What has changed us in 55 years?!

[Barb]

Today I was pondering...

Fifty five, nigh onto fifty six years ago when I was born, they sang a lot of songs that we don't sing now. Well, okay...times they are a changing and new is good, too.

But let me try and get to the point...just ask some of my friends and family...I sometimes take time getting there.

Anyway, I recollect that we sang a song back in the day called Meeting in the Air...any of y'all remember it?!

The closing lines of the chorus are as follows...

Such singing you will hear
Never heard by mortal ear
Twill be glorious I do declare
And God’s own Son
Will be the leading one
At that meeting in the air

We sang another one that even as a young'un I loved...

O sweet Wonder
O sweet Wonder
Jesus the Son of God
How I adore thee
O how I love thee
Jesus the Son of God

Later on, in the early 60s when Bill and Gloria began to write, we sang...

God sent His Son
They called Him "Jesus"...

I'm sure there were other songs which mentioned "Son," but I can't recall then all right now...the point is, I don't recall anyone questioning us singing those lyrics.

No one said, "Well, we know He is the Son, but a visitor might think we believe in more than One in the Godhead!!"

Someone actually told me that, and when he sings solos, he will change the lyric so as to not mention "Son."

You know, I don't recall being confused about who Jesus is or the Godhead at all for that matter, and I think those songs are great.

So I'm wondering, what has happened in the last fifty + years to cause this "trinitarianoia?"

I mean, Bishop GT Haywood wrote Jesus the Son of God (O Sweet Wonder) and he was one of the greatest Oneness minds of his time.

Over and over the Bible makes mention of "the Son of God..."

So when did we change and why?! Or is the view of the person mentioned above unique?! Should the visitor be considered when selecting a song, making sure the lyric fits our doctrine?!

What think ye?!