Hi Praise, Great thread. Thanks.

Let me add a couple to the list & make an aside comment to Winterbright (Pat, I think.)

My favorite HYMNS are 1. All time favorite: "Great Is Thy Faithfulness" because in the changing fortunes of life He is the one stable thing for me. No matter what, He is faithful.

2. "It Is Well" (with my soul.) Partly because of the story about how it came to be written, but mostly for the third verse. It's awesome.

"My sin, (Oh the bliss of this wonderful thought!) My sin, not in part, but the whole; is nailed to His Cross & I bear it no more. Praise the Lord, Praise the Lord, Oh my soul!"

Now, I'm going to knock your socks off. There is another song, not a hymn, written by the Newgrass Revival that I have only heard at Fiddler's Conventions but I would be tempted to sing in an informal worship service. It's called "Dancing With The Angels." (Just like old Daniel, in the Lion's Den.)

Pat, we have one, & only one Hymn in our Baptist Hymnal, written by a Unitarian, no less. It's "In The Cross Of Christ, I Glory." Which is pretty amazing for a Unitarian, I guess.

Finally a friend told me that a friend of his always signs his correspondence, "Be There." It means, "Make your plans to be in Heaven." So I say to all of you:

Be There!

Randall