Quote for the Day
“Luther took the entire melody from only one secular song, ‘I Came
from an Alien Country’ for ‘From Heaven on High, I Come to You’. It first
appeared in 1535 but four years later was replaced by an original tune from
Luther, not the borrowed one. The secular tune does not reappear until after
his death. The tune’s use in worldly haunts would sully the sacred text and
bring secular associations inappropriate to worship, so Luther replaced it.” Why I Left The Contemporary
Christian Music Movement by Dan Lucarni(New York: Evangelical Press,
2002), p.107
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