Don’t you love old hymns? To sing those familiar yet long-forgotten and liturgical sounds, echoing verses sung from centuries past. Gotta dig it.
Today—this Sabbath—let’s consider the words from Open Thou Mine Eyes:
Open Thou mine eyes, and I shall see;
incline my heart and I shall desire
Order my steps and I shall walk
in the ways of Thy commandments
Open Thou mine ears, and I shall hear;
dispel my pride, and I shall surrender.
God my teacher be:
in the ways of Thy commandments
(Words by Lancelot Andrews, 1565. Adapted by Isaac Wardell, 2008. As performed on Bifrost Arts’ ‘Come O Spirit’)
