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AcaDisc #126- Friends by The Sounds of Glory
Original Release: 1986
Available through The Sounds of
Glory on cassette only
Producers: Cary Wise and The Sounds of
Glory
Recording Studio: Fourth Creation Studios - Conroe,
TX
Members: C.D. Davis -
Bass
Lanier
Stevens -
Baritone
Randy
Green - 2nd
Tenor
Charles
Davis - 1st Tenor
Will There Be Any
Stars?
Alleluia
I Know My Saviour is There
The Longer I Serve Him
God Can Do Anything But Fail
Friends
Camping in Canaan's Land
At Calvary/The Old Rugged Cross Made the
Difference
Moving Up to
Gloryland
Hallelujah! My Father
When All of God's Singers Get Home
How Great Thou Art
Words: Eliza E. Hewitt (c. 1897)
Music: John R. Sweney (c.
1897)
Lead: None
Lyrics:
I am thinking today of that beautiful land
I shall reach when the
sun goeth down
When through wonderful grace by my Savior I
stand
Will there be any stars in my crown?
Chorus:
Will there be any stars, any stars in my crown
When at
evening the sun goeth down (goeth down)?
When I wake with the blest in
the mansions of rest
Will there be any stars in my crown (any stars in
my crown)?
O what joy it will be when His face I behold
Living gems at his feet
to lay down!
It would sweeten my bliss in the city of gold
Should
there be any stars in my crown
Repeat Chorus
Scriptural Reference:
"And when the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the crown of glory that will never fade away." 1 Peter 5:4
Words and music: Larry Gatlin
This song also appeared on Song Heard 'Round the
World by Revival.
Lead: None
Lyrics:
Alleluia, alleluia, alle-, alleluia
May all alleluias when spoken and heard (and heard)
Be heartfelt
thanks to thee dear Lord
And not just lovely words (lovely
words)
And with each passing moment 'til the ending of our days (our
days)
Be filled to overflowing with our never ending praise
Alleluia (alleluia), Alleluia (alleluia), Alleluia
Scriptural Reference:
"I will give thanks to the Lord because of his righteousness and will sing praise to the name of the Lord Most High." Psalm 7:17
Words and music:
Lead: C.D. Davis
Lyrics:
When I'm heavy laden (laden), when my friends are gone (all
gone)
When I'm all forsaken, when I'm left to walk
alone (alone)
I'll just keep on smilin', (keep on) smilin' through my
tears
(Because I) For I know my Saviour is there
Chorus:
I'll bear my burden (I will bear my burden), my load of care
(and my load of care)
If He's before me (If He goes before me), I will
go anywhere (I'll go anywhere)
Well many troubles all around me, I'll
not despair (yet I'll not despair)
(Because I) For I know my Saviour is
there
There's a rolling river (river), Jordan deep and wide (so wide)
But
He will deliver safely to the other side (bright side)
But whate'er
waits me, (I know) I'll be satisfied
(Because I) For I know my Saviour
is there
Repeat Chorus (x2)
Scriptural Reference:
"You will have plenty to eat, until you are full, and you will praise the name of the Lord your God, who has worked wonders for you; never again will my people be shamed. Then you will know that I am in Israel, that I am the Lord your God, and that there is no other; never again will my people be shamed." Joel 2:26-27
Words and music: William J. Gaither © 1965
Lead: None
Spoken
Vocal: C.D. Davis
Lyrics:
Each day is like heaven, my heart overflows
The longer I serve Him,
the sweeter He grows
Spoken Vocal:
You know, it's been over 40 years since I became a
servant of Jesus and in all those years, He's never once let me
down. Not that I always understood everything that He was doing in
my life, but I've served Him long enough to know that even when family
members dissapoint you, when friends let you down, or when sickness and
death fill you with despair. If you just reach out, Jesus is right
there. I can look back at those valleys I've walked through and see
that, even when I thought I was all alone, that Jesus was with me all the
way. Truly the longer I serve Him, the sweeter He grows.
Chorus:
The longer serve Him, the sweeter He grows
The more that
I love Him, more love He bestows
Each day is like heaven, my heart
overflows
The longer I serve Him, the sweeter He grows
Since I started for the Kingdom
Since my life He controls
Since I
gave my heart to Jesus
The longer I serve Him, the sweeter He grows
Repeat Chorus
Scriptural Reference:
"If they obey and serve him, they will spend the rest of their days in prosperity and their years in contentment." Job 36:11
Words and music: Ira F. Stanphill © 1946
Lead: None
Lyrics:
God can do anything, anything, anything
God can do anything but
fail
God can do anything, anything, anything
God can do anything but
fail
Chorus:
He's the Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the
end
He's the fairest of ten thousand to my soul
God can do anything,
anything, anything
God can do anything but fail
He can save, He can cleanse
He can keep, and He will
God can do
anything but fail
He can save, He can cleanse
He can keep, and He
will
God can do anything but fail
Repeat Chorus
Scriptural Reference:
"David also said to Solomon his son, 'Be strong and courageous, and do the work. Do not be afraid or discouraged, for the Lord God, my God, is with you. He will not fail you or forsake you until all the work for the service of the temple of the Lord is finished.'" 1 Chronicles 28:20
Words: Deborah D. Smith © 1982 Meadowgreen Music Co.
Music: Michael
W. Smith © 1982 Meadowgreen Music Co.
This song also appeared on Give Me
Light by Acappella Vocal Band, The
Early Years by AVB, Acappella Classics by The
Acappella Company, and on Acappella Classics Longplay
by The Acappella Company.
Lead: Randy Green
Lyrics:
A lifetime's not too long to live as friends
Packing up the dreams God planted
In the fertile soil of
you
Can't believe the hope he's granted
Means a chapter in your life
is through
Bridge:
But we'll keep you close as always
It won't even seem
you've gone
'Cause our hearts in big and small ways
Will keep the
love that keeps us strong
Chorus 1:
And friends are friends forever
If the Lord's the Lord
of them
And a friend will not say never
'Cause the welcome will not
end
Though it's hard to let you go
In the Father's hand we
know
That a lifetime's not too long
To live as friends
With the faith and love God's given
Springing from the hope we
know
We will pray the joy you'll live in
Is the strength that now
you show
Repeat Bridge
Repeat Chorus 1
Chorus 2:
And friends are friends forever
If the Lord's the Lord
of them
And a friend will not say never
'Cause the welcome will not
end
Though it's hard to let you go
In the Father's hand we
know
That a lifetime's not too long (a lifetime's not too long, a
lifetime's not too long)
To live as friends
Scriptural Reference:
"Jonathan said to David, 'Go in peace, for we have sworn friendship with each other in the name of the Lord, saying, `The Lord is witness between you and me, and between your descendants and my descendants forever.''" 1 Samuel 20:42a
Words and music:
Lead: None
Lyrics:
I have left the land of bondage with its earthly treasures
I've
journeyed to a place where there is love on every hand (oh glory)
I've
exchanged the land of heartaches for a land of pleasure
I'm camping,
I'm camping in Canaan's happy land (I'm camping)
Chorus:
Every day I'm camping (camping) in the land of Canaan
(Canaan)
And with rapture I survey its wondrous beauties grand
(Oh, Glory)
Glory, hallelujah (I have) found the land of
promise
(And) I'm camping, I'm camping, in Canaan's happy land
Yes I've reached the land of promise with the saints of glory
My
journey ended in a place so lovely and so grand (so grand)
I've been
led by Jesus to this blessed land of story
I'm camping, I'm camping, in
Canaan's happy land (oh glory)
Repeat Chorus (x2)
Scriptural Reference:
"After Jacob came from Paddan Aram, he arrived safely at the city of Shechem in Canaan and camped within sight of the city." Genesis 33:18
At Calvary/The Old Rugged Cross Made the Difference
Words to "At Calvary": William R. Newell (1895)
Music to "At
Calvary": Daniel B. Towner (1895)
Words and Music to "The Old Rugged
Cross Made the Difference": William J. Gaither and Gloria Gaither ©
1970 William J. Gaither, Inc.
Lead: Randy Green
Lyrics:
For the cross made the difference for me
Years I spent in vanity and pride
Caring not my Lord was
crucified
Knowing not it was for me He died on Calvary
Chorus:
Mercy there was great, and grace was free
Pardon there
was multiplied to me
There my burdened soul found liberty at
Calvary
By God’s Word at last my sin I learned
Then I trembled at the law
I’d spurned
Till my guilty soul imploring turned to Calvary
Repeat Chorus
Twas a light filled with aimless desperation
Without hope walked the
shell of a man
Then a hand with a nail print stretched downward
Just
one touch then a new life began
And the old rugged cross made the difference
In a life bound for
heartache and defeat
I will praise Him forever and ever
For the
cross made the difference for me
Scriptural Reference:
"When they came to the place called the Skull, there they crucified him, along with the criminals--one on his right, the other on his left." Luke 23:33
Words and music: Lee Roy Abernathy © 1983 Abernathy Publishing
(ASCAP - Adm. by Integrated Copyright Group, Inc.)
This song also
appeared on Signature Songs
by The Sounds of Glory.
Lead: C.D. Davis
Lyrics:
I love to think about a paradise (I love to think about a
paradise)
Somewhere beyond the blue (Somewhere beyond the blue)
A
mansion waiting in the distant skies (A mansion waiting in the distant
skies)
Maybe next door to you (Maybe next door to you)
We'll go parading through the distant stars (We'll go parading through
the distant stars)
Right down the Milky Way (Right down the Milky
Way)
The planets Jupiter, Neptune, and Mars (The planets Jupiter and
Neptune and Mars)
Won't even be halfway (Won't even be halfway)
Chorus:
Oh yes I'm moving, moving, moving, moving
Moving up to
gloryland
Oh yes I'm moving, moving, moving, moving
Holding to His
nail-scarred hands
Don't know when I'm leaving but I'm ready to
go
When I get to heaven I'll be welcome I know
Oh yes I'm moving,
moving, moving, moving
Moving up to gloryland
I made my reservation long ago (I made my reservation long ago)
The
day I gave up sin (The day I gave up sin)
And when my mansions ready
this I know (And when my mansions ready this I know)
I'm gonna move
right in (I'm gonna move right in)
I have a vision of a happy place (I have a vision of a happy
place)
Where friends and loved ones meet (Where friends and loved ones
meet)
Right on the corner of God's avenue (Right on the corner of God's
avenue)
And hallelujah street (And hallelujah street)
Repeat Chorus (x2)
Scriptural Reference:
“In my Father’s house are many rooms; if it were not so, I would have told you; I am going there to prepare a place for you.” John 14:2
Words and music: Tim Cullen © 1975 Kingsway's Thankyou Music
Lead:
Randy Green
Lyrics:
Hallelujah my Father for giving us your Son
Sending Him into the
world to be delivered up for man
Knowing we would bruise Him and smite
Him from the earth
Hallelujah my Father in His death is my
birth
Hallelujah my Father in His life is my life
Repeat (x2)
Scriptural Reference:
"He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all–how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things?" Romans 8:32
When All of God's Singers Get Home
Words and music:
Lead: Randy Green
Lyrics:
What a song of delight in a city so bright
We'll be weft beneath
heaven's fair dome
How the ransom will raise happy songs in His
praise
When all of God's singers get home
Chorus:
When all of God's singers get home (God's singers get
home)
When never a sorrow will come (or heartache will come)
They'll
be no place like home (like heaven my home)
When all of God's singers
get home (God's singers get home)
Having overcome sin, hallelujah amen
We'll heard in that land o'er
the foam
Every heart will be light and His face will be bright
When
all of God's singers get home
Repeat Chorus (x2)
Scriptural Reference:
"But in keeping with his promise we are looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth, the home of righteousness." 2 Peter 3:13
Words and music: © Manna Music, Harry Fox Agency
This song also
appeared on While the Ages Roll On by
Acappella and Acappella Southern
by The Acappella Company.
Lead: Lanier Stevens
Lyrics:
Oh, Lord my God, when I in awesome wonder
Consider all the worlds
thy hands have made
I see the stars, I hear the rolling thunder
Thy
power throughout the universe displayed
Chorus:
Then sings my soul, my Savior God to thee
How great thou
art, how great thou art
Then sings my soul, my Savior God to
thee
How great thou art, how great thou art
And when I think, that God, His Son not sparing
Sent him to die, I
scarce can take it in
That on the cross, my burden gladly bearing
He
bled and died to take away my sin
Repeat Chorus
When Christ shall come with shout of acclamation
And take me home,
what joy shall fill my heart
Then I shall bow in humble
adoration
And there proclaim, my God how great thou art
Repeat Chorus
Scriptural Reference:
"For the Scripture says to Pharaoh: 'I raised you up for this very purpose, that I might display my power in you and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth'" Romans 9:17
Special thanks for additions and/or corrections to: Lanier Stevens
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