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Jordan Smith: The People's Hymnal | Gaither Gospel Hour

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Gaither Gospel Hour | Jordan Smith: The People's Hymnal | Gaither Gospel Hour | July 22, 2025

- ♪ then sings my soul ♪
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♪ my savior god, to thee ♪
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Bill: jordan smith grew up in harlan, kentucky,
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A little mountain town tucked away
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In the hills of appalachia
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Where faith, family, and music were woven
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Into the fabric of his life.
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- ♪ hear my cry, hear my call ♪
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Bill: from piano lessons to band practice,
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From choir rehearsals to the church pew,
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Jordan's gift took root early--
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Not just his voice but his heart,
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A heart full of hope,
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A heart that believes music can heal
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And bring light to the world.
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- ♪ great is thy faithfulness ♪
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Bill: in 2015, the world heard that heart
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When jordan won season nine of "the voice."
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Suddenly a voice that echoed off the walls
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Of a small kentucky church was echoing around the globe.
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- ♪ i surrender all ♪
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Bill: he made history on the "billboard" christian charts.
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More importantly, he stayed true to who he is:
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A storyteller, a worshipper, a light bearer.
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Today jordan takes the stage at gaither studios,
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The very place where his heroes once stood,
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Including his childhood idol, vestal goodman.
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- ♪ where could i go ♪
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Bill: he's here to bring his new gospel album,
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"the people's hymnal," to life.
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These are the songs of his journey,
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The anthems of his childhood,
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The hymns of his heart.
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And above all, they tell the story of a savior
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For all the people.
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I'm bill gaither, and i can't wait for you
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To hear the voice of jordan smith.
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Here he is with "the people's hymnal."
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[light music]
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♪ ♪
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- ♪ oh, happy day ♪
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♪ oh, happy day ♪
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♪ when jesus washed ♪
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♪ when jesus washed ♪
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♪ when jesus washed ♪
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♪ he washed my sins away ♪
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♪ oh, happy day ♪
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♪ oh, happy day ♪
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- ♪ oh, happy day ♪
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- ♪ oh, happy day ♪
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- ♪ oh, happy day ♪
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- ♪ when jesus washed ♪
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- ♪ when jesus washed ♪
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- ♪ when jesus washed ♪
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- ♪ when jesus washed ♪
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- ♪ when jesus washed ♪
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- ♪ when jesus washed ♪
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- ♪ he washed my sins away ♪
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- ♪ oh, happy day ♪
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- ♪ oh, happy day ♪
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- ♪ oh, happy day ♪
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- ♪ he taught me how ♪
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♪ oh, he taught me how ♪
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- ♪ to watch ♪
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- ♪ to watch, fight, and pray ♪
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♪ and he taught me how to live ♪
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♪ to live rejoicing ♪
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♪ every day ♪
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♪ oh, every day ♪
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♪ ♪
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♪ ooh, happy day ♪
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- ♪ oh, happy day ♪
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- ♪ oh, happy day ♪
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- ♪ oh, happy day ♪
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- ♪ when my jesus washed ♪
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- ♪ when jesus washed ♪
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- ♪ when jesus washed ♪
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- ♪ when jesus washed ♪
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- ♪ when jesus washed ♪
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- ♪ when jesus washed ♪
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- ♪ he washed my sins away ♪
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- ♪ oh, happy day ♪
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- ♪ he taught me how ♪
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♪ to watch, fight, and pray ♪
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♪ fight and pray ♪
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♪ and live rejoicing ♪
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♪ whoa, every day ♪
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♪ every day ♪
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♪ whoo, happy day ♪
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- ♪ oh, happy day ♪
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- ♪ oh, happy day ♪
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- ♪ oh, happy day ♪
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- ♪ oh, happy, happy day ♪
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- ♪ oh, happy day ♪
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- ♪ oh, happy day ♪
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- ♪ oh, happy day ♪
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- ♪ and when i get to heaven ♪
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♪ i'm gonna sit right down ♪
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♪ and talk to my lord jesus, ooh ♪
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♪ about my starry crown ♪
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♪ and, oh, if you get there ♪
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- ♪ oh, happy day ♪
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- ♪ if you get there before i do ♪
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- ♪ oh, happy day ♪
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- ♪ just tell my friends i'm coming, yeah ♪
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- ♪ oh, happy day ♪
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- ♪ tell 'em i'm coming too ♪
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♪ whoa, ooh, whoa, whoa ♪
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[applause]
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Yes. - whoo!
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- yeah. - [laughs]
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Great job.
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Well, everybody, we are so excited to be here
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At the iconic gaither studios in alexandria, indiana,
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To record and perform for you some songs
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That mean so much to all of us.
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I called this album "the people's hymnal"
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Because these are songs that we've all
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Grown to know and love throughout the years,
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And they mean something to each of us.
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And so i wanted to create a project
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That we could all bond over,
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That we could share in the joy of the gospel
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And the joy of these hymns.
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But i wanted to bring something a little fresh to it,
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And i hope you'll sing along.
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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 shout of acclamation ♪
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♪ to 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 then 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 ♪
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♪ how great thou art, ooh ♪
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♪ how great thou art ♪
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♪ then sings my soul ♪
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♪ ooh, ooh, yeah ♪
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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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♪ art, art ♪
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♪ how great thou art ♪
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♪ art, art ♪
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♪ whoo ♪
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Play it, y'all.
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♪ ♪
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♪ how great thou art ♪
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♪ how great thou art ♪
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♪ how great thou art ♪
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♪ ♪
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♪ how great thou art ♪
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♪ how great thou art ♪
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♪ how great thou art, hey ♪
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♪ ♪
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♪ how great thou art ♪
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♪ yeah ♪
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♪ how great you are, jesus ♪
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♪ yeah, yeah, yeah ♪
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♪ how great you are ♪
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Whoo.
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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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♪ 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 thou art ♪
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♪ ♪
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- the problem with making a hymns album
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Is narrowing down and choosing which hymns are gonna be on it.
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That was a bit of a process when we were
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Working on "the people's hymnal,"
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Deciding which songs were a part
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Of this particular story
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To present the gospel in a specific way.
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And so we knew there were so many songs about the blood.
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Aren't you thankful for the blood?
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And we wanted to combine them
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And tell this powerful story, this testimony
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Of what the blood has been not only in my life
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But for so many of us.
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And so that's what this song is.
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This song is a testimony that speaks
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To the wonder-working power of the blood of jesus.
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[soft music]
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♪ ♪
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[hums]
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♪ ♪
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♪ i know it was the blood ♪
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♪ i know it was the blood ♪
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♪ i know it was the blood for me ♪
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♪ ♪
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♪ i said i know it was the blood ♪
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♪ i know it was the blood ♪
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♪ i know it was the blood for me ♪
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♪ listen to me, now ♪
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♪ what can wash away my sin ♪
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♪ what can make me whole again ♪
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♪ what o'er evil the victory win ♪
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♪ you know it ain't nothing but ♪
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♪ nothing but the blood ♪
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♪ i know it was the blood ♪
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♪ i know it was the blood, yeah ♪
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♪ i know it was the blood for me ♪
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♪ listen to me, now ♪
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♪ would you be whiter, whiter than snow ♪
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♪ would you be washed, washed in the flow ♪
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♪ no other fount i know ♪
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♪ you know it ain't nothing but ♪
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♪ nothing but the blood ♪
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♪ ooh, ooh ♪
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♪ i know it was, i know it was ♪
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♪ i know it was the blood ♪
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♪ ooh, listen to me, now ♪
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♪ when i didn't have a friend ♪
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♪ i was lost and so far gone ♪
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♪ yes, i was ♪
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♪ but the blood came and found me ♪
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♪ and it brought me back again ♪
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♪ yes, it did ♪
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♪ there's nothing stronger ♪
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♪ no power greater than the blood ♪
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♪ if you're wondering what saved me ♪
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♪ i know that, i know that, i know ♪
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♪ it was the blood ♪
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♪ listen to me, now ♪
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♪ what can wash away my sin ♪
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♪ what can make me whole again ♪
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♪ what o'er evil the victory win ♪
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♪ you know it ain't nothing but ♪
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♪ nothing but ♪
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[applause]
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So i grew up in a really small church in appalachia
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In the hills of harlan, kentucky.
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And i mean, this was--
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When i say a small church, i mean, like,
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We had 40 people on a good sunday.
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This was just a good old little country church.
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And my parents were so involved in the ministry.
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They helped lead the music every week.
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Anytime the doors were open, we were there.
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We were serving the church.
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We were loving people.
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We were worshipping the lord.
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It was just something that was a part of the fabric
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Of who our family was.
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And my brothers and i, we all knew,
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Sunday mornings, wednesday nights,
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We're gonna be at church.
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That's just what we do.
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And so that really sort of instilled in me
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At a pretty young age the value of my faith
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And the value of ministry.
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And it's something that i've carried with me
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Throughout my entire journey, this sense
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That everywhere i go and everything i do,
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The conversations that i have, the songs i sing,
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Those have the opportunity to be ministry.
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Those have the opportunity to minister to someone.
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And i owe that sort of purpose that i feel
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In the things that i do
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To the way i was brought up, i think.
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And so my parents were a very big part of that.
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My dad, specifically when it comes to music,
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Was a huge musical influence in my life.
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My parents encouraged me to be a part of band and choir
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In school, and they paid for me to take piano lessons,
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And they bought me instruments,
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And they took me on choir field trips,
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And they were so supportive of my musical journey.
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But they were always so intentional to frame
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My love of music within the context of my faith.
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And they were the ones that taught me
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How powerful music is in connecting people together
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And connecting people to god.
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And so i carry that purpose with me even now in my career.
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That's what music is for me.
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It's what it's always been for me and my family.
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It's what i learned music was as a child,
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And now it's what i get to continue to do
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Through my own music now.
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So this song's really important to me personally.
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This was the first hymn that i got to sing
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On television in front of the world.
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And walking away from that performance
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And seeing the way that people were inspired and uplifted
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By this song, i knew that one day,
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I would love to make an entire record,
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An entire album of songs like this.
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And so this song inspired this hymns album
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And a lot of these arrangements,
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And we thought it would be super special here,
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What, ten years later now,
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To do a new version of this song.
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It's a little bit unexpected, but this is
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"great is thy faithfulness."
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[upbeat music]
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♪ ♪
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[hums]
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♪ ♪
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♪ great is thy faithfulness ♪
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♪ o god, my father ♪
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♪ there is no shadow ♪
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♪ of turning with thee ♪
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♪ thou changest not ♪
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♪ thy compassions, they fail not ♪
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♪ as thou hast been ♪
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♪ thou forever will be ♪
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♪ great is thy faithfulness ♪
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♪ great is thy faithfulness ♪
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♪ morning by morning ♪
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♪ new mercies i see ♪
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♪ all i ♪
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- ♪ all i have needed ♪
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- ♪ thy hand hath provided ♪
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♪ great is thy faithfulness ♪
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♪ great is thy faithfulness ♪
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♪ great is thy faithfulness ♪
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♪ lord, unto me ♪
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♪ ah, ah ♪
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♪ sing summer ♪
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♪ summer and winter ♪
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♪ and springtime and harvest ♪
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♪ sun, moon, and stars ♪
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♪ in their courses above ♪
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♪ join with all nature ♪
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♪ in manifold witness ♪
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♪ to thy great faithfulness ♪
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♪ your mercy and love ♪
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♪ sing ♪
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- ♪ great is thy faithfulness ♪
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- ♪ great is thy faithfulness ♪
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- ♪ great is thy faithfulness ♪
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- ♪ morning ♪
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- ♪ morning by morning ♪
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- ♪ new mercies ♪
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- ♪ new mercies i see ♪
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- ♪ and all i have needed ♪
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- ♪ all i have needed ♪
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- ♪ thy hand ♪ - ♪ thy hand hath provided ♪
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- ♪ sing great is ♪
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- ♪ great is thy faithfulness ♪
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- ♪ great is ♪
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- ♪ great is thy faithfulness ♪
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- ♪ great is ♪
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- ♪ great is thy faithfulness ♪
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- ♪ lord, unto me ♪
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♪ me, ooh ♪
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♪ pardon for sin and a peace that endureth ♪
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♪ and thine own dear presence to cheer and to guide ♪
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♪ strength for today and bright hope for tomorrow ♪
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♪ and blessings all mine, with 10,000 more ♪
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♪ beside ♪
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♪ sing great is thy faithfulness ♪
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- ♪ great is thy faithfulness ♪
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- ♪ great is thy faithfulness ♪
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- ♪ great is thy faithfulness ♪
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- ♪ great is thy faithfulness ♪
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- ♪ great is thy faithfulness ♪
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- ♪ great is thy faithfulness ♪
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- ♪ great is thy faithfulness ♪
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- ♪ ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh ♪
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♪ whoo-ooh, whoo-ooh ♪
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♪ whoo-ooh, ooh-ooh ♪
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♪ whoo-ooh, ooh-ooh ♪
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♪ great is thy faithfulness ♪
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- ♪ great is thy faithfulness ♪
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- ♪ great is thy faithfulness ♪
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- ♪ great is thy faithfulness ♪
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- ♪ oh, great is thy faithfulness ♪
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- ♪ great is thy faithfulness ♪
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- ♪ great is thy faithfulness ♪
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- ♪ great is thy faithfulness ♪
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[applause]
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[bright music]
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♪ ♪
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- ♪ what a friend we have in jesus ♪
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♪ all our sins and griefs to bear ♪
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♪ what a privilege we can carry ♪
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♪ everything to him in prayer ♪
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♪ ♪
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♪ ooh, whoa ♪
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♪ ♪
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♪ 'tis so sweet to trust in jesus ♪
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♪ just to take him at his word ♪
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♪ just to rest upon his promise ♪
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♪ just to know thus saith the lord ♪
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♪ jesus, jesus, how i trust him ♪
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♪ for he's proven o'er and o'er ♪
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♪ jesus, jesus, precious jesus ♪
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♪ oh, for grace to trust him more ♪
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♪ amazing grace, how sweet the sound ♪
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♪ that sure did save a wretch like me ♪
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♪ i was lost until you found me ♪
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♪ i was blind, but now i see ♪
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♪ ♪
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♪ oh, oh ♪
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♪ ♪
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♪ i was lost until you found me ♪
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♪ i was blind, but now i see ♪
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♪ will the circle be unbroken ♪
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♪ by and by, lord, by and by ♪
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♪ there's a home that's waiting for me ♪
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♪ in the sky, lord, in the sky ♪
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♪ there's a home that's waiting for me ♪
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♪ in the sky, lord ♪
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♪ in the sky ♪
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- ♪ ooh, ooh ♪
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- ♪ in the sky ♪
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♪ ♪
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- ♪ ooh, ooh ♪
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♪ ♪
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♪ ooh, ooh ♪
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♪ ♪
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♪ ooh, ooh ♪
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[applause]
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Bill: you know, it was so nice to meet jordan and his wife
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While he was here.
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Knowing he was a "homecoming" fan,
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I gave him a quick tour of our museum
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Here at gaither studios.
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There's some scratchings of "something about that name,"
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"because he lives."
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- these songs, like, changed everything.
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Like, it's just so crazy.
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Just, like, soundtrack of my life here.
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- [chuckles] there's my dad.
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He traveled with us till he was 91.
00:32:00.074 --> 00:32:02.677
- wow.
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- and he was in pretty great health.
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I still have that convertible.
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I bought it in 1972.
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- oh.
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Is it still in that kind of shape?
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- pretty amazing shape. - that's awesome.
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That's so great. - yeah.
00:32:15.556 --> 00:32:16.958
And then here's five more grammys.
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- oh, that's it?
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- four for vocal band
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And one for a "homecoming" that we did.
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This is called the ascap christian songwriter
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Of the century. - of the century.
00:32:31.339 --> 00:32:32.907
- yeah, so-- - not the year, the century.
00:32:32.907 --> 00:32:35.176
- well, we've been blessed.
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- don't forget. - we've been blessed.
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And here's some dove awards.
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- i have one of these. one.
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Could go right there.
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- ah, you're fine.
00:32:44.819 --> 00:32:46.654
You like vestal.
00:32:46.654 --> 00:32:47.655
- oh, yeah.
00:32:47.655 --> 00:32:48.856
I was a big vestal fan.
00:32:48.856 --> 00:32:50.191
They make fun of me.
00:32:50.191 --> 00:32:51.426
When i got my wisdom teeth out years back,
00:32:51.426 --> 00:32:53.728
I was high on medicine, and i just kept crying and crying,
00:32:53.728 --> 00:32:57.365
And they asked why i was crying,
00:32:57.365 --> 00:32:58.866
And i said, because i'm never gonna sing with vestal goodman.
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[laughter]
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We're big fans.
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My dad especially, big fan.
00:33:03.471 --> 00:33:05.406
- vocal band's got one, two, three.
00:33:05.406 --> 00:33:07.975
And then motown's, tony bennett, rolling stones.
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Who would have known?
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Here we are.
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Got the first two top, and under it is--
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I don't know these people.
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And then here is--
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- it's only kiss and the beatles.
00:33:24.492 --> 00:33:28.029
- everybody comes in and has their favorite group.
00:33:28.029 --> 00:33:30.998
- oh, yeah.
00:33:30.998 --> 00:33:31.999
- yeah, this is my favorite one.
00:33:31.999 --> 00:33:33.701
And they've all been good. i--
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- i love it. - we've never had a bad group.
00:33:35.236 --> 00:33:37.638
There's an alumni picture.
00:33:37.638 --> 00:33:39.807
They all came in here.
00:33:39.807 --> 00:33:41.209
Everybody's here except two of them.
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- incredible artists right there.
00:33:43.277 --> 00:33:44.645
- oh, yeah. - pretty special place.
00:33:44.645 --> 00:33:47.048
- well, we're still having fun.
00:33:47.048 --> 00:33:49.450
- so i grew up in, as i mentioned earlier,
00:33:49.450 --> 00:33:53.020
A little town in eastern kentucky
00:33:53.020 --> 00:33:54.522
Called harlan, kentucky.
00:33:54.522 --> 00:33:56.057
And my dad, on any saturday morning,
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Could be found in front of the television
00:34:00.461 --> 00:34:02.029
Watching the "gaither homecoming,"
00:34:02.029 --> 00:34:04.432
And the music would just ring through the house,
00:34:04.432 --> 00:34:06.667
And i would sing along with him
00:34:06.667 --> 00:34:08.703
And listen to songs just like this one.
00:34:08.703 --> 00:34:11.506
And so whenever i sing this, i just imagine
00:34:11.506 --> 00:34:14.208
Being back home out on the back porch
00:34:14.208 --> 00:34:16.744
With my grandparents.
00:34:16.744 --> 00:34:18.212
My grandma and my grandfather used to sing songs like this.
00:34:18.212 --> 00:34:21.382
And it just takes me back.
00:34:21.382 --> 00:34:23.117
And so i was thrilled to be able to include this song
00:34:23.117 --> 00:34:25.720
On the album, and i hope it brings
00:34:25.720 --> 00:34:29.457
That sort of memory back for you.
00:34:29.457 --> 00:34:33.661
[light music]
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♪ ♪
00:34:36.664 --> 00:34:47.909
♪ living below ♪
00:34:51.345 --> 00:34:55.082
♪ in this old sinful world ♪
00:34:55.082 --> 00:34:59.520
♪ hardly a comfort ♪
00:34:59.520 --> 00:35:02.924
♪ can afford ♪
00:35:02.924 --> 00:35:08.162
♪ striving alone ♪
00:35:08.162 --> 00:35:11.999
♪ to face temptation's sword ♪
00:35:11.999 --> 00:35:16.571
♪ where could i go ♪
00:35:16.571 --> 00:35:19.907
♪ but to the lord ♪
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♪ where could i go ♪
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♪ but to the lord ♪
00:35:28.216 --> 00:35:31.485
♪ where could i go ♪
00:35:31.485 --> 00:35:35.356
♪ oh, where could i go ♪
00:35:35.356 --> 00:35:40.261
♪ seeking a refuge for my soul ♪
00:35:40.261 --> 00:35:45.766
♪ for my soul ♪
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♪ needing a friend ♪
00:35:48.736 --> 00:35:52.340
♪ to help me in the end ♪
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♪ where could i go but to the lord ♪
00:35:57.011 --> 00:36:02.450
♪ to the lord ♪
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♪ neighbors are so kind ♪
00:36:05.519 --> 00:36:09.323
♪ i love them, every one ♪
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♪ we get along in sweet accord ♪
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♪ yes, we do ♪
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♪ but when my soul ♪
00:36:22.503 --> 00:36:26.207
♪ needs tending from above ♪
00:36:26.207 --> 00:36:30.978
♪ where could i go ♪
00:36:30.978 --> 00:36:34.215
♪ but to the lord ♪
00:36:34.215 --> 00:36:38.119
♪ oh, where could i go ♪
00:36:38.119 --> 00:36:43.090
♪ oh, where could i go ♪
00:36:43.090 --> 00:36:48.062
♪ seeking a refuge ♪
00:36:48.062 --> 00:36:51.332
♪ for my soul ♪
00:36:51.332 --> 00:36:55.970
♪ when i'm needing a friend ♪
00:36:55.970 --> 00:37:00.308
♪ to help me in the end ♪
00:37:00.308 --> 00:37:05.012
♪ where could i go but to the lord ♪
00:37:05.012 --> 00:37:10.351
♪ to the lord ♪
00:37:10.351 --> 00:37:13.587
♪ where could i go ♪
00:37:13.587 --> 00:37:16.490
♪ but to the lord ♪
00:37:16.490 --> 00:37:18.626
♪ ♪
00:37:18.626 --> 00:37:30.771
♪ oh, when i'm needing a friend ♪
00:37:34.608 --> 00:37:40.681
♪ to help me in the end ♪
00:37:40.681 --> 00:37:44.919
♪ where could i go but to the lord ♪
00:37:44.919 --> 00:37:51.092
♪ to the lord ♪
00:37:51.092 --> 00:37:53.961
♪ where could i go but to the lord ♪
00:37:53.961 --> 00:37:59.533
♪ to the lord ♪
00:37:59.533 --> 00:38:02.403
♪ where could i go but to the lord ♪
00:38:02.403 --> 00:38:09.009
♪ amen ♪
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[applause]
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Songs like these have meant so much to me
00:38:22.523 --> 00:38:25.393
Throughout every season of my life,
00:38:25.393 --> 00:38:28.362
From singing these with my family
00:38:28.362 --> 00:38:30.798
In our little country church
00:38:30.798 --> 00:38:32.166
In the foothills of appalachia, kentucky,
00:38:32.166 --> 00:38:34.535
Even now to singing them for you.
00:38:34.535 --> 00:38:36.937
The reality is that the truth of these hymns
00:38:36.937 --> 00:38:40.474
Carries me through every high and every low
00:38:40.474 --> 00:38:44.378
That i experience in my life.
00:38:44.378 --> 00:38:46.313
And so we're gonna take you to church a little bit today.
00:38:46.313 --> 00:38:48.783
Can we take them to church a little bit, guys?
00:38:48.783 --> 00:38:50.518
And we want you to remember the truth
00:38:50.518 --> 00:38:56.023
Of surrendering to jesus jes
00:38:56.023 --> 00:38:58.893
And the life that's available in that.
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Let's do it, y'all.
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[mellow music]
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♪ ♪
00:39:06.333 --> 00:39:14.241
♪ all to jesus ♪
00:39:14.241 --> 00:39:19.079
♪ i surrender ♪
00:39:19.079 --> 00:39:24.885
♪ all to him ♪
00:39:24.885 --> 00:39:27.555
♪ i freely give ♪
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♪ i will ever ♪
00:39:33.861 --> 00:39:38.833
♪ love and trust him ♪
00:39:38.833 --> 00:39:45.539
♪ in his presence ♪
00:39:45.539 --> 00:39:48.776
♪ daily live ♪
00:39:48.776 --> 00:39:53.747
♪ i surrender ♪
00:39:53.747 --> 00:39:59.320
♪ all ♪
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♪ i surrender ♪
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♪ all ♪
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♪ all to thee ♪
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♪ my blessed savior ♪
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♪ i, i surrender ♪
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♪ all ♪
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♪ ♪
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♪ all to jesus ♪
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♪ i surrender ♪
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♪ make me, savior ♪
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♪ wholly thine ♪
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♪ let me feel ♪
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♪ thy holy spirit ♪
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♪ fully knowing ♪
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♪ that you are mine ♪
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♪ and i surrender ♪
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♪ all ♪
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♪ i surrender all ♪
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♪ yes, i do, yeah ♪
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♪ all, all to thee ♪
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♪ my blessed savior ♪
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♪ i, i surrender ♪
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♪ all ♪
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♪ i surrender ♪
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♪ all ♪
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♪ all, all, i ♪
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♪ i surrender all ♪
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♪ all to thee ♪
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♪ my blessed savior ♪
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♪ i, i surrender all ♪
00:42:27.835 --> 00:42:35.142
♪ yeah, i surrender all ♪
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♪ ooh, ooh ♪
00:42:38.379 --> 00:42:41.048
♪ i surrender all ♪
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♪ i surrender all to you, jesus ♪
00:42:43.984 --> 00:42:48.422
♪ yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah ♪
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♪ yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah ♪
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- ♪ i surrender all ♪
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- ♪ i surrender everything to you, jesus ♪
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♪ everything i am, everything i have is yours ♪
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♪ ooh, it's yours, jesus ♪
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♪ ooh, ooh, oh ♪
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♪ i surrender all to you, lord ♪
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♪ i surrender my life to your will, to your way ♪
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♪ yeah, yeah, yeah ♪
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♪ ooh ♪
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♪ it's yours ♪
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♪ it's yours, ooh ♪
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♪ it's yours ♪
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♪ it's yours, oh, yeah ♪
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♪ you can have it, you can have it ♪
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♪ you can have it, you can have it all ♪
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♪ you can have it, you can have ♪
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♪ it all ♪
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♪ yeah, yeah ♪
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♪ oh, ooh, yeah ♪
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- ♪ i surrender all ♪
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- ♪ i surrender every part of me, jesus ♪
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♪ ooh, whoa ♪
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♪ i surrender ♪
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♪ i surrender all ♪
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♪ i surrender all ♪
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♪ yes, i do ♪
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♪ yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah ♪
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♪ yeah, yeah, ooh ♪
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[applause]
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If i had to choose a song to be my soul song, like,
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If i could only sing one song for the rest of my life,
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I think it would be "his eye is on the sparrow."
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I've sung this song ever since i was a kid.
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I've sung it on church stages.
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I've sung it at the foot of the bed
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Of a dying loved one.
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I've sung it at funerals,
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And i've sung it at celebrations.
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And this has been my song that in every dark season
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Or in every happy time, i come back to it
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And i sing these words over myself.
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And they've carried me through so many
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Different parts of my life.
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And they remind me the reason why i do this,
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The reason why i sing.
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And it's because of the joy and the life
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And the freedom that i've found in christ
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And being a child of god.
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And i'm so happy to get to sing it for you today.
00:47:03.944 --> 00:47:11.451
♪ why should i feel ♪
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♪ discouraged ♪
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♪ and why should the shadows ♪
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♪ shadows come ♪
00:47:34.708 --> 00:47:39.646
♪ lord, why, why should my heart ♪
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♪ feel so lonely ♪
00:47:45.619 --> 00:47:50.924
♪ so lonely ♪
00:47:50.924 --> 00:47:54.361
♪ and long for heaven ♪
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♪ heaven, my home ♪
00:48:01.401 --> 00:48:08.942
♪ when jesus ♪
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♪ jesus is my portion ♪
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♪ a constant, my constant friend ♪
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♪ is he ♪
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♪ yes, he is ♪
00:48:35.502 --> 00:48:38.939
♪ his eye ♪
00:48:38.939 --> 00:48:43.176
♪ his eye is on the sparrow ♪
00:48:43.176 --> 00:48:53.887
♪ and i know ♪
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♪ he watches ♪
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♪ over me ♪
00:49:03.930 --> 00:49:12.672
♪ i sing ♪
00:49:12.672 --> 00:49:16.309
♪ i sing because i'm happy ♪
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♪ i sing ♪
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♪ i sing because i'm free ♪
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♪ i'm free ♪
00:49:35.662 --> 00:49:39.566
♪ his eye ♪
00:49:39.566 --> 00:49:43.070
♪ his eye is on the sparrow ♪
00:49:43.070 --> 00:49:54.247
♪ and i know ♪
00:49:54.247 --> 00:49:58.718
♪ i know he watches ♪
00:49:58.718 --> 00:50:05.125
♪ over me ♪
00:50:05.125 --> 00:50:14.835
♪ i sing ♪
00:50:14.835 --> 00:50:17.704
♪ i sing because i'm happy ♪
00:50:17.704 --> 00:50:24.177
♪ yes, i am ♪
00:50:24.177 --> 00:50:26.746
♪ i sing ♪
00:50:26.746 --> 00:50:29.950
♪ i sing because i'm free ♪
00:50:29.950 --> 00:50:36.423
♪ i'm free ♪
00:50:36.423 --> 00:50:39.726
♪ his eye ♪
00:50:39.726 --> 00:50:42.262
♪ his eye is on the sparrow ♪
00:50:42.262 --> 00:50:50.804
♪ and i know ♪
00:50:50.804 --> 00:50:55.208
♪ he watches ♪
00:50:55.208 --> 00:50:58.211
♪ i know he watches ♪
00:50:58.211 --> 00:51:04.551
♪ i know ♪
00:51:04.551 --> 00:51:07.053
♪ he watches ♪
00:51:07.053 --> 00:51:11.191
♪ i know he watches ♪
00:51:11.191 --> 00:51:17.464
♪ i know ♪
00:51:17.464 --> 00:51:21.968
♪ he watches ♪
00:51:21.968 --> 00:51:28.408
♪ he watches over ♪
00:51:28.408 --> 00:51:33.813
♪ me ♪
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♪ ♪
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These songs are songs that have been
00:51:49.162 --> 00:51:50.063
- these songs are songs that have been
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The soundtrack of my faith and, in a lot of ways,
00:51:51.431 --> 00:51:54.968
The soundtrack of my life, especially of my childhood.
00:51:54.968 --> 00:51:58.405
And so it feels-- it feels so personal.
00:51:58.405 --> 00:52:03.009
And in a way, there's something vulnerable
00:52:03.009 --> 00:52:05.245
About sharing these songs because they feel so personal.
00:52:05.245 --> 00:52:08.848
And it's my hope that people who have known and loved
00:52:08.848 --> 00:52:12.319
These songs for years will be able to pick up
00:52:12.319 --> 00:52:15.155
And sing along with them.
00:52:15.155 --> 00:52:16.723
And then maybe people who have never
00:52:16.723 --> 00:52:18.692
Heard some of these incredible hymns,
00:52:18.692 --> 00:52:22.095
This could be the first version that they know.
00:52:22.095 --> 00:52:24.664
That's a really cool thought for me,
00:52:24.664 --> 00:52:26.833
And that's something that i hope to be able to share
00:52:26.833 --> 00:52:28.969
With a whole new audience of listeners.
00:52:28.969 --> 00:52:33.506
[gentle music]
00:52:33.573 --> 00:52:36.276
♪ when peace, like a river ♪
00:52:36.276 --> 00:52:43.383
♪ attendeth my way ♪
00:52:43.383 --> 00:52:51.291
♪ when sorrows ♪
00:52:51.291 --> 00:52:54.661
♪ like sea billows roll ♪
00:52:54.661 --> 00:53:03.937
♪ whatever my lot ♪
00:53:03.937 --> 00:53:09.676
♪ thou hast taught me to say ♪
00:53:09.676 --> 00:53:16.750
♪ it is well, it is well ♪
00:53:16.750 --> 00:53:23.957
♪ with my soul ♪
00:53:23.957 --> 00:53:30.897
♪ it is well ♪
00:53:30.897 --> 00:53:37.804
♪ with my soul ♪
00:53:37.804 --> 00:53:44.611
♪ it is well, it is well ♪
00:53:44.611 --> 00:53:51.418
♪ with my soul ♪
00:53:51.418 --> 00:53:56.923
♪ ♪
00:53:56.923 --> 00:53:59.926
♪ my sin, oh, the bliss ♪
00:53:59.926 --> 00:54:04.431
♪ of this glorious thought ♪
00:54:04.431 --> 00:54:11.471
♪ my sin, not in part ♪
00:54:11.471 --> 00:54:16.743
♪ but the whole ♪
00:54:16.743 --> 00:54:23.216
♪ is nailed to the cross ♪
00:54:23.216 --> 00:54:28.555
♪ and i bear it no more ♪
00:54:28.555 --> 00:54:34.894
♪ praise the lord, praise the lord ♪
00:54:34.894 --> 00:54:41.134
♪ o my soul ♪
00:54:41.134 --> 00:54:47.407
♪ it is well ♪
00:54:47.407 --> 00:54:53.580
♪ with my soul ♪
00:54:53.580 --> 00:54:59.452
♪ it is well, it is well ♪
00:54:59.452 --> 00:55:05.458
♪ with my soul ♪
00:55:05.458 --> 00:55:11.564
♪ ♪
00:55:11.564 --> 00:55:31.451
♪ and, lord, haste the day ♪
00:55:35.121 --> 00:55:40.760
♪ when my faith shall be sight ♪
00:55:40.760 --> 00:55:47.567
♪ the clouds be rolled back ♪
00:55:47.567 --> 00:55:52.572
♪ as a scroll ♪
00:55:52.572 --> 00:55:59.412
♪ the trump shall resound ♪
00:55:59.412 --> 00:56:04.451
♪ and the lord shall descend ♪
00:56:04.451 --> 00:56:10.523
♪ even so, it is well ♪
00:56:10.523 --> 00:56:16.563
♪ with my soul ♪
00:56:16.563 --> 00:56:22.802
♪ it is well ♪
00:56:22.802 --> 00:56:28.575
♪ with my soul ♪
00:56:28.575 --> 00:56:34.714
♪ it is well, it is well ♪
00:56:34.714 --> 00:56:40.987
♪ with my soul ♪
00:56:40.987 --> 00:56:47.360
♪ it is well, it is well ♪
00:56:47.360 --> 00:56:53.633
♪ with my soul ♪
00:56:53.633 --> 00:57:00.440
♪ it is well, it is well ♪
00:57:00.440 --> 00:57:07.313
♪ with my soul ♪
00:57:07.313 --> 00:57:15.188
♪ ♪
00:57:15.188 --> 00:57:15.188

Jordan Smith: The People's Hymnal | Gaither Gospel Hour

July 22, 2025 | 59:0

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