Amish Wedding Song

[@pegerb4227]

Born and raised Amish... my husband and I left in our early 20s, soon after our marriage. This song was sung at our wedding and that of so many others before us- and all of them after us, I'm sure. It was always the last "Lied" (hymn) as the bridal procession exited the ceremony. Though I never regretted leaving the Amish, hearing these songs always brings goosebumps and nostalgia. They're a part of our roots and history, and I'll be able to remember and sing this song when I'm 80...

[@bobbyc.1111]

why can't you just go live near your family and still attend weddings?

[@aukevandekken917]

Look GODnabij.n amen sjalom shalom jezus leeft

[@barbarajeanyoder4081]

Same here,, miss these songs

[@RGraber12]

It does bring a lot of nostalgia! I was baptized in the Amish church and left at age 21. I am not shunned and can go back and visit my family anytime.

[@michael.p.]

But why did you leave?

[@yoslabaugh1]

I'm from homerville Ohio, my name is Simon E Slabaugh I left the Amish went I was 18 years old, this bring lots of memories

[@carolbenson572]

There is no comparison to listening to this and actually sitting in the same room as they sing this song. Tt fills you soul with great emotion, It was an experience of a life time. I will never forget it.

[@JohnMiller-kk4nx]

I left the Amish 6 weeks ago and this song was always one of my favorite. It almost makes me want to go back. I get so emotional when I listen to this song.

[@Roadman4you]

It's not quite the same if you grew up amish.

[@michael.p.]

@@JohnMiller-kk4nx why did. you leave?

[@dandangingerich]

Unfortunately I prefer listening to this song on KZbin. I could almost sing this song backwards when I was a kid. It’s a great song but not when under the control of Amish dictatorship.

[@billyoder9813]

Coming out of the amish I every now and then I have to play it on my speakers and sing with it.

[@elischlibach3004]

It is so perfect when I'm worried or can't sleep I listen to the songs I used to help sing until just a couple months ago

[@elsielevandoski5285]

Thanks for sharing! I have an amish background as well- my parents left the church when I was a kid. We still visit our extended Amish family and I love listening to these songs while we're there. It's interesting to see all the familiar amish last names in the comments here. Makes me curious what everyone's story is... whatever they may be, I'm praying that God has brought you full circle and put you where he needs you here on earth, in His grace and redemption. God bless

[@obrian136]

Formerly Amish, northern Indiana. This was a favorite of mine as a child, just listening to it brought back floods of memories, I wish I could hear it more often!!

[@JohnMiller-kk4nx]

I just left the Amish 6 weeks ago. And this song has always been one of my favorites. It almost makes me want to go back. I just get so emotional listening to it.

[@JakeWagler]

Now you can!

[@Tisztak]

@@JohnMiller-kk4nx what page in the Ausbund?

[@countryksss]

This is facsinating to me. I have been reading tons of Amish fiction books lately and when I see something I don't know about I look it up. The book I am reading right now mentioned the Lob Song...so I looked that up first...then I noticed this on the side so I clicked it. I love the idea of the rich traditions of the Amish. I know I could never live the life...especially after growing up a suburban Englisher...but I love some of the ideas so much that I try to fit some of it into my life. I love the idea of simplicity. Beautiful song...thank you for sharing!

[@josesouza5793]

Eu também. Adoro a tradição deste povo . Desde a minha infância. Minha Igreja tem muitas coisas iguais aos amish. Congregação Cristã no Brasil.

[@Jesusfreak1072007]

Thanks for posting this song. Raised Amish, and while my disagreements with their lifestyle/religion keep me from going back, I still enjoy hearing these familiar songs. Floods my mind with memories of my youth.

[@elizabethharrison2947]

I want to write a letter to the Amish, which begins like the following: Dear Family, For a long time now, i've been only dreaming of joining an Amish community, beginning with being adopted by some Amish family who can use my help, perhaps, and for which i'm entirely ready to be scrutinized by some family, and by the Elders, and by whatever means you folks might determine this could be possible - i'll undergo whatever you wish, and so that i might join you. For one thing, my entire life with 'the english' is a shining example to, say, your YOUTH, who may be thinking of leaving their people, their home, shining in that I would scare any young person to reconsider leaving on account of what i know which would shock them upon experiencing and yearn desperately to return HOME.... ps: i listen and i HEAR these glorious songs often throughout every week...still dreaming here, getting ready (?💕🤔🙄💕) to write such a letter and thinking about where/who to send it to, only...i already live a lot like the Amish and craft all my own foods that i CAN, and i farm, make ALL of my own healing agents and abhore 'drs and dentists visiting' for many years now..ok, Ed Yoder, i shall shush now💕😋...oh, except this, TOO: all my worldy goods would be given over to my Amish family, of course! pps: i ride an electric trike and wear my hair in sidebuns and dress very modestly, too. phewwww i know i sound crazy, but trust me, i went crazy on purpose and it took some TIME!🤣 And on account of THESE TIMES.💕

[@katyyoder1481]

Elizabeth, I am amish in Indiana. Your letter stirred my heart, and I cannot forget it. How can I contact you directly? Email address I can reach you at? I'd love to get to know you. Blessings!!!

[@josephmiller9507]

Memorys memory's memory's

[@amoseash4117]

Memories galore! Grew up with this. Northern Indiana.

[@jamespower7130]

Que Dieu protège les communautés Amishs !! Amen Ps. de la part d’ un chrétien français.

[@TomorrowWeLive]

Wow! My father grew up in the Free Presbyterian Church of Scotland and this sounds exactly like their psalm singing. The resemblance is uncanny!

[@purecountry2797]

Tomorro we live. Actually a lot of the amish come from Scotland, not nearly all, but a lot

[@adrianmiller7506]

@@purecountry2797 None came from Scotland

[@vflooring]

Wow! Brings back floods of memories! Used to love singing that song!

[@dsmith5788]

I was Amish. at one time love this music .Love listening to it don't understand one word.

[@binklebabe4725]

I get chills listening to this ... and I'm not even Amish. I did move here to heavily Mennonite and Amish Ferguson and Big valleys in central PA when I married in 1993. So different from Boston! It sounds like only the men are singing, though.

[@reneecaldwell5572]

The women sing too. They're seated on opposite sides of the room which is why they're not as easily heard.

[@keithrobertson7662]

I wasn't raised technically Amish, I think my forefathers were Puritans.. very harsh strict when I was present, out of site, out of mind... I always held old fashioned morals, yet grew up in a snake pit... Our family has always been somewhat close, yet distant with them..I went to an Amish church a few times in recent years and this song stirred my soul and I was singing along before it was half over... it's in manifesto..this song must be sung in church!! You don't have to preach in dutch/German, only sing!

[@johnmiller4498]

Beautiful, brings back many fond memories. Unfortunately we can not share in that anymore.

[@sandye6815]

love to hear the Amish sing ,its angelic

[@nighthawk6350]

Yes, it was in the Arthur, IL area. I grew up in Bloomfield, IA and I am pretty sure it is done the same way there. The tune certainly triggered memories.

[@marlinyoder4597]

Sounds just like Geauga County ohio

[@RebeccaBontrager]

wow! brought back some memories of years gone by! Thanks for sharing!

[@mochip123]

Takes me back many many years ago ... from my earliest years in parents lap . Than as a youth thru till 25 years of age. But departing the Amish faith causes a wall that remains for all time. I'm 70.

[@nighthawk6350]

Ivan Yoder Thanks for the comment. I left when I was 16, 24 years ago. I know what you are saying about the wall. "When you leave that way you can never go back" ~ Confederate Railroad

[@steveyoung8876]

+Ivan Yoder That's an interesting turn of phrase; "depart the Amish faith". I'm not American, but from what I know of the Amish via some Mennonite friends, I would have said that the Amish faith is Christian, but that they are an extreme expression of it. My angle on it is that the Amish are a denomination, not a "faith" in themselves. Are you saying that you left Christianity when you left the Amish? I would be genuinely interested in your reply, sir.

[@mochip123]

+Steve Young When I say "Amish faith" and departing the Amish faith I am simply saying the way I was taught the 1st 25 years of my life was to place my faith in the Amish way of life and the Amish church rules of the particular Amish settlement I was in. I was taught that this is the way to be pleasing to God along with that Jesus died because we are sinners. Violating church rules was frowned on by the leaders and would lead to shunning and ex-communication. I am a believer, and now place my faith solely in Jesus Christ and what He accomplished for my sin on the Cross. I have a deep love for my people and always will have.

[@johnmiller2274]

Takes me way back

[@josefklarr2617]

Ivan Yoder this das IST deutch von America night Deutschland!! Josef von Klarr

[@samuelmiller2764]

WOW MEMORIES

[@mbyler11]

This brings back so many memories from my childhood days!!!! Thanks so much for sharing.

[@thomasharmon6444]

This authentic Amish Chanting. I have heard it all my life and no I am not Amish. This is how the Old Order Amish Sect in Holmes County sound on every other Sunday morning .

[@wingman5724]

sounds like their dying

[@evakrolls6069]

@@wingman5724 that is respectless, stop it.

[@tzarinavictoria3531]

Sounds like Gregorian chant and the psalm singing from the Scottish islands

[@aaronsommers7665]

It is/ comes from the Gregorian chant sung in Austria, etc.

[@davidmast1185]

Sounds just as I remembered

[@SylviaNorm]

wow this was my favorite song, they sang it at our wedding...brought back a lot of memories.

[@MsColtsfan21]

This brings back a few memories...

[@katietroyer]

Beautiful! I recorded the singing and part of the preaching at my niece's wedding, but mine has so much background noise in it.

[@sharonhagen9038]

I love it! thank you. it come from their soul.

[@caitlynelizabeth8939]

i wanna go back home.

[@jaredslabaugh3181]

Never too late

[@DerKirchenhocker]

This is simply the way people used to sing. The focus was on the words not a melody.

[@aukevandekken917]

yes it is the man how orgels tooneerde aan de kerk kocht het af .Hij was het die de bieb maakte met nep boeken. hij wou zijn ziel afkopen. met gisft offer. vrijmetselaars. vaticaan alles is nu wat speeld in de wereld het verhaal uit de bijbel. Alles en kan je zo meer vertellen. look GODnabij.nl amen sjalom shalom

[@DerKirchenhocker]

Am I wrong to think that the Amish are the only truly sustainable society in the western world? Isn’t their carbon footprint smaller than the rest of ours? And consequently their lifestyle has less of an impact on our environment and thus more sustainable. Are they miles ahead of the rest of us? Sollten wir hier etwas lernen? Ich bin zwar in Deutschland aufgewachsen aber das interessiert mich sehr.

[@jasonroberts2249]

Yes but they are largely self sufficient, religious, and the men are still masculine and the women feminine. Therefore they are the last model the leftist system wants for us to emulate.

[@pineviewacrehomestead]

Love it!

[@johntaylor6885]

Yep sounds about right from what I heard.. many English ears were shot. They got loud..lol

[@bobv8219]

you must love any religion that is derived from no hate whatsoever

[@wingman5724]

no jesus didnt approve of the religious pharisees

[@amishgodfather]

I grew up in Jamesport, Mo. yes it does bring back memories.

[@IsmaelCruzVazquez-mk6co]

Is there a full amish service video? I would like to see how an amish worship service is...

[@imjustoutforastroll5091]

Lancaster County version please!

[@stonequarrybulldogs]

what gospel message don't they get? I think they get it perfectly

[@wingman5724]

no they really dont their trying to earn salvation

[@greenshp]

Stone Quarry - I was thinking the same thing.

[@misiluki100]

Believe me, many of them don’t even think about or understand the words they are singing.

[@imonthewinningside8281]

@@misiluki100 Believe me, many understand every word they're singing!

[@corkjv]

They're trusting their own works for salvation. However some , me included can be reached with the gospel

[@mennoborntreger6803]

I grew up amish and it makes just like it

[@stepheneberly6357]

It makes... .is that proper English?, I understand, raised Mennonite 😆

[@levizimmerman1490]

How do you compare this with the standards of music?

[@deannaraber45]

I grew up Amish. It's been a while...

[@marjoriemcneill7341]

Can't believe this I'd a wedding and not a funeral

[@Roblox_yt-k1x]

Whos leading this song, sounds so much like my brother

[@Tisztak]

What page is this song in the Ausbund?

[@danielsmith7160]

712

[@archbishopanthonybondi5675]

What fascinates me is that it sounds like a form of Gregorian Chant in German! Their roots were long ago affected by the Church they left and the culture at the time. How wonderful that the style is still preserved.

[@googleuser4009]

Their weddings are very much like us Hutterites except we actually live together in one community where the amish don't.

[@bobbyc.1111]

what does it mean? and everyone here why don't you go back and live your life your way but around your family and friends since its tender?

[@yoslabaugh1]

Wonderful memories I'm from Ohio

[@amishshetler]

Love the song, i would sing to our newborn son as he had pneumonia when he was born, my fiancé isn’t former amish so she found this song, he fall asleep to it all the time Btw i live a short distance from Bloomfield iowa. (From upstate NewYork)

[@nighthawk6350]

I think you might know my friend John Wagler.

[@hhxsx1555]

I am German. I understand the text 100%, but want they singing ist only ohhhhhhhhhhahhhhhhhhhhhhh

[@MissMaria1988]

Hh Xsx True. I can not hear the real german words.

[@adrianmiller7506]

You know why!

[@adrianmiller7506]

They didn't want the prison guards to dance with the music....because they were mocking them so they slowed down the music.

[@mabelborntrager9794]

guess bout like my wedding lol

[@ShipshewanaIndiana]

Thanks for sharing! Can I ask what community?

[@nighthawk6350]

@John Stutzman is your dad's name Atlee? I remember some Stutzmans from Jamesport.

[@amyy.9659]

Wow, so many memories! I grew up in the Amish church in Union Grove, NC. Even though I’m no longer Amish, I’m very thankful and appreciative for my unique heritage of growing up in a such a distinctive culture in the midst of modern America. Very nostalgic. I can almost feel like I’m a little Amish girl again. Sitting through the long services, just waiting for the last note to fade away so we could run and play with our friends!

[@lizzieanntroyer5020]

I love it! I grew up Amish too! The singing is what I miss the most of the activities I left behind... for a new assurance of salvation doctrine. I have never regretted leaving.

[@jayemes1552]

Shame it cuts out before then end of the song. I can't imagine a what it would be like to have your entire community sing a prayer at your wedding.

[@dlvr659]

I pretty much understand living without technology after they skip it.

[@nighthawk6350]

Yes, I did. I was Amish until I was 16.

[@MissMaria1988]

Ed Yoder Sounds like how they used to sing more then 100 years ago in the countryside here in norway.. but the german words dissapear in the vocals sounds..jaja.. :)

[@Acowgirl30]

So did you get saved/Born again?

[@hunterphillips4297]

Song sounds like the halo video game theme music

[@ccekdyne]

How are connected Amish and German origin people?

[@deannaraber45]

Mostly Dutch I think

[@karenfuentes1587]

John marg auctioneer

[@stepheneberly6357]

😆😆

[@Ldrudz]

You grew up on this? You were Amish??

[@johnmiller4498]

Stone Quarry There is great diversity among the Amish. I meant the ones that sing the songs but don't know the Lord personally. I have to think of the film, Trouble in Amish paradise. The public gets a chocolate coated version of the Amish. There are believers in the Amish church, but also much sin and hypocrisy hid among them.

[@johnmiller4498]

This song has a clear Gospel message, if they could only get it.

[@levizook8583]

just because you didn't get it, doesn't say that no one else didnt!! How narrow minded

[@normanmiller4848]

Levi ,I love your response

[@johnmiller4498]

levi zook I didn't say I didn't get it! I'm talking about leadership being hypocrites. When we say one thing and do another God is mocked. I don't know your background or experience, But I know that most of the upper class Amish have a very different attitude towards other believers than the lower class do. I'm not trying to bash them but rather wish they could experience what they are singing about! I am more pained by the darkness and sin, and hurting among them.

[@floralmist6824]

John Miller That's not always the case. You can't judge everyone based on a few people with attitude problems.

[@johnmiller4498]

***** I keep being amazed at people that interact from the outside and think they know what goes on. I am not judging everyone and I'm not trying to imply everyone is the same, or put them all in the same box. You make it sound like a few don't get it. Maybe in some circles. I'm talking about communities and districts that reject Christ, not a few individuals. And this where my burden is. For those who try some hard and yet reject the only true Savior. I was hardcore Amish for 32 years and raised my family that way. My eyes were opened when I asked myself the question? What would Jesus do or say if he were in our midst today?

[@שמואלפלורנטל]

is the language Dutch or German?

[@nighthawk6350]

It is German. Sixteenth century German.

[@evakrolls6069]

@Danny Gingerich Schwäbisch

[@evakrolls6069]

@Danny Gingerich I would like to add some more: Schwäbisch is still spoken by Schwaben, who live in South West of Germany, near the Swiss border. They are known as industrious pious people, famous for their inventions, today their firms are highly demanded by the Chinese to take over. 😄 You folks surely share some of their ancestors.

[@ianhorsburgh9867]

Seems so sad, that many of the people leaving remarks, are "shunned", because they choose to question in order for an explanation,rather than as a means to insult. The message from The Lord was simple, he did not say that we could not question or remain ignorant. For all the closenes of the Amish, there seems to be a lot about complete control, a fear of change,rather than progress

[@andrewp2444]

That is their choice. Look at the facts. Someone raised in a mainline baptist family is more likely to leave their church, than an Amish person is likely to leave his/her own church. For every 2 born into a mainline Baptist family, 1 will leave. By comparison for every 7 born into an Amish church, 1 will leave. It seems that mainline churches have a much greater problem with those who have grown up in their faith questioning their own churches rather than the Amish that have a 85-90% retention rate.

[@greenshp]

Your judgmental attitude, about things you likely know little about, is why I as a modern Christian can't stand Evangelicals. The Amish would be far LESS judgmental than you are (I know this first hand) about you. For your information, and those here who are less apt to jump to conclusions, I read that some people here aren't "shunned" but may have voluntarily left the Amish. When a person is shunned, by the way, they can return to the community after acknowledgement of the offense before the community (during a church meeting usually). And no one forgives as completely as an Amish community. Also, not every community even practices shunning. People really need to stop talking about it, after getting their info from made for TV movies and smarmy romance novels.

[@andrewbyler7276]

greenshp I totally agree

[@trevayoder988]

I was born amish but trust me they are not controlling, if you read the bible and obey the Lord it is easy and simple to follow the rules. If you dont wish to follow then you can easily leave. All the amish want is for their people to focus more on God than other stuff like what's on TV so it is easier to live stricter and simple just so you wont get distracted by worldly things.

[@evakrolls6069]

@@trevayoder988 i am German from Germany and I wished we had these people here. They clearly want to follow the Lord Jesus.

[@hunterphillips4297]

So if one yoder mates with another yoder but from another community regardless of distance is it inbreeding

[@ritadoehring7371]

Is there a English to understand what they are singing

[@Letalis223]

Its in the description of the video

[@Letalis223]

Translation (This is a paraphrase and is not necessarily verbatim): Praised be God in the highest throne who has chosen us Has put a beautiful garment on us That we would be newborn. This is the proper wedding garment With which God adorns his people The wedding of the Lamb is already prepared For the pious to lead the way to. Rejoice, all loving Christians That God has received you And prepared a beautiful ballroom for you In which we shall come

[@stonequarry8910]

I want to be amish

[@kitiowa]

Is it not a bit disrespectful to take secret recordings?

[@westondecker68]

Sounds doleful, not what I’d want to begin a joyful journey.

[@Harphoney]

For a wedding song, it is very mournful sounding! Sounds more like a funeral. I need to shut this off!!

[@anthonygingerich4378]

It sounds sexy

[@nanettewaver6952]

There are no words I can understand ❓❓❓ Why is that ❓❓ Why can’t you sing words that you can understand ❓❓❓

[@godsbread7892]

no hate, just pride. They don't use musical insruments because its a sign of self expression ? yet they use their own voices as instruments .... self expression there ? Its contradictory . To say that God doesn't condone music even when it praises him is ridiculous

[@JohnDavid-vh3rn]

there are quite a few protestant churches i have been to that do not use musical instruments

[@aaronyoder9995]

Psalms 150

[@godsbread7892]

they were the same clothing, the same hats, etc... its more like a cult

[@williamrushby2140]

Does one's clothing make one a cultist????

[@bobhostetler8548]

I grew up amish until I was 17 at that age I knew what a cult was they preached Christ Jesus crucified and raised from the dead.

[@rachelmason8694]

@@bobhostetler8548 ,please explain why you consider folks being a cult that have Christ Jesus as their Saviour? These people are called Christians....

[@doowoppyify]

This is horrible, it sounds as if someone had died. The song should sound of happiness, not like the souls of the dead calling the new spirit.

[@samschrock8519]

Hey there doowoppyify ,if you dont understand the german language then why are you even commenting on this song,perhaps the english wedding songs need to change there tune and sing with more humiltiy because they only have a 50 percent succes rate

[@steveyoung8876]

Wow, Samantha, where did that come from? He didn't say anything about the language, only the style. It would have sounded just as dismal if it had been sung in English.

[@doowoppyify]

+Steve Young Exactly!!

[@MissMaria1988]

doowoppyify Its in german. ..well.. it sounds like the church singing more then 100 years ago where i come from, countryside in norway... exept from the language. But German are well known here. Spes to hear.

[@floralmist6824]

doowoppyify It's very beautiful to me and has a meaning behind its style. Not everything is composed in a studio. These are everyday people in church. And not in a choir either. It's from hundreds of years ago during religious persecution.

[@amishgodfather]

I grew up in Jamesport, Mo. yes it does bring back memories.

[@josefklarr2617]

she was Bishop CHRIST Miller from Ashland Ohio Daughter

[@corkjv]

Who is this ? My wife is from Jamesport MO

[@stonequarry8910]

I want to be amish

[@amishgodfather]

I grew up in Jamesport, Mo. yes it does bring back memories.

[@corkjv]

What is your name?. My wife is from there