[Magdalen] In Christ Alone

[Molly Wolf]

Love the tune. Have the same problem as Simon does with the words.  Substitutionary atonement is the big problem of contemporary hymnody.  I find a lot of hymns unsingable because the theology sucks.

Molly

The man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way. -- Mark Twain

> On May 8, 2017, at 11:08 AM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
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> In a message dated 5/8/2017 10:40:46 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
> jay.weigel at gmail.com writes:
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> What  think ye  all?>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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> It's nice to encounter a hymn in this contemporary style that  has
> a nice, Christocentric text.
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> I like the barbershop quartet version better than the female 
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> I wonder how a non-professional congregation would do with
> this hymn?
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> And I must confess the hymn (really anything!) suffers in contrast to what 
> is surely one of the greatest motets of the past century, the Morten  
> Lauridsen
> "O Magnum Mysterium."  Here it is sung by the Winchester
> Cathedral Choir in their stalls in the great choir (architectural) of
> the Church.
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> Thanks for this!
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> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjiiF83q7G0
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> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkIDNnZ9pMk
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> David S.
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