4:32).īut Oswald Smith cleverly turns the title of a romantic song about the love between a man and a woman to something that glorifies the Saviour. It means the most excellent song of all he wrote (and he apparently composed one thousand and five of them, I Kgs. The opening verse says it’s “the song of songs which is Solomon’s” (S.S. But notice the reference in the second stanza to the “Song of songs.” That’s actually the inspired heading of the Bible book we call The Song of Solomon. One of Christ’s titles for Himself is “the Bright and Morning Star” (Rev. My Saviour, Lord and Master, to Him my praise shall be. He is all my glory and in this heart of mine,įorevermore I’m singing a song of love divine.Ģ) Once my heart was burdened, but now I am forgiven,Īnd with a song of gladness, I’m on my way to heav’n Ĭhrist is my Redeemer, my Song of songs is He, The Lily of the Valley, the Bright and Morning Star, I have it in my own disk collection.ġ) Fairest of ten thousand, is Jesus Christ my Saviour, The Sydney, Australia, crusade choir made a recording of the song. The song is a triumphant testimony to the sinner’s deliverance through Christ, and it was much used by the large choirs in Billy Graham’s evangelistic meetings. Oswald Smith was pleased with the result, and in later years considered it one of the best he’d written.

That gave him the fourth stanza, and he quickly added a refrain. Then, it occurred to him that the holy angels, not personally having experienced salvation through the Calvary work of Christ, couldn’t sing such a song from their own experience. The latter placed the music on the piano in his Toronto home, and went right to work.Īckley had suggested the basic theme, and Smith soon had three stanzas to fit the tune. Ackley, sent him the manuscript of a tune, asking that Smith see if he could provide words for it. Smith was a Canadian pastor, missionary statesman, and hymn writer (giving us some 1,200 songs). (More being added all the time.)ģ) Topical Articles are opinion pieces on many aspects sacred music.Īlso see 30+ Ideas for Promoting Hymn Singing in your church. But you can find many others by clicking on the Index tab. There is always a current article on a hymn. The blog will tell you what happened in hymn history on that day.Ģ) Reflections. Click on the month you want in the side-bar, then the specific date.

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