Lifeline (click a song title to jump to those lyrics)
I’ve Got That Old Time Religion In My Heart
Blessed Assurance
Fill My Way With Love
Hide Thou Me
The Old Gospel Ship
Sweet Hour of Prayer
That Glad Reunion Day
Leaning On The Everlasting Arms
He Reached Down
Near The Cross
I Never Shall Forget That Day
I Don’t Want To Get Adjusted (To This World)
God Walks The Dark Hills
I’ve Got That Old Time Religion In My Heart
Hurdist Milsap
Stamps-Baxter Music, (BMI)
I’m glad Jesus came, glory to His name, oh what a Friend is He
He so free gave, His own life to save. From bonds of sin set free.
Chorus
And I’ve got that old time religion in my heart
And it’s way down inside.
I’ve got that new kind of feeling in my heart
Real love abides
Nobody knows what it means to me
Nobody knows but my God and me
I’ve got that old time religion in my heart
And it’s way down inside.
What a joy to know one who loves us so
He is so kind and true
He has changed my life from all sin and strife
He’ll do the same for you.
Blessed Assurance
Fanny J. Crosby
Public Doman p.1873
Blessed assurance, Jesus is mine! O what a fortaste of glory divine!
Heir of salvation, purchase of God, Born of His Spirit, washed in His blood.
Chorus
This is my story, this is my song, Praising my Saviour all the day long;
This is my story, this is my song, Praising my Saviour all the day long.
Perfect submission, perfect delight, Visions of rapture now burst on my sight.
Angels descending bring from above, Echoes of mercy, whispers of love.
Perfect submission, all is at rest, I in my Saviour am happy and blest.
Watching and waiting, looking above, Filled with His Goodness, lost in his love.
Fill My Way With Love
George W. Sebren
Public Domain
Let me walk blessed Lord, in the way Thou has gone, Leading straight to the land above;
Giving cheer ev’rywhere, to the sad and the lone, Fill my way ev’ry day with love
Chorus
Fill my way ev’ry day with love (with love), As I walk with the heavn’ly Dove;
Let me go all the while, with a song and a smile, Fill my way ev’ry day with love.
Keep me close to the side of my Saviour & Guide, Let me never in darkness rove;
Keep my path free from wrath, and my soul satisfied, Fill my way ev’ry day with love.
Soon the race will be o’er and I’ll travel no more, But abide in my home above;
Let me sing blessed King, all the way to the shore, Fill my way ev’ry day with love.
Hide Thou Me
Fanny J. Crosby
Public Domain p. 1880
Sometimes I feel discouraged and think my work in vain,
I’m tempted oft to murmur, to grumble and complain;
But when I think of Jesus and what He bore for me,
Chorus
O Rock of Ages, hide Thou, me, There is no other refuge, Can save but Thee;
Thru this old world I wandered, So far, far from Thee,
Then I cry to the Rock of Ages, hide Thou me.
The Old Gospel Ship
Public Domain
I have good news to bring and that is why I sing, All my joys with you I’ll share;
I plan to take a trip in the Good Old Gospel Ship And go sailing through the air.
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O, I’m gonna take a trip in the Good Old Gospel Ship, I’m going far beyond the sky;
O, I’m gonna shout and sing until heavens ring, while I’m bidding this world goodbye.
O I can scarcely wait, I know I’ll not be late, For I’ll spend all my time in prayer;
And when my ship comes in I will leave this world of sin, And go sailing through the air.
If you are ashamed of me, you have no cause to be, For with Christ I am an heir;
If too much fault you find you will sure be left behind While I go sailing through the air.
Sweet Hour of Prayer
William Walford
Public Domain p.1845
Sweet hour of prayer! Sweet hour of prayer! That calls me from a world of care, And bids me, at my Father’s throne, Make all my wants and wishes known;
In seasons of distress and grief, My soul has often found relief,
and oft escaped the tempter’s snare By thy return, sweet hour of prayer.
Sweet hour of prayer, sweet hour of prayer! Thy wings shall my petition bear,
To Him whose truth and righteousness, Engage the waiting soul to bless;
And since He bids me seek His face, Believe His word, and trust His grace,
I’ll cast on Him my ev’ry care, And wait for Him, sweet hour of prayer.
Sweet hour of prayer! sweet hour of prayer! May I thy consolation share.
Till form Mount Pisgah’s lofty height, I view my home and take my flight;
This robe of flesh I’ll drop, and rise To seize the everlasting prize;
And shout, while passing through the air, “Farewell, farewell, sweet hour of prayer.
That Glad Reunion Day
Adger M. Pace
Unichappell Music (ASCAP)
There will be a happy meeting in Heaven I know,
When we see the many loved ones we’ve known here below
Gather on the blessed hilltops with hearts all aglow,
That will be a glad reunion day
Chorus
Glad day, a wonderful day, Glad day, a glorious day;
There with all the holy angels and loved ones to stay,
That will be a glad reunion day
There within the holy city we’ll sing and rejoice,
Praising Christ the blessed Savioiur with hear and with voice,
Tell Him how we came to love HIm and make Him our choice,
That will be a glad reunion day.
When we live a million years in that wonderful place,
Basking in the love of Jesus, beholding His face,
It will seem but just a moment of praising His grace,
That will be a glad reunion day
Leaning on The Everlasting Arms
Hoffman/Showalter
Public Domain p. 1887
What a fellowship, what a joy divine, Leaning on the everlasting arms;
What a blessedness, what a peace is mine, Leaning on the everlasting arms.
Chorus
Leaning, leaning, Safe and secure from all alarms;
Leaning, leaning, Leaning on the everlasting arms.
O how sweet to walk in this pilgrim way, Leaning on the everlasting arms;
O how bright the path grows from day to day, Leaning on the everlasting arms.
What have I to dread, what have I to fear, Leaning on the everlasting arms;
I have blessed peace with my lord so near, Leaning on the everlasting arms.
He Reached Down
Iris DeMent
Songs of Iris, (ASCAP) 2004
A certain man one day did go, down to Jericho,
Falling among thieves along the way;
They stripped him, then they fled, leaving him for dead,
Lying on the side of the road.
Then the priest came passing by,
But he crossed over to the other side;
Then the Levite came, And he did just the same;
But when the Samaritan heard his cry, He could not pass on by;
He dressed his wounds and carried him to the nearest inn.
Chorus
He reached down, he reached down, He got right there on the ground,
He reached down, he reached down, and touched the pain.
He paid the keeper the amount that was due,
“If you need more” he said “I’m good for that, too.”
He reached down, he reached down, and touched the pain.
Then the scribes and the Pharisees
brought the adulteress in for Jesus to see:
“Lord, she’s sinned and the law says she must be stoned”
“If there’s one of you that’s without sin”
He said, “you can cast the first stone in”
One by one they left leaving Jesus and the woman alone.
Chorus
He reached down, he reached down, he got right there on the ground.
He reached down, he reached down and touched the pain.
“No accusers are left that I see, Woman neither do I condemn thee.”
He reached down, he reached down and touched the pain.
In the Book a little story is told,
About a traveller at the end of life’s road
He’s at the gates of the kingdom
And the Master says: “Come on in.
For I was hungry and you gave me meat;
I was cold, you put shoes on my feet;
When I was in prison, It was you who came to see about me.”
Chorus
You reached down, You reached down, You got right there on the ground,
You reached down, you reached down and you touched my pain
“Whey you did it to the least of these”, He said, “you were doing it unto me.
You reached down, You reached down and you touched my pain.
Near The Cross
Fanny J. Crosby
Public Domain p. 1867
Jesus, keep me near the cross! There a precious fountain;
Free to all a healing stream, Flowed from Calv’ry’s mountain.
Chorus
In the cross, in the cross, Be my glory ever;
Till my raptured soul shall find, Rest beyond the river.
Near the cross, a trembling soul, Love and mercy found me;
There the bright and morning Star, Sheds it’s beams around me.
Near the cross, O Lamb of God, Bring the scenes before me;
Help me walk from day to day, With it’s shadows o’er me.
Near the cross, I’ll watch and wait, Helping, trusting ever;
Till I reach the golden strand, Just beyond the river.
I Never Shall Forget That Day
G.T. Speer
Ben Speer Music, (SESAC)
Long years ago when out in sin, I had no hope, no peace within;
Down on my knees in agony, I prayed to Jesus, and He gladly set me free
Chorus
I never shall forget the day, When all the burdens from my soul were rolled away;
It made me happy, glad and free, I’ll sing it, shout it, for He’s ev’rything to me.
Now I can feel Him by my side, My feeble steps He comes to guide;
When trials come He comforts me, Thru faith in Him, o’er sin I have the victory.
O, sinner, come to Jesus now, At His dear feet just humbly bow;
Confess to Him your ev’ry sin, He’ll save and cleanse you, give you peace and joy within.
I Don’t Want To Get Adjusted (To This World)
Sanford J. Massengale
Public Domain
In this world we have our trials, Sometimes we’re lonesome, sometimes blue;
But the hope of life eternal, Brightens all our hopes anew.
Chorus
I don’t want to get adjusted to this world, to this world;
I’ve got a home that’s so much better, I want to go to sooner or later,
I don’t want to get adjusted to this world.
Lord, I’m growing old and weary, There’s no place that seems like home;
Saviour come my soul to ferry, Where I never more shall roam.
God Walks The Dark Hills
Audra Czarnikow
Dayspring Music, Inc. (BMI)
God walks the dark hills, The ways the byways
He walks through the billows of life’s troubled sea
He walks in the cold, dark night, the shadows of midnight
God walks the dark hills To show me the way.
Chorus
God walks the dark hills, To guide my footsteps
He walks everywhere by night and by day
He walks in silence, On down the highway
God walks the dark hills, Cause he loves you and me
God walks the dark hills, Thru the rain and the sunshine
He walks in the shadows and through glimmering light
Helps us climb up our mountains so high
Cross our rivers and valleys
God walks the dark hills to show us the way
