Carols critiqued
David Morecroft
Date posted: 1 Jan 2018
Dear Editor,
I appreciated the article in this month’s
issue by the Revd Antony Rees ‘Christmas
carols critiqued!’ (Some thoughts on what we
are singing). We should always think more
about the words we are singing and who we
are singing them to! Many of our hymns are
not sung directly to the Lord but are either
declarations about God, or are sung to our
own souls and each other to encourage. For
example – Praise my soul the King of Heaven,
Rejoice, rejoice Christ is in us, Rejoice and be glad
the Redeemer has come. (That being the case,
surely when singing these songs we should
look at one another and encourage one
another with a glad countenance!)