Brother Harry,
I would really like to hear some rousing music inspired by two magnificent passages of the Bible. These verses tell us how we should treat the
unbelievers (I'm longing for the day when GOP has the total power and we'll once again live in a nation that endorses the Biblical values and Biblical law in their fearsome magnificence):
Deuteronomy 13:6-10
If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, which is as thine own soul, entice thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which thou hast not known, thou, nor thy fathers; Namely, of the gods of the people which are round about you, nigh unto thee, or far off from thee, from the one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth; Thou shalt not consent unto him, nor hearken unto him; neither shall thine eye pity him, neither shalt thou spare, neither shalt thou conceal him: But thou shalt surely kill him; thine hand shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people. And thou shalt stone him with stones, that he die.
Could this be done in the 4/4 time signature,
allegro moderato, feroce with emphasis on the "Pity him", "Spare him", "Conceal him", with a
crescendo culminating in "Kill him", "Put him", "Stone him until he's stoned". I'm thinking of
B flat minor with lots of
diminished chords culminating in A flat major dominant seventh chord leading to...
Exodus 3:14
And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.
Now, we are in D flat major, obviously. Glorious fortissimo. I am not saying that the lyrics should follow the verses perfectly, but wouldn't it be nice to incorporate "I AM that I AM that I AM that I AM ..." into the chorus with the "AM" accentuated? Lots of heavy percussion and an ominous singing voice.
This is something my boys would also like to hear in Church. In fact, my eldest, Mark (19) and my third-eldest Luke (13) contributed to this suggestion, I am sure also Matt (17) would like this but he's busy doing household chores to his elderly gentleman friend.
Yours in Christ,
Elmer