Monday, June 29, 2020

INTO THE WOODS

https://worshipsongsonline.com/2016/09/27/music-and-message/

Composer/Arranger - John Purifoy

Pisgah National Forest
Headwaters of the French Broad


Here is a hymn that captures the the trauma and release experienced by Jesus as he entered the woods and meditated before he faced his enemies.

In our own ways we enter the woods with our concerns and find comfort and strength. 

This performance combines two Hymns. After the first verse of "Into the Woods" the choir sings "Tis Midnight and On Olive's Brow" before singing the second verse of "Into the Woods." 

Click on yellow link to listen to hymn.

by Sidney Lanier, 1842 - 1881
"Into the woods my Master went,
Clean forspent, forspent.
Into the woods my Master came,
Forspent with love and shame.
But the olives they were not blind to Him,
The little gray leaves were kind to Him:
The thorn-tree had a mind to Him
When into the woods He came.
 
Out of the woods my Master went,
And He was well content.
Out of the woods my Master came,
Content with death and shame.
When Death and Shame would woo Him last,
From under the trees they drew Him last:
'Twas on a tree they slew Him--last
When out of the woods He came."
 
Tis midnight and on Olive's brow
by William B Tappan, 1794-1849

"Tis midnight, and on Olive's brow
The star is dimmed that lately shone;
'Tis midnight in the garden now,
The suff'ring Savior prays alone.

'Tis midnight, and from all removed,
The Savior wrestles lone with fears-
E'en that disciple whom He loved
Heeds not his Master's grief and tears.

'Tis midnight, and for other's guilt
The Man of Sorrows weeps in blood;
Yet He that hath in anguish knelt
Is not forsaken by His God.

'Tis midnight, and from heavenly plains
Is borne the song that angels know
Unheard by mortals are the strains
That sweetly soothe the Savior's woe."

Friday, June 26, 2020

WINDOWS COMPUTER

I've been thinking that I should fire up Larry's old Windows computer to use with Zoom. So today was the day to accept the challenge. First to turn it on, where is the button to push, why doesn't it work? Somehow I checked enough connections and satisfied its demands and it responded. This is a used CPU that Larry bought for $100. I think he wanted to see if there was anything he could do with Microsoft that he could not do with his various Linux implementations. It was another toy to play with. When Windows 10 came out Mary convinced him that he would like it. It seemed fine for a while then the machine got really cranky. I ignored his pleas for help in getting it repaired. When Mark came to visit, Larry got him to help him take it to the repair shop. Success! They added memory and the system was up and running.
 
I think Larry mainly used it to listen to music with his earphones.
 
Here it is 2020 with corona virus and Zoom meetings. I don't have enough Linux skills to use Zoom on my computer so I use my cell phone as a substitute, but the video leaves much to be desired.
 
So I managed to set up the old windows machine without thinking it through. Now I realize that the relic does not have a camera or a speaker. I may be able to see the Zoom participants full size which would be nice, and I may be able to hear them with earphones. We shall see. I was more fun when Larry and I could work out these things together.