A trip over to St Mary’s Hamilton for our Regional Ascension Day service last night, fitting choice as they have a magnificent West window depicting the Ascension.
Strange, and difficult tune to one of the hymns obviously a local thing, as we that travelled from St Mark’s weren’t the only ones to be totally baffled by it. Why change a well liked and well known hymn tune, especially when to change it means repeating words and lines to make it fit the music, meaning that not only the tune isn’t known but anyone unfamiliar with it doesn’t even know what part of the hymn will be sung next?
