tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991147951119285942.post7233548877937606147..comments2024-03-25T08:59:38.355-07:00Comments on Song Scoops: Jesus, Name Above All Names – Naida HearnDavid Cainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16657020879759590351noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991147951119285942.post-88331149259712446412022-01-24T04:23:59.058-08:002022-01-24T04:23:59.058-08:00Thank you! So appreciate this!
Thank you! So appreciate this!<br />Marenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07284296552400670996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991147951119285942.post-65873801617621368132016-09-17T15:24:57.332-07:002016-09-17T15:24:57.332-07:00wonderful to read so much about Naida - who lived ...wonderful to read so much about Naida - who lived not far from me in Palmerston North - in Savage Cres, Awapuni in a privately owned house immaculately kept. She was an accomplished musician (taking after her father who was a conductor) and she taught the piano, very well. This is how we met and became good friends. Despite much unhappiness earlier, her intelligence and bright disposition made her determined to succeed on her own and eventually with the wonderful help of royalties from her hymn's success more particularly overseas- she was able to move to make it into the Retirement Village where she became an important part of their life . She even learnt singing herself late in life from Mrs Alister McCaskie and went on to form a little choir there. I believe she was much the same age as me and my dob was 1928 -- so -- yes I think the 30's for her dob. This is a lovely and wonderful NZer hardly known in her own country .. But, I very fondly remember her . Olive Dumbleton.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16315387661811286655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991147951119285942.post-30770997120569500652014-10-21T16:41:49.694-07:002014-10-21T16:41:49.694-07:00I used to attend the church where she played the p...I used to attend the church where she played the piano a large very much alive pentecostal church. Then 1980-83 she looked to be in her early fifties I think the birth date of 1930s would be correct than 1940 something. Simon Boroughsbullsimonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11356964331537217362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991147951119285942.post-61380999133297167552014-03-23T20:01:53.049-07:002014-03-23T20:01:53.049-07:00I agree with the above blog. Naida is not from Pa...I agree with the above blog. Naida is not from Palmerston in the South Island, but from the city of Palmerston North in the North Island. Naida used to attend the ladies' Bible study that I attended.<br />David, you must correct the name of the town as they are hundreds of kilometers apart.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15252934750780065889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991147951119285942.post-46180095217796057472013-11-14T08:26:22.608-08:002013-11-14T08:26:22.608-08:00Hello David,
I can elucidate a little more on you...Hello David,<br /><br />I can elucidate a little more on your story. Although I am from the UK, in 1994 I visited NZ on a musical tour with my then husband and a group of musicians from Wellington. My husband was playing an arrangement of Jesus, name above all names during our concerts and we played one of our concerts in Palmerston North. One of our backing band asked if we realized that the writer, Naida Hearn, lived in Palmerston North. We said that if it was possible, we would like to meet her. The next day, we set off on our tour bus and headed to the elderly community where she lived. On visiting the office building we were given her address and climbing over muddy gardens which, due to the newness of the community, were still un-landscaped.<br />We knocked on the door and a little lady answered. We asked if she was naiad Hearn to which she replied in the affirmative. We told her that we were musicians visiting from England and would very much like to talk to her.<br />She told us her story during which we discovered that she had been married to a man who became a Jehovah's Witness and along with the son, they treated her as a non-person. Despite her unhappy marriage, Naida was an inspiration to those around her and had her bible open on the table ready to lead a bible study among those in her community.<br />She told us about writing her song, standing at the sink and having all the names of Jesus come into her head. She then sat down at her piano and played it with wonderful flourishes. She also shared with us that it wasn't sung correctly! A group of evangelists had taken her song to Europe but had taught it wrongly. She said that she felt that when was singing about our Lord, the melody should never drop so, at the end of the first half of the song in the words 'Glorious Lord', the note on Lord should stay the same note and not go down! There, some special information.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08424257935187816022noreply@blogger.com