February 29, 2020 (Saturday) In Gilbert and Sullivan’s delightful comic opera, “Pirates of Penzance,” Frederic, having been adopted by pirates as an infant, readies himself to leave the ship. He has served for 21 years, and is now being set free by the pirates. His birthday, however, is on February 29, and when the contract […]
Monthly Archives: February 2020
Worship the King
February 28, 2020 (Friday) “The hymn, “O Worship the King,” was written by Sir Robert Grant, a Scottish Anglican who was born in India in 1779. Robert wrote this hymn in 1833, a year before being appointed Governor of Bombay, a position that he held until his death. “This hymn was inspired by a 16th […]
Are You Able?
February 27, 2020 (Thursday)
To God Be The Glory
February 26, 2020 (Wednesday) The hymn, “To God Be the Glory,” although written in the 19th Century, fell into disuse until 1954, when Cliff Barrows revived it for the Billy Graham London Crusade.
Holy, Holy, Holy
February 25, 2020 (Tuesday) I’m having another one of those days when I woke up with a song. It kept repeating in my head over and over and over…This time it’s a hymn, but only certain words in the hymn.