Cac Hymn 718 Yoruba 【TRUSTED – 2027】

Abstract The Christ Apostolic Church (CAC) Hymn Book, Iwe Orin Mimo , represents a unique indigenization of Christian worship. This paper provides a detailed analysis of Hymn 718, examining its Yoruba text, musical structure, theological underpinnings, and its function within the liturgy of Nigeria’s first Aladura (Praying) Pentecostal church. Unlike translated Western hymns, Hymn 718 exemplifies a composed Yoruba hymnody that fuses biblical imagery with indigenous poetic forms, particularly Rara and Ijala chanting traditions. 1. Introduction: The Christ Apostolic Church and its Hymnody The CAC emerged from the Great Revival of 1930 and the prophetic ministry of Joseph Ayo Babalola. Rejecting the Anglican CMS hymnbook (which relied heavily on translated English tunes like St. Thomas or Aberystwyth ), the CAC commissioned its own corpus. By the 1970s, Iwe Orin Mimo (Book of Sacred Songs) contained over 1,000 hymns, many originally composed in Yoruba.

Future research should compare this hymn with Muslim Wird (litany) in Yorubaland and examine how CAC hymnody influenced later Nigerian gospel artists like Ebenezer Obey (who began as a CAC chorister). Assuming a tonic of F major (Yoruba tunings vary) cac hymn 718 yoruba

| 2. Emi Mimo, ma bo, wo okan mi mo; | Holy Spirit, come, cleanse my heart; | | Gbogbo ese mi nu, ese mi nu; | All my sins erase, my sins erase; | | Jesu gba mi o, gba mi o. | Jesus save me, save me. | Abstract The Christ Apostolic Church (CAC) Hymn Book,

Hymn 718 demands embodied salvation – the singer does not just think about grace; they enact the struggle for it. CAC Hymn 718 is not a translation of a Western text. It is an autochthonous creed – a musical summation of Aladura soteriology. Its repetitive cries, pentatonic contours, and direct address to the Spirit reveal a Christianity that has been fully indigenized. For the Yoruba CAC member, singing Hymn 718 is not performance; it is being saved again in real time. Thomas or Aberystwyth ), the CAC commissioned its own corpus

| Word | Solfa | Rhythm (12/8) | |------------|--------------|------------------------| | Ig- | d (low) | Quarter note | | -ba- | m (medium) | Dotted quarter | | -la | d (low) | Quarter | | ni | r (medium) | Eighth | | mo | d (low) | Dotted half (hold) | | fe | m (high) | Quarter (accented) |