

The Power of the Cross (Getty/Townend)

https://youtu.be/nPFv-ywTY-c?si=PrCkMeq6I_SaIas4

Thank You, Jesus, for the Blood of Christ (Charity Gayle)Recent: Charity Gayle, Thank You, Jesus, for the Blood of Christ