{"id":5946,"date":"2023-10-02T04:51:36","date_gmt":"2023-10-02T04:51:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mjyoung.net\/weblog\/?p=5946"},"modified":"2023-11-02T22:48:47","modified_gmt":"2023-11-02T22:48:47","slug":"483-the-song-give-me-a-vision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.mjyoung.net\/weblog\/483-the-song-give-me-a-vision\/","title":{"rendered":"#483: The Song “Give Me a Vision”"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This is mark Joseph “young”<\/em> blog entry #483, on the subject of The Song “Give Me a Vision”<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And now for something completely different.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One spring in the early to mid teens Pastor Don Chroniger of the Seventh Day Baptist Church in Shiloh asked if I could write a song for him.  He had read a book about vision (not visions), and was loosely planning a sermon series on the subject and wanted a song–something that the choir could sing, but which could also be used as a chorus by the congregation.<\/p>\n\n\n

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I produced this, and made a midi recording, midi piano and midi vocals, to show how the choral version would sound.  I also produced a printable choral sheet music for the choir to use, and a chorus version in the easier key of D for the congregation.  I also did a hymn setting, shown in the image here.  After I had delivered all this, one of those political events happened–I think the church was chosen to host a denominational meeting that fall–and the sermon series was scrubbed, the song put on perpetual hold.  It was never performed; I don’t think copies of the music ever reached the choir, possibly never reached the pianist.  I searched for another chorus or choir to sing it, but my contacts are extremely limited in that area and nothing ever became of it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, I still have the music, the words, and this midi recording<\/a>, and I personally think it’s a powerful song looking for someone to debut it.  It is the nearest I have ever gotten to writing something similar to the works of my favorite twentieth century composer, Randall Thompson, and it sometimes moves me near to tears.  Pastor Don having retired, I don’t expect the sermon series will ever be realized, so their choir probably won’t ever sing this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Give Me a Vision<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So here are the lyrics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Give me a vision, let me clearly see
Your perfect plan and what you ask of me.
Your will be done, Lord; let me know my part.
Give me a vision; put it on my heart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

People are dying, lost in the night,
Alone and afraid, and needing your light.
Lord, let your light shine through,
Because the world needs you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Give me a vision, let me clearly see
Your perfect plan and what you ask of me.
Your will be done, Lord; let me know my part.
Give me a vision; put it on my heart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Christians are fighting, caught in our pride,
United in Christ, we choose to divide.
Lord, let your love break through,
Because the church needs you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Give me a vision, let me clearly see
Your perfect plan and what you ask of me.
Your will be done, Lord; let me know my part.
Give me a vision; put it on my heart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I am a sinner, not knowing why.
To enter your kingdom I need to die.
Please let your life come through,
Because, Lord, I need you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Give me a vision, let me clearly see
Your perfect plan and what you ask of me.
Your will be done, Lord; let me know my part.
Give me a vision; put it on my heart.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

*****<\/p>\n\n\n\n

–<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Previous web log song posts:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

#301:  The Song “Holocaust”<\/a><\/em> | #307:  The Song “Time Bomb”<\/a><\/em> | #311:  The Song “Passing Through the Portal”<\/a><\/em> | #314:  The Song “Walkin’ In the Woods”<\/a><\/em> | #317:  The Song “That’s When I’ll Believe”<\/a><\/em> | #320:  The Song “Free”<\/a><\/em> | #322:  The Song “Voices”<\/a><\/em> | #326:  The Song “Mountain, Mountain”<\/a><\/em> | #328:  The Song “Still Small Voice”<\/a><\/em> | #334:  The Song “Convinced”<\/a><\/em> | #337:  The Song “Selfish Love”<\/a><\/em> | #340:  The Song “A Man Like Paul”<\/a><\/em> | #341:  The Song “Joined Together”<\/a><\/em> | #346:  The Song “If We Don’t Tell Them”<\/a><\/em> | #349: The Song “I Can’t Resist You’re Love”<\/a><\/em> | #353:  The Song “I Use to Think”<\/a><\/em> | #356:  The Song “God Said It Is Good”<\/a><\/em> | #362:  The Song “My Life to You”<\/a><\/em> | #366:  The Song “Sometimes”<\/a><\/em> | #372:  The Song “Heavenly Kingdom”<\/a> | #378:  The Song “A Song of Joy”<\/a> | #382:  The Song “Not Going to Notice”<\/a> | #387:  The Song “Our God Is Good”<\/a> | #393:  The Song “Why”<\/a> | #399:  The Song “Look Around You”<\/a> | #404:  The Song “Love’s the Only Command”<\/a> | #408:  The Song “Given You My Name”<\/a> | #412:  The Song “When I Think”<\/a> | #414:  The Song “You Should Have Thanked Me”<\/a> | #428:  The Song “To the Victor”<\/a> | #433:  The Song “From Job”<\/a> | #436:  The Song “Trust Him Again”<\/a> | #438:  The Song “Even You”<\/a> | #441:  The Song “Fork in the Road”<\/a> | #442:  The Song “Call to Worship”<\/a> | #445:  The Song “How Many Times”<\/a> | #447:  The Song “When I Was Lonely”<\/a> | #450:  The Song “Rainy Days”<\/a> | #453:  The Song “Never Alone”<\/a> | #455:  The Song “King of Glory”<\/a> | #457:  The Song “Greater Love”<\/a> | #458:  The Song “All I Need”<\/a> | #462:  The Song “John Three”<\/a> | #464:  The Song “The Secret”<\/a> | #466:  The Song “In a Mirror Dimly”<\/a> | #468:  The Song “Present Your Bodies”<\/a> | #471:  The Song “Walkin'”<\/a> | #473:  The Song “In the Light of His Love”<\/a> | #477:  The Song “Step by Step”<\/a> | #479:  The Song “They That Trust”<\/a> | #481:  The Song “To the Philadelphians”<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Next song: Where Did I Go Wrong?<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This is mark Joseph “young” blog entry #483, on the subject of The Song “Give Me a Vision”. And now for something completely different. One spring in the early to mid teens Pastor Don Chroniger of the Seventh Day Baptist Church in Shiloh asked if I could write a song for him.  He had read … Continue reading #483: The Song “Give Me a Vision”<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,42],"tags":[45],"class_list":["post-5946","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bible-and-theology","category-music","tag-ministry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mjyoung.net\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5946","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mjyoung.net\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mjyoung.net\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mjyoung.net\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mjyoung.net\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5946"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.mjyoung.net\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5946\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5959,"href":"http:\/\/www.mjyoung.net\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5946\/revisions\/5959"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mjyoung.net\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5946"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mjyoung.net\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5946"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mjyoung.net\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5946"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}