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Dec. 19th, 2018 07:21 pmI believe I was in 4th grade when I got my first hymnal. My church choir did the chorister's guild hymn memorization program, where we'd memorize the first verse of 12 hymns each year. I did it for 5 years, and could probably still sing you all 60 hymns. The hymnal, embossed with my name, was the prize for the first year I completed it; there were other gifts for the other years.
It occurred to me, almost too late, that my two boy students are about that age, and very interested in music and church, so I ordered two of our denominational hymnals-- in a different color from our pew editions, just to play it safe. I was too late to have them embossed, but inscribed them both. Dylan was delighted, and then saw that some hymns have chords written in, and then he was *thrilled*. Jacob actually teared up and hugged me! Very very glad I followed that whim!
It occurred to me, almost too late, that my two boy students are about that age, and very interested in music and church, so I ordered two of our denominational hymnals-- in a different color from our pew editions, just to play it safe. I was too late to have them embossed, but inscribed them both. Dylan was delighted, and then saw that some hymns have chords written in, and then he was *thrilled*. Jacob actually teared up and hugged me! Very very glad I followed that whim!
