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Gaither Gospel Hour | Alan Jackson: Precious Memories | Gaither Gospel Hour | May 26, 2025
- Bill gaither: life is made up of moments...
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- ... like turning the pages of a photograph album.
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- Our memories preserve for us the relationships...
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- ... and events that tell the stories of each of our lives.
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- Happy, sad, joyful, and painful.
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- The memories of our days make up the fabric...
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- ... of who we are.
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- (choir singing) ♪precious memories♪
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- ♪how they linger♪
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- ♪how they ever flood my soul♪
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- Bill gaither: an unforgettable memory was made when dozens of friends...
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- ... who had spent their lives in gospel music...
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- ... gathered to sings some songs from their own...
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- ... personal treasure of memories.
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- For these folks, many precious memories...
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- ... had begun around a piano somewhere.
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- They're sharing songs about how their lives have been changed...
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- ... by god's amazing grace.
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- ♪precious scenes unfold♪
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- ♪ ♪
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- [soft guitar music]
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- ♪ ♪
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- - ♪ blessed assurance, ♪
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- ♪ jesus is mine. ♪
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- ♪ oh, what a foretaste ♪
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- ♪ of glory divine. ♪
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- ♪ heir of salvation, ♪
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- ♪ purchase of god, ♪
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- ♪ born of his spirit, ♪
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- ♪ washed in his blood. ♪
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- ♪ this is my story. ♪
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- ♪ this is my song. ♪
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- ♪ praising my savior ♪
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- ♪ all the day long. ♪
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- ♪ this is my story. ♪
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- ♪ this is my song. ♪
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- ♪ praising my savior ♪
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- ♪ all the day long. ♪
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- ♪ ♪
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- ♪ perfect submission, ♪
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- ♪ perfect delight. ♪
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- ♪ visions of rapture ♪
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- ♪ now burst on my sight. ♪
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- ♪ angels descending ♪
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- ♪ bring from above ♪
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- ♪ echoes of mercy, ♪
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- ♪ whispers of love. ♪
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- ♪ this is my story. ♪
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- ♪ this is my song. ♪
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- ♪ praising my savior ♪
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- ♪ all the day long. ♪
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- ♪ this is my story. ♪
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- ♪ this is my song. ♪
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- ♪ praising my savior ♪
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- ♪ all the day long. ♪
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- ♪ praising my savior ♪
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- ♪ all the day long. ♪
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- [cheers and applause]
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- Thank you. thank y'all very much.
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- I'm alan jackson, and welcome
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- To the historic ryman auditorium here in nashville.
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- I can't think of a better place to kick off my new gospel album
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- Than right here in the mother church of country music.
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- [cheers and applause]
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- Course, i guess you know we're here
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- Singing some gospel songs.
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- My mama's been wearing me out for ten years
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- To do this gospel album, you know?
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- [cheers and applause]
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- [gentle piano music]
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- ♪ ♪
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- So we'll just get on with it here.
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- ♪ i come to the garden alone ♪
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- ♪ while the dew ♪
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- ♪ is still on the roses, ♪
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- ♪ and the voice i hear ♪
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- ♪ falling on my ear, ♪
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- ♪ the son of god discloses. ♪
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- ♪ and he walks with me, ♪
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- ♪ and he talks with me, ♪
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- ♪ and he tells me ♪
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- ♪ i am his own. ♪
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- ♪ and the joy we share ♪
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- ♪ as we tarry there, ♪
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- ♪ none other has ever known. ♪
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- ♪ i'd stay in the garden ♪
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- ♪ with him, ♪
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- ♪ but the night ♪
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- ♪ around me is falling. ♪
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- ♪ but he bids me go. ♪
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- ♪ through the voice of woe, ♪
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- ♪ his voice to me ♪
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- ♪ is calling. ♪
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- ♪ and he walks with me, ♪
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- ♪ and he talks with me, ♪
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- ♪ and he tells me ♪
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- ♪ i am his own. ♪
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- ♪ and the joy we share ♪
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- ♪ as we tarry there, ♪
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- ♪ none other has ever known. ♪
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- ♪ and the joy we share ♪
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- ♪ as we tarry there, ♪
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- ♪ none other has ever ♪
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- ♪ known. ♪
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- [cheers and applause]
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- Oh, thank you.
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- Yeah, i grew up
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- In newnan, georgia, down below atlanta.
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- At that time, it was a real quaint small town.
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- It kind of reminds me of franklin here in tennessee,
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- Where we live, and-- with a court square.
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- And we went to in the newnan proper.rch,10,000, maybe,
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- And i would say the buckle of the bible belt
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- Is a good way to describe it.
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- There were churches on every street corner, and--
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- You know, and everybody went to church.
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- Really, there was not a lot to do for entertainment
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- In newnan back then, so that's what you did as kids
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- For entertainment and as teenagers
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- And for your social life.
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- You went to church to be with your friends.
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- So--and actually, that's how alan and i met.
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- We met on a wednesday night after church.
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- All the kids would go down to the dairy queen
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- And hang out, and, you know,
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- I came from my baptist church, he came from his,
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- And we just happened to hook up that evening
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- At the dairy queen.
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- So it was very instrumental in my life
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- 'cause that's pretty much why we met.
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- Which was downtown.
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- It was a small church when i was very young.
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- Probably when i was almost a teenager,
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- They built a new sanctuary next door, and--
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- So the old one still remains there,
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- But the original one i went to
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- Was a small, really pretty little church.
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- - church was very important in our family.
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- We started off at-- my husband was a member
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- Of first baptist church when i married him.
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- And we married quite young.
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- It's like, it's been known i was 16 and he was 19.
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- But i didn't belong to a church
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- Because i grew up in a country church
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- And never was a part of a church
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- Like i wanted my children to be.
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- And i made a point that they were always
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- In the sunday school and in the choir.
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- Well, they started when they were just real, real young.
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- And that was all they ever knew.
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- They grew up in that.
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- They sang in the choir and were always at church
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- And sunday school and everything.
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- It was just--it's what we tried to have in our house.
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- - it was just a pretty standard,
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- You know, southern kind of easygoing church,
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- And you were real reverent and quiet in there.
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- Nobody said anything, and they stood up and sang the hymns.
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- I enjoy the traditional gospel hymns
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- And music that i grew up in the church listening to,
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- I guess, because you just--
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- Anytime you're familiar with a song, you automatically,
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- You know, feel you have a connection with it,
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- Or it brings back a memory or something.
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- ♪ i love to tell the story ♪
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- ♪ of unseen things above, ♪
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- ♪ of jesus and his glory, ♪
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- ♪ of jesus and his love. ♪
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- ♪ i love to tell the story, ♪
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- ♪ because i know 'tis true. ♪
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- ♪ it satisfies my longings ♪
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- ♪ as nothing else can do. ♪
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- ♪ i love to tell the story. ♪
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- ♪ 'twill be my theme in glory ♪
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- ♪ to tell the old, old story ♪
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- ♪ of jesus and his love. ♪
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- ♪ i love to tell the story, ♪
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- ♪ for those who know it best ♪
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- ♪ seem hungering and thirsting ♪
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- ♪ to hear it like the rest. ♪
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- ♪ and when, in scenes of glory, ♪
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- ♪ i sing the new, new song, ♪
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- ♪ 'twill be the old, old story ♪
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- ♪ that i have loved so long. ♪
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- ♪ i love to tell the story. ♪
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- ♪ 'twill be my theme in glory ♪
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- ♪ to tell the old, old story ♪
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- ♪ of jesus and his love. ♪
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- ♪ to tell the old, old story ♪
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- ♪ of jesus and his love. ♪
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- [cheers and applause]
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- [laughs]
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- Oh, thank you.
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- [soft piano music]
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- ♪ ♪
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- - the first song that was recorded for the album
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- Was the one that he did for my father's funeral last summer,
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- And it's "turn your eyes upon jesus,"
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- Which is one of my favorite songs,
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- That really made him realize
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- How special it would be to her--
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- After she heard just the one song,
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- How special it would be, you know, for her to really have
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- A collection of hymns that he had done for her.
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- - timing just kind of leads you
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- The way it's supposed to work out,
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- And i think that's what happened here.
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- It was just a good time and may have been
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- Because i am a little older,
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- And it gave me more time to think about it,
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- And my mother's getting older, too,
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- And my family, so it was a good--
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- Good time to go in and try to record it.
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- ♪ o soul, are you weary ♪
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- ♪ and troubled? ♪
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- ♪ no light in the darkness ♪
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- ♪ you see? ♪
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- ♪ there's light for a look ♪
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- ♪ at the savior ♪
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- ♪ and life more abundant ♪
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- ♪ and free. ♪
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- ♪ turn your eyes upon jesus. ♪
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- ♪ look full in his wonderful face. ♪
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- ♪ and the things of earth ♪
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- ♪ will grow strangely dim ♪
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- ♪ in the light of his glory ♪
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- ♪ and grace. ♪
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- ♪ ♪
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- ♪ through death into ♪
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- ♪ life everlasting ♪
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- ♪ he passed, ♪
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- ♪ and we follow him there. ♪
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- ♪ over us sin no more ♪
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- ♪ hath dominion, ♪
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- ♪ for more than conqu'rors ♪
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- ♪ we are. ♪
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- ♪ so turn your eyes upon jesus. ♪
- 00:14:36.131 --> 00:14:44.206
- ♪ look full in his wonderful face. ♪
- 00:14:44.206 --> 00:14:52.147
- ♪ and the things of earth ♪
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- ♪ will grow strangely dim ♪
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- ♪ in the light of his glory ♪
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- ♪ and grace. ♪
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- ♪ and the things of earth ♪
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- ♪ will grow strangely dim ♪
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- ♪ in the light of his glory ♪
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- ♪ and grace. ♪
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- [cheers and applause]
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- Well, when we went in the studio,
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- I started thinking about some special things to do,
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- 'cause this was a gift for my mother
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- And denise's mother and so forth.
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- So i finally talked my girls
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- Into coming in and singing on a song.
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- My wife sang, and my oldest daughter, mattie,
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- And ali and then dani, the youngest one,
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- They all came in.
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- Everybody sang except dani. she chickened out.
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- [laughter]
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- So i put her on the album--
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- Credit as a vocal assistant
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- 'cause she went and got me a bottle of water
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- Out of the refrigerator one time.
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- [laughter]
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- Got her in there.
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- But anyway, i begged them to sing tonight,
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- And they wouldn't do it.
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- They were scared. audience: aw!
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- - you know...
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- I mean, i don't blame them. it's tough.
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- But they did a good job on the album,
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- And it's really a treat to have them on there.
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- I know that a lot of our family appreciates that.
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- But so we selected somebody to fill in
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- That still kind of is family
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- And make a good replacement tonight,
- 00:16:41.557 --> 00:16:45.227
- And i want to introduce him now.
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- This is my nephew from georgia, adam wright,
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- And his lovely wife, shannon.
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- [cheers and applause]
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- They're better known
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- As the acr/rca recording duo the wrights.
- 00:16:57.673 --> 00:17:01.610
- They're working on a career and getting started
- 00:17:01.610 --> 00:17:03.912
- And making some good music,
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- So they're gonna help us out tonight
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- On this sweet little jesus song.
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- [soft piano music]
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- ♪ ♪
- 00:17:13.255 --> 00:17:22.764
- ♪ 'tis so sweet to trust in jesus ♪
- 00:17:22.831 --> 00:17:28.237
- ♪ and to take him at his word, ♪
- 00:17:28.237 --> 00:17:33.442
- ♪ just to rest upon his promise ♪
- 00:17:33.442 --> 00:17:38.614
- ♪ and to know, "thus saith the lord." ♪
- 00:17:38.614 --> 00:17:44.086
- [together] ♪ jesus, jesus, how i trust him. ♪
- 00:17:44.086 --> 00:17:49.391
- ♪ how i've proved him o'er and o'er. ♪
- 00:17:49.391 --> 00:17:54.763
- ♪ jesus, jesus, precious jesus. ♪
- 00:17:54.763 --> 00:18:00.135
- ♪ oh, for grace to trust him more. ♪
- 00:18:00.135 --> 00:18:06.942
- Both: ♪ i'm so glad i learned to trust thee, ♪
- 00:18:06.942 --> 00:18:12.347
- ♪ precious jesus, savior, friend. ♪
- 00:18:12.347 --> 00:18:17.753
- ♪ and i know that thou art with me, ♪
- 00:18:17.753 --> 00:18:23.225
- ♪ wilt be with me till the end. ♪
- 00:18:23.225 --> 00:18:28.730
- [together] ♪ jesus, jesus, how i trust him. ♪
- 00:18:28.730 --> 00:18:34.036
- ♪ how i've proved him o'er and o'er. ♪
- 00:18:34.036 --> 00:18:39.408
- ♪ jesus, jesus, precious jesus. ♪
- 00:18:39.408 --> 00:18:44.780
- ♪ oh, for grace to trust him more. ♪
- 00:18:44.780 --> 00:18:54.423
- - that's the wrights, adam and shannon.
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- God bless you.
- 00:18:55.924 --> 00:18:57.626
- Fine job.
- 00:18:57.626 --> 00:18:58.727
- [cheers and applause]
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- That's one of my sister's boys there. ♪ ♪
- 00:19:02.798 --> 00:19:06.902
- - "precious memories," of course, is another old hymn.
- 00:19:06.902 --> 00:19:10.105
- I didn't record it on this album,
- 00:19:10.105 --> 00:19:13.475
- But when i was looking for a title,
- 00:19:13.475 --> 00:19:15.611
- It just stuck out to me because that's what
- 00:19:15.611 --> 00:19:17.946
- A lot of these songs are, just memories from growing up
- 00:19:17.946 --> 00:19:21.717
- And what they meant to us,
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- And i just felt strongly about that as a title.
- 00:19:23.252 --> 00:19:26.288
- - i do think that the death of both of our fathers
- 00:19:26.288 --> 00:19:29.491
- Placed probably an urgency on him that, you know,
- 00:19:29.491 --> 00:19:32.294
- "i really need to do this.
- 00:19:32.294 --> 00:19:33.495
- I want to do this for my mother."
- 00:19:33.495 --> 00:19:34.963
- And certainly, you know, the death of his father
- 00:19:34.963 --> 00:19:37.432
- Had a great impact on him
- 00:19:37.432 --> 00:19:39.001
- And, if nothing else, just reflecting
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- On the kind of man he was,
- 00:19:42.537 --> 00:19:44.573
- And alan so admired him.
- 00:19:44.573 --> 00:19:48.076
- - i didn't know that he was going to do it. his daddy was a carpenter,
- 00:19:48.076 --> 00:19:52.581
- And he had started him a little--ng
- 00:19:52.581 --> 00:19:53.882
- Old jo ann castle on the pianos
- 00:19:53.882 --> 00:19:55.951
- And a lot of chuck wagon gang,
- 00:19:55.951 --> 00:19:58.820
- Who were a well-known gospel group,
- 00:19:58.820 --> 00:20:01.123
- And a lot of those songs
- 00:20:01.123 --> 00:20:04.393
- Were played around the house as we grew up.
- 00:20:04.393 --> 00:20:07.763
- My sisters-- i had four older sisters--
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- They all sang in church
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- And school and that kind of thing.
- 00:20:11.800 --> 00:20:13.602
- But, really, we never really sat around the house
- 00:20:13.602 --> 00:20:18.807
- Singing on the porch or anything that much.
- 00:20:18.807 --> 00:20:21.043
- My mama sang a lot just walking around the house.
- 00:20:21.043 --> 00:20:23.545
- Now, daddy never-- you never heard daddy sing.
- 00:20:23.545 --> 00:20:25.280
- I saw him singing in church some,
- 00:20:25.280 --> 00:20:26.648
- But he didn't move his mouth much.
- 00:20:26.648 --> 00:20:27.816
- But-- - [laughs]
- 00:20:27.816 --> 00:20:29.284
- - no, i mean, we weren't, like, a musician family.
- 00:20:29.284 --> 00:20:31.586
- Nobody played an instrument, i don't guess, that i ever--
- 00:20:31.586 --> 00:20:33.689
- Nobody ever learned.
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- ♪ ♪
- 00:20:34.990 --> 00:20:37.893
- Mama ruth: this all came about after my husband passed away.
- 00:20:37.893 --> 00:20:41.596
- Well, he hadn't been gone but a short time,
- 00:20:41.596 --> 00:20:43.498
- And the children didn't play.
- 00:20:43.498 --> 00:20:45.400
- They'd always sung,
- 00:20:45.400 --> 00:20:46.935
- But none of them had ever played an instrument.
- 00:20:46.935 --> 00:20:49.438
- And after he was gone, they just decided,
- 00:20:49.438 --> 00:20:52.207
- "well, this might be a good thing to do."
- 00:20:52.207 --> 00:20:53.875
- One of them's husband played the guitar.
- 00:20:53.875 --> 00:20:56.545
- And of course, one of my other son-in-laws
- 00:20:56.545 --> 00:20:58.413
- Plays the organ and piano real well.
- 00:20:58.413 --> 00:21:00.949
- He's an accomplished pianist.
- 00:21:00.949 --> 00:21:03.018
- But the others never had played.
- 00:21:03.018 --> 00:21:07.055
- - about six years ago, my twin sister, carol, here
- 00:21:07.122 --> 00:21:11.026
- Married banks glover,
- 00:21:11.026 --> 00:21:13.061
- And it was about six months after daddy gene died,
- 00:21:13.061 --> 00:21:16.665
- In the year 2000,
- 00:21:16.665 --> 00:21:18.266
- And banks had played guitar
- 00:21:18.266 --> 00:21:19.801
- Most of his life since high school.
- 00:21:19.801 --> 00:21:21.436
- It was something he liked to do in his spare time.
- 00:21:21.436 --> 00:21:23.138
- But none of us girls had ever played instruments.
- 00:21:23.138 --> 00:21:25.874
- We had sung a lot, every day all our lives,
- 00:21:25.874 --> 00:21:28.944
- But never played instruments.
- 00:21:28.944 --> 00:21:30.512
- We all have sunday lunch every week at mama's house,
- 00:21:30.512 --> 00:21:32.814
- So they would come over after church on sunday
- 00:21:32.814 --> 00:21:35.884
- And pull out their two guitars after lunch
- 00:21:35.884 --> 00:21:38.320
- And play some little duets.
- 00:21:38.320 --> 00:21:39.821
- And they kept pestering some of the others of us
- 00:21:39.821 --> 00:21:42.491
- To join in the band, so they said, "we need a bass.
- 00:21:42.491 --> 00:21:45.127
- You got to get a bass and join us."
- 00:21:45.127 --> 00:21:47.362
- So they pestered me for a few months,
- 00:21:47.362 --> 00:21:49.264
- And i finally broke down and got an electric bass
- 00:21:49.264 --> 00:21:51.233
- And started fiddling around with it
- 00:21:51.233 --> 00:21:53.201
- And got some pointers from some people,
- 00:21:53.201 --> 00:21:55.670
- And, you know, we kind of started learning.
- 00:21:55.670 --> 00:21:57.406
- And then later switched to the big upright bass,
- 00:21:57.406 --> 00:22:01.510
- Which we think better belongs in a bluegrass band,
- 00:22:01.510 --> 00:22:04.279
- But we like it a lot.
- 00:22:04.279 --> 00:22:05.947
- And then diane, the oldest sister,
- 00:22:05.947 --> 00:22:07.516
- Wanted to join us.
- 00:22:07.516 --> 00:22:09.050
- She had an old guitar that was warped
- 00:22:09.050 --> 00:22:10.852
- And didn't work anymore,
- 00:22:10.852 --> 00:22:12.254
- So we bought her a mandolin,
- 00:22:12.254 --> 00:22:13.989
- And she loved it and took lessons on it
- 00:22:13.989 --> 00:22:15.857
- And got really good on it
- 00:22:15.857 --> 00:22:17.159
- And then, like she does, gets tired of stuff
- 00:22:17.159 --> 00:22:19.561
- And wants to try something new,
- 00:22:19.561 --> 00:22:20.829
- So she's recently switched
- 00:22:20.829 --> 00:22:22.898
- From the mandolin to the banjo
- 00:22:22.898 --> 00:22:24.399
- And gotten really good on the banjo,
- 00:22:24.399 --> 00:22:26.301
- And it kind of gives a new sound to the group.
- 00:22:26.301 --> 00:22:28.603
- And mama ruth here plays the snare drum
- 00:22:28.603 --> 00:22:31.406
- And the tambourine and just kind of adds
- 00:22:31.406 --> 00:22:33.542
- A little rhythm and color to the group.
- 00:22:33.542 --> 00:22:35.277
- We have a good time.
- 00:22:35.277 --> 00:22:36.445
- We play at a lot of local events,
- 00:22:36.445 --> 00:22:38.146
- Just local gigs, churches and small things.
- 00:22:38.146 --> 00:22:40.515
- But we have a good time practicing.
- 00:22:40.515 --> 00:22:42.884
- We practice very sunday night over at carol and banks' house,
- 00:22:42.884 --> 00:22:45.720
- And it's just a fun thing to keep the family together.
- 00:22:45.720 --> 00:22:49.458
- It was a winter day, late january,
- 00:22:49.458 --> 00:22:51.593
- About the time he had died,
- 00:22:51.593 --> 00:22:53.028
- About two years after he had died, so 2002,
- 00:22:53.028 --> 00:22:55.897
- But it was a beautiful sunny day like this
- 00:22:55.897 --> 00:22:58.233
- And warm, almost exactly like this,
- 00:22:58.233 --> 00:23:00.402
- And mama said, "we ought to go out to the cemetery
- 00:23:00.402 --> 00:23:03.138
- "and play for daddy gene.
- 00:23:03.138 --> 00:23:04.439
- "we can play 'down yonder.'
- 00:23:04.439 --> 00:23:05.674
- That was one of his favorite songs."
- 00:23:05.674 --> 00:23:07.442
- So we packed up all the instruments,
- 00:23:07.442 --> 00:23:09.010
- Called david to meet us out here,
- 00:23:09.010 --> 00:23:10.512
- And did a little concert for daddy gene.
- 00:23:10.512 --> 00:23:14.483
- [bright music playing]
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- ♪ ♪
- 00:23:17.486 --> 00:23:21.323
- - ♪ this world is not my home. ♪
- 00:23:21.323 --> 00:23:23.425
- ♪ i'm just a-passing through. ♪
- 00:23:23.425 --> 00:23:26.228
- ♪ my treasures are laid up ♪
- 00:23:26.228 --> 00:23:28.763
- ♪ somewhere beyond the blue. ♪
- 00:23:28.763 --> 00:23:30.966
- ♪ the angels beckon me ♪
- 00:23:30.966 --> 00:23:32.901
- ♪ from heaven's open door. ♪
- 00:23:32.901 --> 00:23:35.303
- ♪ and i can't feel at home ♪
- 00:23:35.303 --> 00:23:37.706
- ♪ in this world anymore. ♪
- 00:23:37.706 --> 00:23:41.443
- All: ♪ o lord, you know ♪
- 00:23:41.443 --> 00:23:43.678
- ♪ i have no friend like you. ♪
- 00:23:43.678 --> 00:23:46.281
- ♪ if heaven's not my home, ♪
- 00:23:46.281 --> 00:23:48.550
- ♪ then, lord, what will i do? ♪
- 00:23:48.550 --> 00:23:51.052
- ♪ the angels beckon me ♪
- 00:23:51.052 --> 00:23:53.154
- ♪ from heaven's open door. ♪
- 00:23:53.154 --> 00:23:55.423
- ♪ and i can't feel at home ♪
- 00:23:55.423 --> 00:23:57.792
- ♪ in this world anymore. ♪
- 00:23:57.792 --> 00:24:01.630
- - ♪ they're all expecting me, ♪
- 00:24:01.630 --> 00:24:03.965
- ♪ and that's one thing i know. ♪
- 00:24:03.965 --> 00:24:06.568
- ♪ i fixed it up with jesus ♪
- 00:24:06.568 --> 00:24:09.137
- ♪ 50 years ago. ♪
- 00:24:09.137 --> 00:24:11.206
- ♪ i know he'll take me through ♪
- 00:24:11.206 --> 00:24:13.275
- ♪ though i am weak and poor. ♪
- 00:24:13.275 --> 00:24:15.510
- ♪ and i can't feel at home ♪
- 00:24:15.510 --> 00:24:18.013
- ♪ in this world anymore. ♪
- 00:24:18.013 --> 00:24:21.716
- All: ♪ o lord, you know ♪
- 00:24:21.716 --> 00:24:23.852
- ♪ i have no friend like you. ♪
- 00:24:23.852 --> 00:24:26.555
- ♪ if heaven's not my home, ♪
- 00:24:26.555 --> 00:24:28.790
- ♪ then, lord, what will i do? ♪
- 00:24:28.790 --> 00:24:31.259
- ♪ the angels beckon me ♪
- 00:24:31.259 --> 00:24:33.295
- ♪ from heaven's open door. ♪
- 00:24:33.295 --> 00:24:35.764
- ♪ and i can't feel at home ♪
- 00:24:35.764 --> 00:24:38.199
- ♪ in this world anymore. ♪
- 00:24:38.199 --> 00:24:41.503
- ♪ ♪
- 00:24:41.503 --> 00:24:57.252
- Women: ♪ i have a loving father ♪
- 00:25:01.056 --> 00:25:03.825
- ♪ over in glory land. ♪
- 00:25:03.825 --> 00:25:05.961
- ♪ i don't except to stop ♪
- 00:25:05.961 --> 00:25:08.196
- ♪ until i shake his hand. ♪
- 00:25:08.196 --> 00:25:10.732
- ♪ he's waiting there for me ♪
- 00:25:10.732 --> 00:25:12.734
- ♪ in heaven's open door. ♪
- 00:25:12.734 --> 00:25:15.070
- ♪ and i can't feel at home ♪
- 00:25:15.070 --> 00:25:17.539
- ♪ in this world anymore. ♪
- 00:25:17.539 --> 00:25:21.209
- All: ♪ o lord, you know ♪
- 00:25:21.209 --> 00:25:23.244
- ♪ i have no friend like you. ♪
- 00:25:23.244 --> 00:25:25.947
- ♪ if heaven's not my home, ♪
- 00:25:25.947 --> 00:25:28.283
- ♪ then, lord, what will i do? ♪
- 00:25:28.283 --> 00:25:30.585
- ♪ the angels beckon me ♪
- 00:25:30.585 --> 00:25:32.654
- ♪ from heaven's open door. ♪
- 00:25:32.654 --> 00:25:35.090
- ♪ and i can't feel at home ♪
- 00:25:35.090 --> 00:25:37.325
- ♪ in this world anymore. ♪
- 00:25:37.325 --> 00:25:40.862
- - ♪ just over in the glory land, ♪
- 00:25:40.862 --> 00:25:43.565
- ♪ we'll live eternally. ♪
- 00:25:43.565 --> 00:25:45.934
- ♪ the saints on every hand ♪
- 00:25:45.934 --> 00:25:47.902
- ♪ are shouting victory. ♪
- 00:25:47.902 --> 00:25:50.772
- ♪ their songs of loudest praise ♪
- 00:25:50.772 --> 00:25:52.607
- ♪ drift back from heaven's shore. ♪
- 00:25:52.607 --> 00:25:54.876
- ♪ and i can't feel at home ♪
- 00:25:54.876 --> 00:25:57.212
- ♪ in this world anymore. ♪
- 00:25:57.212 --> 00:26:00.915
- All: ♪ o lord, you know ♪
- 00:26:00.915 --> 00:26:03.151
- ♪ i have no friend like you. ♪
- 00:26:03.151 --> 00:26:05.854
- ♪ if heaven's not my home, ♪
- 00:26:05.854 --> 00:26:08.123
- ♪ then, lord, what will i do? ♪
- 00:26:08.123 --> 00:26:10.392
- ♪ the angels beckon me ♪
- 00:26:10.392 --> 00:26:12.527
- ♪ from heaven's open door. ♪
- 00:26:12.527 --> 00:26:14.963
- ♪ and i can't feel at home ♪
- 00:26:14.963 --> 00:26:17.265
- ♪ in this world anymore. ♪
- 00:26:17.265 --> 00:26:21.703
- ♪ no, i can't feel at home ♪
- 00:26:21.703 --> 00:26:27.809
- ♪ in this world ♪
- 00:26:27.809 --> 00:26:32.514
- ♪ anymore. ♪
- 00:26:32.514 --> 00:26:47.462
- Mama ruth: we just decided this wo [soft guitar music] to do
- 00:26:47.462 --> 00:26:50.165
- The weekend before christmas,
- 00:26:50.165 --> 00:26:51.599
- And actually, she was by herself--
- 00:26:51.599 --> 00:26:54.869
- Had gotten up that morning, and alan said,
- 00:26:54.869 --> 00:26:56.938
- "mother, you know, i have a gift i want to go ahead
- 00:26:56.938 --> 00:26:58.740
- "and give to you now so you can listen to it
- 00:26:58.740 --> 00:27:00.709
- Without being distracted."
- 00:27:00.709 --> 00:27:02.310
- And he said, you know, "i've finally done
- 00:27:02.310 --> 00:27:05.213
- The gospel cd that you've wanted for so long."
- 00:27:05.213 --> 00:27:09.484
- He had promised me that he would make me one sometime, - we just put the cd on and let it play.
- 00:27:09.551 --> 00:27:12.220
- But i had no idea that he was making it
- 00:27:12.220 --> 00:27:13.888
- Until we were up here just before christmas.
- 00:27:13.888 --> 00:27:18.293
- - well,we were all in there to alan's mopening presents
- 00:27:18.293 --> 00:27:19.794
- And things with our family.
- 00:27:19.794 --> 00:27:21.229
- And so i just put that on
- 00:27:21.229 --> 00:27:23.164
- And said, "here's your present,"
- 00:27:23.164 --> 00:27:24.399
- And had the music come out
- 00:27:24.399 --> 00:27:25.700
- And handed her the copy of the cd case.
- 00:27:25.700 --> 00:27:28.636
- So we sat there and listened to it.
- 00:27:28.636 --> 00:27:29.904
- - and i sat there and cried.
- 00:27:29.904 --> 00:27:31.406
- [laughter]
- 00:27:31.406 --> 00:27:33.041
- - with the first song, "blessed assurance,"
- 00:27:33.041 --> 00:27:34.776
- I mean, she--she just wept.
- 00:27:34.776 --> 00:27:36.578
- She sat at our bar in our kitchen
- 00:27:36.578 --> 00:27:39.280
- And, every--every song, just really wept
- 00:27:39.280 --> 00:27:44.085
- And sang along with it
- 00:27:44.085 --> 00:27:45.754
- And just kept saying over and over again, you know,
- 00:27:45.754 --> 00:27:49.290
- "this is the best gift you could have ever given me."
- 00:27:49.290 --> 00:27:52.193
- [joyful music]
- 00:27:52.193 --> 00:27:55.196
- ♪ ♪
- 00:27:55.196 --> 00:28:01.402
- - ♪ sing the wondrous love of jesus. ♪
- 00:28:01.402 --> 00:28:06.274
- ♪ sing his mercy and his grace. ♪
- 00:28:06.274 --> 00:28:10.779
- ♪ in the mansions bright and blessed, ♪
- 00:28:10.779 --> 00:28:15.283
- ♪ he'll prepare for us a place. ♪
- 00:28:15.283 --> 00:28:18.787
- ♪ when we all get to heaven, ♪
- 00:28:18.787 --> 00:28:23.591
- ♪ what a day of rejoicing that will be. ♪
- 00:28:23.591 --> 00:28:28.163
- ♪ when we all see jesus, ♪
- 00:28:28.163 --> 00:28:32.667
- ♪ we'll sing and shout the victory. ♪
- 00:28:32.667 --> 00:28:37.238
- ♪ onward to the prize before us. ♪
- 00:28:37.238 --> 00:28:41.910
- ♪ soon his beauty we'll behold. ♪
- 00:28:41.910 --> 00:28:46.447
- ♪ soon the pearly gates will open. ♪
- 00:28:46.447 --> 00:28:51.052
- ♪ we shall tread the streets of gold. ♪
- 00:28:51.052 --> 00:28:54.789
- ♪ when we all get to heaven, ♪
- 00:28:54.789 --> 00:28:59.327
- ♪ what a day of rejoicing that will be. ♪
- 00:28:59.327 --> 00:29:03.665
- ♪ when we all see jesus, ♪
- 00:29:03.665 --> 00:29:08.303
- ♪ we'll sing and shout the victory. ♪
- 00:29:08.303 --> 00:29:12.640
- ♪ when we all see jesus, ♪
- 00:29:12.640 --> 00:29:17.145
- ♪ we'll sing and shout the victory. ♪
- 00:29:17.145 --> 00:29:24.652
- [cheers and applause]
- 00:29:24.652 --> 00:29:30.792
- - mother says she pushes the button on her stereo
- 00:29:34.762 --> 00:29:38.933
- Several times a day and just lets the music run.
- 00:29:38.933 --> 00:29:41.336
- - i loved it. i love every one of those songs.
- 00:29:41.336 --> 00:29:44.539
- I did a lot of singing in the choir
- 00:29:44.539 --> 00:29:46.541
- For a good many years.
- 00:29:46.541 --> 00:29:48.843
- When i was younger and going to church,
- 00:29:48.843 --> 00:29:52.480
- They were singing all the old, old hymns,
- 00:29:52.480 --> 00:29:56.451
- And they were just beautiful then,
- 00:29:56.451 --> 00:29:58.186
- As well as they seem more beautiful today.
- 00:29:58.186 --> 00:30:01.756
- - i'm sure she won't brag on herself,
- 00:30:01.756 --> 00:30:03.124
- But she had a beautiful voice.
- 00:30:03.124 --> 00:30:04.559
- It was an opera-like voice.
- 00:30:04.559 --> 00:30:06.761
- It was untrained, but it was just gorgeous.
- 00:30:06.761 --> 00:30:09.163
- I can just see her standing up there in her choir robe,
- 00:30:09.163 --> 00:30:12.066
- You know, singing, and it's--
- 00:30:12.066 --> 00:30:13.501
- It's one of my best childhood memories, really,
- 00:30:13.501 --> 00:30:17.839
- Is just remembering her beautiful voice.
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- [applause]
- 00:30:20.408 --> 00:30:25.813
- [soft piano music]
- 00:30:25.880 --> 00:30:28.883
- ♪ ♪
- 00:30:28.883 --> 00:30:35.423
- - ♪ softly and tenderly, ♪
- 00:30:35.423 --> 00:30:39.227
- ♪ jesus is calling, ♪
- 00:30:39.227 --> 00:30:43.298
- ♪ calling for you ♪
- 00:30:43.298 --> 00:30:46.167
- ♪ and for me. ♪
- 00:30:46.167 --> 00:30:51.005
- ♪ see, on the portals, ♪
- 00:30:51.005 --> 00:30:54.575
- ♪ he's waiting and watching, ♪
- 00:30:54.575 --> 00:30:58.713
- ♪ watching for you ♪
- 00:30:58.713 --> 00:31:01.649
- ♪ and for me. ♪
- 00:31:01.649 --> 00:31:05.853
- ♪ "come home. ♪
- 00:31:05.853 --> 00:31:09.958
- ♪ "come home. ♪
- 00:31:09.958 --> 00:31:14.595
- ♪ "ye who are weary, ♪
- 00:31:14.595 --> 00:31:17.999
- ♪ come home." ♪
- 00:31:17.999 --> 00:31:22.737
- ♪ earnestly, tenderly, ♪
- 00:31:22.737 --> 00:31:26.607
- ♪ jesus is calling, ♪
- 00:31:26.607 --> 00:31:30.812
- ♪ calling, "o sinner, ♪
- 00:31:30.812 --> 00:31:34.248
- ♪ come home." ♪
- 00:31:34.248 --> 00:31:39.120
- ♪ oh, for the wonderful love ♪
- 00:31:39.120 --> 00:31:43.624
- ♪ he has promised, ♪
- 00:31:43.624 --> 00:31:46.995
- ♪ promised for you ♪
- 00:31:46.995 --> 00:31:50.031
- ♪ and for me. ♪
- 00:31:50.031 --> 00:31:54.702
- ♪ and though we have sinned, ♪
- 00:31:54.702 --> 00:31:58.172
- ♪ he has mercy and pardon, ♪
- 00:31:58.172 --> 00:32:03.177
- ♪ pardon for you ♪
- 00:32:03.177 --> 00:32:06.180
- ♪ and for me. ♪
- 00:32:06.180 --> 00:32:10.451
- ♪ "come home. ♪
- 00:32:10.451 --> 00:32:14.555
- ♪ "come home. ♪
- 00:32:14.555 --> 00:32:19.193
- ♪ "ye who are weary, ♪
- 00:32:19.193 --> 00:32:22.597
- ♪ come home." ♪
- 00:32:22.597 --> 00:32:27.335
- ♪ earnestly, tenderly, ♪
- 00:32:27.335 --> 00:32:31.205
- ♪ jesus is calling, ♪
- 00:32:31.205 --> 00:32:35.410
- ♪ calling, "o sinner, ♪
- 00:32:35.410 --> 00:32:38.846
- ♪ come home." ♪
- 00:32:38.846 --> 00:32:43.518
- ♪ earnestly, tenderly, ♪
- 00:32:43.518 --> 00:32:47.488
- ♪ jesus is calling, ♪
- 00:32:47.488 --> 00:32:51.592
- ♪ calling, "o sinner, ♪
- 00:32:51.592 --> 00:32:55.463
- ♪ come home." ♪
- 00:32:55.463 --> 00:33:04.572
- [cheers and applause]
- 00:33:04.572 --> 00:33:06.841
- Yeah.
- 00:33:06.841 --> 00:33:07.975
- [cheers and applause continue]
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- Thank you.
- 00:33:11.446 --> 00:33:13.481
- [cheers and applause continue]
- 00:33:13.481 --> 00:33:16.551
- Thank y'all.
- 00:33:19.687 --> 00:33:21.389
- You know, it's odd to be singing these things
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- And hear all this applause in a baptist church.
- 00:33:23.191 --> 00:33:24.792
- You didn't say a word, and you didn't make a noise.
- 00:33:24.792 --> 00:33:26.627
- [laughter]
- 00:33:26.627 --> 00:33:28.362
- But we're glad y'all are clapping.
- 00:33:28.362 --> 00:33:31.833
- But--and especially this next song, you know,
- 00:33:31.833 --> 00:33:34.936
- Every time i hear this, it just makes me think of,
- 00:33:34.936 --> 00:33:37.238
- "please stand and turn your hymnal to number 362 for..."
- 00:33:37.238 --> 00:33:41.309
- You know.
- 00:33:41.309 --> 00:33:43.611
- 'cause we did that a lot.
- 00:33:43.611 --> 00:33:45.379
- [laughter]
- 00:33:45.379 --> 00:33:47.582
- You know, i think this is one of the songs
- 00:33:47.582 --> 00:33:48.816
- Y'all might can sing along on here.
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- [bright music]
- 00:33:50.852 --> 00:33:53.855
- ♪ ♪
- 00:33:53.855 --> 00:33:55.823
- ♪ standing on the promises of christ, my king, ♪
- 00:33:55.823 --> 00:34:00.228
- ♪ through eternal ages, let his praises ring. ♪
- 00:34:00.228 --> 00:34:04.432
- ♪ glory in the highest, i will shout and sing, ♪
- 00:34:04.432 --> 00:34:08.669
- ♪ standing on the promises of god. ♪
- 00:34:08.669 --> 00:34:12.907
- ♪ standing, standing, ♪
- 00:34:12.907 --> 00:34:17.545
- ♪ standing on the promises of god, my savior. ♪
- 00:34:17.545 --> 00:34:21.816
- ♪ standing, standing, ♪
- 00:34:21.816 --> 00:34:27.922
- ♪ i'm standing on the promises of god. ♪
- 00:34:27.922 --> 00:34:33.361
- ♪ standing on the promises, i cannot fall, ♪
- 00:34:33.361 --> 00:34:37.698
- ♪ listening every moment to the spirit's call, ♪
- 00:34:37.698 --> 00:34:41.736
- ♪ resting in my savior as my all in all, ♪
- 00:34:41.736 --> 00:34:46.274
- ♪ standing on the promises of god. ♪
- 00:34:46.274 --> 00:34:50.912
- ♪ standing, standing, ♪
- 00:34:50.912 --> 00:34:55.283
- ♪ standing on the promises of god, my savior. ♪
- 00:34:55.283 --> 00:34:59.787
- ♪ standing, standing, ♪
- 00:34:59.787 --> 00:35:06.160
- ♪ i'm standing on the promises of god. ♪
- 00:35:06.160 --> 00:35:15.036
- [cheers and applause]
- 00:35:15.036 --> 00:35:18.439
- [lively guitar music]
- 00:35:21.976 --> 00:35:24.979
- ♪ ♪
- 00:35:24.979 --> 00:35:30.451
- ♪ have you been to jesus for the cleansing power? ♪
- 00:35:30.451 --> 00:35:34.755
- ♪ are you washed in the blood of the lamb? ♪
- 00:35:34.755 --> 00:35:38.960
- ♪ are you fully trusting in his grace this hour? ♪
- 00:35:38.960 --> 00:35:43.064
- ♪ are you washed in the blood of the lamb? ♪
- 00:35:43.064 --> 00:35:47.568
- ♪ are you washed... ♪ - ♪ are you washed... ♪
- 00:35:47.568 --> 00:35:49.670
- - ♪ in the blood... ♪ - ♪ in the blood... ♪
- 00:35:49.670 --> 00:35:51.872
- - ♪ in the soul-cleansing blood of the lamb? ♪
- 00:35:51.872 --> 00:35:56.043
- ♪ are your garments spotless? ♪
- 00:35:56.043 --> 00:35:58.613
- ♪ are they white as snow? ♪
- 00:35:58.613 --> 00:36:00.414
- ♪ are you washed in the blood of the lamb? ♪
- 00:36:00.414 --> 00:36:04.919
- ♪ lay aside the garments that are stained with sin ♪
- 00:36:04.919 --> 00:36:09.223
- ♪ and be washed in the blood of the lamb. ♪
- 00:36:09.223 --> 00:36:13.594
- ♪ there's a fountain flowing for the soul unclean. ♪
- 00:36:13.594 --> 00:36:17.865
- ♪ oh, be washed in the blood of the lamb. ♪
- 00:36:17.865 --> 00:36:22.069
- ♪ are you washed... ♪ - ♪ are you washed... ♪
- 00:36:22.069 --> 00:36:24.505
- - ♪ in the blood... ♪ - ♪ in the blood... ♪
- 00:36:24.505 --> 00:36:26.507
- - ♪ in the soul-cleansing blood of the lamb? ♪
- 00:36:26.507 --> 00:36:30.411
- ♪ are your garments spotless? ♪
- 00:36:30.411 --> 00:36:33.047
- ♪ are they white as snow? ♪
- 00:36:33.047 --> 00:36:34.882
- ♪ are you washed in the blood of the lamb? ♪
- 00:36:34.882 --> 00:36:39.887
- ♪ some glad morning when this life is over, ♪
- 00:36:39.887 --> 00:36:44.158
- ♪ i'll fly away. ♪
- 00:36:44.158 --> 00:36:48.529
- ♪ to a home on god's celestial shore, ♪
- 00:36:48.529 --> 00:36:52.500
- ♪ i'll fly away. ♪
- 00:36:52.500 --> 00:36:57.071
- ♪ i'll fly away, o glory. ♪
- 00:36:57.071 --> 00:37:01.475
- ♪ i'll fly away. ♪
- 00:37:01.475 --> 00:37:05.546
- ♪ when i die, hallelujah, by and by, ♪
- 00:37:05.546 --> 00:37:10.051
- ♪ i'll fly away. ♪
- 00:37:10.051 --> 00:37:12.620
- Oh, play it, boys.
- 00:37:12.620 --> 00:37:14.088
- ♪ ♪
- 00:37:14.088 --> 00:37:27.601
- ♪ ♪
- 00:37:30.871 --> 00:37:43.951
- ♪ yeah, just a few more weary days, and then ♪
- 00:37:47.988 --> 00:37:52.526
- ♪ i'll fly away. ♪
- 00:37:52.526 --> 00:37:56.931
- ♪ to a land where joy shall never end, ♪
- 00:37:56.931 --> 00:38:01.001
- ♪ i'll fly away. ♪
- 00:38:01.001 --> 00:38:05.206
- ♪ yeah, i'll fly away, o glory. ♪
- 00:38:05.206 --> 00:38:09.844
- ♪ i'll fly away. ♪
- 00:38:09.844 --> 00:38:14.014
- ♪ yeah, when i die, hallelujah, by and by, ♪
- 00:38:14.014 --> 00:38:18.419
- ♪ i'll fly away. ♪
- 00:38:18.419 --> 00:38:22.656
- ♪ oh, when i die, ♪
- 00:38:22.656 --> 00:38:24.291
- ♪ hallelujah, by and by, ♪
- 00:38:24.291 --> 00:38:31.332
- ♪ i'll fly ♪
- 00:38:31.332 --> 00:38:38.906
- ♪ away. ♪
- 00:38:38.906 --> 00:38:45.546
- [cheers and applause]
- 00:38:45.546 --> 00:38:57.291
- Oh, that's a good one.
- 00:39:00.828 --> 00:39:04.231
- [soft piano music]
- 00:39:04.231 --> 00:39:07.234
- ♪ ♪
- 00:39:07.234 --> 00:39:12.173
- - when he finally decided he was gonna do it,
- 00:39:12.173 --> 00:39:13.841
- We got our old baptist hymnal
- 00:39:13.841 --> 00:39:16.310
- And actually went out to our river house,
- 00:39:16.310 --> 00:39:18.012
- Sat on the hearth, and just started going through the pages,
- 00:39:18.012 --> 00:39:22.183
- And it was actually really a very sweet
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- And fun time for us.
- 00:39:25.519 --> 00:39:27.121
- Alan: she plays the piano a little bit every now and then
- 00:39:27.121 --> 00:39:29.190
- On some of the old hymns, and she and i just sat down
- 00:39:29.190 --> 00:39:32.960
- And started flipping through the book
- 00:39:32.960 --> 00:39:34.895
- And singing and trying to think
- 00:39:34.895 --> 00:39:36.597
- Of all the ones that we really like
- 00:39:36.597 --> 00:39:38.566
- That we knew our mothers would really enjoy.
- 00:39:38.566 --> 00:39:40.801
- I love those old songs, and it was what it was,
- 00:39:40.801 --> 00:39:43.404
- You know, a gift for my family.
- 00:39:43.404 --> 00:39:45.206
- Mama ruth: i think a lot of people
- 00:39:45.206 --> 00:39:46.407
- Are going to enjoy this.
- 00:39:46.407 --> 00:39:47.842
- And actually, i have a lot of contact with his fans.
- 00:39:47.842 --> 00:39:50.678
- They write to me, and i hear from them.
- 00:39:50.678 --> 00:39:52.746
- They call me and visit me
- 00:39:52.746 --> 00:39:54.582
- Ever since he's been in the business.
- 00:39:54.582 --> 00:39:56.183
- And they have just been real thrilled about this fact
- 00:39:56.183 --> 00:39:58.619
- That he's coming out with his gospel album,
- 00:39:58.619 --> 00:40:00.621
- And i just think it's going to mean so much
- 00:40:00.621 --> 00:40:02.223
- To so many people.
- 00:40:02.223 --> 00:40:03.390
- I really do.
- 00:40:03.390 --> 00:40:04.692
- - i think it has had
- 00:40:04.692 --> 00:40:06.293
- A greater impact on him, probably, than he would admit
- 00:40:06.293 --> 00:40:09.763
- And certainly on our friends and family
- 00:40:09.763 --> 00:40:11.999
- Who have already heard it.
- 00:40:11.999 --> 00:40:13.267
- I mean, so many people have told me--
- 00:40:13.267 --> 00:40:17.037
- And it's been my response too--
- 00:40:17.037 --> 00:40:18.439
- That they wept when they heard these songs.
- 00:40:18.439 --> 00:40:21.342
- And i think it's not only the purity in his voice
- 00:40:21.342 --> 00:40:25.479
- And the simplicity of the production
- 00:40:25.479 --> 00:40:27.882
- And the honesty in his voice,
- 00:40:27.882 --> 00:40:29.650
- But, you know, it's what the songs are saying
- 00:40:29.650 --> 00:40:32.720
- That really, i think, have touched people's hearts.
- 00:40:32.720 --> 00:40:37.324
- Women: we love you, alan!
- 00:40:37.324 --> 00:40:40.094
- - oh, thank you.
- 00:40:40.094 --> 00:40:42.696
- We'll be passing a plate here in a minute.
- 00:40:42.696 --> 00:40:44.265
- Just... [laughter]
- 00:40:44.265 --> 00:40:45.533
- Keep that good feeling.
- 00:40:45.533 --> 00:40:48.068
- [laughs]
- 00:40:48.068 --> 00:40:52.006
- I told my daughters--you know, some of their friends,
- 00:40:52.072 --> 00:40:54.775
- Young friends were coming and all.
- 00:40:54.775 --> 00:40:55.776
- I said, "do they know this is
- 00:40:55.776 --> 00:40:57.111
- Like a church service they're coming to?"
- 00:40:57.111 --> 00:40:58.579
- I don't know; i think they thought
- 00:40:58.579 --> 00:41:00.314
- It was a regular country music concert.
- 00:41:00.314 --> 00:41:02.182
- But anyway,
- 00:41:02.182 --> 00:41:04.752
- Go ahead.
- 00:41:04.752 --> 00:41:07.021
- [laughter]
- 00:41:07.021 --> 00:41:08.489
- [soft guitar music]
- 00:41:08.489 --> 00:41:11.492
- ♪ ♪
- 00:41:11.492 --> 00:41:19.033
- ♪ what a friend we have in jesus, ♪
- 00:41:22.870 --> 00:41:29.276
- ♪ all our sins and griefs to bear. ♪
- 00:41:29.276 --> 00:41:35.282
- ♪ and what a privilege to carry ♪
- 00:41:35.282 --> 00:41:41.789
- ♪ everything to god in prayer. ♪
- 00:41:41.789 --> 00:41:47.828
- ♪ what a peace we often forfeit, ♪
- 00:41:47.828 --> 00:41:54.134
- ♪ oh, what needless pain we bear, ♪
- 00:41:54.134 --> 00:42:00.474
- ♪ all because we do not carry ♪
- 00:42:00.474 --> 00:42:06.914
- ♪ everything to god in prayer. ♪
- 00:42:06.914 --> 00:42:13.354
- ♪ have we trials and temptations? ♪
- 00:42:13.354 --> 00:42:20.494
- ♪ is there trouble anywhere? ♪
- 00:42:20.494 --> 00:42:25.899
- ♪ we should never be discouraged. ♪
- 00:42:25.899 --> 00:42:32.172
- ♪ take it to the lord in prayer. ♪
- 00:42:32.172 --> 00:42:38.512
- ♪ can we find a friend so faithful ♪
- 00:42:38.512 --> 00:42:44.852
- ♪ who will all our sorrows share? ♪
- 00:42:44.852 --> 00:42:51.191
- ♪ jesus knows our every weakness. ♪
- 00:42:51.191 --> 00:42:57.564
- ♪ take it to the lord ♪
- 00:42:57.564 --> 00:43:01.335
- ♪ in prayer. ♪
- 00:43:01.335 --> 00:43:07.841
- [cheers and applause]
- 00:43:07.841 --> 00:43:13.547
- [upbeat music]
- 00:43:16.950 --> 00:43:19.953
- ♪ ♪
- 00:43:19.953 --> 00:43:26.760
- ♪ yeah, what a fellowship, what a joy divine, ♪
- 00:43:26.760 --> 00:43:31.165
- ♪ leaning on the everlasting arms. ♪
- 00:43:31.165 --> 00:43:35.569
- ♪ what a blessedness, what a peace is mine, ♪
- 00:43:35.569 --> 00:43:39.840
- ♪ leaning on the everlasting arms. ♪
- 00:43:39.840 --> 00:43:44.144
- ♪ leaning, leaning, ♪
- 00:43:44.144 --> 00:43:48.582
- ♪ safe and secure from all alarms. ♪
- 00:43:48.582 --> 00:43:52.820
- ♪ leaning, leaning, ♪
- 00:43:52.820 --> 00:43:57.024
- ♪ leaning on the everlasting arms. ♪
- 00:43:57.024 --> 00:44:02.830
- ♪ what have i to dread, what have i to fear, ♪
- 00:44:02.830 --> 00:44:07.201
- ♪ leaning on the everlasting arms? ♪
- 00:44:07.201 --> 00:44:11.405
- ♪ i have blessed peace with my lord so near, ♪
- 00:44:11.405 --> 00:44:15.909
- ♪ leaning on the everlasting arms. ♪
- 00:44:15.909 --> 00:44:20.214
- ♪ leaning, leaning, ♪
- 00:44:20.214 --> 00:44:24.485
- ♪ safe and secure from all alarms. ♪
- 00:44:24.485 --> 00:44:28.889
- ♪ leaning, leaning, ♪
- 00:44:28.889 --> 00:44:33.127
- ♪ leaning on the everlasting arms. ♪
- 00:44:33.127 --> 00:44:41.735
- All right!
- 00:44:41.735 --> 00:44:43.403
- [cheers and applause]
- 00:44:43.403 --> 00:44:48.342
- [soft piano music]
- 00:44:48.408 --> 00:44:51.411
- ♪ ♪
- 00:44:51.411 --> 00:44:56.984
- ♪ on a hill far away ♪
- 00:44:56.984 --> 00:45:01.321
- ♪ stood an old rugged cross, ♪
- 00:45:01.321 --> 00:45:05.793
- ♪ the emblem of suffering ♪
- 00:45:05.793 --> 00:45:09.797
- ♪ and shame. ♪
- 00:45:09.797 --> 00:45:13.634
- ♪ and i love that old cross ♪
- 00:45:13.634 --> 00:45:17.971
- ♪ where the dearest and best ♪
- 00:45:17.971 --> 00:45:22.276
- ♪ for a world of lost sinners ♪
- 00:45:22.276 --> 00:45:26.580
- ♪ was slain. ♪
- 00:45:26.580 --> 00:45:30.484
- ♪ so i'll cherish ♪
- 00:45:30.484 --> 00:45:32.786
- ♪ the old rugged cross ♪
- 00:45:32.786 --> 00:45:38.926
- ♪ till my trophies ♪
- 00:45:38.926 --> 00:45:41.094
- ♪ at last i lay down. ♪
- 00:45:41.094 --> 00:45:46.934
- ♪ and i will cling ♪
- 00:45:46.934 --> 00:45:49.169
- ♪ to the old rugged cross ♪
- 00:45:49.169 --> 00:45:55.542
- ♪ and exchange it someday ♪
- 00:45:55.542 --> 00:45:59.046
- ♪ for a crown. ♪
- 00:45:59.046 --> 00:46:03.984
- ♪ to that old rugged cross ♪
- 00:46:03.984 --> 00:46:08.288
- ♪ i will ever be true, ♪
- 00:46:08.288 --> 00:46:12.659
- ♪ its shame and reproach ♪
- 00:46:12.659 --> 00:46:15.762
- ♪ gladly bear. ♪
- 00:46:15.762 --> 00:46:20.667
- ♪ then he'll call me someday ♪
- 00:46:20.667 --> 00:46:24.972
- ♪ to my home far away, ♪
- 00:46:24.972 --> 00:46:29.009
- ♪ where his glory ♪
- 00:46:29.009 --> 00:46:31.478
- ♪ forever i'll share. ♪
- 00:46:31.478 --> 00:46:37.251
- ♪ so i'll cherish ♪
- 00:46:37.251 --> 00:46:39.486
- ♪ the old rugged cross ♪
- 00:46:39.486 --> 00:46:45.659
- ♪ till my trophies ♪
- 00:46:45.659 --> 00:46:47.861
- ♪ at last i lay down. ♪
- 00:46:47.861 --> 00:46:53.700
- ♪ yeah, i will cling ♪
- 00:46:53.700 --> 00:46:56.036
- ♪ to the old rugged cross ♪
- 00:46:56.036 --> 00:47:02.276
- ♪ and exchange it someday ♪
- 00:47:02.276 --> 00:47:05.712
- ♪ for a crown. ♪
- 00:47:05.712 --> 00:47:10.450
- ♪ yeah, i will cling ♪
- 00:47:10.450 --> 00:47:12.686
- ♪ to the old rugged cross ♪
- 00:47:12.686 --> 00:47:18.892
- ♪ and exchange it someday ♪
- 00:47:18.892 --> 00:47:22.629
- ♪ for a crown. ♪
- 00:47:22.629 --> 00:47:32.139
- [cheers and applause]
- 00:47:32.139 --> 00:47:37.678
- Thank you.
- 00:47:37.744 --> 00:47:40.948
- [reverent music]
- 00:47:40.948 --> 00:47:43.951
- ♪ ♪
- 00:47:43.951 --> 00:47:52.025
- ♪ o lord, my god, ♪
- 00:47:52.092 --> 00:47:57.664
- ♪ when i, in awesome wonder, ♪
- 00:47:57.664 --> 00:48:03.603
- ♪ consider all the worlds ♪
- 00:48:03.603 --> 00:48:08.642
- ♪ thy hands have made, ♪
- 00:48:08.642 --> 00:48:14.114
- ♪ i see the stars, ♪
- 00:48:14.114 --> 00:48:19.753
- ♪ i hear the rolling thunder, ♪
- 00:48:19.753 --> 00:48:25.459
- ♪ thy power throughout ♪
- 00:48:25.459 --> 00:48:29.997
- ♪ the universe displayed, ♪
- 00:48:29.997 --> 00:48:36.470
- ♪ then sings my soul, ♪
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- ♪ my savior, god, to thee, ♪
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- ♪ "how great thou art. ♪
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- ♪ how great thou art." ♪
- 00:48:53.286 --> 00:48:58.692
- ♪ then sings my soul, ♪
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- ♪ my savior, god, to thee, ♪
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- ♪ "how great thou art. ♪
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- ♪ how great thou art." ♪
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- ♪ when christ shall come ♪
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- ♪ with shouts of acclamation ♪
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- ♪ and take me home, ♪
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- ♪ what joy shall fill my heart. ♪
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- ♪ then i shall bow ♪
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- ♪ in humble adoration ♪
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- ♪ and there proclaim, ♪
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- ♪ "my god, how great thou art." ♪
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- ♪ then sings my soul, ♪
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- ♪ my savior, god, to thee, ♪
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- ♪ "how great thou art. ♪
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- ♪ how great thou art." ♪
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- ♪ then sings my soul, ♪
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- ♪ my savior, god, to thee, ♪
- 00:50:31.918 --> 00:50:38.859
- ♪ "how great thou art. ♪
- 00:50:38.859 --> 00:50:44.231
- ♪ "how great thou art. ♪
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- ♪ "how great thou art. ♪
- 00:50:49.870 --> 00:50:55.675
- ♪ "how great ♪
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- ♪ thou art." ♪
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- [cheers and applause]
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- Thank you.
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- [cheers and applause continue]
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- Thank you.
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- [soft piano music]
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- ♪ ♪
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- The last song on the album's
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- Called "i want to stroll over heaven with you."
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- And i wasn't really familiar with that song.
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- My mother had adopted that
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- Since my daddy died a few years ago.
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- Somebody played it for her, and she felt like
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- There was a connection there for her.
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- - it was a song that alan didn't know about.
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- I'm sure our daughters told alan about that song.
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- Because my husband and i camped for years.
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- We were camping down in south georgia at a campground,
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- And they had people come in, you know,
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- To entertain you at these things.
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- And this gospel group came in that night,
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- And they sang that song.
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- And eugene reached over and touched my hand,
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- And he said, "you like that song, don't you?"
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- And it was a special song to me from then on.
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- And now every time i hear it, i think about,
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- I'm gonna stroll over heaven with him one of these days.
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- [applause]
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- Thank you very much. y'all been very nice tonight.
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- We've enjoyed it, and i hope you've heard
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- Some songs that you enjoy or remembered
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- Or for the first time or whatever.
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- We're glad you're with us, and we're gonna do this
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- For my mama and daddy gene, who was a musical man,
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- And a lot of gospel and religious music
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- That i heard growing up was some that he loved.
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- [gentle music]
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- ♪ ♪
- 00:52:45.719 --> 00:52:50.957
- ♪ if i surveyed all the good things ♪
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- ♪ that come to me from above, ♪
- 00:52:55.095 --> 00:52:59.099
- ♪ if i could count all the blessings ♪
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- ♪ from the storehouse of love, ♪
- 00:53:03.503 --> 00:53:07.173
- ♪ i'd simply ask for a favor ♪
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- ♪ of him beyond mortal king, ♪
- 00:53:11.278 --> 00:53:15.548
- ♪ and i'm sure that he'd grant it again. ♪
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- ♪ i want to stroll over heaven ♪
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- ♪ with you some glad day ♪
- 00:53:27.794 --> 00:53:31.298
- ♪ when all our troubles and heartaches ♪
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- ♪ are vanished away. ♪
- 00:53:35.635 --> 00:53:39.339
- ♪ then we'll enjoy the beauty ♪
- 00:53:39.339 --> 00:53:43.810
- ♪ where all things are new. ♪
- 00:53:43.810 --> 00:53:47.314
- ♪ i want to stroll over heaven with you.
- 00:53:47.314 --> 00:53:53.553
- ♪ ♪
- 00:53:53.553 --> 00:54:07.867
- ♪ so many places of beauty ♪
- 00:54:11.538 --> 00:54:15.709
- ♪ we've longed to see here below, ♪
- 00:54:15.709 --> 00:54:19.646
- ♪ but times and treasures have kept us ♪
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- ♪ from making plans, as you know. ♪
- 00:54:23.717 --> 00:54:27.687
- ♪ but come the morning of the rapture, ♪
- 00:54:27.687 --> 00:54:31.758
- ♪ together we'll stand anew, ♪
- 00:54:31.758 --> 00:54:35.762
- ♪ and then we'll stroll over heaven with you. ♪
- 00:54:35.762 --> 00:54:43.803
- ♪ i want to stroll over heaven ♪
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- ♪ with you some glad day ♪
- 00:54:48.508 --> 00:54:51.911
- ♪ when all our troubles and heartaches ♪
- 00:54:51.911 --> 00:54:56.182
- ♪ are vanished away. ♪
- 00:54:56.182 --> 00:55:00.120
- ♪ then we'll enjoy the beauty ♪
- 00:55:00.120 --> 00:55:04.557
- ♪ where all things are new. ♪
- 00:55:04.557 --> 00:55:08.027
- ♪ i want to stroll over heaven with you. ♪
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- ♪ ♪
- 00:55:14.367 --> 00:55:16.302
- ♪ i want to stroll over heaven with you. ♪
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- ♪ ♪
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- [cheers and applause]
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- [soft music]
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- Thank y'all so much.
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- You've been very sweet.
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- We appreciate it.
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- God bless y'all.
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- Good night.
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- [cheers and applause]
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- ♪ ♪
- 00:55:48.234 --> 00:56:53.900
- ♪how they linger♪
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- ♪how they ever flood my soul♪
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- Thank you for joining bill and gloria gaither...
- 00:57:08.414 --> 00:57:10.917
- ... and their homecoming friends for "precious memories."
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- Be sure to watch program as these legendary gospel artists...
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- ... share more of your favorite songs.
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- ♪in the stillness, of the midnight♪
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