Today's hymn echoes the circling of Jericho by Joshua and his men, the blowing of the trumpets, and the crash of the walls as they “come a-tumbling down”!
used to sing this song all the time as a kid! and my own kids learned it at their school. i remember the awe-full idea, contemplating that as a child - the walls just crashing down. and *what* a noise!
Of course I can’t hear this without thinking of It Happened One Night.
Our boys love this story because pretending to be Joshua gives them a good reason to indulge in one of their favorite pastimes: noise making!
I know y’all love Robert Frost, as do I, and I am so thankful for all his poems you feature here… I just wish our leaders would remember that while gentle mockery of fencing between friendly New England farmers might be wise, there can be more usefulness to walls than that, as you write above…
Both outstanding renditions! The second actually brought tears to my eyes.
And no mention of this Gospel hymn is complete without a nod to Mahalia Jackson.
used to sing this song all the time as a kid! and my own kids learned it at their school. i remember the awe-full idea, contemplating that as a child - the walls just crashing down. and *what* a noise!
Of course I can’t hear this without thinking of It Happened One Night.
Our boys love this story because pretending to be Joshua gives them a good reason to indulge in one of their favorite pastimes: noise making!
I know y’all love Robert Frost, as do I, and I am so thankful for all his poems you feature here… I just wish our leaders would remember that while gentle mockery of fencing between friendly New England farmers might be wise, there can be more usefulness to walls than that, as you write above…