Unless stated otherwise, my source for hymn texts and tunes is The Lutheran Service Book.

Friday, April 4, 2025

"I Walk in Danger All the Way"

Last month, I watched the Concordia University Wisconsin chapel service from the 10th.  The hymn was "I Walk in Danger All the Way," and I noticed a feature that recurs throughout.

It's sung to the tune "Der lieben Sonne Licht und Pracht."  Here's the first musical phrase:


In the first verse, the text here is "I walk in danger all the way."  The phrase "all the way" is sung to notes of all different pitches (A F E), providing a sense of entirety.  This feature is present in every verse; each initial line ends with the phrase "all the way."

Wednesday, April 2, 2025

LSB #776 "Come, Lord Jesus, Be Our Guest"

Biblical citations in the hymnal:  Psalm 145:15-16, Luke 24:29-30, James 1:17a

Psalm 145:15-16:  "15 The eyes of all look to you, and you give them their food in due season.  16 You open your hand; you satisfy the desire of every living thing."

Luke 24:29-30:  "29 but they urged him strongly, saying, 'Stay with us, for it is toward evening and the day is now far spent.'  So he went in to stay with them.  30 When he was at table with them, he took the bread and blessed and broke it and gave it to them."

James 1:17a:  "Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above"

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The text is public domain:
Come, Lord Jesus, be our guest, and let these gifts to us be blest.
Amen, amen, amen.
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The hymn text is fairly general, but the passage from Luke 24 seems to be the main source (especially for "be our guest"), and the other cited texts are combined with it in "let these gifts to us be blest."