COME YE SINNERS POOR AND NEEDY
Every week I try to find an old song or hymn and learn its lyrics and how it came to be written. This past week, I was watching a song service from Towns Creek United Baptists in Alabama. They unashamedly use instruments while also honoring the "old paths" and always sing some acapella as well. After about 30 minutes of lively songs sung with piano and guitar, they broke out with an old old hymn by Joseph Hart written about 1759 I believe. It is included in several Sacred Harp song books, and was a staple among Old Baptists. I am not sure if the Hardshells still sing it, as it seems to oppose some of their "new" theology, but it is still sung by many United Baptists and Old Regulars. I especially love the third verse which says Come, ye weary, heavy laden, Lost and ruined by the fall; If you tarry till you’re better, You will never come at all. How true! How many have not come to Christ, saying "I am not good enough" or "I must wait til...