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Darryl Eisele, Organist -- Softly And Tenderly
Other CD's by Darryl
Eisele, Organist This recording is listed under:
My Comments
Finding good instrumental organ music to play on my station
is a very hard thing. I was surprised that there is very little of it out there,
be it " in-print", or on LP. (That's why the organ music section did NOT exist in my
online store.) In short, if you really like listening to church organ music,
you'll love this CD, as well as his two other CD's that The message
inside the CD cover
reads... "Softly....and tenderly...Jesus is calling. Calling for you and for me. See on the portals, He's waiting and watching. Watching for you and for me. 'Come home, come home. Ye who are weary, come home.' Earnestly. tenderly, Jesus is calling. Calling, 'O sinner, come home," What an enduring image, both spiritually and musically! We cannot read this and not be reminded of the father of the Prodigal Son who doubtless called out in the darkness, time after time, "Come home, lost son, come home!" Waiting and watching. Waiting, waiting, and watching. First, Jesus calls us to salvation, to communion with Him. "Though we have sinned, He has mercy and pardon." He stands at the door and knocks. "If any man hears my voice..." He calls. Later, he calls us to a deeper walk with Himself. "Jesus calls us over the tumult of our life's wild, restless sea. Day by day His sweet voice soundeth, saying, "Christian, follow me." We speak of being "called" into Christian service. "Where He leads me," we sang around the campfire, "I will follow. I'll go with Him, with Him, all the way. I can hear my Savior calling...I'll go with Him, with Him, all the way." Finally, He calls us home to be with Him. We will not know, on this side of heaven, how that call sounds. Someday we will each hear that voice and we will follow Him home. We have stood there beside those we love who have been called home, and it is usually the case that when our grief is deepest, we remember these old, old hymns that remind us of His care and watchfulness for us. "Softly and Tenderly" was written by Will Thompson, a successful Chicago businessman and popular song writer. He was a close friend of evangelist Dwight Moody, who used this hymn frequently in his meetings. When Moody was on his deathbed, he told Thompson, "Will, I would rather have written 'Softly and Tenderly Jesus is Calling' than anything I have been able to do in my whole life." The song is interesting musically, as well. In the verse, the notes are close together and are sung quickly...eighth notes. As the chorus begins, a single note, held longer than any before of after rings out, "Come home" then it builds higher and higher to the climax, held by three descending notes, h-o-m-e. The author added a notation that the last line should start soft, and then get softer, even softer.. earnestly... (softer)... tenderly... Jesus is calling. Back in our younger years, in those "wooden-floor days of our church going," we had "special numbers" and a soloist sang, "Moment by moment I'm kept by His love" or my grandmother's favorite, "Fear thou not, for I'll be with thee, I will still thy Pilot be. Never mind the trusting billows; take my hand and trust in Me." Nothing ever sounded as as a girls' singing trio singing "Precious hiding place, in the shadow of his love. Not a doubt or fear, since my Lord is near." In those days, at the end of a sermon, especially on Sunday nights, the congregation would sing a hymn of invitation. "I need thee every hour, most precious Lord," or "Hold us, who wait before Thee, near to the heart of God," or "Out of my bondage, sorrow and night, Jesus, I come to Thee." There was an "altar call." Do we remember what that was? Maybe we've grown past that. Or maybe not. I don't know what ever happened to these songs, or why we just never hear them anymore. Many of them were already old when we sang them...so they did not die of old age. Nonetheless, we present them here, to comfort and remind us of the immeasurable hope and countless blessings that are ours in Christ. Thank you for listening. If you have enjoyed this recording, if it in any way has been a blessing to you, hearing from you would mean much to me. Please keep in touch. Darryl
Eisele
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