Alan Jackson: Precious Memories | Gaither Gospel Hour

May 26, 2025 | S25:E22

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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. ♪
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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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  • ♪ 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--
  • 00:16:08.057 --> 00:16:09.491
  • Credit as a vocal assistant
  • 00:16:09.491 --> 00:16:12.294
  • 'cause she went and got me a bottle of water
  • 00:16:12.294 --> 00:16:14.730
  • Out of the refrigerator one time.
  • 00:16:14.730 --> 00:16:16.331
  • [laughter]
  • 00:16:16.331 --> 00:16:17.699
  • Got her in there.
  • 00:16:17.699 --> 00:16:18.901
  • But anyway, i begged them to sing tonight,
  • 00:16:18.901 --> 00:16:20.669
  • And they wouldn't do it.
  • 00:16:20.669 --> 00:16:21.770
  • They were scared. audience: aw!
  • 00:16:21.770 --> 00:16:23.505
  • - you know...
  • 00:16:23.505 --> 00:16:25.140
  • I mean, i don't blame them. it's tough.
  • 00:16:25.140 --> 00:16:26.708
  • But they did a good job on the album,
  • 00:16:26.708 --> 00:16:28.777
  • And it's really a treat to have them on there.
  • 00:16:28.777 --> 00:16:31.046
  • I know that a lot of our family appreciates that.
  • 00:16:31.046 --> 00:16:33.482
  • But so we selected somebody to fill in
  • 00:16:33.482 --> 00:16:38.520
  • That still kind of is family
  • 00:16:38.520 --> 00:16:41.557
  • And make a good replacement tonight,
  • 00:16:41.557 --> 00:16:45.227
  • And i want to introduce him now.
  • 00:16:45.227 --> 00:16:46.628
  • This is my nephew from georgia, adam wright,
  • 00:16:46.628 --> 00:16:48.964
  • And his lovely wife, shannon.
  • 00:16:48.964 --> 00:16:50.799
  • [cheers and applause]
  • 00:16:50.799 --> 00:16:56.305
  • They're better known
  • 00:16:56.371 --> 00:16:57.673
  • 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,
  • 00:17:03.912 --> 00:17:05.414
  • So they're gonna help us out tonight
  • 00:17:05.414 --> 00:17:07.349
  • On this sweet little jesus song.
  • 00:17:07.349 --> 00:17:10.252
  • [soft piano music]
  • 00:17:10.252 --> 00:17:13.255
  • ♪ ♪
  • 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." ♪
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  • [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.
  • 00:18:54.423 --> 00:18:55.924
  • God bless you.
  • 00:18:55.924 --> 00:18:57.626
  • Fine job.
  • 00:18:57.626 --> 00:18:58.727
  • [cheers and applause]
  • 00:18:58.727 --> 00:19:02.798
  • 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,
  • 00:19:21.717 --> 00:19:23.252
  • 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
  • 00:19:39.001 --> 00:19:42.537
  • 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--
  • 00:20:07.763 --> 00:20:09.865
  • They all sang in church
  • 00:20:09.865 --> 00:20:11.800
  • 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.
  • 00:20:33.689 --> 00:20:34.990
  • ♪ ♪
  • 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]
  • 00:23:14.483 --> 00:23:17.486
  • ♪ ♪
  • 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
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  • And just kept saying over and over again, you know,
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  • "this is the best gift you could have ever given me."
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  • [joyful music]
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  • ♪ ♪
  • 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
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  • 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,
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  • 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,
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  • But she had a beautiful voice.
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  • It was an opera-like voice.
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  • 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]
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  • [soft piano music]
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • - ♪ softly and tenderly, ♪
  • 00:30:35.423 --> 00:30:39.227
  • ♪ jesus is calling, ♪
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  • ♪ calling for you ♪
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  • ♪ 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 ♪
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  • ♪ 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." ♪
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  • ♪ oh, for the wonderful love ♪
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  • ♪ he has promised, ♪
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  • ♪ promised for you ♪
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  • ♪ 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, ♪
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  • ♪ pardon for you ♪
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  • ♪ 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, ♪
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  • ♪ calling, "o sinner, ♪
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  • ♪ come home." ♪
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  • [cheers and applause]
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  • Yeah.
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  • [cheers and applause continue]
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  • Thank you.
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  • [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.
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  • [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..."
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  • You know.
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  • 'cause we did that a lot.
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  • [laughter]
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  • You know, i think this is one of the songs
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  • Y'all might can sing along on here.
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  • [bright music]
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  • ♪ ♪
  • 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]
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  • [lively guitar music]
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  • ♪ ♪
  • 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. ♪
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  • Oh, play it, boys.
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • ♪ 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 ♪
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  • ♪ away. ♪
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  • [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,
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  • We got our old baptist hymnal
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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • And singing and trying to think
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  • Of all the ones that we really like
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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • That really, i think, have touched people's hearts.
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  • Women: we love you, alan!
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  • - oh, thank you.
  • 00:40:40.094 --> 00:40:42.696
  • We'll be passing a plate here in a minute.
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  • Just... [laughter]
  • 00:40:44.265 --> 00:40:45.533
  • Keep that good feeling.
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  • [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.
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  • [laughter]
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  • [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, ♪
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  • ♪ leaning on the everlasting arms. ♪
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  • All right!
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  • [cheers and applause]
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  • [soft piano music]
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • ♪ on a hill far away ♪
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  • ♪ stood an old rugged cross, ♪
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  • ♪ the emblem of suffering ♪
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  • ♪ and shame. ♪
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  • ♪ and i love that old cross ♪
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  • ♪ where the dearest and best ♪
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  • ♪ for a world of lost sinners ♪
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  • ♪ was slain. ♪
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  • ♪ so i'll cherish ♪
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  • ♪ the old rugged cross ♪
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  • ♪ till my trophies ♪
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  • ♪ at last i lay down. ♪
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  • ♪ and i will cling ♪
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  • ♪ to the old rugged cross ♪
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  • ♪ and exchange it someday ♪
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  • ♪ for a crown. ♪
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  • ♪ to that old rugged cross ♪
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  • ♪ i will ever be true, ♪
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  • ♪ its shame and reproach ♪
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  • ♪ gladly bear. ♪
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  • ♪ then he'll call me someday ♪
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  • ♪ to my home far away, ♪
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  • ♪ where his glory ♪
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  • ♪ forever i'll share. ♪
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  • ♪ so i'll cherish ♪
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  • ♪ the old rugged cross ♪
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  • ♪ till my trophies ♪
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  • ♪ at last i lay down. ♪
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  • ♪ yeah, i will cling ♪
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  • ♪ to the old rugged cross ♪
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  • ♪ and exchange it someday ♪
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  • ♪ for a crown. ♪
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  • ♪ yeah, i will cling ♪
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  • ♪ to the old rugged cross ♪
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  • ♪ and exchange it someday ♪
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  • ♪ for a crown. ♪
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  • [cheers and applause]
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  • Thank you.
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  • [reverent music]
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • ♪ o lord, my god, ♪
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  • ♪ when i, in awesome wonder, ♪
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  • ♪ consider all the worlds ♪
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  • ♪ thy hands have made, ♪
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  • ♪ i see the stars, ♪
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  • ♪ i hear the rolling thunder, ♪
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  • ♪ thy power throughout ♪
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  • ♪ the universe displayed, ♪
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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, ♪
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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. ♪
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  • ♪ "how great thou art. ♪
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  • ♪ "how great thou art. ♪
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  • ♪ "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, ♪
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  • ♪ if i could count all the blessings ♪
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  • ♪ from the storehouse of love, ♪
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  • ♪ i'd simply ask for a favor ♪
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  • ♪ of him beyond mortal king, ♪
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  • ♪ 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 ♪
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  • ♪ when all our troubles and heartaches ♪
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  • ♪ are vanished away. ♪
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  • ♪ then we'll enjoy the beauty ♪
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  • ♪ where all things are new. ♪
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  • ♪ i want to stroll over heaven with you.
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • ♪ so many places of beauty ♪
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  • ♪ we've longed to see here below, ♪
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  • ♪ but times and treasures have kept us ♪
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  • ♪ from making plans, as you know. ♪
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  • ♪ but come the morning of the rapture, ♪
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  • ♪ together we'll stand anew, ♪
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  • ♪ and then we'll stroll over heaven with you. ♪
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  • ♪ i want to stroll over heaven ♪
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  • ♪ with you some glad day ♪
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  • ♪ when all our troubles and heartaches ♪
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  • ♪ are vanished away. ♪
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  • ♪ then we'll enjoy the beauty ♪
  • 00:55:00.120 --> 00:55:04.557
  • ♪ where all things are new. ♪
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  • ♪ i want to stroll over heaven with you. ♪
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • ♪ 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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  • ♪ ♪
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  • ♪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...
  • 00:57:13.987 --> 00:57:17.423
  • ... share more of your favorite songs.
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  • ♪in the stillness, of the midnight♪
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