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The Inspirational Song of the Day

The daily email service described below began on February 1. If you would like to be added to the mailing list and receive a link to the song, as well as the words, just send an email to me, Dick Frantzreb, at info@vocal-works.com or call 916/781-2900.

On March 23, 2020, we were all just beginning to cope with the pandemic. It came to me that I could offer a gift to those who use my website to help them deal with what seemed, to human sense, a chaotic and stressful situation. I offered to send a recording of a sacred solo from the Vocal Works Solo Bank directly to their email inbox – a new one every day, complete with the words of the solo.

Hundreds of those on my email list accepted the offer, and, for those who wanted to keep the music coming, I continued the daily service for 830 days – through July 1, 2022.

Although I’m sure that some of you are pleased with the changes underway in our society, I’m sure many are dismayed by them and in need of support. I want to help, and, as with the Inspirational Song of the Day in 2020-22, the best I can offer is solo music. We get inspiration from the thousands of solos that are presented in our churches on Sunday mornings, but what about the rest of the week?

Accordingly, on February 1st I resumed the Inspirational Song of the Day service for those who would value this supplement to their daily prayer and study. My emphasis is on music that is comforting, strengthening, and reassuring – with messages from the Bible and from lyricists who write from a Christian Science perspective, as well as many other inspired writers.

An example of what I’m sending is below. If you would like to be on my mailing list, please send a request directly to info@vocal-works.com or call the number below. Of course, you can ask to be removed from the list at any time. Also, you may forward this offer to anyone, anywhere in the world.

May we all be constantly aware of God’s love and power,

Dick Frantzreb
Vocal Works
P.O. Box 1247
Roseville, CA 95678
916/781-2900
info@vocal-works.com

 

Inspirational Song of the Day – Sample

https://vocal-works.com/sounds/Solo_bank/130912AG.mp3 

In Thee, O Spirit True and Tender
Words by Frances A. Fox; music by Nicholas P. Schliapin

In Thee, O Spirit true and tender,
I find my life as God’s own child;
Within Thy light of glorious splendor
I lose the earthclouds drear and wild.

Within Thy love is safe abiding
From every thought that giveth fear;
Within Thy truth a perfect chiding,
Should I forget that Thou art near.

In Thee I have no pain or sorrow,
No anxious thought, no load of care.
Thou art the same today, tomorrow;
Thy love and truth are everywhere.

Notes:

  • The music is an arrangement of an early American melody. "O Sleep Not, My Babe."

  • This was published in Schliapin’s Solo Settings of Hymns, Vol. 1, currently out of print.

  • Music copyright 2004 by Nicholas P. Schliapin; poem is in the public domain.

  • Vocalist – Dick Frantzreb; organist – Tom Barr