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AcaDisc #148- This Little Light by The Sounds of Glory
Original Release: 2005
Available through The Sounds of
Glory
Producer: Cary Wise
Mixed by: Cary Wise
Mastered by:
Cary Wise
Recording Studio: Fourth Creation Studios - Conroe,
TX
Members: Rodney Britt -
Bass
Lanier
Stevens - Baritone
Dan Stevens -
Baritone
Dale
Underwood - 2nd
Tenor
Charles
Davis - 1st Tenor
Wayfaring
Stranger
This Little Light of
Mine
'Til the Storm Passes
By
In That Great Gittin' Up
Morning!
Miss Jessie's
Song
Medley (Redeemed,
How I Love the Great Redeemer)
O Sacred Head
He Didn't Bring Us This Far to Leave Us
Old Man's Rubble
Here I Am
Medley (This is My Father's World, The Sands of
Time)
God's Already
There
Don't You Know He's
Coming Again?
Words and music: Traditional
This song also appeared on Never Grow
Old by Revival, The Road Home by Voice of
Faith, and as "Poor Wayfaring Stranger" on Acappella Spirituals 2 by
The Acappella Company, Acappella Spirituals
Longplay by The Acappella Company, and on Sweet
Deliverance by Sweet Deliverance.
Lead: Dan Stevens
Lyrics:
I'm only going over home
I am a poor, wayfaring stranger
A traveling through this world of
woe
Yet there's no sickness, toil, nor danger
In that bright
world to which I go
I'm going there to see my father
I'm going there no more to
roam
I'm only a going over Jordan
I'm only a going over
home
I know dark clouds will gather 'round me
I know my way is
rough and steep
But golden fields lie out before me
Where God's
redeemed shall ever sleep
I'm going there to see my mother
She said she'd meet me when I
come
I'm only a going over Jordan
I'm only a going over
home
I'll soon be free from every trial
My body sleep in the church
yard
I'll drop the cross of self denial
And enter on my great
reward
I'm going there (going there) to see my Savior (to see my
Savior)
To sing His praise (sing His praise) forever more (forever
more)
I'm only a going over Jordan
I'm only a going over
home
I'm only a going over Jordan
I'm only a going over home
Scriptural Reference:
"All these people were still living by faith when they died. They did
not receive the things promised; they only saw them and welcomed them from
a distance. And they admitted that they were aliens and strangers on
earth." Hebrews 11:13
"Dear friends, I urge you, as aliens and
strangers in the world, to abstain from sinful desires, which war against
your soul." 1 Peter 2:11
Words and music to "Send the Light": Charles H. Gabriel (1890)
Words
and music to "This Little Light": Traditional
This song also appeared
as "This Little Light" on Live From Paris by
Acappella and as part of the "Children's Medley" on Who Am
I? by The Sounds of Glory.
Guest Vocalist and Lead: Kyle
Underwood
Lyrics:
There’s a call comes ringing over the restless wave
Send the light!
Send the light!
There are souls to rescue, there are souls to
save
Send the light! Send the light!
Send the light (send the light), the blessèd Gospel light (the blessèd
Gospel light)
Let it shine (let it shine) from shore to shore (from
shore to shore)
Send the light (send the light), the blessèd Gospel
light (the blessèd Gospel light)
Let it shine (let it shine)
forevermore (forevermore)
Chorus:
This little light of mine
I'm gonna let it shine (I'm
gonna let it shine)
This little light of mine (this little light of
mine)
I'm gonna let it shine (I'm gonna let it shine)
This little
light of mine (this little light of mine)
I'm gonna let it shine
Let
it shine, let it shine, let it shine
When I'm with the church
I'm gonna let it shine (I'm gonna let it
shine)
When I'm with the church (when I'm with the church)
I'm
gonna let it shine (I'm gonna let it shine)
When I'm with the
church (when I'm with the church)
I'm gonna let it shine
Let it
shine, let it shine, let it shine
When I'm at work
I'm gonna let it shine (I'm gonna let it
shine)
When I'm at work (when I'm at work)
I'm gonna let
it shine (I'm gonna let it shine)
When I'm at work (when I'm
at work)
I'm gonna let it shine
Let it shine, let it shine, let it
shine
When I'm on the street
I'm gonna let it shine (I'm gonna let it
shine)
When I'm on the street (when I'm on the street)
I'm
gonna let it shine (I'm gonna let it shine)
When I'm on the
street (when I'm on the street)
I'm gonna let it shine
Let it
shine, let it shine, let it shine
Repeat Chorus
Let it shine, let it shine, let it shine
Let it shine, let it shine,
let it shine
You know I'm gonna let it shine
Scriptural Reference:
"Send forth your light and your truth, let them guide me; let them
bring me to your holy mountain, to the place where you dwell." Psalm
43:3
"In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may
see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven." Matthew 5:16
Words and music: Mosie Lister © Lillenas Publishing Co.
Lead: Rodney
Britt
Lyrics:
In the dark of the midnight
I have oft hid my face
While the
storm howels above me
And there's no hiding place
Mid the crash
(crash) of the thunder
Precious Lord hear my cry
Keep me safe 'til
the storm passes by
Chorus:
'Til the storm passes over
'Til the thunder sounds no
more
'Til the clouds roll forever from the sky
Hold me fast, let me
stand
In the hollow of thy hand
Keep me safe 'til the storm passes
by
When the long night has ended
And the storms come no more
Let me
stand in thy presence
On that bright and peaceful shore
In that land
where the tempest
Never comes, Lord may I
Dwell with thee when the
storm passes by
Repeat Chorus
Hold me fast, let me stand
In the hollow of thy hand
Keep me safe
'til the storm passes by
Keep me safe 'til the storm passes by
Scriptural Reference:
"For in the day of trouble he will keep me safe in his dwelling; he will hide me in the shelter of his tabernacle and set me high upon a rock." Psalm 27:5
In That Great Gittin' Up Morning!
Words and music: Traditional Folk Spiritual
Lead: Dale Underwood Dan
Stevens
Lyrics:
There's a great day comin', a great day comin'
There's a great day
comin' by and by
When the saints and the sinners shall be parted right
and left
Are you ready for that day to come?
I’m-a gonna tell you ‘bout the comin’ of the Savior
Fare you well,
fare you well
I’m-a gonna tell you ‘bout the comin’ of the
Savior
Fare you well, fare you well
There’s a greater day
a-comin’
Fare you well, fare you well
There’s a greater
day a-comin’
Fare you well, fare you well
Chorus:
In that great gittin’ up mornin’
Fare you well, fare you
well
In that great gittin’ up mornin’
Fare you well, fare you
well
When you hear that trumpet soundin'
Fare you well, fare you
well
Then you'll see your Lord a-comin'
Fare you well, fare you
well
When you see the world on fire
Fare you well, fare you
well
Then you'll see the stars a fallin'
Repeat Chorus (x2)
I’m-a gonna tell you ‘bout the comin’ of the Savior
Fare you well,
fare you well
I’m-a gonna tell you ‘bout the comin’ of the
Savior
Fare you well, fare you well
When you see that lightening
strikin'
Fare you well, fare you well
Then you'll hear that thunder
rumblin'
Fare you well, fare you well
Repeat Chorus (x2)
Fare you well
Scriptural Reference:
"For the great day of their wrath has come, and who can stand?" Revelation 6:17
Words and music: Lanier Stevens © 2005
Lead: Dale
Underwood
Spoken Vocal: Lanier Stevens
Lyrics:
Spoken Vocal:
One of the sweet privileges of being a gospel
preacher is the opportunity to minister to people when they are
walking through those valleys of life, as well as those mountain top
experiences. On Christmas of 2003 I was called to the bedside of a
precious saint in her late 80's who was on her death bed. Her name
was Mrs. Jessie Hill and after requesting that I pray with her, she asked
me to sing her a song. And what happened in those moments as I
beheld her faith, her hope, and her peace inspired the writing of this
song.
I was kneeling by her bedside
And her life was almost gone
She
was ready to see Jesus
Just didn't want to go alone
She was looking
over Jordan
She could see the other shore
Knowing He would walk
beside her
And He would keep her evermore
Chorus:
She had me sing of "Precious Memories"
And the "Old
Rugged Cross"
And that when we cross the Jordan
We'll not have to
cross alone
Oh how precious to our Savior
When His Saints are
gathered home
She's just looking over Jordan
She's just looking
toward her home
Repeat Chorus
She's just looking over Jordan
She's just headed for her
home
Scriptural Reference:
"Lot looked up and saw that the whole plain of the Jordan was well watered, like the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt, toward Zoar." Genesis 13:10
Medley (Redeemed, How I Love the Great Redeemer)
Words to "Redeemed": James Rowe (1916)
Music to "Redeemed": S. A.
Ganus (1916)
Words and music to "How I Love the Great Redeemer":
Francis Foster and Samuel W. Beazley (1915)
Lead: Dale Underwood
Lyrics:
Sweet is the song (sweet is the song) I'm singing today (I'm singing
today)
I'm redeemed! (I'm redeemed!), I'm redeemed! (I'm
redeemed!)
Troubles and sorrow (troubles and sorrow) have vanished away
(have vanished away)
(I have been) I have been redeemed (redeemed)
Chorus 1:
I'm redeemed (I'm redeemed) by love divine (by love
divine)
Oh glory, glory, Christ is mine, Christ is mine (Christ is
mine)
All to Him (all to Him) I now resign (I now resign)
(I have
been) I have been redeemed (redeemed)
Precious indeed (precious indeed) is my Savior to me (is my Savior to
me)
For I'm redeemed! (I'm redeemed!), I'm redeemed! (I'm
redeemed!)
Happy in glory (happy in glory) some day I shall be (some
day I shall be)
(I have been) I have been redeemed (redeemed)
Repeat Chorus 1
How I love the great Redeemer
Who is doing so much for me
With
what joy I tell the story
Of the love that makes men free
'Til my
earthly life is ended
I will send (I will send) songs above (songs
above)
Then beside the crystal sea
More and more my soul shall
be
Praising Jesus and His love
Chorus 2:
He is ev’rything to me, to me
He is ev’rything to
me
And ev’rything shall always be
I will never cease to raise
A
song of gladness in His praise
Here and in the world above
My soul
shall sing of saving love
Life and light and joy is He
The precious
Friend who died for me
Glory be to Him forever
Endless praises to Christ the Lamb
He has
filled my life with sunshine
He has made me what I am
O that ev’ry
one would know Him
O that all (O that all) would adore (would
adore)
O that all would trust the love
Of the mighty Friend
above
And be His forever more
Repeat Chorus 2
(I have been) I have been redeemed (redeemed)
Scriptural Reference:
"They are your servants and your people, whom you redeemed by your great strength and your mighty hand." Nehemiah 1:10
Words: Bernard of Clairvaux (1153)
Music: Hans L. Hassler (1601) and
Johann Sebastian Bach (1729)
Translation: James W. Alexander
(1830)
This song also appeared on Acappella Classycal by
The Acappella Company, Hear It In Our Voice: Volume
III by The Acappella Company, Favorite Hymns of The
Firemen by The Firemen, and Never Grow Old by
Revival.
Lead: None
Lyrics:
O sacred head now wounded with grief and shame weighed down
Now
scornfully surrounded with thorns, Thine only crown
How art Thou pale
with anguish with sore abuse and scorn
How does that visage languish
which once was bright as morn
What language shall I borrow to thank Thee, dearest friend
For this
Thy dying sorrow, thy pity without end
O make me Thine forever and
should I fainting be
Lord, let me never, never outlive my love to
Thee
Scriptural Reference:
“They stripped him and put a scarlet robe on him, and then twisted together a crown of thorns and set it on his head. They put a staff in his right hand and knelt in front of him and mocked him. 'Hail, king of the Jews!' they said.” Matthew 27:28-29
He Didn't Bring Us This Far to Leave Us
Words and music: Phil Johnson © 1978 BMG Music
Lead: Dale
Underwood
Lyrics:
Chorus 1:
He didn't bring us this far to leave us
He didn't teach
us to swim to let us drown
He didn't build His home in us to move
away
He didn't lift us up to let us down
There are some promises in a letter
Written a long, long time
ago
They're not getting older, they're getting better
Because He
still wants us to know
Chorus 2:
He didn't bring us this far to leave us
He didn't teach
us to swim to let us drown
He didn't build His home in us to move
away
He didn't lift us up to let us down (to let us down, let us
down)
He didn't lift us up to let us down
I read those promises in His letter
And now I claim them for my
own
Filling my heart and making life better
And I just wanted you to
know
Repeat Chorus 2
Never use the word defeat
Claim His promises, every one of
them
And every spoken word He'll hear
Because we're everything to
Him
Repeat Chorus 2
He didn't lift us up to let us down
Scriptural Reference:
"Then King David went in and sat before the Lord, and he said: 'Who am I, O Sovereign Lord, and what is my family, that you have brought me this far?'" 2 Samuel 7:18 and 1 Chronicles 17:16
Words and music: Brown Bannister © 1977 Music Services, Word
Publishing
Lead: Dan Stevens
Lyrics:
Chorus 1:
Are you living in an old man's rubble
Are you listening
to the father of lies?
If you are then you're headed for trouble
If
you listen too long you'll eventually die
Are you walking with unnecessary burdens
Are you trying to take them
all on yourself?
If you are, then you're living in bondage
And you
know that's bad for your spiritual health
And are you trying to live by your emotions
Are you putting your
faith in what you feel and see?
Then you're living just to satisfy your
passions
And you better be careful 'cause you're being deceived
Repeat Chorus 1
Are you puzzled by the way that you're behaving
Do you wonder why
you do the things you do?
And are you troubled by your lack of
resistance
Do you feel that something's got a hold on you?
Well deep within you, there's a spiritual balance
There's a voice of
the darkness and a voice of the light
And just by listening, you have
made a decision
'Cause the voice you hear is gonna win the fight
Repeat Chorus 1
Chorus 2:
If you're living as a new creation
If you're listening
to the Father of Light
Then you're living in a mighty fortress
And
you're gonna be clothed in power and might
Repeat Chorus 1
Repeat Chorus 2
Repeat Chorus 1
Repeat Chorus 2
Repeat Chorus 1 (with fade)
Scriptural Reference:
"And in the presence of his associates and the army of Samaria, he said, 'What are those feeble Jews doing? Will they restore their wall? Will they offer sacrifices? Will they finish in a day? Can they bring the stones back to life from those heaps of rubble—burned as they are?'" Nehemiah 4:2
Words and music: Dale Underwood © 2005
Author's Note: "Inspired by a
sermon paralleling Isaac and Jesus"
Lead: Dale Underwood and Dan
Stevens
Lyrics:
Abraham (Here I am)
Take thy son, thine only son, and go from
here
Abraham (Here I am)
You must show me that your love for me is
real
Isaac (Here I am)
Oh my son, my only son, let's go from here
And
Isaac (Here I am)
Take the wood, I have the fire and the knife
Father (Here I am)
Oh it's good for us to serve our Lord above
Oh
and Father (Here I am)
I've the wood, you have the fire, but where's
the sacrifice?
Chorus 1:
God gave the ram (God gave the ram), God gave the ram (God
gave the ram)
As he gave his only son, an angel stayed his hand
God
gave the ram (God gave the ram), God gave the ram (God gave the
ram)
Through His mercy and His love, God gave the ram
Here I am (Here I am)
Mary (Here I am)
Take my Son, my only Son and go from here
And
Mary (Here I am)
He will show them that my love for them is real
Jesus (Here I am)
There's no other price that could their debt
repay
Oh, and Jesus (Here I am)
Would you give you only life?
Father (Here I am)
I have come to speak, to live your love for
man
Oh and Father (Here I am)
I'll take the wood upon my back, and
I'll be the sacrifice
Chorus 2:
God gave the Lamb (God gave the Lamb), God gave the Lamb
(God gave the Lamb)
With no one to stay His hand, He gave His only
Son
God gave the Lamb (God gave the Lamb), God gave the Lamb (God gave
the Lamb)
Through His mercy and His love, God gave the Lamb
Through His mercy and His love, God gave the Lamb
Scriptural Reference:
"Some time later God tested Abraham. He said to him, 'Abraham!'
'Here I am,' he replied. Then God said, 'Take your son, your only
son, Isaac, whom you love, and go to the region of Moriah. Sacrifice
him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains I will tell you
about.' Early the next morning Abraham got up and saddled his
donkey. He took with him two of his servants and his son
Isaac. When he had cut enough wood for the burnt offering, he set
out for the place God had told him about. On the third day Abraham
looked up and saw the place in the distance. He said to his
servants, 'Stay here with the donkey while I and the boy go over
there. We will worship and then we will come back to you.'
Abraham took the wood for the burnt offering and placed it on his son
Isaac, and he himself carried the fire and the knife. As the two of
them went on together, Isaac spoke up and said to his father Abraham,
'Father?' 'Yes, my son?' Abraham replied. 'The fire and wood
are here,' Isaac said, 'but where is the lamb for the burnt
offering?' Abraham answered, 'God himself will provide the lamb for
the burnt offering, my son.' And the two of them went on together.
When they reached the place God had told him about, Abraham built an altar
there and arranged the wood on it. He bound his son Isaac and laid
him on the altar, on top of the wood. Then he reached out his hand
and took the knife to slay his son. But the angel of the Lord called
out to him from heaven, 'Abraham! Abraham!' 'Here I am,' he replied.
'Do not lay a hand on the boy,' he said. 'Do not do anything to
him. Now I know that you fear God, because you have not withheld
from me your son, your only son.' Abraham looked up and there in a
thicket he saw a ram caught by its horns. He went over and took the
ram and sacrificed it as a burnt offering instead of his son. So
Abraham called that place The Lord Will Provide. And to this day it
is said, 'On the mountain of the Lord it will be provided.'" Genesis
22:1-14
"For I have come down from heaven not to do my will but to do
the will of him who sent me." John 6:38
Medley (This is My Father's World, The Sands of Time)
Words to "This is My Father's World": Maltbie D. Babcock
(1901)
Music to "This is My Father's World": Traditional English
Melody
"This is My Father's World" also appeared on Acappella
Melodies by The Acappella Company.
Words to "The Sands of
Time": Annie Cousin
Music to "The Sands of Time": Chretien
Urhan
Arrangement of "The Sands of Time": Edward F. Rimbault
(1867)
Lead: Dale Underwood
Spoken Vocal: Rodney Britt
Lyrics:
This is my Father's world, and to my listening ears
All nature
sings, and round me rings the music of the spheres
This is my Father's world; I rest me in the thought
Of rocks and
trees, of skies and seas, His hand the wonders wrought
The sands of time are sinking
The dawn of heaven breaks
The
summer morn I've sighed for
The fair, sweet morn awakes
Dark, dark
hath been the midnight
But day-spring is at hand
And glory, glory
dwelleth In Immanuel's land
This is my Father's world; O let me ne'er forget
That though the
wrong seems oft so strong, God is the ruler yet
Spoken Vocal:
O Christ, He is the fountain
The deep, sweet well
of love!
The streams on earth I've tasted
More deep I'll drink
above
There, to an ocean fullness
His mercy doth expand
And glory
dwelleth In Immanuel's land
With mercy and with judgment
My web of
time He wove
And aye the dews of sorrow
Were brightened by His
love
And glory, glory dwelleth In Immanuel's land
This is my Father's world, the battle is not done
Jesus who died
shall be satisfied, and earth and heav'n be one
And glory, glory dwelleth In Immanuel's land
Amen
Scriptural Reference:
"If I were hungry, I would not tell you; For the world is Mine, and all that is in it." Psalm 50:12
Words and music: Lanier Stevens and Dale Underwood © 2005
Lead:
Lanier Stevens (verses) and Dale Underwood (chorus)
Lyrics:
There's no trouble there to borrow
For God's already there
Life was meaningless and empty
My heart filled with despair
Then
I came to know my Savior
And found how much He cares
Chorus 1:
Now I'm not worried 'bout tomorrow
You won't find I
even care
There's no trouble there to borrow
For God's already
there
When I had lost a loved one
Saw no reason to go on
Just wondering
what's ahead tomorrow
Jesus said, "You're not alone"
Repeat Chorus 1
I live each day with expectation
Whether blessings or trials are
there
'Cause I'm trusting now in Jesus
He leads me everywhere
And with my choices set before me
I choose Heaven over Hell
I
have a home up there in glory
And it's there I'll ever dwell
Chorus 2:
For I'm not worried 'bout tomorrow
You won't find
I even care
'Cause there's no trouble there to borrow
For God's
already there
There's no trouble there to borrow
For God's already there (He's
already, already there)
Scriptural Reference:
"For no one can lay any foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ." 1 Corinthians 3:11
Don't You Know He's Coming Again?
Words and music: Charles Davis and Dale Underwood © 2005
Lead:
Rodney Britt, Dale Underwood, Dan Stevens, Charles Davis
Lyrics:
Well, well, well, don't you know He's a-comin' again from that sky so
blue
Well, some folks say it'll never happen, but son I know it's
true
Well, well, well, don't you know He's a-comin' again from that sky
so blue
Well, some folks say it'll never happen, but son I know it's
true
Oh, there'll be Michael and a-Gabriel blowin' on the trumpet; Jesus on
the big white horse
There'll be weepin' and a-wailin' from those who
oppose Him, and shouts from the saints, of course
I'll be a time of
great rejoicin', a homecomin' to be sure
Oh, it'll be a great and glad
reunion day
Well, don't you know that-a it's gonna be a mighthy sight to see
All
the gates of pearl and streets of gold, beside the Jasper sea
Well,
well, well, don't you know that-a it's gonna be a mighthy sight to
see
All the gates of pearl and streets of gold, beside the Jasper
sea
When I see (see my Lord) my Lord (see my Lord) face to face
All the
clouds (clouds of life) of life (clouds of life) will be
erased
There'll be singin' (singin') and shoutin' (shoutin') and
dancin' round the throne
Re-joicing (re-joicing), re-union (re-union),
when all the saints march home, march home
Well, don't you know that-a you better be living here right well
Or
when the books are opened you could hear Him say, "You gotta room reserved
in hell"
Well, well, well, don't you know that-a you better be living
here right well
Or when the books are opened you could hear Him say,
"You gotta room reserved in hell"
So you better be a walkin' right and talkin' right and tellin' bout
your Lord
He'll take you Home above where all is Love and sing in one
accord
I'll be a time of great rejoicin', a homecomin' to be
sure
Oh, it'll be a great and glad reunion day
I'll be a time of great rejoicin', a homecomin' to be sure
Oh, it'll
be a great and glad reunion
It'll be a great and glad reunion
It'll
be a great and glad reunion day
Well, don't you know
Oh, don't you know
I said, don't you
know
Oh, don't you know
Oh, don't you know
Oh, don't you know
Scriptural Reference:
"Then one of the elders asked me, 'These in white robes—who are they, and where did they come from?' I answered, 'Sir, you know.' And he said, 'These are they who have come out of the great tribulation; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.'" Revelation 7:13-14
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