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Lynda Randle The Best Of Homecoming

February 12, 2025 | S25:E30

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Gaither Gospel | Lynda Randle The Best Of Homecoming | February 12, 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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>> ♪ some days drag, ♪ ♪ and some days fly. ♪
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♪ some days, i think of ♪ ♪ the day i'll-- ♪
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>> her smile is contagious; her voice, flawless.
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She sings of faith, and we genuinely believe.
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You might say the deep, rich voice of lynda randle takes
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Ethel waters to the urban streets.
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Since her first appearance with the homecoming friends,
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Audiences everywhere responded with enthusiasm to her pure,
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Direct way of communicating the gospel.
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Obviously, for lynda, it's not about fads and styles.
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It's about something much deeper born out of experience and
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Wisdom beyond her years.
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Now for the first time, we will join lynda randle
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In a unique look back at the stories of her life
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As we relive her most treasured homecoming performances.
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Sit back, and enjoy the glimpse of this passionate woman behind
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That powerhouse voice in lynda randle:
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The best of homecoming.
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>> ♪ most days, i pray, ♪ ♪ but some days, i curse. ♪
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♪ i said, number of days, ♪ ♪ i put myself first. ♪
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♪ but it's not what i do. ♪ ♪ the cross made that plain, ♪
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♪ and one day, jesus ♪ ♪ will call my name. ♪
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♪ oh-- ♪ >> ♪ one day, jesus ♪
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♪ will call my name. ♪ ♪ as days go by, ♪
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♪ i hope i don't stay ♪ ♪ the same. ♪
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♪ i want to get ♪ ♪ so close to him ♪
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♪ that it's no big change ♪ ♪ on that day that jesus ♪
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♪ calls my name. ♪ ♪ one day, jesus ♪
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♪ will call my name. ♪ ♪ as days go by, ♪
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♪ i hope i don't stay ♪ ♪ the same. ♪
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♪ i want to get ♪ ♪ so close to him ♪
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♪ that it's no big change ♪ ♪ on that day that jesus ♪
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♪ calls my name. ♪ >> ♪ oh-- ♪
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>> ♪ one day, jesus ♪ ♪ is going to call my name. ♪
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♪ as days go by, ♪ ♪ i hope i don't stay ♪
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♪ the same. ♪ ♪ i want to get ♪
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♪ so close to him ♪ ♪ that it's no big change ♪
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♪ on that day that jesus ♪ ♪ calls my name, ♪
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♪ on that day that jesus ♪ ♪ calls... ♪
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♪ my... ♪ ♪ name. ♪
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>> ♪ yeah, yeah, yeah, ♪ ♪ my name. ♪ ♪
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♪ ♪ [applause]
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>> so, lynda, tell me, what is a black girl doing
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Singing southern gospel country music?
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>> um, you know, gloria, it's going to be kind of hard
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To answer that question.
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It's just--it's a god thing.
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It's something that i never dreamed of for myself.
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You couldn't have paid me any amount of money to believe that
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This would happen one day, but i'm just--i'm here.
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I went to a christian school in washington, d.c.--
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Actually, in the maryland area.
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And i was kind of thrust into an all-white choir, and i was,
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Like, the only chocolate kid in this choir, and they were
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Singing these spirituals and songs, and one thing led to
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Another, and they asked me to sing, and after a series of my
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College days at l.u., liberty university, i kind of hooked up
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With you guys.
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The lord put us together, and i guess when you hang out
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With the gaither folks, bill, he can get you doing anything.
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>> things you thought you never would do.
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>> i'd never--i would have never dreamed--as a matter of fact, i
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Still don't consider myself southern gospel, per se,
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But it's fun.
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Y'all are different kind of folk, and it's nice.
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>> you redefined a song, totally.
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It's yours now, and that is a song called god on the mountain.
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I know a little bit about your life, and i know that when you
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Sing that, it comes out of--i mean, you look like you've never
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Had a problem in your life.
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You grew up in a perfect family.
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You've never had any disappointments, and you have
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Never had any setbacks, and you've always had everything
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Just right, right?
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>> no, no, i'm going to cry.
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No, that, that's the understatement.
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Um, i don't have sob stories as far as being raised in the inner
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City d.c.
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For a while, i-- >> you were raised in the city.
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>> right, in the city.
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For a while, i wondered why, of all the places to raise a kid,
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God allowed me to be born in washington, d.c.
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But that was definitely something that strengthened me
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And brought me to this place.
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God on the mountain came to me at a time, gloria, where we had
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Lost a lot of family.
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My dad passed with cancer.
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We got a call, january, and in a month, february the 23rd, he was
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With the lord.
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My brother died of a massive aneurysm at the age of 54.
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My sister passed at age 37.
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My uncles and my best girlfriend had passed in her sleep at age
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38, and when bill sent me god on the mountain, i was probably in
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The lowest valley of my life, and he had no idea, and people
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Always ask, "well, how do you-- how do you get these songs?
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How do you choose your songs?" and i said, "well, it's--it's
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Wonderful, because bill, god uses this guy--i don't know how
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He does it--but uses him, and he has the ability to give people
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Songs that fit them and that suit them, and sometimes, he
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Doesn't know all the history behind in that person's
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Life, and he had no idea the low that i hit, and i was--i was
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Depressed for a couple years, and not a clinical, medication
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Depression but just kind of went through that solomon experience.
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You know, "why do i do--why do i do what i do?
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You get up, and you do what you do in the day, and you start
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Again the next day, and then it's like we're all going to
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Die.
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What's the point?" and the lord brought me out of
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That april the 6th, 2000, and that song, god on the mountain,
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Every single time i sing that song--every single time,
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Gloria--i am blessed to know that that same god for me, when
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I was in that valley, is the same god on the mountain, and i
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Was just privileged to have that opportunity to sing it.
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>> well, when you walk out at night and sing,
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♪ "life is easy," ♪ ♪ down in that wonderful bass
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Range that you have-- >> right, right, you know bass.
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You're a bass singer.
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>> i know.
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There's not a big demand for bass singers, i used to say, but
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Now i take it all back.
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>> right, yeah.
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>> 'cause you definitely are in demand.
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>> and people, normally too, if i don't sing that song, for some
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People, their concert isn't complete.
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They're like, "i know you're going to do god on the
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Mountain," and it's funny, 'cause i love doing the song,
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But there are so many other great songs too that we do with
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You guys, and so it's kind of a--it's definitely my signature
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Song in the southern gospel community.
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[piano music] ♪ life is easy ♪
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♪ when you're up on ♪ ♪ the mountain ♪
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♪ and you got peace of mind ♪ ♪ like you've never known, ♪
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♪ but things change ♪ ♪ when you're down ♪
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♪ in the valley. ♪ ♪ don't lose faith, ♪
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♪ for you're never alone. ♪ >> ♪ for the god ♪
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♪ on the mountain ♪ ♪ is still god ♪
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♪ in the valley. ♪ ♪ when things go wrong, ♪
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♪ he'll make them right, ♪ ♪ and the god ♪
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♪ of the good times ♪ ♪ is still god ♪
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♪ in the bad times. ♪ ♪ the god of the day ♪
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♪ is still god in the night. ♪ >> ♪ we talk of faith ♪
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♪ way up on the mountain. ♪ ♪ talk comes so easy ♪
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♪ when life's at its best. ♪ ♪ now it's down ♪
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♪ in the valleys, ♪ ♪ the trials and temptations, ♪
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♪ that's where your faith ♪ ♪ is really put to the test. ♪
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[applause] >> ♪ for the god ♪
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♪ on the mountain ♪ ♪ is still god ♪
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♪ in the valley. ♪ ♪ when things go wrong, ♪
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♪ he'll make them right, ♪ ♪ and the god ♪
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♪ of the good times ♪ ♪ is still god ♪
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♪ in the bad times. ♪ ♪ the god of the day ♪
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♪ is still god in the night. ♪ ♪ the god of the day ♪
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♪ is still god in the night. ♪ ♪ [applause]
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>> the first time i ever heard you sing, lynda, was at
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A women's retreat.
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>> mm-hmm.
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>> and, um, i came home from that retreat, and i said, "i
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Heard a girl today who is an incredible communicator.
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She's a great singer, but even if her voice were muted out, you
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Know, the message would still"-- and i told bill that, and it
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Took me kind of ten years for him to--
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>> [laughs] >> to bring you around.
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>> oh, yeah.
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>> i kept saying, "do you remember the girl i told you
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About?" and i told him then that you
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Were related to michael, 'cause you looked so much alike, but
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For anybody who thinks that you just sort of got discovered
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Overnight and that you were just big overnight success, the real
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Truth is, you've been singing since you were a little kid,
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Right?
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>> yeah.
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>> i--i've never--i think overnight successes probably
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Never happen.
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>> it never happened.
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>> never happens, but how long have you been singing?
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And how did this-- >> well, i start--officially, i
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Would say i was probably 16 or 17 where music kind of got in my
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System.
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My siblings sang, and mike tait started singing later, but i was
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Going into fashion designing and cosmetology.
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When i was put in this christian school, i started
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Singing in the choir, and they started entering me in
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Competitions, and one thing led to another, but it really did
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Not become a ministry--i was--until i was in college in
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Virginia, and i remember, i used to get up in concert--and to say
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This today is funny, because it was the most innocent thing i
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Think i could say.
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I'd get up in concert, and i would be singing, and i would
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Ask people at the end of the concert, i said, "would you pray
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For me?" i said, "you know, one day, i
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Want to be the world's greatest gospel singer, and pray that god
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Has this happen" and all this.
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And i remember one night, when i went to pray, and i was in my
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Dorm room, and the lord just sweetly spoke to my spirit and
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Said, "it's not as important that you be the greatest gospel
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Singer as it is you have my anointing upon your life," and
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So from that day--1981 is when i officially started doing my
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Concerts in churches all over-- i have just been praying for
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God's anointing.
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So it doesn't matter what god wants to do with this voice or
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With this person but that when i sing, it's not "i'm just another
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Singer" but that yokes are broken, and burdens are lifted,
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And all of those things happen, and i do meet people all the
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Time, gloria, that goes, "you know, how do you get with bill
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Gaither?
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And how do you get in this whole circle?"
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And i tell people, "you get with god, and god'll get you with
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Whomever he needs to get you with in order to fulfill his
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Will in your life," and it's awesome, and i have to say, i
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Am--you have been, hands down, like, the best cheerleader.
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I've had people that have supported me and all of those
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Things, and they're great, but for you to tell bill for year
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After year after year, you know, about getting this kid--
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And i remember, at a >> ♪ there are so many hills ♪
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♪ to climb upward, ♪ ♪ i often am longing for rest, ♪
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♪ but he who appoints me ♪ ♪ my pathway ♪
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♪ knows just what ♪ ♪ is needful and best. ♪
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♪ i know in his word ♪ ♪ he hath promised ♪
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♪ that my strength, ♪ ♪ it will be as my day, ♪
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>> ♪ and the toils of the road ♪ ♪ will seem nothing ♪
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♪ when i get ♪ ♪ to the end of the way, ♪
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♪ and the toils of the road ♪ ♪ will seem nothing ♪
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♪ when i get ♪ ♪ to the end of the way. ♪
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♪ when i get ♪ ♪ to the end of the way. ♪ ♪
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♪ when i get ♪ ♪ to the end of the way. ♪ ♪ bu♪
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♪ the promised land. ♪ ♪ praise the lord. ♪
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♪ he's going to take me ♪ ♪ to the other side. ♪
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♪ yeah, i'm on my way. ♪ >> ♪ on my way. ♪
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>> ♪ and the lord's my guide. ♪ >> ♪ lord's my guide. ♪
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>> ♪ you know that-- ♪ >> ♪ he said "well, ♪
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♪ now, now, now, ♪ ♪ i'm satisfied." ♪
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>> ♪ yeah, i'm walking ♪ ♪ down the road-- ♪
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>> ♪ walking down the road. ♪ >> ♪ to the river wide. ♪
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>> ♪ river wide. ♪ ♪ and when my day is done, ♪
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♪ he's going to take me ♪ ♪ to the other side. ♪
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>> ♪ hallelujah's ♪ ♪ just in sight. ♪
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♪ holy beam from heaven light. ♪ >> ♪ jesus, ♪
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♪ say you'll enter in, ♪ ♪ and that is where ♪
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♪ the saving begin. ♪ >> ♪ to the throne, ♪
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♪ where the blessings flow, ♪ ♪ that is where ♪
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♪ my feet will go. ♪ >> ♪ spirit, fall down ♪
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♪ over me, yeah. ♪ ♪ jesus, set me free. ♪
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>> ♪ on the banks ♪ ♪ of jordan's shore, ♪
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♪ i'm going to fight ♪ ♪ the fight no more. ♪
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>> ♪ some fine day, ♪ ♪ i'll take my place. ♪
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♪ glory light shine ♪ ♪ all over my face. ♪
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♪ that's the day ♪ ♪ he's going to take me ♪
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♪ to the other side. ♪ >> ♪ well, i'm on my way. ♪
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>> ♪ on my way. ♪ >> ♪ and the lord's my guide. ♪
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>> ♪ lord's my guide. ♪ >> ♪ he said, "well,
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♪ now, now, now, ♪ ♪ i'm satisfied." ♪
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>> ♪ yeah, i'm walking ♪ ♪ down the road. ♪
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>> ♪ walking down the road. ♪ >> ♪ to the river wide. ♪
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>> ♪ river wide. ♪ ♪ and when my day is done, ♪
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♪ he's going to take me ♪ ♪ to the other side. ♪
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>> ♪ well, i'm on my way. ♪ >> ♪ on my way. ♪
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>> ♪ and the lord's my guide. ♪ >> ♪ lord's my guide. ♪
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>> ♪ you know that-- ♪ >> ♪ he said, "well,
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♪ now, now, now, ♪ ♪ i'm satisfied." ♪
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>> ♪ we're walking ♪ ♪ down the road. ♪
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>> ♪ walking down the road. ♪ >> ♪ to the river wide. ♪
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>> ♪ river wide. ♪ ♪ and when my day is done, ♪
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♪ he's going to take us ♪ ♪ to the other side. ♪
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>> ♪ hey, hey, hey, hey, hey. ♪ >> ♪ yeah. ♪
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>> ♪ when thobe day is done, ♪ ♪ he's going to take us ♪
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♪ to the other side. ♪ >> ♪ yeah, yeah, yeah. ♪
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>> ♪ when the day is done, ♪ ♪ he's going to take-- ♪
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>> ♪ take me ♪ ♪ to the other-- ♪
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>> ♪ yeah, ah, ah. ♪ ♪ yeah, ah, ah. ♪
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♪ he's going to take me ♪ ♪ to the other side. ♪
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>> ♪ to, to, ♪ ♪ to the other side. ♪ ♪
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♪ ♪ [cheers and applause]
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>> so when w ♪ day one, ♪
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♪ it had all begun ♪ ♪ to turn out ♪
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♪ to be the darkest day. ♪ ♪ the blood and the crown ♪
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♪ of thorns to come down. ♪ ♪ looked like old death ♪
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♪ had got his way. ♪ ♪ we cried ♪
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♪ when we knew he had died ♪ ♪ and they ♪
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♪ carried his body away. ♪ ♪ the blood and the tears ♪
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♪ saved for 33 years ♪ ♪ turned the dust ♪
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♪ on that ground into clay. ♪ ♪ but i still remember ♪
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♪ all the words that he said. ♪ ♪ they move like a mystery ♪
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♪ round and round in my head. ♪ ♪ "tear down this temple. ♪
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♪ i'll rebuild it. ♪ ♪ you'll see. ♪
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♪ it's all gonna ♪ ♪ happen to me." ♪
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♪ day three. ♪ ♪ yeah, yeah. ♪
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♪ day two, ♪ ♪ and it seemed ♪
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♪ we were through, ♪ ♪ and we looked for ♪
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♪ a good place to hide. ♪ ♪ in a cold upper room, ♪
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♪ we thought of that tomb ♪ ♪ where his body ♪
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♪ was wasting inside. ♪ ♪ so long, ♪
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♪ we believed he was gone, ♪ ♪ but something ♪
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♪ would not let us go. ♪ ♪ in the black ♪
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♪ of that night, ♪ ♪ we saw a faint light ♪
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♪ like a candle ♪ ♪ beginning to glow. ♪
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♪ but i still remember ♪ ♪ all the words that he said. ♪
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♪ they move like a mystery ♪ ♪ round and round in my head. ♪
00:22:24.032 --> 00:22:29.371
♪ "tear down this temple. ♪ ♪ i'll rebuild it. ♪
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♪ you'll see. ♪ ♪ it's all gonna ♪
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♪ happen to me." ♪ ♪ day three. ♪
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♪ yeah, yeah. ♪ ♪ day three, ♪
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♪ something happened to me ♪ ♪ when i saw that that grave ♪
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♪ had no stone. ♪ ♪ they said he's not here, ♪
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♪ and i shuddered with fear. ♪ ♪ then a voice that i knew ♪
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♪ said, "hello." ♪ ♪ surprised ♪
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♪ when my heart recognized ♪ ♪ that no grave ♪
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♪ could hold this man down. ♪ ♪ i'm so amazed. ♪
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♪ what he did in three days ♪ ♪ turned this whole ♪
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♪ crazy world upside down. ♪ ♪ yeah, i still remember ♪
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♪ all the words that he said. ♪ ♪ they move like a mystery ♪
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♪ round and round in my head. ♪ ♪ "tear down this temple. ♪
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♪ i'll rebuild it. ♪ ♪ you'll see. ♪
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♪ it's all gonna ♪ ♪ happen to me." ♪
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♪ i still remember ♪ ♪ all the words that he said. ♪
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♪ they move like a mystery ♪ ♪ round and round in my head. ♪
00:23:49.885 --> 00:23:54.990
♪ "tear down this temple. ♪ ♪ i'll rebuild it. ♪
00:23:54.990 --> 00:23:58.360
♪ you'll see. ♪ ♪ it's all gonna ♪
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♪ happen to me." ♪ ♪ day three. ♪
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♪ yeah, yeah. ♪ ♪ there ain't no grave ♪
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♪ can hold this body down. ♪ ♪ [cheers and applause]
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♪ well, i'm on my way. ♪ >> ♪ on my way. ♪
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>> ♪ and the lord's my guide. ♪ >> ♪ lord's my guide. ♪
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♪ well, he said, ♪ ♪ "well, darn it now, ♪
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♪ i'm satisfied." ♪ >> ♪ yeah, i'm walking ♪
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♪ down the road. ♪ >> ♪ walking down the road. ♪
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>> ♪ to the river wide. ♪ >> ♪ river wide. ♪
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♪ and when my day is done, ♪ ♪ he's going to take me ♪
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♪ to the other side. ♪ >> ♪ well, i'm on my way. ♪
00:24:51.046 --> 00:24:55.317
>> ♪ on my way. ♪ >> ♪ and the lord's my guide. ♪
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>> ♪ lord's my guide. ♪ >> ♪ you know that-- ♪
00:24:58.286 --> 00:25:00.488
>> ♪ he said, "well, ♪ now, now, now, ♪
00:25:00.488 --> 00:25:02.123
♪ i'm satisfied." ♪ >> ♪ we're walking ♪
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♪ down the road. ♪ >> ♪ walking down the road. ♪
00:25:05.760 --> 00:25:08.163
>> ♪ to the river wide. ♪ >> ♪ river wide. ♪
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♪ and when my day is done, ♪ ♪ he's going to take us ♪
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♪ to the other side. ♪ >> ♪ hey, hey, hey, hey, hey. ♪
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>> ♪ yeah. ♪ >> ♪ when the day is done, ♪
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♪ he's going to take us ♪ ♪ to the other side. ♪
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>> ♪ yeah, yeah, yeah. ♪ >> ♪ when the day is done, ♪
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♪ he's going to take-- ♪ >> ♪ take me ♪
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♪ to the other-- ♪ >> ♪ yeah, ah, ah. ♪
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♪ yeah, ah, ah. ♪ ♪ he's going to take me ♪
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♪ to the other side. ♪ >> ♪ to, to, ♪
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♪ to the other side. ♪ ♪ captioning provided by
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Spring house music groupícaptiox www.captionmax.com
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♪precious memories♪
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♪how they linger♪
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♪how they ever flood my soul♪
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Thank you for joining bill and gloria gaither...
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... 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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Lynda Randle The Best Of Homecoming

February 12, 2025 | S25:E30

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