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Bill Gaither - The Best Of The Hoppers

November 30, 2024 | S

Bill Gaither - The Best Of The Hoppers
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Gaither Gospel | Bill Gaither - The Best Of The Hoppers | November 30, 2024
  • ♪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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  • - ♪ it's shoutin' time in heaven. ♪
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  • ♪ a sinner once lost is found. ♪
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  • - the hoppers have been a mainstay
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  • In the field of gospel music for more than 50 years.
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  • - ♪ and i'll cry "holy, holy"... ♪
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  • - claude and connie hopper began making their way
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  • Around north america on a bus in 1957
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  • With the hopper brothers and connie.
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  • Later, their two sons, dean and mike,
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  • Joined their parents to form the hoppers.
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  • Kim greene's powerful soprano voice
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  • Was added to the group in 1989 after she and dean were married.
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  • - ♪ and if i remain... ♪
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  • - and this award winning family ensemble
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  • Is still singing their way into the hearts
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  • Of countless listeners every year.
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  • - ♪ now he lives again. ♪
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  • - the hoppers have brought so many unforgettable
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  • And heartwarming moments to the homecoming stage
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  • Over the past two decades.
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  • - ♪ jerusalem. ♪
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  • - they are here with us now,
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  • And they are going to crack open the family scrapbook
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  • So that we can get to know
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  • This talented family a little better
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  • As we highlight their best loved performances
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  • From the homecoming series.
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  • I'm bill gaither,
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  • Inviting you to celebrate with us
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  • The best of the hoppers.
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  • - ♪ we are living in a dry and thirsty land. ♪
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  • ♪ each day it's getting harder to cross this burning sand. ♪
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  • ♪ still i know there's blue clear water up ahead ♪
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  • ♪ where the dying soul of men shall soon be fed. ♪
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  • ♪ and then he'll spread the welcome table, ♪
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  • ♪ and i'll feast on heavenly manna. ♪
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  • ♪ and my brand-new wedding garment i shall wear. ♪
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  • ♪ and i'll cry, "holy, holy!" ♪
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  • ♪ and i'll tell the redemption story. ♪
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  • ♪ praise the name... ♪
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  • - ♪ of the one who's worthy. ♪
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  • ♪ and i'll shout, "halleluiah, glory!" ♪
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  • ♪ as we celebrate the marriage of the lamb. ♪
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  • ♪ and i'll cry, "holy, holy!" ♪
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  • ♪ and i'll tell the redemption story. ♪
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  • ♪ praise the name... ♪
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  • - ♪ of the one who's worthy. ♪
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  • - ♪ and i'll shout, "halleluiah, glory!" ♪
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  • ♪ as we celebrate the marriage of the lamb. ♪
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  • ♪ as the bride adorned ♪
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  • ♪ in garments white and clean ♪
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  • ♪ waits with great anticipation ♪
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  • ♪ to behold the king, ♪
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  • ♪ the celebration has begun, ♪
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  • ♪ and now's the time he'll say "welcome. ♪
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  • ♪ my beloved, come and dine!" ♪
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  • ♪ and then he'll spread the welcome table, ♪
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  • ♪ and i'll feast on heavenly manna, ♪
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  • ♪ and my brand-new wedding garment i shall wear. ♪
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  • ♪ and i'll cry, "holy, holy!" ♪
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  • ♪ and i'll tell the redemption story. ♪
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  • ♪ praise the name... ♪
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  • - ♪ of the one who's worthy. ♪
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  • - ♪ and i'll shout, "hallelujah, glory!" ♪
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  • ♪ as we celebrate the marriage of the lamb. ♪
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  • ♪ and i'll cry, "holy, holy!" ♪
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  • ♪ and i'll tell the redemption story. ♪
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  • ♪ praise the name... ♪
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  • - ♪ of the one who's worthy. ♪
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  • - ♪ and i'll shout, "hallelujah, glory!" ♪
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  • ♪ as we celebrate the marriage of the lamb. ♪
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  • ♪ and he'll spread the welcome table. ♪
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  • ♪ i'll feast on heavenly manna, ♪
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  • ♪ and my brand-new wedding garment i shall wear. ♪
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  • ♪ and i'll cry, "holy, holy!" ♪
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  • ♪ and i'll tell the redemption story. ♪
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  • ♪ praise the name... ♪
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  • - ♪ of the one who's worthy. ♪
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  • - ♪ and i'll shout, "hallelujah, glory!" ♪
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  • ♪ as we celebrate the marriage of the lamb. ♪
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  • ♪ and i'll cry, "holy, holy!" ♪
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  • ♪ and i'll tell the redemption story. ♪
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  • ♪ praise the name... ♪
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  • - ♪ of the one who's worthy. ♪
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  • - ♪ hallelujah! ♪
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  • ♪ glory, glory! ♪
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  • ♪ as we celebrate the marriage of the lamb. ♪
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  • ♪ oh, hallelujah! ♪
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  • ♪ glory, glory! ♪
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  • ♪ as we celebrate the marriage of the lamb. ♪
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • [applause]
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  • - wow.
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  • - don't make that sound so exciting.
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  • - carnegie hall, huh?
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  • [laughs]
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  • And welcome, and these are the hoppers.
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  • Mike, connie, claude,
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  • Kim, and what's his name?
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  • [laughter]
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  • Dean.
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  • [laughter]
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  • This is gonna be fun.
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  • We've looked forward to this.
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  • And a wonderful family that's traveled with us off and on now,
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  • What, for the last 18 years, claude?
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  • - right, mm-hmm.
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  • - i can remember.
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  • Were you at the turn your radio on
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  • Taping that we did here?
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  • Or did you come maybe after that?
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  • - maybe old friends.
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  • - that was a great experience.
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  • - it really was.
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  • - 'cause i wished i could remember all those videos.
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  • I got this progressive memory loss.
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  • [laughter]
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  • - that'll get worse.
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  • [laughter]
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  • Every time i'd go to my dad, and i'd say,
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  • "dad, i'm having trouble with my neck.
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  • "it just--when i turn it,
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  • It feels like there's sand between the bones."
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  • He said, "yeah, that'll get worse."
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  • [laughter]
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  • - love the encouragement, huh?
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  • - love the encouragement.
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  • We've gone a lot of places since carnegie hall.
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  • One of the places was in ireland.
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  • Was that a fun trip?
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  • - oh, yeah.
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  • - it was great.
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  • - i never thought we'd
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  • Get out of the county,
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  • Much less go to a foreign country.
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  • - and when you got over there,
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  • You found a lot of people had the videos,
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  • Were playing them in their home
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  • Or playing them in their fishing boats.
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  • Remember that?
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  • They were talking about,
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  • "every time we go out fishing we play that."
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  • - yeah, i remember that.
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  • - and you sang part of it a cappella.
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  • And you were pretty high up by a castle
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  • In the clouds?
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  • - yes. - true?
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  • Here it is. let's watch it.
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  • - this is beautiful.
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  • - look at this.
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  • - it's cold up in these clouds, isn't it?
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  • - but isn't it pretty?
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  • - hey, speaking of clouds,
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  • This would be a great place to sing
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  • Stepping on the clouds.
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  • Why don't we do it?
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  • ♪ stepping, stepping, ♪
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  • ♪ stepping, stepping. ♪
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  • - ♪ stepping on the clouds, ♪
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  • ♪ we'll see jesus, ♪
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  • ♪ rise to meet him in the air. ♪
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  • ♪ stepping on the clouds, he will greet us. ♪
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  • ♪ oh, the joy together we'll share. ♪
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  • ♪ i'm going to leave this world behind me, ♪
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  • ♪ going where the devil cannot find me. ♪
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  • ♪ i'm going higher, higher, ♪
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  • ♪ stepping on the clouds. ♪
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  • - yeah. good.
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  • - i love it.
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  • [rhythmic clapping]
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  • [upbeat music]
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • - ♪ one of these days, i'm gonna leave. ♪
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  • ♪ one of these days, i'm going home. ♪
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  • ♪ i'm gonna take my final journey. ♪
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  • ♪ i'm gonna rest 'neath heaven's blue dome. ♪
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  • ♪ stepping on the clouds, ♪
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  • ♪ we'll see jesus, ♪
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  • ♪ rise to meet him in the air. ♪
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  • ♪ stepping on the clouds, he will greet us. ♪
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  • ♪ oh, the joy together we'll share. ♪
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  • ♪ i'm going to leave this world behind me, ♪
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  • ♪ going where the devil cannot find me. ♪
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  • ♪ i'm going higher, higher, ♪
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  • ♪ stepping on the clouds. ♪
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  • - ♪ going past the moon, the stars, and the planets, ♪
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  • - ♪ i'm gonna walk on the milky-white way. ♪
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  • ♪ when old gabriel gives the signal, ♪
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  • ♪ i'm gonna leave for heaven to stay. ♪
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  • ♪ stepping on the clouds, we'll see jesus, ♪
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  • ♪ rise to meet him in the air. ♪
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  • ♪ stepping on the clouds, he will greet us. ♪
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  • ♪ oh, the joy together we'll share. ♪
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  • ♪ i'm going to leave this world behind me, ♪
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  • ♪ going where the devil cannot find me. ♪
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  • ♪ i'm going higher, higher, ♪
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  • ♪ stepping on the clouds. ♪
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  • ♪ stepping on the clouds, we'll see jesus, ♪
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  • ♪ rise to meet him in the air. ♪
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  • ♪ stepping on the clouds, he will greet us. ♪
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  • ♪ oh, the joy together we'll share. ♪
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  • ♪ i'm going to leave this world behind me, ♪
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  • ♪ going where the devil cannot find me. ♪
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  • ♪ i'm going higher. ♪
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  • - ♪ higher. ♪ - ♪ higher. ♪
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  • - ♪ higher. ♪ - ♪ higher. ♪
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  • - ♪ higher. ♪ - ♪ higher. ♪
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  • - ♪ higher. ♪ - ♪ higher. ♪
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  • - ♪ higher. ♪ - ♪ higher. ♪
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  • Together: ♪ higher! ♪
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  • ♪ stepping on the clouds, we'll see jesus, ♪
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  • ♪ rise to meet him in the air. ♪
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  • ♪ stepping on the clouds, he will greet us. ♪
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  • ♪ oh, the joy together we'll share. ♪
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  • ♪ i'm going to leave this world behind me, ♪
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  • ♪ going where the devil cannot find me. ♪
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  • ♪ i'm going higher, ♪
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  • ♪ higher, higher ♪
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  • ♪ stepping on the clouds. ♪
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  • ♪ stepping on the clouds. ♪
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  • ♪ higher. ♪
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  • ♪ stepping on the clouds. ♪
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  • - yeah.
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  • Whoo!
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  • [cheers and applause]
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  • - you know, a good song is a good song
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  • Is a good song.
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  • - it is.
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  • - it all begins with a song.
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  • You folks have done quite well in finding good songs.
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  • Where'd you find this one?
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  • - i was actually working on a solo album,
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  • And a company called me and said,
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  • "we've got a great new writer.
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  • "it's a little gal from kentucky,
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  • "and she's a minister of music.
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  • "and she's starting to write songs,
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  • And i want to send you this."
  • 00:12:10.586 --> 00:12:12.021
  • And i heard it and fell in love with it,
  • 00:12:12.021 --> 00:12:14.456
  • But i thought, "i don't know how a soloist would do that."
  • 00:12:14.456 --> 00:12:17.560
  • And it was so good.
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  • And i said, "i want to keep this song for the group."
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  • And i took it and let everyone hear it.
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  • And as soon as the drum beats kind of started,
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  • Connie started to cry.
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  • When connie cries, it's a good song.
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  • - uh-huh.
  • 00:12:29.338 --> 00:12:30.339
  • - and we took the song in
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  • And started working with lari goss,
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  • And this song has probably been, next to shoutin' time,
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  • It's the biggest song we've ever done.
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  • And they're singing it literally all over the world.
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  • - okay, there's another part of this.
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  • You sang it here in the country,
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  • But you sang it in the city itself, right?
  • 00:12:45.421 --> 00:12:48.657
  • - yes, we sure did.
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  • And you know what?
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  • I was expecting during the video shoot
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  • We did in jerusalem.
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  • True story, the very first time i ever went to israel,
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  • I was expecting our oldest daughter.
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  • And the second--
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  • And the only other time i've ever been,
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  • We went with you.
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  • And i was expecting our youngest, lexi.
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  • And i'm never going back to israel again.
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  • [laughter]
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  • - she can't go no more.
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  • - i can't go anymore.
  • 00:13:09.511 --> 00:13:10.546
  • But what a wonderful experience.
  • 00:13:10.546 --> 00:13:12.281
  • I remember during the rehearsal that night,
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  • We just started singing through the song.
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  • And there was--
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  • I know everybody felt it as well,
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  • But there was a holy hush came over the place.
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  • Even the crew that, you know,
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  • Didn't know anything about any of us,
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  • It just got quiet.
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  • And i remember the tears streaming
  • 00:13:29.431 --> 00:13:31.066
  • To look out over that old city and to be able to sing it there.
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  • It changed my life.
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  • [mysterious music]
  • 00:13:38.674 --> 00:13:41.543
  • - ♪ john saw a city that could not be hid. ♪
  • 00:13:41.543 --> 00:13:46.548
  • - ♪ john saw this city. ♪
  • 00:13:46.548 --> 00:13:49.752
  • - ♪ oh, yes, he did. ♪
  • 00:13:49.752 --> 00:13:51.520
  • ♪ john caught a glimpse of a golden throne. ♪
  • 00:13:51.520 --> 00:13:56.792
  • - ♪ tell me all about it. ♪
  • 00:13:56.792 --> 00:13:59.695
  • - ♪ go right on. ♪
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  • ♪ around the throne, he saw a crystal sea. ♪
  • 00:14:01.730 --> 00:14:06.602
  • - ♪ there's got to be more. ♪
  • 00:14:06.602 --> 00:14:09.838
  • - ♪ what will it be? ♪
  • 00:14:09.838 --> 00:14:11.907
  • ♪ i want to go to that city he saw, ♪
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  • ♪ new jerusalem. ♪
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  • ♪ jerusalem. ♪
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  • ♪ i want to walk your streets that are golden. ♪
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  • ♪ and i want to run where the angels have trod. ♪
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  • ♪ jerusalem. ♪
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  • ♪ i want to rest on the banks of your river ♪
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  • ♪ in that city, city of god. ♪
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  • ♪ ♪
  • 00:15:02.458 --> 00:15:09.565
  • - ♪ john saw the lion lay down by the lamb. ♪
  • 00:15:09.565 --> 00:15:15.404
  • - ♪ i want to know everything about that land. ♪
  • 00:15:15.404 --> 00:15:20.175
  • - ♪ john saw the day, but he did not see night. ♪
  • 00:15:20.175 --> 00:15:25.147
  • - ♪ the lamb of god, well, he must be the light. ♪
  • 00:15:25.147 --> 00:15:29.752
  • - ♪ and he saw the saints worship the great "i am," ♪
  • 00:15:29.752 --> 00:15:34.890
  • - ♪ crying, "worthy, worthy is the lamb." ♪
  • 00:15:34.890 --> 00:15:40.062
  • - ♪ i want to go to that city he saw, ♪
  • 00:15:40.062 --> 00:15:44.933
  • - ♪ new jerusalem. ♪
  • 00:15:44.933 --> 00:15:51.974
  • ♪ jerusalem. ♪
  • 00:15:51.974 --> 00:15:56.178
  • ♪ i want to walk your streets that are golden. ♪
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  • ♪ and i want to run where the angels have trod. ♪
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  • ♪ jerusalem. ♪
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  • ♪ i want to rest on the banks of your river ♪
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  • ♪ in that city, city of god. ♪
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • - whoo, yeah!
  • 00:16:32.681 --> 00:16:37.486
  • - ♪ jerusalem, ♪
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  • ♪ jerusalem. ♪
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  • ♪ sing, for the night is o'er. ♪
  • 00:16:47.196 --> 00:16:57.072
  • ♪ hosanna in the highest. ♪
  • 00:16:57.072 --> 00:17:06.482
  • ♪ hosanna forever. ♪
  • 00:17:06.482 --> 00:17:14.156
  • - ♪ forevermore. ♪
  • 00:17:14.156 --> 00:17:19.661
  • - ♪ jerusalem. ♪
  • 00:17:19.661 --> 00:17:24.533
  • ♪ i want to walk your streets that are golden. ♪
  • 00:17:24.533 --> 00:17:31.907
  • ♪ and i want to run where the angels have trod. ♪
  • 00:17:31.907 --> 00:17:39.581
  • - ♪ jerusalem. ♪
  • 00:17:39.581 --> 00:17:44.219
  • ♪ i want to rest on the banks of your river ♪
  • 00:17:44.219 --> 00:17:51.126
  • ♪ in that city, the city of god. ♪
  • 00:17:51.126 --> 00:17:59.234
  • ♪ city of god. ♪
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  • ♪ jerusalem. ♪
  • 00:18:04.573 --> 00:18:09.678
  • ♪ jerusalem. ♪
  • 00:18:09.678 --> 00:18:14.750
  • ♪ city of god. ♪
  • 00:18:14.750 --> 00:18:19.254
  • ♪ it's the city of god. ♪
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  • [cheers and applause]
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  • - in our down times,
  • 00:19:31.727 --> 00:19:32.894
  • Times where, you know, the bus break down,
  • 00:19:32.894 --> 00:19:36.064
  • It take every dime you had and all those,
  • 00:19:36.064 --> 00:19:38.267
  • My dad always had that tenacity
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  • That pushed and kept us going.
  • 00:19:40.602 --> 00:19:43.705
  • And when we were going through singers
  • 00:19:43.705 --> 00:19:46.241
  • And the group was changing,
  • 00:19:46.241 --> 00:19:48.610
  • And you just wonder what's gonna be the outcome.
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  • He just always had that vision.
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  • He saw the vision on the other side.
  • 00:19:52.814 --> 00:19:55.717
  • - herb henry introduced us in modesto, and he said,
  • 00:19:55.717 --> 00:20:00.455
  • "i introduced this group 20 years ago
  • 00:20:00.455 --> 00:20:02.691
  • "on this same stage.
  • 00:20:02.691 --> 00:20:04.760
  • "and now 20 years later, i'm introducing them tonight.
  • 00:20:04.760 --> 00:20:08.363
  • "and they still have the same members
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  • As they had 20 years ago."
  • 00:20:10.632 --> 00:20:12.067
  • And i just said, "thank you, lord."
  • 00:20:12.067 --> 00:20:14.703
  • - jake was always a big encourager to me,
  • 00:20:14.703 --> 00:20:17.472
  • Because he'd come over, you know.
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  • Everybody would set up onstage,
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  • And he'd always sit facing me.
  • 00:20:20.409 --> 00:20:23.045
  • And i'd be playing the drums, and he just always, thumbs up
  • 00:20:23.045 --> 00:20:26.315
  • And just a real encouragement to me.
  • 00:20:26.315 --> 00:20:29.785
  • And it's just a lot of magic moments there.
  • 00:20:29.785 --> 00:20:33.221
  • - at a concert a couple months ago,
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  • Mark lowry, he actually sang the make it real song.
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  • - yeah.
  • 00:20:39.094 --> 00:20:41.063
  • - and i've never had anything actually
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  • Get to me and make me feel that way.
  • 00:20:43.932 --> 00:20:46.001
  • And it was really cool.
  • 00:20:46.001 --> 00:20:47.469
  • And i knew that i grew up with him, you know,
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  • Being on the tour.
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  • And i understood it.
  • 00:20:51.973 --> 00:20:53.608
  • And you know how hard it is
  • 00:20:53.608 --> 00:20:54.910
  • To make a child understand something.
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  • And that's exactly what it says is,
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  • "make it real."
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  • - vestal was always just my hero.
  • 00:21:00.415 --> 00:21:04.419
  • And the last couple weekends before she passed away,
  • 00:21:04.419 --> 00:21:08.990
  • We were doing the christmas tour with you.
  • 00:21:08.990 --> 00:21:11.059
  • And she was singing what a lovely name.
  • 00:21:11.059 --> 00:21:13.962
  • And on more than one occasion,
  • 00:21:13.962 --> 00:21:16.431
  • She would look up at me when she just got tired,
  • 00:21:16.431 --> 00:21:18.867
  • And she'd sit down, and she'd say,
  • 00:21:18.867 --> 00:21:20.402
  • "now you sing it, darlin'."
  • 00:21:20.402 --> 00:21:22.170
  • And then i remember that you
  • 00:21:22.170 --> 00:21:23.939
  • Allowed me to sing that at her funeral,
  • 00:21:23.939 --> 00:21:25.474
  • What a lovely name in her honor.
  • 00:21:25.474 --> 00:21:27.275
  • And we did that on your stage a whole lot after that
  • 00:21:27.275 --> 00:21:29.578
  • In her memory and in her honor.
  • 00:21:29.578 --> 00:21:32.381
  • I'll never forget those sweet little hands
  • 00:21:32.381 --> 00:21:35.317
  • That she would put on my face and say,
  • 00:21:35.317 --> 00:21:37.185
  • "now you sing it, darlin'."
  • 00:21:37.185 --> 00:21:39.087
  • And i've tried to do so ever since.
  • 00:21:39.087 --> 00:21:42.057
  • - ♪ mmm, yahweh, jesus is coming. ♪
  • 00:21:42.057 --> 00:21:47.429
  • ♪ in a manger, our lord is coming. ♪
  • 00:21:47.429 --> 00:21:52.467
  • ♪ mmm, yahweh, jesus is coming. ♪
  • 00:21:52.467 --> 00:21:57.606
  • ♪ born in bethlehem, ♪
  • 00:21:57.606 --> 00:22:03.111
  • ♪ born in bethlehem. ♪
  • 00:22:03.111 --> 00:22:08.250
  • ♪ ♪
  • 00:22:08.250 --> 00:22:11.019
  • ♪ mmm, yahweh, jesus is teaching. ♪
  • 00:22:11.019 --> 00:22:16.124
  • ♪ in the temple, our lord is teaching. ♪
  • 00:22:16.124 --> 00:22:21.496
  • ♪ mmm, yahweh, jesus is teaching. ♪
  • 00:22:21.496 --> 00:22:26.601
  • ♪ no one speaks like him. ♪
  • 00:22:26.601 --> 00:22:31.540
  • ♪ no one speaks like him. ♪
  • 00:22:31.540 --> 00:22:39.214
  • ♪ hosanna, he comes in the form of a man, ♪
  • 00:22:39.214 --> 00:22:44.419
  • ♪ jehovah, the great god of abraham. ♪
  • 00:22:44.419 --> 00:22:49.624
  • ♪ he lived just to die for our sin. ♪
  • 00:22:49.624 --> 00:22:54.763
  • ♪ yahweh, for we sing ♪
  • 00:22:54.763 --> 00:23:00.402
  • ♪ mmm, yahweh, jesus is praying. ♪
  • 00:23:00.402 --> 00:23:05.640
  • ♪ in the garden, our lord is praying. ♪
  • 00:23:05.640 --> 00:23:10.812
  • ♪ mmm, yahweh, jesus is praying ♪
  • 00:23:10.812 --> 00:23:16.184
  • - ♪ "let this pass from me. ♪
  • 00:23:16.184 --> 00:23:21.189
  • - ♪ let this pass from me." ♪
  • 00:23:21.189 --> 00:23:28.930
  • ♪ mmm, yahweh, jesus is dying. ♪
  • 00:23:28.930 --> 00:23:34.669
  • - ♪ on the cross there, our lord is dying. ♪
  • 00:23:34.669 --> 00:23:39.975
  • - ♪ mm, yahweh, jesus is dying, ♪
  • 00:23:39.975 --> 00:23:44.746
  • - ♪ dying for our sin, ♪
  • 00:23:44.746 --> 00:23:49.885
  • - ♪ dying for our sin. ♪
  • 00:23:49.885 --> 00:23:57.692
  • ♪ mmm, yahweh, jesus is buried. ♪
  • 00:23:57.759 --> 00:24:03.031
  • ♪ in a rich man's tomb, he is buried. ♪
  • 00:24:03.031 --> 00:24:08.303
  • ♪ mmm, yahweh, jesus is buried, ♪
  • 00:24:08.303 --> 00:24:13.575
  • ♪ but he will not stay. ♪
  • 00:24:13.575 --> 00:24:18.480
  • ♪ no, he will not stay. ♪
  • 00:24:18.480 --> 00:24:26.588
  • ♪ mmm, yahweh, jesus is rising. ♪
  • 00:24:26.588 --> 00:24:31.826
  • ♪ our lord is rising. ♪
  • 00:24:31.826 --> 00:24:36.998
  • ♪ from the grave there, our lord is rising. ♪
  • 00:24:36.998 --> 00:24:42.070
  • ♪ mmm, yahweh, jesus is rising. ♪
  • 00:24:42.070 --> 00:24:47.409
  • ♪ now he lives again. ♪
  • 00:24:47.409 --> 00:24:52.681
  • ♪ yes, he lives again. ♪
  • 00:24:52.681 --> 00:24:57.452
  • ♪ hosanna, he comes in the form of a man, ♪
  • 00:24:57.452 --> 00:25:02.857
  • ♪ jehovah, the great god of abraham. ♪
  • 00:25:02.857 --> 00:25:07.862
  • ♪ he lived just to die for our sin. ♪
  • 00:25:07.862 --> 00:25:13.101
  • ♪ he rose from the grave ♪
  • 00:25:13.101 --> 00:25:16.705
  • ♪ and lives again. ♪
  • 00:25:16.705 --> 00:25:23.612
  • ♪ he rose from the grave. ♪
  • 00:25:23.612 --> 00:25:27.082
  • ♪ he lives again. ♪
  • 00:25:27.082 --> 00:25:33.154
  • ♪ he arose, he arose. ♪
  • 00:25:33.154 --> 00:25:38.393
  • ♪ hallelujah, hallelujah. ♪
  • 00:25:38.393 --> 00:25:45.400
  • ♪ he lives again. ♪
  • 00:25:45.400 --> 00:25:49.904
  • ♪ our lord lives again. ♪
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  • Thank you for joining bill & gloria gaither
  • 00:27:09.784 --> 00:27:12.287
  • ... and their homecoming friends for "precious memories."
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  • Be sure to watch program as these legendary gospel artists...
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  • ... share more of your favorite songs.
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  • ♪in the stillness, of the midnight♪
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