Originally posted by jaywill
It is not up to a single Hymn to cover all theological angles of the teaching of the New Testament. It is perfectly customary to FOCUS on one aspect.
But why does your 'hymn' have to do it in a juvenile fashion. I mean,
it's indistinguishable from so-called children's hymns where a single,
fairly simple idea is repeated
ad nausiam over the same three
chords. Why do you think that God appreciates efforts using the
basest of language and the crudest of chords to those which reflect
consummate artistry?
Which do you think is 'better:' Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star or
Sonnet CXXXII (Shakespeare)
Thine eyes I love, and they, as pitying me,
Knowing thy heart torments me with disdain,
Have put on black and loving mourners be,
Looking with pretty ruth upon my pain.
And truly not the morning sun of heaven
Better becomes the grey cheeks of the east,
Nor that full star that ushers in the even,
Doth half that glory to the sober west,
As those two mourning eyes become thy face:
O! let it then as well beseem thy heart
To mourn for me since mourning doth thee grace,
And suit thy pity like in every part.
Then will I swear beauty herself is black,
And all they foul that thy complexion lack.
Nemesio