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"O Come to the Altar" is a song by American worship group Elevation Worship. It was released on February 24, 2017, as the lead single from their fifth live album, Here as in Heaven (2016). [ 1 ] The song was written by Chris Brown, Mack Brock, Steven Furtick , and Wade Joye. [ 2 ]
[3] Mark Ryan, rating the album four stars by New Release Today, states, "Live worship is the best worship, and with Here as in Heaven, Elevation Worship gives the church new songs to enter into that secret place."
Medieval miniatures often show the elevation of the Host with the altar server lifting the priest's chasuble to help secure the maximum elevation by taking some of the weight of the vestment, while at the same time holding aloft a long rod topped with a lighted candle to about the same height as the raised Host. [28] [29] [30]
The song had sold 12,000 downloads and garnered 1.3 million streams in its first week, and thus becoming Kari Jobe's and Elevation Worship's fourth top ten hit on Hot Christian Songs and Cody Carnes first top ten on the chart, as well as the highest debut for all three acts.
"Mercy" is a piano-driven song, [6] composed in the key of A with a tempo of 62 beats per minute, and a musical time signature of 4 4. [7] The lyrics of the song are testimonial, [8] as the singer affirms "that Jesus is alive in us and that He has rescued us from the grave."
The video shows Chris Brown and Brandon Lake leading the song during an Elevation Church worship service. On August 19, 2022, Elevation Worship published an acoustic performance video of the song on YouTube. [15] The video was recorded in the loft of a recently restored barn in Charlotte, North Carolina, showing Brown and Lake leading the song.
The nave is the central approach to the high altar, the main body of the church, in Romanesque and Gothic Christian abbey, cathedral basilica and church architecture. "Nave" (Medieval Latin navis, "ship") was probably suggested by the keel shape of its vaulting. [1]
The song peaked at No. 6 on the US Hot Christian Songs chart, becoming their second Top 10 single from that chart. It lasted on the charts for 33 weeks, their second longest charting song. [5] The song is played in a B-flat major key, and 172 beats per minute. [6]