The Grace choir sang the anthem, Lead me Lord, by Samuel Wesley. The text comes from Psalms 5:8 and 4:8. Wesley lived from 1810 to 1876, and lived his entire life in England. He was organist at 4 Cathedrals including Winchester and Glouchester Cathedrals.
Our final hymn this Sunday was A Mighty Fortress is our God. The text and melody of this hymn are by Martin Luther and the harmonization by JS Bach. As most organists, I try to plan my solo organ music as much as possible around the texts and hymns of the day. So, all my organ music on Sunday was by German composer, Johann Pachelbel (1653-1706). I played 2 short postludes following our signing of A Mighty Fortress, the first of which was based on the melody of that hymn.
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