Calvinistic Choir Songs from Netherland

Koot van wyk (DLitt et Phil; ThD)

Visiting Professor

Department of Liberal Arts Education

Kyungpook National University

Sangju Campus

South Korea

Conjoint lecturer of Avondale College

Australia

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpM8Pn-UUvs

Lichtstad met uw paarlen poorten

"Lightened City with your pearly gates"

Urker Men choir in the St. Eustache Cathedrale in Paris

Director: Bert Moll

Piano: Johan Bedewout

Organ: Harry Hamer on the Van den Heuvelorgan.

Organ: Martin Mans on the Domus Unico Concertorgan.

Harmony excellent. Combination of choir, organ and piano uplifting.

A spiritual song that uplifts the heart.  

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pL7Dz8i59Wk

"Vaste rots van mijn behoud"

Text: Jacqueline E. van der Waals

Arrangement: J. van der Waart

Soloist: Florian Poepjes.

The Urker Men-choir under direction of Jacob Schenk sang from the New Church of Middelburg, Netherlands. The copy was made in September 2008.

“Compact Rock of my preservation”

Translation:

Compact Rock of my preservation

as the sin anguishes me

let me recline on Your truthfulness

let me rest in Your sight

where the blood bled by You

becomes the source for Life

Jesus not my own power

not the work completed by me

not the offering that I bring

not the tears that I drop

while I cry the whole night

You alone can save

Once the hour sounds

that the body begins to die

as my soul will sever ties with this world   

Read rather: May my Advocate fix my case

climbing up unto the Judges throne

Read rather: before the Judges throne

Rock of Ages, in Your lap

hide my soul before death.

….. Theologically this is the immortality of the soul doctrine which is not in Adventism because it is not in the Bible.

Personal Comment: The song is majestic and uplifting and devotional. It is a pleasure to listen to and invites the heart to join in worship.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2hWhcOOPPA

Choir: Men Choir in Wester Church in Kampen, Netherland

Wellknown songs by Seventh-day Adventists

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xyot4jT2_is

“nader mijn God bij U”

“Nearer my God to Thee”

Choir sang in 1989 in Utrecht, Netherland

Wellknown song for Seventh-day Adventists

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fgsvp-N6lCw

“dicht bij het hart van God”

Onger Oens sings the song out of a church in Urk, Netherland

“Close to the heart of God”

Wellknown song for Seventh-day Adventists

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJGXXLJFfb8

“Heer wij staan nu hand in hand”

Choir “Niewedieper Visserskoor” sing in a church in Urk, Netherland

Wellknown song for Seventh-day Adventists

“Lord we stand now hand in hand.”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ubcEfZtb2k

“wat een Dag zal dat zijn” (good organ)

Onger Oens sings the song out of a church in Urk, Netherland

“What a day shall it be”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSTHCplTgWk

daar is kracht in het bloed

“There is power in the blood of the Lamb”

Wellknown song for Seventh-day Adventists

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaMr_ExxjZs

“Lichtstad met uw Paarlen Poorten”  (M. M. Kramer)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDwtEadnIX8

“Lightened City with your pearly gates”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mAYuBjhWBAw

“elk uur elk ogenblik” (Lucas Kramer)

“Every hour every moment”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJA5potYjQQ

“Ik wil zingen van mijn Heiland”

“I want to sing of my Redeemer”