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AcaDisc #110- Songs My Mother Used to Sing by The Sounds of Glory
Original Release: 1983
Available through The Sounds of
Glory on cassette only (CD with Old Time Favorites)
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
Wyane Atkinson - 1st Tenor
Precious
Memories
To Canaans
Land
Above the Bright
Blue
No Tears in Heaven
Never Grow Old
Mansions Over the
Hilltop
In the Garden
Glory Land Way
Farther Along
I'll Fly Away
Does Jesus Care
Beautiful Isle of
Somewhere
The Old Rugged
Cross
I'll Be a
Friend
Spoken Album Intro:
With every passing generation, one of the most
powerful forces felt in the Church of our Lord is the influence of
faithful Christian mothers and grandmothers. Most of us have many
precious memories of these women either humming or singing the old
favorite hymns of the Church as they work or even as a lullaby when they
tucked us into bed. The lady pictured with us on this recording is
Sister Hallie Stevens, mother of three gospel preachers, Eldridge Stevens,
R.J. Stevens, and Lanier Stevens who sings the Baritone in our
quartet. To her and to each of our mothers this album is
affectionatly dedicated as we remember the songs that mother used to
sing.
Words and music: J.B.F. Wright
This song also appeared on Our Family
Album by The Sounds of Glory.
Lead: None
Lyrics:
Precious memories, unseen angels
Sent from somewhere to my
soul
How they linger, ever near me
And the sacred past unfold
Chorus:
Precious memories, how they linger
How they ever flood my
soul
In the stillness of the midnight
Precious sacred scenes
unfold
Precious father, loving mother
Fly across the lonely
years
And old home's scenes of my childhood
In fond memory
appear
Repeat Chorus
Scriptural Reference:
"But Timothy has just now come to us from you and has brought good news about your faith and love. He has told us that you always have pleasant memories of us and that you long to see us, just as we also long to see you." 1 Thessalonians 3:6
Words and music: William M. Golden (1914)
Lead: None
Lyrics:
To Canaan's land I'm on my way
Where the soul of man never
dies
My darkest night will turn to day
Where the soul of man never
dies
Chorus:
No sad farewells (Dear friends, there'll be no sad
farewells)
No tear dimmed eyes (There'll be no tear dimmed
eyes)
Where all is love (Where all is peace and joy and love)
And
the soul (of man) never dies
I’m on my way to that fair land
Where the soul of man never
dies
Where there will be no parting hand
Where the soul of man never
dies
Repeat Chorus
Scriptural Reference:
"Hear, O Israel, and be careful to obey so that it may go well with you and that you may increase greatly in a land flowing with milk and honey, just as the Lord, the God of your fathers, promised you." Deuteronomy 6:3
Words and music:
Lead: None
Lyrics:
There's a beautiful place called heaven
It is hidden above the
bright blue
Where the good who from earth ties are riven
Life in
love an eternity through
Chorus:
Above the bright blue, the beautiful blue
Jesus is
waiting for me and for you
Heaven is there, not far from our
sight
Beautiful city of light
We know not when He shall call us
Whether soon the glad summons
shall be
But we know when we pass o'er the river
The glory of Jesus
we'll see
Repeat Chorus
Scriptural Reference:
"Keep yourselves in God's love as you wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring you to eternal life." Jude 1:21
Words: Fanny Crosby (1868)
Music: W. Howard Doane
This song also
appeared on Sing With Feeling: Volume 1 by The
Sounds of Glory.
Lead: None
Lyrics:
No tears in heaven, no sorrow given
All will be glory in that
land
They'll be no sadness, all will be gladness
When we shall join
that happy band
Chorus:
(And they'll be) No tears (in heaven fair), no tears, no
tears up there
Sorrow and pain will all have flown
(And they'll be)
No tears (in heaven fair), no tears, no tears up there
No tears in
heaven will be known
Some morning yonder, we'll cease to ponder
For things this life has
brought to view
All will be clearer, saved ones be dearer
In heaven
where all will be made new
Repeat Chorus
Scriptural Reference:
"He will swallow up death forever. The Sovereign Lord will wipe away the tears from all faces; He will remove the disgrace of his people from all the earth. The Lord has spoken." Isaiah 25:8
Words and music: James C. Moore (1914)
This song also appeared on
Never Grow Old by
Revival.
Lead: None
Lyrics:
I have heard of a land on the far away strand
'Tis a beautiful home
of the soul
Built by Jesus on high, where we never shall die
'Tis a
land where we never grow old
Chorus:
Never grow old, (where we'll) never grow old
In a land
where we'll never grow old
Never grow old, (where we'll) never grow
old
In a land where we'll never grow old
When our work here is done and the life crown is won
And our
troubles and trials are o'er
All our sorrow will end, and our voices
will blend
With the loved ones who've gone on before
Repeat Chorus
Scriptural Reference:
"For my Father's will is that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in him shall have eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day." John 6:40
Words and music: Ira Stamphill (~1949)
This song also appeared
on Sing With Feeling: Volume 1
by The Sounds of Glory.
Lead: None
Lyrics:
I'm satisfied with just a cottage below
A little silver and a little
gold
But in that city, where the ransomed will shine
I want a gold
one, that silver lined
Chorus:
I've got a mansion just over the hilltop
In that bright
land where we'll never grow old
And someday yonder, we will never more
wander
But walk the streets that are purest gold
Don't think me poor or deserted or lonely
I'm not discouraged, I'm
heaven bound
I'm just a pilgrim in search of a city
I want a
mansion, a robe, and a crown
Repeat Chorus
Scriptural Reference:
"The twelve gates were twelve pearls, each gate made of a single pearl. The great street of the city was of pure gold, like transparent glass." Revelation 21:21
Words and music to "I Come to the Garden Alone": C. Austin Miles
(1912)
This song also appeared on Our Family
Album by The Sounds of Glory and Hymns for All
the World by Acappella.
Lead: Lanier Stevens
Lyrics:
I come to the garden alone
While the dew is still on the
roses
And the voice I hear
Falling on my ear
The Son of God
discloses
Chorus:
And He walks with me
And He talks with me
And He tells
me I am His own
And the joy we share as we tarry there
None other
has ever known
He speaks and the sound of His voice
Is so sweet the birds hush
their singing
And the melody that He gave to me
Within my heart is
ringing
Repeat Chorus
Scriptural Reference:
"He has showed you, O man, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God." Micah 6:8
Words and music: J.S. Torbett
This song also appeared on He
Leadeth Me by Acappella, Acappella Southern by
The Acappella Company, and Acappella Praise Service by
The Acappella Company.
Lead: None
Lyrics:
I'm in the way, the bright and shining way
I'm in the gloryland way
(gloryland way)
Telling the world that Jesus saves today
Yes, I'm in
the gloryland way (gloryland way)
Chorus:
I'm in the gloryland way (gloryland way)
I'm in the
gloryland way (gloryland way)
Heaven is nearer and the way groweth
clearer
For I'm in the gloryland way! (gloryland way)
Onward I go rejoicing in His love
I'm in the gloryland way
(gloryland way)
Soon I shall see Him in that home above
Oh, I'm in
the gloryland way (gloryland way)
Repeat Chorus
Scriptural Reference:
"I saw the glory of the God of Israel coming from the east. His voice was like the roar of rushing waters, and the land was radiant with his glory." Ezekial 43:2
Words and music: W. B. Stevens and J.R. Baxter © 1938 Stamps-Baxter
Music
Lead: None
Lyrics:
Tempted and tried we're oft' made to wonder
Why it should be thus
all the day long
While there are others living about us
Never
molested, though in the wrong
Chorus:
Farther along, we'll know all about it
Farther along,
we'll understand why
Cheer up, my brother, live in the
sunshine
We'll understand it all by and by
When we see Jesus coming in glory
When He comes from His home in the
sky
Then we shall meet Him in that bright mansion
We'll understand
it all by and by
Repeat Chorus
Scriptural Reference:
"The Lord looks down from heaven on the sons of men to see if there are any who understand, any who seek God." Psalm 14:2
Words and music: A. E. Brumley (1932)
This song also appeared on many
other albums including Sing With Feeling: Volume 1 by
The Sounds of Glory.
Lead: None
Lyrics:
Some glad morning when this life is o'er
I'll (fly away) fly
away
To a home on God's celestial shore
I'll (fly away) fly away
Chorus:
I'll (fly away) fly away, oh glory!
I'll (fly away) fly
away in the morning
When I die, hallelujah by and by
I'll (fly
away) fly away!
Just a few more weary days and then
I'll (fly away) fly away
To a
land where joy shall never end!
I'll (fly away) fly away
Repeat Chorus
Scriptural Reference:
"I said, 'Oh, that I had the wings of a dove! I would fly away and be
at rest'" Psalm 55:6
"In My Father’s house there 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: Frank E. Graeff (1901)
Music: J. Lincoln Hall
Lead:
None
Lyrics:
Does Jesus care when my heart is pained
Too deeply for
mirth and song
As the burdens press, and the cares distress
And
the way grows weary and long?
Chorus:
Oh yes, He cares, I know He cares
His heart is touched
with my grief
When the days are weary, the long nights dreary
I know
my Savior cares (He cares)
Does Jesus care when I've said "goodbye"
To the dearest on earth to
me
And my sad heart aches till it nearly breaks
Is it aught to Him?
Does He see?
Repeat Chorus
Scriptural Reference:
"Cast all your anxiety on Him because He cares for you." 1 Peter 5:7
Words: Jessie B. Pounds (1897)
Music: John S. Fearis (1897)
Lead:
None
Lyrics:
Somewhere the sun is shining
Somewhere the songbirds dwell
Hush,
then, thy sad repining
God lives, and all is well
Chorus:
Somewhere, somewhere (beautiful, beautiful
Isle)
Beautiful Isle of Somewhere!
Land of the true, where we live
anew
Beautiful Isle of Somewhere!
Somewhere the load is lifted
Close by an open gate
Somewhere the
clouds are rifted
Somewhere the angels wait
Repeat Chorus
Scriptural Reference:
"The city does not need the sun or the moon to shine on it, for the glory of God gives it light, and the Lamb is its lamp." Revelation 21:23
Words and music: George Bennard (1913)
Lead: None
Lyrics:
On a hill far away stood an old rugged cross
The emblem of suffering
and shame
And I love that old cross where the dearest and best
For a
world of lost sinners was slain
Chorus:
So I'll cherish the old rugged cross (the old rugged
cross)
Till my trophies at last I lay down
I will cling to the old
rugged cross (the old rugged cross)
And exchange it some day for a
crown
To the old rugged cross I will ever be true
Its shame and reproach
gladly bear
Then He'll call me some day to my home far away
Where
His glory forever I'll share
Repeat Chorus
Scriptural Reference:
"May I never boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world." Galatians 6:14
Words: Johnson Oatman
Music: J.W. Dennis
This song also appeared
on Sing With
Feeling: Volume 1 by The Sounds of Glory.
Lead: None
Lyrics:
They tried my Lord (they tried my Lord) and Master
With no one
to (with no one to) defend
Within the halls (within the halls) of
Pilate
He stood without (He stood without) a friend
Chorus:
I'll be a friend (I'll be a friend) to Jesus
My life for
Him (my life for Him) I'll spend
I'll be a friend (I'll be a friend) to
Jesus
Until my years (until my years) shall end
To all who need (to all who need) a Savior
My friend I (my friend I)
recommend
Because He brought (because He brought) salvation
Is why I
am (is why I am) His friend
Repeat Chorus
Scriptural Reference:
"When Jesus saw their faith, he said, 'Friend, your sins are forgiven.'" Luke 5:20
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