Come Ye Sinners
Published in over 1400 hymnals since 1757, this hymn by Joseph Hart points us to the work of the cross to deal with our plight. In the church music world, there’s a never-ending discussion of the old music vs the new music. As I lead our blended worship ministry, I encounter this discussion often. Recently there was some research published about the most statistically popular newer worship songs and their common origin. Currently, there are 4 main sources creating most of the popular music sung in modern worship settings all over the world. Now, if you consider that Fanny Crosby wrote upwards of 9,000 hymns, having 4 sources of popular worship music seems less alarming. The issue of discussion is not the lack of more sources, it’s the content of the music. In many churches, hymns like Come Ye Sinners are thought to be too old in language and too offensive when compared to popular worship music today. Even though this is an encouraging song to all who are in need of a savior, the raw na