396 is “Shout to the Lord”, which I have already blogged here.
This brings me to “Surrender All”, which is an odd one. The introduction is by Judson W. Van Deventer and is from its time a hundred or so years ago and then the song proper by Frank and ValLima Jansen is R&B I suppose. The music is fine but I find the text problematic – “surrender” is something you live imperfectly into – it can’t be rushed or done for ulterior motives, even to obtain the beatific vision.
The text is at spiritandsong where the sheet music can be purchased for download. You can listen to the original here.
My backing demonstrates the difficulty I have with this style of music – I fear I slip into parody: