Music: A Green Hill Far Away

A Green Hill Far Away

Sacred Hymns on Acoustic Guitar

performed by:

Michael Dowdle

Mardk Small

Ryan Tilby

Robert Torres

& Jake White

There Is a Green Hill Far Away

Lead, Kindly Light

For the Beauty of the Earth

Sweet Hour of Prayer

Come, Follow Me

Sheep May Safely Graze

If You Could Hie to Kolob

Rock of Ages

I Stand All Amazed

'Tis Sweet to Sing the Matchless Love

Abide with Me; 'Tis Eventide

I Need Thee Every Hour

O My Father

From All That Dwell Below the Skies

One of Mason's favorite CD's from when he was on his mission.  Very peaceful.  Reminds me of what I in-vision hearing and feeling when I imagine the perfect Sunday morning.  While this won't have your missionary 'tapping their toes and bursting into song,' it will definitely bring the spirit into their home and heart.  Almost 100% hymns from the hymnal.  Sheep May Safely Graze is not in our current hymnal (or the hymnal before that) but, believe it or not, From All That Dwell Below the Skies is.

Music: The Lower Lights - a Hymn Revival

The Lower Lights a Hymn Revival

Ye Elders of Israel

Come, Ye Children of the Lord

Jesus, Savior, Pilot Me

Secret Prayer

Count Your Blessings

If You Could Hie to Kolob

Brightly Beams Our Father's Mercy

Israel, Israel, God is Calling

The Lord is My Shepherd

Swing Low, Sweet Chariot

We Thank Thee, Oh God, For a Prophet

For the Beauty of the Earth

There is a Green Hill Far Away

Sweet Hour of Prayer

This Little Light of Mine

I love this album!  Right from the very first beat of Ye Elders of Israel it will have you tapping your toe and dancing.  The Lower Lights is a group of 20 musicians who beat, strum and pluck their way through the hymnal in a Lady Antebellum - Bluegrass-ie way  This one will be hard to send off in the mail though knowing how much my missionary is going to love it makes it a wee bit easier.

Music - "The Lower Lights - A Hymn Revival" volume 2

The Lower Lights a Hymn Revival 

volume 2

Lead, Kindly Light

I Saw the Light

Calling You

Be Thou My Vision

I Stand all Amazed

Go Down, Moses

Battle Hymn of the Republic

Nearer, My God, to Thee

I Need Thee Every Hour

Where Can I Turn For Peace?

Where He Leads Me

The Christian Life

Where the Soul of Man Never Dies

We Are all Enlisted

God Be With You Till We Meet Again

If your missionary likes Country music (which mine does) then they will probably enjoy The Lower Lights version of these revival hymns.  My husband compares it to the same style as Lady Antebelum...hmmm, I'm not quite so sure ...maybe folksie-bluegrass?  Though all of these hymns are not in our hymnal, I'm sure they are in someones!

Music - Christmas Hymn Mix

I think I've mentioned this before...Matt can only listen to Hymns and Primary songs in his particular mission.  The mission president doesn't care who sings them or what style/genre they are performed in as long as they are only Hymns and Primary songs.  This has proved to be tough to find.  Even the Mormon Tabernacle Choir doesn't put out a CD that is ONLY Hymns. 

The past few days I've been working on a putting together a Christmas Hymn Mixed CD to send to Matt and some of our other missionary friends and I thought I'd share what I came up with.  I uploaded all of our Christmas CD's to iTunes (I have quite a few because we really like Christmas music around here) and only ended up purchasing a few titles to round out this selection.  Using iTunes you can make a playlist by simply dragging a song from your 'library' of music and dropping them into your playlist.  From there you can even move them around so they play in a specific order.  You can click on each song below to see the album that it comes from.  Here's what I came up with:

Angels We Have Heard on High - The Piano Guys (instrumental)

Joy to the World - Amy Grant

Silent Night - Lady Antebellum

It Came Upon The Midnight Clear - Bradlee (piano)

O Come, All Ye Faithful - Amy Grant

O Holy Night - Celine Dion

Silent Night - Paul Cardall (piano)

O Come, All Ye Faithful - David Archuleta

The First Noel - Lady Antebellum

Silent Night - Michael Buble

Angels We Have Heard on High - Bradlee (piano)

It Came upon a Midnight Clear - Josh Groban

Hark! The Herald Angels Sing - Carrie Underwood

Silent Night - David Archuleta

The First Noel - Josh Groban

Away in a Manger - The Piano Guys (instrumental)

Angels We Have Heard on High - Paul Cardall (piano)

O Come, All Ye Faithful - Celtic Woman

Silent Night - The Piano Guys (instrumental)

I printed the playlist and cut it down to size and inserted it into this handy, dandy CD cover I made.  Using this template, print out your CD cover onto 8.5" x 11" seasonal scrapbook paper.  Fold on the dotted lines and paste or tape the side tabs leaving the top tab open to allow you to insert your CD. Just a little more festive than a jewel case or the plain white sleeves that I usually use. 

 

What hymns would you put on your Christmas playlist? 

Do you have any all-time favorites?

Music - "Called to Serve"

Called to Serve

featuring the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra

Craig Jessop & Max Wilberg - Conductors

Called to Serve

Redeemer of Israel

I'll Go Where You Want Me to Go

How Firm a Foundation

I Am a Child of God

I Believe in Christ

I'm Trying to Be Like Jesus

Ye Elders of Israel

I Know That My Redeemer Lives

High on the Mountain Top

He Sent His Son

Come, Come, Ye Saints

This Is The Christ

God Be With You Till We Meet Again

The Spirit of God Like a Fire is Burning

Listed as a "must-have CD" for any LDS home, especially those with missionaries in the field."  A brilliant collection of church hymns with a few Primary songs mixed in.  Will warm your heart and fill your missionary with enthusiasm for God's work.

Music - "Guitar Hymns" vol. 1

Guitar Hymns

Guitar solos - by Ryan Tilby

volume 1

I Stand All Amazed

O My Father

Come Thou Fount

Teach Me to Walk

Sweet Hour of Prayer

Primary Medley

Praise to the Man

If You Could Hie to Kolob

There Is a Green Hill Far Away

Mother, I Love You

Abide With Me

I Know My Father Lives

My Heavenly Father Loves me

Review:   Matt has played the guitar for a number of years and actually bought this CD and sent it to his brother, Mason when he was on his mission.  I'm so glad that I was able to find the same one to send to Matt.  Ryan Tilby's Guitar Hymns contains moving renditions of many favorite hymns of our time.  Simply beautiful.

Music - "The Hymns Collection"

The Hymns Collection

Piano Solos by Paul Cardall

(2 disk set) 

 

Joseph's First Prayer

God, the Eternal Father

Jesus of Nazareth

How Great the Wisdom and the Love

Nearer My God to Thee

Abide With Me Tis Eventide

O My Father

The Release

Come, Follow Me

A Poor Wayfaring Man of Grief

Day of Rest

Praise to the Man

He is Risen

Come, Come Ye Saints

I Need Thee Every Hour

God Be With You Till We Meet Again

Medley: Remember Me, I Believe in Christ, Come Thou Fount

Love At Home

More Holiness Give Me

Behold, the Great Redeemer Died

I Know That My Redeemer Lives

God, Our Father, Hear Us Pray

I Feel My Savior's Love

All Creatures of Our God and King

Father in Heaven, We Do Believe

Jesus, the Very Thought of Thee

Father in Heaven

In Humility, Our Savior

How Gentle God's Commands

Journey Within

Medley:  Joseph's First Prayer, Praise to the Man

 

Review:  You simply cannot go wrong with this 2 CD set.  Paul Cardall has a way of interpreting each hymn in such a way that you can FEEL his testimony through his playing.  These hymns are refreshingly simple, reverent and truly inspiring.

Music - "Hims II" by Voice Male

Hims II by Voice Male

A Cappella Hymns

The Spirit of God

Lead, Kindly Light

Abide with Me!

Our Savior's Love

Where Can I Turn for Peace?

How Firm A Foundation

Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus

There is a Green Hill Far Away

Come, O Thou King of Kings

Be Still, My Soul

Jesus, the Very Thought of Thee

Lord, I Would Follow Thee

Review:  Similar to Afterglow (an all male a cappella group from 'back in the day'), Voice Male provides tight harmony to some of our favorite hymns.

Music - "The Essential Missionary Collection"

The Essential Missionary Collection

Hymns That Uplift and Inspire

by Reach Productions

Come, Thou Fount Of Ev'ry Blessing - Rob Gardner

Redeemer - Paul Cardall

Come, Follow Me - Dan Cahoon

Savior, Redeemer Of My Soul - Dallyn Vail Bayles & Jenny Oaks Baker

I Know That My Redeemer Lives - Linda Rowberry

Come, Come Ye Saints - Steven Sharp Nelson

There Is A Green Hill Far Away - Alex Boye

I'll Go Where You Want Me To Go - Rob Gardner

Blessed Be His Name - Jenny Phillips

Redeemer Of Israel - David Tolk

Be Still, My Soul - Alex Boye

In Humility, Our Savior - Hilary Weeks

I Stand All Amazed - Jen Marco Handy

A Poor Wayfaring Man Of Grief - Jon Schmidt

I Believe In Christ - Eclipse

Praise To The Man - Steven Sharp Nelson

Review:  This was one of Mason's favorite CD's to listen to while on his mission.  A nice mix of vocal and instrumental arranged and performed by many of today's most popular and talented LDS artists.  While not 100% hymns it is very close.