‘’A o ma tesiwaju, ninu isin owo ti owuro yi, nigba ti a o ko ninu iwe orin irapada wa; Orin Irinwo-o-din meje’’ ‘’We shall press forward in this devotional service as we sing from our Redemption Hymnal; Hymn 393’’ (Organist strikes some chords for the choristers to stand up) ‘Mo ntesiwaju l’ona na, Mo n goke si, l’ojojumo, Mo ngbadura, bi mo ti nlo, Oluwa jo gbemisoke’ Chorus: Oluwa joo gbemisoke, Fa mi lo si ibi giga, Apata to ga ju mi lo, Oluwa joo gbemisoke (Organist plays the tune after which the church sings away in heavenly ecstasy) …….. Femi AdeleyePsamuel AdelabuAyodeji Iyalabake OmotolaOlufemi Ayinla, Abayomi Oyelami, Komolafe Omotayo Babs, Olabisi Kemi Victoria Olabisi Oluyi and every member of the fold would have an idea of what I’m saying! Right?????? Check this link….(https://youtube/watch?v=j0dpTlf8xDE) Don’t mind me; Im sure a few would connect to the lines above. 0057Hrs, 12/10/2014, that was me thinking down the lane of those pleasurable days of hymn singing. I miss every bit of it and I’m sure lots of people did too especially those locked up in the mountains of Australia, Hills of Chennai and Bangalore in India, Northern side of Tunisia, walls of Germany, Oil fields of Canada, Lesotho, Kenya, Philippines, etc. I mean everyone far away from home would miss melody of Yoruba Hymns. Oh my friends groaning under this ecclesiastically orthodox mode of worship; savour every bit of it while it last. Someday your hungry soul would desire it, especially when such tunes are no longer fashionable or within reach. Yes! It may seem awkwardly medieval now, albeit in a few years, a generation would not know such tunes. We are being pulled away by the ‘penterascalism’ of today’s model. Hymns all the way.....
Posted on: Sun, 12 Oct 2014 00:02:09 +0000
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