Music for the Christian Warrior
Original music by James A. Hronchek & Chandra L. Hronchek
Album: Wake Up Ye Mighty
Song Title: Mary’s Song
Composer: Chandra L. Hronchek
©1995 James A. Hronchek & Chandra L. Hronchek
CCLI Address: 1933800
Album Back-Story
A warrior has many sides. There is the fierce side, ready to do battle, but there is also the resting warrior, the warrior who is praying because, after all, there is no guarantee that you will come back alive, the warrior who is relaxing with friends, and many others. So, just because Wake Up Ye Mighty is aimed at the warrior does not mean that all of the music is for battle.
We were attending a class one mid-week evening, when suddenly Jim had a vision for this album. He excused himself, then sat nearby writing in his notebook what God was showing him about how this album was to be. I believe he wrote two of the songs at that time also.
The cover art, while not exceptionally sophisticated, was designed this way in order to save on printing costs (this was before the days of digital printing). The cover was created with only two negatives rather than four that would be used for full color, so there were only two passes through the press rather than four. Each negative was assigned either the blue or the green color.
Why a Donkey?
We adopted the donkey image as a visual representation of Music for the Christian Warrior for an earlier album. Why a donkey? In the book of Numbers, chapter 22, God reprimands Balaam by allowing a donkey to speak to him prophetically because he ignored the warning of the prophet that God sent. We simply wanted to remind ourselves that, while God prefers to use His people, He can use any method He desires to get His message across. This was our semi-humorous way of constantly reminding ourselves that HE is the Creator and we are the created.
Mary's Song
Mary’s Song was originally written to go with a Christmas play that I wrote. Of course, it was the meeting of Mary and Elizabeth, and they both danced with joy while Mary sang this song.
LYRICS
Verse
My soul doth magnify the Lord
And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Savior
For He who is mighty hath done to me great things
And holy, and holy is His name
Chorus 1
And His mercy is on them that fear Him
From generation to generation
He hath put the strong man down
And exalted, exalted them of low degree
Verse
My soul doth magnify the Lord
And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Savior
For He who is mighty hath done to me great things
And holy, and holy is His name
Chorus 2
And His mercy is on them that fear Him
From generation to generation
He hath put the tyrant down
And exalted, exalted them of low degree
Verse
My soul doth magnify the Lord
And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Savior
For He who is mighty hath done to me great things
And holy, and holy is His name
Chorus 3
And His mercy is on them that fear Him
From generation to generation
He hath put the lofty down
And exalted, exalted them of low degree
Ending
He hath put the strong man down
And exalted, exalted them of low degree
He hath put the tyrant down
And exalted, exalted them of low degree
He hath put the lofty down
And exalted, exalted them of low degree