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Thursday, July 22, 2010 -Thomasville Times - 3 FOCUS Contemporary music vs. hymns MUSICALLY SPEAKING JOSEF WALKER Guesst Columnist Recently a number of friends who are also musicians have com mented on my column and have wanted to share some of their experi ences with me. A dear friend of mine who is also a church organist, at the suggestion of her pastor, sent me the fol lowing. It’s way too good not to share. 1 hope you enjoy it as much as I did. The Difference be tween “contemporary music” and “hymns.” An old farmer went to the city one weekend and attended the big church in the center of town. He came home and his wife asked him how it was. “WeU,” said the farmer. “It was good. They did something different however. They sang praise choruses instead of regular songs, you know, hymns.” “Praise choruses,” said his wife. “What are those?” “Oh, they’re okay,” said the farmer, “they’re kind of like hymns, only different.” “What’s the differ ence?’ asked his wife. “WeU,” the farmer said, “it’s like this. If I were to say to you, ‘Mar tha, the cows are in the corn,’ weU, that would be a hymn. If on the other hand, I were to say High Point Arts Council to hold 'Day In the Park' TIMES Staff Report High Point Area Arts CoimcU is inviting vi sual artists — fine arts and craft persons — to participate in the 40th annual Day in the Park festival scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 18. Five awards in the amount of $100 each wiU be selected from aU participating art ists. Judging wiU include only handcrafted items. Exhibit booth space is 15 ft. long by 10 ft. deep. The registration fee is $65. Deadline for all entries is Aug. 31. Held throughout High Point’s City Lake Park, Day in the Park features live entertainment. Ad venture Island activities for children, a Folk Life area, community friends and food, as weU as fine arts and crafts booths. The one-day festival wiU begin at 11 a.m. and ends at 5 p.m. There is no charge for admission. For more information or to receive an applica tion, caU Travis Compton, Community Outreach Coordinator at the High Point Area Arts Council, at (336) 889-2787 ext. 26 or at rtcompton@high- pointarts.org, or visit the website at www.highpoin- tarts.org/DlP.asp. to you, ‘Martha, Martha, Martha, Oh, Martha, Martha, Martha, the cows, the big cows, the brown cows, the black cows, the white cows, the cows, cows, cows are in the corn, in the corn, in the corn,' in the corn, the corn, corn, corn,’ Then if I were to repeat the whole thing three or four times, weU, that would be a praise chorus.” As luck would have it, the exact same Sunday, a young man from the city attended the smaD town church. He came home and his wife asked him how it was. “WeU,” said the young man, “it was pretty cool. They did something different, though. They sang hymns instead of regular songs.” “Hymns,” said his wife. “What are those?” “Oh, they’re okay. They’re sort of like regu lar songs, only different,” said the young man, “WeU, what’s the’dif- ference?” asked his wife. “WeU,” the young man said, “it’s like this. If I were to say to you, ‘Martha, the cows are in the corn,’ weU, that would be a regular song. If, on the other hand, I were to say to you: ‘Oh, Martha, dear Martha, hear thou my cry. Inclinest thine ear to the words of my mouth. Turn thou thy whole wondrous ear by and by to,the righteous, inimi table, glorious truth. For the way of the ani mals who can explain. There in their heads is no shadow of sense. Hearkenest they in God’s sun or his rain Unless from the mUd, tempting corn they are fenced. Yea those cows in glad bovine, rebeUious delight Have torn free from their shackles, their warm pens eschewed, They, goaded by mini'onS of dark ness and night, They aU of my sweet corn have hap pily chewed. So look to that bright shinning day by and by "When no foul cor ruptions of earth are reborn, ■Where no vicious ani mal makes my soul cry. And I no longer see those foiU cows in the corn.’ Then, if 1 do a key change on the last verse, weU, that would be a hymn.” Music is the univer sal language. It’s also a great healer. 'What if not only in music, but more importantly, in our daUy lives, rather than always pointing out what is dif ferent about us, we were to celebrate the ways in which we are alike; and try to be accepting of the fact that we are not aU alike. We could put less importance on the differences that separate us. I think it might make us happier people and make it easier to keep a song in our hearts. Guest Columnist Jo sef Walker is organ mas ter and choirmaster 6f Heidelberg United Church of Christ in Thomasville. 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