By Sandra Gilkerson
THE LORD’S PRAYER
The music to this hymn is found in our brown hymnal, “Hymns For The Family of God”, page 440.
The scripture can be found in Matthew 6:9 -13 and Luke 11:1 -4. “Teach us to pray,” the disciples said to Jesus. He answered by teaching them the prayer that we call “The Lord’s Prayer”. As a model of prayer, Christians learn it by heart. (memorize). Through this prayer Jesus invites us to draw near to God as “our Father”. It should be prayed, and sung with much thought, sincere and with much feeling. You are reaching out to God with your heart and soul.
Albert Hay Malotte, (1895 – 1964), was an American pianist, organist, composer and educator. When young, he belonged to the first Boy Scout Troop in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He sang as a choir boy at Saint James Episcopal Church. He studied in the U.S. and Paris, France. His career as an organist began in Chicago, where he played for silent movies, and later had concerts through-out the U.S. and Europe.
During W.W.II, Mr. Malotte held the rank of Captain in the Special Services for two years while he toured with the U.S.O. entertaining the troops in various countries. He spent most of his career as a composer in Hollywood. He wrote both credited and un-credited musical scores for around forty films during the 1930’s and 40’s. That included music for Animations from the Disney Studios such as “Disney Silly Symphonies”,
“Enchanted Forest,” and “The Big Fisherman”. Two movies for which he composed scores won best Short Subject Academy Awards, “Ferdinand, the Bull” and “The Ugly Duckling”. he was an amateur pilot, avid golfer and even boxed with Jack Dempsey in Memphis, Tennessee.
Albert Malotte is best remembered for writing the musical setting for “The Lord’s Prayer in 1935. It was
introduced and sung by John Charles Thomas on the Radio. It has remained popular for use as a solo in churches and weddings. Other scriptures that were set to music include ‘The Beatitudes” and “The Twenty
Third Psalm.” Ballets, Musicals, Cantata’s were written. He was married. He owned Apple Valley Music Company.
Our Father, who art in heaven,
Hallowed be Thy name.
Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done,
On earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our debts,
As we forgive our debtors.
And lead us not into temptation,
But deliver us from evil.
For Thine is the kingdom, and the power,
And the glory, forever…A-men….A…men!
Malotte lead a busy life, he used the gifts and talents that God gave him. Are you using your?
