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Gaither Gospel | HD-BGGF2502-ED | January 10, 2025
- Bill: the story of the annie moses band
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- Has blossomed from the cotton patch
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- To the concert hall,
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- A journey spanning four generations
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- That has taken them
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- From the grand ole opry to carnegie hall.
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- It's a tale of cotton pickers,
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- A pistol-packing preacher, and fiery fiddling.
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- It's also a tale of manhattan skyscrapers,
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- Soaring symphonies, and classical finesse.
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- I'm bill gaither,
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- And these are the "tales from grandpa's pulpit."
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- ♪ ♪
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- - ♪ praise the lord of heaven. ♪
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- ♪ praise the lord of earth. ♪
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- ♪ praise him for his mighty power. ♪
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- ♪ praise him for his works. ♪
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- ♪ praise the lord, ye nations. ♪
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- ♪ praise the lord, ye kings. ♪
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- ♪ praise him, all creation. ♪
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- ♪ let your voices sing. ♪
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- ♪ praise the lord. ♪
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- ♪ shout with joy to god, all the earth. ♪
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- ♪ sing glory to his name. ♪
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- ♪ tell aloud his marvelous worth. ♪
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- ♪ his righteousness proclaim. ♪
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- ♪ glory and honor and blessing and power be unto the lord. ♪
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- ♪ come and let us make his praise glorious. ♪
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- ♪ ♪
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- - ♪ praise the lord with music. ♪
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- ♪ praise the lord with strings. ♪
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- All: ♪ praise him with the harp and lyre. ♪
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- ♪ let the cymbals ring. ♪
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- - ♪ praise the lord with trumpets. ♪
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- All: ♪ praise the lord with tambourine. ♪
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- ♪ oh, praise the lord in chorus. ♪
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- ♪ let your voices sing. ♪
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- ♪ praise the lord. ♪
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- ♪ shout with joy to god, all the earth. ♪
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- ♪ sing glory to his name. ♪
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- ♪ tell aloud his marvelous worth. ♪
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- ♪ his righteousness proclaim. ♪
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- ♪ glory and honor and blessing and power be unto the lord. ♪
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- ♪ come and let us make his praise... ♪
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- - ♪ glorious. ♪
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- All: ♪ glorious. ♪
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- - ♪ behold how good it is ♪
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- ♪ to sing praises to our god. ♪
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- ♪ how pleasant and fitting to praise him. ♪
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- ♪ behold how good it is ♪
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- ♪ oh, behold ♪
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- All: ♪ how good it is to sing praises to our god. ♪
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- ♪ how pleasant and fitting to praise him. ♪
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- ♪ behold how good it is. ♪
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- ♪ oh, how pleasant and fitting to praise him.
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- ♪ behold how good it is. ♪
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- - ♪ come, let us make his praise. ♪
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- All: ♪ make his praise glorious. ♪
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- - ♪ shout with joy to god, all the earth. ♪
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- ♪ sing glory to his name. ♪
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- ♪ tell aloud his marvelous worth. ♪
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- ♪ his righteousness proclaim. ♪
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- ♪ glory and honor and blessing and power be unto the lord. ♪
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- ♪ come... ♪
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- All: ♪ shout with joy to god, all the earth. ♪
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- ♪ sing glory to his name. ♪
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- ♪ tell aloud his marvelous worth. ♪
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- ♪ his righteousness proclaim. ♪
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- ♪ glory and honor and blessing and power be unto the lord. ♪
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- ♪ come and let us make his praise. ♪
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- ♪ make his praise.
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- ♪ make his praise... ♪
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- - ♪ glorious. ♪
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- [cheers and applause]
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- - you traveled a lot
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- 'cause i've been the person doing interviews on a couple
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- Of gaither tv specials with my friend bradley walker
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- And the brotherly love group.
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- And they're all wonderful musicians,
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- And they're from all around. but you guys are my neighbors.
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- - that's true.
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- - and that makes this especially special for me.
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- We're about an hour south of nashville,
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- In columbia, tennessee,
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- And we're talking about a live performance
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- That we recently did in our barn.
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- - so tonight,
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- You are going to be hearing the story of our family,
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- And you're also going to be hearing about the mission
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- And the calling that god has for us for the next generation.
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- We grew up the children of award-winning songwriters.
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- But it didn't start here in nashville.
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- Instead, it began four generations ago,
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- With the woman that i was named after, my great-grandmother,
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- And the namesake of our group, annie moses.
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- And annie moses quite literally worked herself
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- Right at the beginning.
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- I remember we had just started the band,
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- And mama was sitting in the bed.
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- My mother writes her best lyrics when she first wakes up,
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- And she sits in the bed, and she writes her lyrics.
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- And she wrote this lyric. and it's a beautiful song
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- That tells the story of annie moses
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- And the legacy of love that she passed down to us.
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- [tender piano music]
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- ♪ ♪
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- ♪ oh, my great-grandma annie, we never did meet, ♪
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- ♪ but the song of her legacy plays on in me. ♪
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- ♪ her life was a hard one. ♪
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- ♪ she worked in the fields ♪
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- ♪ to see how much cotton an acre could yield. ♪
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- ♪ a husband, some children, and an old clapboard shack. ♪
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- ♪ sun beating down on her young aching back. ♪
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- ♪ as her hands lost their beauty ♪
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- ♪ in the black texas dirt, ♪
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- ♪ right there beside her, the lord was at work... ♪
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- All: ♪ planting the seeds of love's legacy, ♪
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- ♪ passing her faithfulness right down to me, ♪
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- ♪ writing the song of my destiny. ♪
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- ♪ i stand here because of her love's... ♪
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- - ♪ legacy. ♪
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- ♪ ♪
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- ♪ on a hot august evening, ♪
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- ♪ a fine baby girl ♪
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- ♪ was born to young annie, ♪
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- ♪ and a song filled her world. ♪
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- ♪ the angels crept closer as she made a vow. ♪
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- ♪ this little girl's life would be better somehow. ♪
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- ♪ as her daughter grew older, ♪
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- ♪ annie rejoiced
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- ♪ to hear the rare beauty ♪
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- ♪ of her little girl's voice. ♪
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- ♪ she found a piano. ♪
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- ♪ she pinched every dime ♪
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- ♪ and started a symphony, ♪
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- ♪ dancing through time, ♪
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- ♪ planting the seeds of love's legacy, ♪
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- ♪ passing her faithfulness right down to me, ♪
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- ♪ writing the song of my destiny. ♪
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- ♪ i stand here because of her love's ♪
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- ♪ legacy. ♪
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- ♪ ♪
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- ♪ great-grandma to grandma,
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- ♪ mama to me. ♪
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- ♪ through four generations
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- ♪ of love's legacy. ♪
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- ♪ of love's legacy. ♪
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- ♪ oh, love's legacy. ♪
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- All: ♪ planting the seeds of love's legacy. ♪
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- - ♪ of love's legacy. ♪
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- All: ♪ passing her faithfulness right down to me, ♪
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- ♪ writing the song of my destiny. ♪
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- - ♪ oh, writing the song of my destiny. ♪
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- All: ♪ i stand here because of... ♪
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- - ♪ her love's legacy. ♪
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- ♪ oh ♪
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- ♪ writing the song of my destiny. ♪
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- ♪ i stand here because ♪
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- ♪ of her love's ♪
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- ♪ legacy. ♪
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- ♪ ♪
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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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- All: ♪ jesus, jesus, how i trust him. ♪
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- ♪ how i've proved him 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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- ♪ ♪
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- - ♪ i'm so glad i learned to trust him. ♪
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- ♪ precious jesus, savior, friend. ♪
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- All: ♪ and i know that thou art with me, ♪
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- ♪ wilt be with me to the end. ♪
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- ♪ jesus, jesus, how i trust him. ♪
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- ♪ how i've proved him 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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- - ♪ there's not a friend like the lowly jesus ♪
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- All: ♪ no not one. no, not one. ♪
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- - ♪ none else can heal all our soul's diseases ♪
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- All: ♪ no not one. no, not one. ♪
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- ♪ jesus knows all about our struggles. ♪
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- ♪ he will guide till the day is done. ♪
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- - ♪ there's not a friend like the lowly jesus ♪
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- All: ♪ no not one. no, not one. ♪
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- ♪ no not one. no, not one. ♪
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- ♪ ♪
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- - ♪ 'tis so sweet... ♪
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- All: ♪ to trust him ♪
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- ♪ more. ♪
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- ♪ ♪
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- ♪ above earth's lamentation. ♪
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- ♪ i hear the sweet though far-off hymn ♪
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- ♪ that hails a new creation. ♪
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- ♪ through all the tumult and the strife, ♪
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- ♪ i hear its music ringing. ♪
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- ♪ it sounds an echo in my soul. ♪
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- ♪ how can i keep from singing? ♪
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- ♪ how can i keep from singing? ♪
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- ♪ how can i keep from singing? ♪
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- ♪ ♪
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- ♪ and though my joys and comforts die, ♪
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- ♪ the lord my savior liveth. ♪
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- ♪ and though the darkness gathers round, ♪
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- ♪ songs in the night he giveth. ♪
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- ♪ no storm can shake my inmost calm, ♪
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- ♪ while to that rock i'm clinging. ♪
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- ♪ since christ is lord of heaven and earth, ♪
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- ♪ how can i keep from singing? ♪
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- ♪ how can i keep from singing? ♪
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- ♪ how can i keep from singing? ♪
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- ♪ ♪
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- All: ♪ i lift my eyes. ♪
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- ♪ the clouds grow thin. ♪
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- ♪ i see the blue above it. ♪
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- ♪ and day by day this pathway smooths, ♪
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- ♪ since first i learned to love it. ♪
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- ♪ the peace of christ makes fresh my heart, ♪
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- ♪ a fountain ever springing. ♪
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- ♪ all things are mine since i am his... ♪
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- - ♪ how can i keep from singing? ♪
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- - ♪ how can i keep from singing? ♪
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- - how can i keep from singing?
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- - ♪ how can i keep from singing? ♪
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- All ♪ how can i keep... ♪
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- - ♪ from singing? ♪
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- ♪ ♪
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- To be here t pplause] really exd
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- Performing at the barn.
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- - thank you. - for all the ways
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- That you've impacted my own life and my little one's life,
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- Our school, the things that you're doing with our children,
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- With lots of other children that you're impacting.
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- God knows how much you're gonna impact so many other people.
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- And i'm excited to be called a friend of yours.
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- - thank you. - thank you.
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- - and thankful to be part of this.
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- I didn't grow up around gospel songs.
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- My wife, really, is who shared most of the hymns
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- That i know now and gospel music that i know.
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- And so i'm always discovering more music.
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- And you all did this song, "we have this moment."
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- And it's a big song for the gaithers,
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- But i didn't--i've never heard it before.
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- At least i don't think i have.
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- Except, when you were performing,
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- Just felt like i've been here before.
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- Like, i know this really well, even though i didn't know it.
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- That was a very special moment in the room.
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- What made you choose that song?
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- - it goes back to grandpa and grandma.
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- - i think it--yes.
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- Well, we sang it with our grandma.
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- - you did?
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- - it was grandma jane's favorite song.
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- - she loved--she loved that song.
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- - so, grandma jane loved that song.
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- And so i remember hearing mama and grandma jane sing it.
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- - and then annie sang it with us.
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- - and when i got older, they let me join the band,
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- And i got to sing it with them.
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- It's a beautifully written song.
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- And the message, of course, is about
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- Just the preciousness of life. you know, the beauty of...
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- - it's profound. - everyday things.
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- There's gonna come a time
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- When i can't play the violin anymore.
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- You know?
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- And we can't make music together.
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- And there'll be a time when, hopefully,
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- We watch our children
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- And our grandchildren making music together.
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- And hopefully, all of that is going to be
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- Joining the great praises of the saints
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- That have been going for all of eternity,
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- And that we're all going to join him again.
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- But this moment-- this is the moment
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- That god places within our hand,
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- And the hope i have for myself
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- Is that i am able to live it in such a way
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- That i am as a drink offering poured out,
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- And that it is all the love i have in my being,
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- In order that he would be praised
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- And in order that my children
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- Would know how much i love them.
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- [gentle music]
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- ♪ ♪
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- ♪ hold tight to the sound of the music of living. ♪
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- ♪ happy songs from the laughter of children at play. ♪
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- ♪ hold my hand as we run ♪
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- ♪ through the sweet, fragrant meadow, ♪
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- ♪ making memories of what was today. ♪
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- All: ♪ we have this moment to hold in our hands, ♪
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- ♪ and to touch as it slips ♪
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- ♪ through our fingers like sand. ♪
- 00:22:00.675 --> 00:22:05.347
- ♪ yesterday's gone, and tomorrow may never come, ♪
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- ♪ but we have this moment today. ♪
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- - ♪ the voice that i hear is my little girl calling, ♪
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- ♪ for daddy to hear just what she wants to say. ♪
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- - ♪ my little son... ♪
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- Both: ♪ running there by the hillside ♪
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- ♪ may never be quite like today. ♪
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- ♪ ♪
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- All: ♪ we have this moment to hold in our hands, ♪
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- ♪ and to touch as it slips ♪
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- ♪ through our fingers like sand. ♪
- 00:23:03.872 --> 00:23:09.044
- ♪ yesterday's gone, and tomorrow may never come, ♪
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- ♪ but we have this moment today. ♪
- 00:23:16.985 --> 00:23:24.626
- - ♪ tender words, gentle touch, ♪
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- ♪ and a good cup of coffee. ♪
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- ♪ and someone who loves me and wants me to stay. ♪
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- Both: ♪ hold them near while they're here. ♪
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- ♪ and don't wait for tomorrow ♪
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- ♪ to look back and wish for today. ♪
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- ♪ ♪
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- All: ♪ we have this moment to hold in our hands, ♪
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- ♪ and to touch as it slips ♪
- 00:24:04.633 --> 00:24:08.537
- ♪ through our fingers like sand. ♪
- 00:24:08.537 --> 00:24:13.808
- ♪ yesterday's gone, and tomorrow may never come, ♪
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- ♪ but we have this moment today. ♪
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- - come on, mama. come sing with me.
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- ♪ ♪
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- ♪ take the blue of the sky and the green of the forest, ♪
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- ♪ the gold and the brown of the freshly mown hay. ♪
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- Both: ♪ add the pale shades of spring ♪
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- ♪ and the circus of autumn, ♪
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- ♪ and weave you a lovely today. ♪
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- ♪ ♪
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- All: ♪ we have this moment to hold in our hands, ♪
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- ♪ and to touch as it slips ♪
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- ♪ through our fingers like sand. ♪
- 00:25:18.740 --> 00:25:24.212
- ♪ yesterday's gone, and tomorrow may never come, ♪
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- ♪ but we have this moment today. ♪
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- - now all of you, won't you sing with us?
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- All: ♪ we have this moment to hold in our hands, ♪
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- ♪ and to touch as it slips ♪
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- ♪ through our fingers like sand. ♪
- 00:25:55.176 --> 00:26:01.082
- ♪ yesterday's gone, and tomorrow may never come, ♪
- 00:26:01.082 --> 00:26:10.325
- ♪ but we have this moment today. ♪
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- - we have this moment.
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- All: ♪ but we have this moment ♪
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- ♪ today. ♪
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- [cheers and applause]
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