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Part 2 - Numbers 401-500

Part 2 of the classification review of the 2008 Music Issue begins now.

STUFF WE SING AT HOLY GHOST, AND WILL CONTINUE TO SING (20):
405 Church of God, Elect and Glorious / 406 The Church's One Foundation
412 I Sing the Mighty Pow'r of God / 416 There's a Wideness in God's Mercy
417 Ubi Caritas (Mode VI) / 419 God is Love (Abbot's Leigh)
424 Love Divine, All Loves Excelling
436 Amazing Grace (I'm STILL not afraid to say I'm a wretch!)
438 A Mighty Fortress (the Hedge verses, not the Schuller verses)
439 Seek Ye First / 442 O God, Our Help in Ages Past
448 For the Healing of the Nations / 453 Come, Holy Ghost
473 I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say / 477 The King of Love My Shepherd Is
483 Prayer of St. Francis (in English) / 487 Psalm 42 (O Waly Waly)
488 Faith of Our Fathers / 490 O Lord, I Am Not Worthy
493 We Walk by Faith (but to St. Anne, not Shanti)

STUFF WE HAVEN'T DONE AT HOLY GHOST BUT I WOULDN'T MIND INTRODUCING IN THE FUTURE (15):
407 All the Earth
408 Word of God, You Spoke Creation (one of Gael Berberick's better tunes - Ms. Berberick's parish, btw, isn't far from mine)
413 For the Fruits of this Creation
415 Where Charity and Love Prevail (Dom Paul Benoit may be most famous for this hymn, but he is also a great composer of works for organ.)
425 What Wondrous Love Is This / 439 You Are Near (Believe it or not)
450 Spirit of God within Me (Not bad at all for a Soper tune!)
452 Come Down, O Love Divine / 467 Like a Child Rests
468 There Is a Balm in Gilead / 479 The Living God My Shepherd Is
489 There Is One Lord (Alstott) / 492 Hold Me in Life
497 We Walk by Faith/In Times of Trouble (Barbara Bridge text - two tunes involved here: Jesu Dulcis Memoria for the refrain, Ave Maris Stella for the verse. Her best work!)
500 I Want to Walk as a Child of the Light

STUFF I WON'T TOUCH WITH A 39-1/2 FOOT POLE (65):
401 One Spirit, One Church (The classic wreckovation of Come, Holy Ghost with a refrain whose text is so self-centered, and whose melody is so weak to the point where I hear it being tinkered on by a kid on a toy piano)
402 All Are Welcome / 403 Sing a New Church (both self-praising)
404 Gather and Remember (I love Finlandia, but the text speaks too much of that "Spirit of Vatican II")
409 How Great Thou Art / 410 Canticle of the Sun / 411 God, beyond All Names
414 God Is Love (Chiusano) / 418 Ubi Caritas (Rosania) / 420 Bless the Lord
421 Christians, Let Us Love One Another / 422 In Perfect Charity
423 All I Ask of You / 426 Love One Another
427 Though the Mountains May Fall / 428 Be Not Afraid (in English or Spanish)
429 Sweet Redeemer / 430 To You, O Lord / 431 My God, My All
432 We Will Rise Again / 433 On Eagle's Wings (in English or Spanish)
434 For You Are My God / 435 Yahweh / 437 Only a Shadow
440 How Can I Keep from Singing / 441 Only in God (Talbot)
443 Blest Be the Lord / 444 O God, You Search Me / 445 Here I Am (Booth)
447 Behind Me and Before Me / 449 Hear the Prayers that Rise
451 Spirit of God / 454 Come, O Spirit of God / 455 The Spirit is a-Movin'
456 Send Us Your Spirit (Schutte) / 457 By the Waking of Our Hearts
458 Send Out Your Spirit (Schoenbachler) / 459 Holy Spirit / 460 Spirit, Come
461 Envia Tu Espiritu (again with the bi-lingual/Spanish stuff)
462 Send Us Your Spirit / 463 Holy Spirit / 464 Come to Me / 465 Holy Darkness
466 The Lord Is My Shepherd (Blakeley) / 469 You Are Mine / 470 Eye Has Not Seen
471 In Every Age / 472 Shelter Me, O God / 474 Because the Lord Is My Shepherd
475 Shepherd Me, O God / 476 The Lord Is My Hope / 478 Psalm 23 (Conry)
480 Litany of Peace / 481 This Is Our Cry / 482 Peace (dude!)
484 Peace Is Flowing Like a River / 485 Let There Be Peace on Earth
486 Dona Nobis Pacem (Norbet) / 491 Center of My Life / 494 Age to Age
495 Those Who See Light / 496 Jesus, Lord / 498 We Remember
499 Radiant Light Divine

Running totals:
STUFF WE SING AT HOLY GHOST, AND WILL CONTINUE TO SING: 33
STUFF WE HAVEN'T DONE AT HOLY GHOST BUT I WOULDN'T MIND INTRODUCING IN THE FUTURE: 29
STUFF I WON'T TOUCH WITH A 39-1/2 FOOT POLE: 138

More to come!
Peace,
BMP