What is your favorite hymn? (poll 9683563)

Sharon Hare - 2 years ago

"Leaning on the Everlasting Arms" all through my life.

Steve Steketee - 7 years ago

I would have liked to see It Is Well With My Soul and To God Be The Glory on the list.

Donna Marie - 7 years ago

My favorite is Battle Hymn of the Republic.

Anthony Gayton Sr. - 7 years ago

I voted for Amazing Grace because it is my favorite, and right beside it is "Battle Hymn Of the Republic" All of the ones listed are great ones, but as I said those 2 top my list ...

dawn - 7 years ago

On Eagles Wings

Edie Refshaw - 7 years ago

There are so many songs on the list that I like. I think of both my Mom and Dad when I hear them.
I miss both of them so much. They have been gone so long but they are still in my heart always.

Cynthia A REAVIS - 7 years ago

My most favorite hymn? Well, thats easy....any Christmas or Thanksgiving song is my favorite. I love Come Ye Thankful People Come because i love Thanksgiving to pieces! Outside of holiday songs then it would be HOLY HOLY HOLY.

LaBreeska Lewis - 7 years ago

of all the fun and learning I have to say this is one of the best....Thank you Ree for allowing us as good Christians to be able to tell one of what these wonderful beautiful songs means to each of us! Thank you Jesus for putting her and her family into our homes with great food and family and friends to show us and teach us the way life should be and brings smiles to our faces as viewers that they are just like us and that they Love you Lord AMEN AND AMEN

Rhonda - 7 years ago

His Eye Is on the Sparrow and I Know He Watches Me.

Cindy - 7 years ago

As I walk through the garden. It always bring tears to my eyes.

Michelle????❤️???????? - 7 years ago

My favorite from childhood was
It's beginning to rain

Jo Ann - 7 years ago

"Victory in Jesus" will bring the waterworks to my eyes every time! To be honest, there are very few hymns that won't cause the tears to roll down my cheeks. Spending my formative years as a preacher's daughter was a great blessing. Now, if you had asked the teenage me what I thought of being the oldest of a preacher's 5 children was like, you would have heard a reversal of ideas from my response as the Granny that I am today. Now, everyone grab a hymnal and lets blend our voices in a few of those good old psalms that we love and remember from our youth! A one, and a two and a........let's sing! ????????
Hallelujah, Amen! ????????

LaBreeska Lewis - 7 years ago

All of the songs I truly love but The old rugged cross is my favorite because for a man that gave his life for me on that tree so that I could have life for eternity when no other world ....The words speaks volumes to me in so many ways

Rebecca Duckworth - 7 years ago

I voted for Amazing Grace but if it had been an option I could have voted for
ALL of them. I also love Ave Maria as sung by Perry Como years ago. I remember George Beverly Sheah singing How Great Thou Art which brings tears to my eyes even now.

Deb B - 7 years ago

Love all the ones on the list but my favorite wasn't there -

It is Well With My Soul

Pamela M - 7 years ago

I love How Great Thou Art, but How Lovely is Thy Dwelling Place is my absolute favorite.

Steph - 7 years ago

Lift High The Cross is probably my all time favorite, but Amazing Grace and Onward Christian Soldiers are close second place.

Amanda - 7 years ago

You must listen to this version of Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing- so beautiful. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gPKpkrqBwNs

Lynne V - 7 years ago

I saw "Mary Did You Know?" listed and add that one to my favorites too! That is just a beautiful song!

Dee - 7 years ago

"Just as I Am" though The Old Rugged Cross reminds me of my grandmother. I also love to hear her sing Amazing Grace to my children!

SusanIrene - 7 years ago

My favorite comfort songs are Nearer my God to Thee and I Believe

Ferol Snead - 7 years ago

Be not afraid.
I go before you always.
Come follow me, and
I will give you rest.

Annette - 7 years ago

As the Deer/You Alone Are My Heart's Desire, and You Are My Hiding Place. Thanks so much for asking this question, Ree. Loved reading about so many great favorite hymns.

Brenda T. - 7 years ago

Jesus, there's something about that name.

Gayle - 7 years ago

Not a hymn but love " Mary, Did You Know?"
Favorite hymn is St. Patrick's Breastplate (I bind unto myself today)

Ellen Cole - 7 years ago

My father was a church organist and choir director...and he was born in Wales. The Welsh are known for music...especially hymns. This question has way to many answers for me! There is a Welsh hymn titled "Rhys", which is a particular favorite, with beautiful words and harmonies. "Here I Am, Lord" made me cry for years after we chose it for my mother's funeral...but I now love it as a personal prayer. Hymns are a powerful spiritual gift and, like bible verses, often speak differently to us at different times. They frequently tell us what we need to hear.

Loretta - 7 years ago

I voted for Great is Thy Faithfulness -- because The LORD is faithful, always, even when we are not! But I would have to say my favorite hymn is Nearer My God To Thee. It is a hymn that speaks to me as a place of rest and of our eternal resting place.

There in my Father’s home, safe and at rest,
There in my Saviour’s love, perfectly blest;
Age after age to be, nearer my God to Thee,
Nearer, etc.

(This is the sixth verse later added by Edward Henry Bickersteth Jr.)

Jackie - 7 years ago

When I hear those bagpipes start on Amazing Grace, I get goosebumps that start at my toes and go up to my scalp... maybe it's the Scottish blood, or maybe I was a piper in another life, but that just grabs hold of me and doesn't let loose until the end. I love the arrangement Il Divo did of that song. Check it out on youtube. It's amazing. When the baritone sings his part, it makes me smile from my liver. (what movie??)

Sharon Sachs - 7 years ago

Aren't we blessed to have this great timeless legacy of stirring hymns? I was so blessed to see It is Well With My Soul mentioned so frequently.
I smiled with joy as I read these comments and hummed each beloved hymn!
Many of my favorites were mentioned. My very favorite is "To God Be The Glory". I love the stirring chorus :
Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord!
Let the earth hear His voice.
Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord!
Let the people rejoice.
Oh come to the Father thru Jesus the Son
And give Him the glory, Great things He has done!

Judith Wester - 7 years ago

My favorite is Nearer My God to Thee

All of the songs on the list set a mood. Some are meditative, some reflective, others are of joy and thankfulness while many offer praise to God. Many hymns offer comfort and love but regardless of
their purpose they help us to appreciate God in our lives. Loved this and loved reading everyone's
comments!

Georgette - 7 years ago

It is hard to pick one. When you work for a house of sisters.each one starts one and the rest come in singing. They even sign on the way to church every morning.to the doctors.to the food store. Ect. . Some call them nuns.they call them selfs sisters. The oldest is 95 an going strong.have a great day .ps love love your new dishes.

Nikki M - 7 years ago

Joyful, Joyful.

Lynne Verros - 7 years ago

I Am a Child of God

Barb C - 7 years ago

In The Garden is my favorite. They are all wonderful and uplifting!

lynette - 7 years ago

I voted for "How Great Thou Art" but "Because He Lives" is my all time favorite. It is the most heart-warming song to me. I feel God has me in his arms and then I tear up knowing it's all ok. Love, love, love this song.

Christy C. - 7 years ago

My absolute favorite is Tis So Sweet to Trust in Jesus. But since it wasn't an option, I chose Great Is Thy Faithfulness because that is my second favorite for sure. Would love to know the reason behind the poll! So curious! :)

Shirley Downing - 7 years ago

Holy, holy, holy
Redeemed
Power in the blood
Because He lives

Sharon M. - 7 years ago

My favorite hymn was not listed so I chose my second favorite. My favorite is Because He Lives. This was my Mom's favorite hymn and it was sung at her funeral. Ever since then, it has been my favorite.

Wende Halye - 7 years ago

Amazing Grace has always been my favorite...but for many years after my Dad died I could not listen to it...I can now but it still brings tears to my eyes.

Lynn Walker - 7 years ago

There are so many but one of my fav's is "On Christ the Solid Rock I Stand". Also "Jesus, Lover of my Soul". Thank you for asking!

Julie - 7 years ago

I'd Rather Have Jesus is very special to me also!

Brenda ElDada - 7 years ago

I choose How Great Thy Art as it was my mother's favorite. Love Amazing Grace as sung by Judy Collins.

Nancy D. - 7 years ago

I love the hymn "In Christ Alone". I even wrote out and hung on my wall the part that says:
"No power of hell, no scheme of man can ever pluck me from His hand. Til He returns it calls me home, here in the power of Christ I'll stand."

Cheryl - 7 years ago

This poll and comments are making my heart so happy!! I have so many favorites - Victory in Jesus, It Is Well, O For A Thousand Tongues To Sing.....the list just goes on!

Jillian Nipper - 7 years ago

My favorite is "Light the Fire". It's not new, but also not as old as the choices you listed. Those are all good ones that hit the heart...and the eyes at times.

Karen - 7 years ago

Victory in Jesus is to be sung at my funeral, but I love Blessed Assurance, Rock of Ages, The Old Rugged Cross, and Amazing Grace. They remind me of my father when he and I would go to church when I was a young girl. My mother's and grandmother's favorite was In the Garden. I enjoy that as well. Too many to narrow down.

Dawn - 7 years ago

Any old hymn but one that stands out is 'Standing on the Promises of God' - Because as a child my favorite part of Sundays was when I would go to church with my grandparents and when they were not up in front singing in the choir, I loved being next to my grandfather who came over from the Netherlands and listening to him sing the 'parts' with his accent. I loved listening to the songs in 'Dutch' as that is how I knew his accent. I would just hold his hand and lean into him so I could listen to just him sing.

Kim Tapley - 7 years ago

My favorite is not on the list. A Mighty Fortress Is Our God; Lest we never forget how mighty the Lord really is!

Anne Greenwald - 7 years ago

My favorite of all time is Amazing Grace, but since it was played/sung at both my parents" funerals, I sob when I hear it... I think Blessed Assurance is a most beautiful collection of words...

Loryl - 7 years ago

I voted for Amazing Grace because my husband always played the harmonic to this piece when we sang with the choir.
Very rousing! But my all time favorite hymn is a newer one, Here I am Lord.

Jill - 7 years ago

My favorite is "Everybody Will Be Happy Over There"!

Susan Micheli - 7 years ago

All Things Bright and Beautiful
Battle Hymn of the Republic

Helen Mc - 7 years ago

Let There Be Peace On Earth always brings tears to my eyes.

MarlaM - 7 years ago

"I Come to the Garden Alone," because, "...I am His own"!

Kerry - 7 years ago

It is Well with my Soul

Janet - 7 years ago

Voted for Amazing Grace from your list but my very favorite hymn is "He"

Donna Marie - 7 years ago

Battle Hymn of the Republic tops my list, followed by Amazing Grace.

florine Kreeb - 7 years ago

Amazing Grace gives me comfort, just to hear the words,

Cyndi - 7 years ago

I love them all, but my very favorite is It Took a Miracle.

Michelle Day - 7 years ago

Blessed Assurance has such a special memory for me. This was the very first song that my sisters and I sang as a trio at our church. We were 8, 7, and 6. Although we weren't the Lennon Sisters, we had a nice harmony!!

Susan Cox - 7 years ago

I voted for "Amazing Grace", but I have to say my favorites are:
Joy, Joyful, We Adore Thee,
A Mighty Fortress Is Our God,
For the Beauty of the Earth,
All Glory, Laud and Honor...,
Jesus Christ Is Risen Today, and
so many more that lift me up and fill my heart.

Phyllis Webb - 7 years ago

WOW! Not only did the subject and the list of songs make my heart jump for joy.... the comments brought tears to my eyes! Awesome...
I couldn't possibly choose one. I could add a few though... a life time favorite, A Mighty Fortress, and my modern favorite, In Christ Alone. Thanks Ree!

Sally Thornton - 7 years ago

My favorite hymn, 'All Hail the Power of Jesus Name' wasn't on the list, but my second favorite, 'Just a Closer Walk With Thee' was. So I selected it. When I was growing up, my Mom had an album by Tennessee Ernie Ford, and 'Just a Closer Walk With Thee' was one of the songs on it. He sang it beautifully. It makes my heart warm when singing it, and also makes me a little nostalgic for my younger days.

Sabrina - 7 years ago

I just recently started going to church...wasn't raised in the church...but so far my most favorite by far is Amazing Grace! I think it's lovely!!

Simone T Major - 7 years ago

I love all of the above and voted for Amazing Grace which is my second choice. My favorite, not listed, is LET THERE BE PEACE ON EARTH and we all need that right now, with the Grace of God.

Diane Poot - 7 years ago

I really do love them all, but "Amazing Grace" brings me to tears every time.

SUSAN HAMMOCK - 7 years ago

EVEN THOUGH I DID VOTE MY ALL TIME FAVORITE IS NOT CONSIDERED A HYMN BUT IT'S THE SONG WHY ME LORD, BY KRIS KRISTOFFERSON ALONG WITH THE MY GOD IS AN AWESOME GOD.

Gayle Kesinger - 7 years ago

We don't sing The Old Rugged Cross in the Episcopal Church but I remember it so well from my childhood. Also In The Garden. My favorite right now is It Is Well With My Soul. Thanks for the memories!

jan B - 7 years ago

It's hard to choose when you love so many. I really like "You'll Never Walk Alone" although bitter sweet. It was sang at my father's funeral.

Carolyn Starnes - 7 years ago

Hard for me to choose; I am also a singer, and it would still be hard to choose. "It Is Well With My Soul" is at the top though.

Lana B - 7 years ago

Abide With Me

Anne Duck - 7 years ago

The list has beautiful Hymns, but my all time favorite:
' In The Garden'.

Jackie Rodgers - 7 years ago

I love them. All. After being in the choir, chancel choir and playing handhelds I just cannot get enough of hymns.

Julie - 7 years ago

I also chose one from the list because all of them are in some way my favorites but the hymn that will always be my all time favorite is: What A Friend We Have in Jesus.

Lori Merrill - 7 years ago

I chose Amazing Grace from the list, but one of my favorites is Finally Home by Singer/Wyrtzen.

Vicky Hoy - 7 years ago

My most favorite was not listed, "In the Garden". I also have lots more favorites: Old Rugged Cross, Amazing Grace, Blessed Assurance.

David Cloud - 7 years ago

I couldn't vote in the poll as they are all favorites of mine, plus a couple dozen others.

cindy dawn - 7 years ago

I'm an "old" but my grandma always hummed and her favorite was "Old Rugged Cross" so that's the one that will bring tears to my eyes.

Kelly - 7 years ago

Victory in Jesus!

Junell Zellner - 7 years ago

I'm with Paula. I love, We Are Standing On Holy Ground.
Also, Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus

Kris Green - 7 years ago

This isn't considered a hymn, but it always moves me... Redeemed by Big Daddy Weave.

Linda Skorick - 7 years ago

I agree with Allison...O Love That Will Not Let Me Go. Every verse wrenches me. "And from the ground there blossoms red, life that shall endless be."

JoNell - 7 years ago

These are all great but my favorite, that's not on the list,
is Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus.

Molly - 7 years ago

Our Father, It is well with my soul, God I need you now, First.

Maggie Fuller - 7 years ago

I wanted to check all of them and include many that other friends have listed. Hymns have beautiful words that always bless me.

Charlee Briggs - 7 years ago

My real favorite is "Wonderful Grace of Jesus", but since that wasn't on the list I chose "Blessed Assurance", which is my second favorite :)

Joy - 7 years ago

That's a great list, and I chose my favorite of those listed. But I have many other favorite hymns, including "Be Thou My Vision", "Come, Ye Disconsolate", "My Faith Has Found a Resting Place", etc. I could make a long list of hymns I love.