Come ye thankful people come (St. George's Windsor in F) Organ
Details
| Title | Come ye thankful people come (St. George's Windsor in F) Organ |
| Author | URC St James's Newcastle hymns |
| Duration | 2:38 |
| File Format | MP3 / MP4 |
| Original URL | https://youtube.com/watch?v=JhNppg6v-FE |
Description
Service note 19:07:2020:
R&S 40 The gospel reading is Matthew 13: 24-30, 36-43. I said last week that we narrowly avoided having a harvest hymn . This week, the gospel remains on the theme of sowing and reaping - this time the parable of the wheat and the tares. The explanation of the parable is simple - the wheat are the children of the kingdom and the weeds are the product of the evil one - and there is a sorting out at harvest time. But then we think back to the readings from Romans and we realise that each one of us contains wheat and weeds within us. The key is to allow Jesus to help us cultivate the wheat and suppress the weeds. Verses two and three of our hymn, although slightly out of season, summarise this very well.
About the tune, St George's Windsor:
This was composed by George Job Elvey (1816-93) for "Hark the song of Jubilee", and first appeared in Horne's A selection of Psalm and Hymn Tunes (1858). Elvey was organist as St. George's Windsor from 1835-1882, that is 47 years! His most famous other tune is Diademata. Information taken from Companion to congregational praise 1953.
