'All my hope on God is founded' is one that seems to have followed me about since April 21 1991 at around 12.00 midday. I am that precise because the day before Lucy and I had gone to Twickenham to watch Corrnwall win the County Championship for the first time since 1908. The game was tense with Cornwall 16-3 down with 15 minutes to go. They equalised with a try in the last minute of normal time, missed the conversion and went on to win 27-20 after extra time. Much celebration!
The next day at church, (St Nicholas, Abingdon) this was the last hymn. As the last verse came around with those words 'Christ doth call, one and all, ye who follow shall not fall' it all got too much and I burst into tears, 'One and All' being the Cornish motto.
But actually the whole hymn reflects how I feel about God and how much I love and trust him and have confidence in his care for me. It needs to be the traditional words though. The modern version does not convey the same meaning. With the Trad version it is Christ doing the calling and it is up to us to respond. the other version says 'Hear Christ's call' putting the obligation on the listener not the caller. Not the same thing at all. The modern version reads awkwardly too.
A very close second is 'Guide me O thou great Jehovah'. does this need explaining!!
Lyrics:
http://www.oremus.org/hymnal/a/a133.html
Music:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2oYTtyBSxk
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