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Gaither Gospel

Best of David Phelps

May 14, 2025 | S25:E80

Best of David Phelps
Gaither Gospel shares joy through heartfelt stories and inspiration through powerful music.
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Gaither Gospel | Best of David Phelps | May 14, 2025
  • ♪(humming)♪
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  • 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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  • - ♪ oh, and a love ♪
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  • ♪ so amazing. ♪
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  • - david phelps is among the most extraordinary tenors
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  • In the field of gospel music or any field of music.
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  • This dynamic, classically trained young talent
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  • Joined the gaither vocal band in 1997
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  • And has wowed audiences all over the world ever since.
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  • - ♪ it flies ♪
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  • ♪ over ♪
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  • ♪ the door. ♪
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  • - david rejoined the gaither vocal band in 2009
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  • After a four-year break,
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  • And not only is he back.
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  • He is back and better than ever.
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  • - ♪ tua bocca ♪
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  • ♪ lo dir . ♪
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  • - but david is more than just a voice.
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  • He is a husband to lori,
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  • A father of four,
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  • An inventive artist,
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  • A dear friend,
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  • And an all-around good man.
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  • - ♪ for the first time in my life, ♪
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  • ♪ i felt clean. ♪
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  • - today we are going to get to know the man
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  • Behind this phenomenal voice a little better,
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  • And we're bringing together all of the best-loved moments
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  • From his history on the homecoming stage.
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  • - ♪ let ♪
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  • ♪ freedom echo. ♪
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  • - this is bill gaither inviting you to join me now
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  • For the best of david phelps.
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  • - ♪ just a few more ♪
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  • ♪ weary days, ♪
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  • ♪ and then ♪
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  • ♪ i will fly away ♪
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  • ♪ to that home where ♪
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  • ♪ joy will never end. ♪
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  • ♪ i'll fly away. ♪
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  • ♪ i'll fly away, oh, glory. ♪
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  • ♪ i'll fly away. ♪
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  • ♪ when i die, ♪
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  • ♪ hallelujah, by and by, ♪
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  • ♪ i'll fly away. ♪
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  • ♪ i'll fly away, oh, glory. ♪
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  • ♪ i'll fly away. ♪
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  • ♪ when i die, ♪
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  • ♪ hallelujah, by and by, ♪
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  • ♪ i'll fly ♪
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  • ♪ away. ♪
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • - the cleanup hitter.
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  • [laughter]
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  • We put three people on the base, and then we say,
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  • "okay, david, it is your turn to hit the ball."
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  • - that brings back some great memories.
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  • - this is gonna be a fun time.
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  • You know, everybody knows you've got a fantastic voice,
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  • And everybody thrills nightly about your singing.
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  • But you're gonna get to know the real david phelps
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  • During the next few minutes.
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  • - uh-oh.
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  • - if i do my job well,
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  • You're gonna get to know the real david--david phelps.
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  • You have been a delight to work with, though, david.
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  • What was it, 13, 14 years ago when you first came?
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  • - thank you.
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  • Yeah, it was '97, 1997,
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  • And i had just moved to nashville
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  • And living on a prayer, you know,
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  • And i had sung solo for about nine years before that
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  • And then decided it was--
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  • You know, my wife, lori,
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  • Who has been involved in every decision i've made--
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  • We met in college--
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  • Decided--we said, "okay, we're gonna move to nashville.
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  • We're gonna make the-- make the big jump, okay?"
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  • So we moved to nashville
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  • And starved for about six months.
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  • [laughter]
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  • And it seemed like it was a lot longer than that,
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  • And then it was mark lowry
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  • Who made the connection there for us.
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  • - god bless mark.
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  • He was listening that day, wasn't he?
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  • - yes, he's been very--
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  • He's been a great mentor for me, you know, all these years.
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  • - and--and one of the joys of doing what we do is,
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  • We've done it all over the country
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  • And all over the world,
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  • Memphis, tennessee,
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  • And we're gonna-- and we're gonna do
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  • A lot of bits and pieces here this afternoon,
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  • Because you're the cleanup hitter.
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  • Here's the last verse of god is good.
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  • - ♪ well, he's the one you call ♪
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  • ♪ in the middle of the night ♪
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  • ♪ when your body moans with pain. ♪
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  • ♪ well, don't worry about that, wayward child, ♪
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  • ♪ 'cause he's heard you call his name. ♪
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  • ♪ he'll put food in your kitchen ♪
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  • ♪ when you don't have a dime, ♪
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  • ♪ 'cause he's not good just now and then. ♪
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  • ♪ he's good ♪
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  • ♪ all the time. ♪
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  • - ♪ god is good. ♪
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  • ♪ yes, he is. ♪
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  • ♪ he's good all the time. ♪
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  • ♪ god is good. ♪
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  • ♪ you know he is. ♪
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  • ♪ he's good all the time. ♪
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  • ♪ you can search the whole world over, ♪
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  • ♪ and no greater friend you'll find. ♪
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  • ♪ he's not good just once in a while. ♪
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  • ♪ he's good all the time. ♪
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  • ♪ well, god is good. ♪
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  • ♪ yes, he is. ♪
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  • ♪ he's good all the time. ♪
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  • ♪ god is good. ♪
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  • ♪ you know he is. ♪
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  • ♪ he's good all the time. ♪
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  • ♪ you can search the whole world over, ♪
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  • ♪ and no greater friend you'll find. ♪
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  • ♪ he's not good just once in a while. ♪
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  • ♪ he's good all the time. ♪
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  • ♪ you can search the whole world over, ♪
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  • ♪ and no greater friend you'll find. ♪
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  • ♪ he's not good just once in a while. ♪
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  • ♪ he's good ♪
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  • ♪ all the time. ♪
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  • [cheers and applause]
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  • - why not?
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  • - okay, we are here with the david phelps family,
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  • And i want the camera to get in real close on grant here.
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  • Let's see that look again, grant.
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  • Did you get-- [laughs]
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  • That is the nine-year-old, and tell me the ages of--
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  • Like, coby is how old?
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  • - this is coby, and he is six,
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  • And this is grant, and he's nine.
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  • - nine going on what, grant?
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  • - [laughs]
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  • Going on five, and--
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  • [laughs]
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  • And this is maggie beth, and she is 12.
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  • And our callie, she is 15.
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  • She just got her driver's permit, so...
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  • - a teenager.
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  • - our prayer life has just increased.
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  • ♪ when my faith ♪
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  • ♪ shall be sight, ♪
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  • ♪ the clouds be rolled back ♪
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  • ♪ as a scroll. ♪
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  • ♪ and the trumpet shall sound, ♪
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  • ♪ and the lord shall descend. ♪
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  • ♪ even so, ♪
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  • ♪ it is well with my soul. ♪
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  • ♪ it is well... ♪
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  • - ♪ it is well... ♪
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  • - ♪ with my soul. ♪
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  • ♪ oh, it is well; ♪
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  • ♪ it is well ♪
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  • ♪ with my soul. ♪
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  • - ♪ it is well. ♪
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  • - ♪ my soul. ♪
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  • [applause]
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  • Lori and i, we really are a team in this.
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  • I mean, because it's not something--
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  • You know, this career of mine isn't something she inherited.
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  • She was there--around before it was doing anything at all.
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  • And so all the decisions that we've made,
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  • From joining the vocal band
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  • To, you know, taking different engagements
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  • To solo records, song choice,
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  • I mean, they've all been team decisions
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  • Between the two of us, so...
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  • - yeah, we started out--
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  • In college, i would sell his merch after his concerts.
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  • - and run the sound sometimes.
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  • - and sometimes run the sound,
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  • Which, i have no idea how to do that.
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  • I mean, he would have to give me a little lesson
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  • Real quick before the show.
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  • - but i couldn't ever get mad at the sound person
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  • For not starting the track at the right time.
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  • [laughter]
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  • - boy, that is an interesting thing about working together,
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  • And, of course, gloria and i have worked together--
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  • - for decades.
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  • - and you've been on the bus some nights
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  • When it was not a sweet, sweet spirit.
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  • - that's right.
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  • That's right.
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  • One night, i said, "is it cold in here,
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  • Or is it bill and gloria?"
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  • [laughter]
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  • But, you know, it gives us all hope, because...
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  • [laughter]
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  • Because we all go through those things, you know?
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  • We all have those nights when we're like,
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  • You know, "i know i've heard somewhere
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  • "we're not supposed to go to sleep angry,
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  • "you know, at our--at my spouse,
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  • So i guess i just won't sleep tonight."
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  • [laughter]
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  • But, you know, in the end, you know, we have this--
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  • We have this bond, you know, that we are--
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  • We're very, very proud of the bond that we have.
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  • I mean, we're best friends.
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  • Before the vocal band, i mean, we would spend 24/7 together.
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  • When i would go out on the road,
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  • We would pile the van full of whatever we needed
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  • And however many babies we had at the time
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  • And go out together and then--
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  • So the vocal band was actually
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  • A transition for us and our family
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  • When we weren't together quite as much.
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  • - it was a big deal, yeah. - it was.
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  • God gave us grace for that too,
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  • And so it's been-- it's been a great journey.
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  • ♪ the oceans ♪
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  • ♪ give up ♪
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  • ♪ all the dead ♪
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  • ♪ that are in them. ♪
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  • ♪ graves ♪
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  • ♪ open wide ♪
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  • ♪ to set captives free. ♪
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  • ♪ and those ♪
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  • ♪ who are roaming ♪
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  • ♪ the earth ♪
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  • ♪ rise to meet them. ♪
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  • ♪ abraham's seed ♪
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  • ♪ as the sands of the sea. ♪
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  • - ♪ these are they ♪
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  • ♪ who have come out ♪
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  • ♪ of great tribulation. ♪
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  • ♪ they have washed ♪
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  • ♪ their robes ♪
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  • ♪ in the blood of the lamb. ♪
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  • ♪ they have come ♪
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  • ♪ through much sorrow ♪
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  • ♪ into great jubilation. ♪
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  • ♪ they're redeemed ♪
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  • ♪ by the blood ♪
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  • ♪ of the lamb. ♪
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  • - ♪ oh, oh. ♪
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  • ♪ and like a strong ♪
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  • ♪ and mighty army, ♪
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  • ♪ their voices ♪
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  • ♪ are ringing. ♪
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  • ♪ oh, the great ♪
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  • ♪ cloud of witnesses, ♪
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  • ♪ they sing ♪
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  • ♪ freedom's song ♪
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  • ♪ as they enter ♪
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  • ♪ the country ♪
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  • ♪ built by their own fathers, ♪
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  • ♪ the promised ♪
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  • ♪ homeland ♪
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  • ♪ they've looked for ♪
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  • ♪ so long. ♪
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  • ♪ all the strangers ♪
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  • ♪ and all the pilgrims, ♪
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  • ♪ well, we will be no longer ♪
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  • ♪ strangers. ♪
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  • ♪ all the tired ♪
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  • ♪ and the weary wanderers, ♪
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  • ♪ they will wander ♪
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  • ♪ no more. ♪
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  • ♪ the table is spread ♪
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  • ♪ for the great ♪
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  • ♪ celebration, ♪
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  • ♪ and the welcome home banner, ♪
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  • ♪ it flies ♪
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  • ♪ over ♪
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  • ♪ the door. ♪
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  • - ♪ and these are they ♪
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  • ♪ who have come out ♪
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  • ♪ of great tribulation. ♪
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  • ♪ they have washed ♪
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  • ♪ their robes ♪
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  • ♪ in the blood of the lamb. ♪
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  • ♪ they have come ♪
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  • ♪ through much sorrow ♪
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  • ♪ into great jubilation. ♪
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  • ♪ they're redeemed ♪
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  • ♪ by the blood ♪
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  • ♪ of the lamb. ♪
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  • ♪ they're redeemed ♪
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  • ♪ by the blood ♪
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  • ♪ of the ♪
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  • ♪ lamb. ♪
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  • ♪ the lamb. ♪
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  • [cheers and applause]
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  • - why not? praise the lord.
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  • David, a lot of people are in awe and respect
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  • Of your talent,
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  • And you remember, i took you in the studio one time,
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  • And i said, "boy, it's hard to critique you,
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  • "because you're so good technically.
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  • But something else has to be better," you know.
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  • So you know the experience.
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  • I think the great thing about being around you
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  • Has been to find out the real character that you possess
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  • And who you are personally,
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  • And i mean that sincerely.
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  • - thank you.
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  • - what do you want people to say about you
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  • When it's all said and done?
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  • You're only, what, 40 years old?
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  • Hopefully, you got another 50, 60 years,
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  • But one of these days, i have to--
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  • You know, i have to be honest, and we never know.
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  • What do you want to--
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  • What do you want 'em to say about you when it's done,
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  • It's all said and done?
  • 00:19:32.995 --> 00:19:35.063
  • - i--you know, there's a few different levels
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  • I could come at that at:
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  • My art, you know, my--my family and my relationships.
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  • I think--i guess i would probably say that--
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  • That i loved people,
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  • That i loved people one-on-one, that i loved my kids,
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  • That i loved people from the stage
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  • Through the art that i'm able to create,
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  • And hopefully i've given some people
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  • Some hope along the way.
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  • ♪ the timeless theme, ♪
  • 00:20:15.137 --> 00:20:18.340
  • ♪ earth and heaven ♪
  • 00:20:18.340 --> 00:20:21.143
  • ♪ will pass away. ♪
  • 00:20:21.143 --> 00:20:25.614
  • ♪ it's not a dream. ♪
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  • ♪ god will make ♪
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  • ♪ all things new ♪
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  • ♪ that day. ♪
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  • ♪ gone is the curse ♪
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  • ♪ from which i stumbled ♪
  • 00:20:40.429 --> 00:20:43.832
  • ♪ and fell. ♪
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  • ♪ evil is banished ♪
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  • ♪ to eternal ♪
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  • ♪ hell. ♪
  • 00:20:54.309 --> 00:20:59.214
  • ♪ no more night, ♪
  • 00:20:59.214 --> 00:21:03.719
  • ♪ no more pain, ♪
  • 00:21:03.719 --> 00:21:09.091
  • ♪ no more tears, ♪
  • 00:21:09.091 --> 00:21:13.395
  • ♪ never crying ♪
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  • ♪ again, ♪
  • 00:21:16.298 --> 00:21:18.700
  • ♪ and praises to ♪
  • 00:21:18.700 --> 00:21:23.472
  • ♪ the great i am. ♪
  • 00:21:23.472 --> 00:21:28.076
  • ♪ we will live ♪
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  • ♪ in the light ♪
  • 00:21:30.278 --> 00:21:33.281
  • ♪ of the risen ♪
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  • ♪ lamb. ♪
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • ♪ mm. ♪
  • 00:21:46.395 --> 00:21:50.932
  • ♪ see all around, ♪
  • 00:21:50.932 --> 00:21:53.635
  • ♪ now the nations ♪
  • 00:21:53.635 --> 00:21:56.371
  • ♪ bow down to sing. ♪
  • 00:21:56.371 --> 00:22:00.809
  • ♪ the only sound ♪
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  • ♪ is the praises ♪
  • 00:22:03.345 --> 00:22:06.081
  • ♪ to christ, ♪
  • 00:22:06.081 --> 00:22:08.283
  • ♪ our king. ♪
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  • ♪ slowly ♪
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  • ♪ the names ♪
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  • ♪ from the book ♪
  • 00:22:16.091 --> 00:22:18.260
  • ♪ are read. ♪
  • 00:22:18.260 --> 00:22:22.431
  • ♪ i know ♪
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  • ♪ the king, ♪
  • 00:22:23.799 --> 00:22:25.667
  • ♪ so there's no need, ♪
  • 00:22:25.667 --> 00:22:28.837
  • ♪ no need to dread. ♪
  • 00:22:28.837 --> 00:22:34.376
  • ♪ no more night, ♪
  • 00:22:34.376 --> 00:22:39.014
  • ♪ no more pain, ♪
  • 00:22:39.014 --> 00:22:43.652
  • ♪ no more tears, ♪
  • 00:22:43.652 --> 00:22:48.857
  • ♪ never crying ♪
  • 00:22:48.857 --> 00:22:50.892
  • ♪ again, ♪
  • 00:22:50.892 --> 00:22:53.728
  • ♪ and praises to ♪
  • 00:22:53.728 --> 00:22:58.633
  • ♪ the great i am. ♪
  • 00:22:58.633 --> 00:23:03.271
  • ♪ we will live ♪
  • 00:23:03.271 --> 00:23:05.707
  • ♪ in the light ♪
  • 00:23:05.707 --> 00:23:08.143
  • ♪ of the risen ♪
  • 00:23:08.143 --> 00:23:11.546
  • ♪ lamb. ♪
  • 00:23:11.546 --> 00:23:13.014
  • ♪ see, over there, ♪
  • 00:23:13.014 --> 00:23:16.384
  • ♪ there's a mansion, ♪
  • 00:23:16.384 --> 00:23:18.119
  • ♪ oh, that's prepared ♪
  • 00:23:18.119 --> 00:23:20.856
  • ♪ just for me ♪
  • 00:23:20.856 --> 00:23:23.091
  • ♪ where i will live ♪
  • 00:23:23.091 --> 00:23:25.560
  • ♪ with my savior ♪
  • 00:23:25.560 --> 00:23:28.430
  • ♪ eternally. ♪
  • 00:23:28.430 --> 00:23:34.536
  • ♪ and there will be ♪
  • 00:23:34.536 --> 00:23:35.904
  • ♪ no more night, ♪
  • 00:23:35.904 --> 00:23:47.916
  • ♪ no more ♪
  • 00:23:47.916 --> 00:23:50.252
  • ♪ pain, ♪
  • 00:23:50.252 --> 00:23:51.419
  • ♪ no more tears, ♪
  • 00:23:51.419 --> 00:23:55.290
  • ♪ never, never crying ♪
  • 00:23:55.290 --> 00:23:57.158
  • ♪ again, ♪
  • 00:23:57.158 --> 00:23:58.360
  • ♪ and praises to ♪
  • 00:23:58.360 --> 00:24:03.164
  • ♪ the great i am. ♪
  • 00:24:03.164 --> 00:24:07.335
  • ♪ we will live ♪
  • 00:24:07.335 --> 00:24:09.538
  • ♪ in the light ♪
  • 00:24:09.538 --> 00:24:11.773
  • ♪ of the risen ♪
  • 00:24:11.773 --> 00:24:14.543
  • ♪ lamb. ♪
  • 00:24:14.543 --> 00:24:15.544
  • ♪ all ♪
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  • ♪ the praises to ♪
  • 00:24:16.878 --> 00:24:22.350
  • ♪ the great i am. ♪
  • 00:24:22.350 --> 00:24:25.854
  • ♪ we're gonna live, ♪
  • 00:24:25.854 --> 00:24:27.756
  • ♪ we're gonna live ♪
  • 00:24:27.756 --> 00:24:29.491
  • ♪ in the light ♪
  • 00:24:29.491 --> 00:24:33.361
  • ♪ of the risen ♪
  • 00:24:33.361 --> 00:24:35.864
  • ♪ lamb. ♪
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  • [cheers and applause]
  • 00:24:52.981 --> 00:25:03.191
  • - one chorus for old times' sake--
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  • For vestal, for howard, for all of them.
  • 00:25:10.332 --> 00:25:12.867
  • - all right, this is how it all started with me and bill,
  • 00:25:12.867 --> 00:25:15.003
  • All right?
  • 00:25:15.003 --> 00:25:16.237
  • ♪ then cheer, my brother, cheer. ♪
  • 00:25:16.237 --> 00:25:20.542
  • ♪ our trials will soon be o'er. ♪
  • 00:25:20.542 --> 00:25:24.980
  • ♪ our loved ones we shall meet, ♪
  • 00:25:24.980 --> 00:25:28.316
  • ♪ shall meet, ♪
  • 00:25:28.316 --> 00:25:29.517
  • ♪ upon the golden shore. ♪
  • 00:25:29.517 --> 00:25:33.888
  • ♪ we're strangers and we're pilgrims here, ♪
  • 00:25:33.888 --> 00:25:38.226
  • ♪ seeking a city to come. ♪
  • 00:25:38.226 --> 00:25:42.530
  • ♪ the lifeboat soon is coming ♪
  • 00:25:42.530 --> 00:25:46.801
  • ♪ to gather his jewels home. ♪
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  • ♪how they linger♪
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  • ♪how they ever flood my soul♪
  • 00:27:14.389 --> 00:27:16.024
  • Thank you for joining bill and gloria gaither...
  • 00:27:16.024 --> 00:27:18.526
  • ... and their homecoming friends for "precious memories."
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  • Be sure to watch program as these legendary gospel artists...
  • 00:27:21.596 --> 00:27:25.033
  • ... share more of your favorite songs.
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  • ♪in the stillness, of the midnight♪
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