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>> ♪♪ I'M GONNA RISE ♪
♪ WITH A SHOUT, ♪
♪ GONNA FLY. ♪
>> Gaither: WELCOME TO THE AIR
CANADA CENTRE IN TORONTO, WHERE
THE HOMECOMING FRIENDS ARE READY
TO BRING YOU AN EVENING FULL
OF GREAT GOSPEL MUSIC, TAPED
LIVE IN TORONTO, ONTARIO.
>> ♪♪ WELL, WELL, WELL. ♪♪
♪♪ WITHOUT A FATHER, ♪♪
♪♪ WITHOUT A MOTHER, ♪♪
♪ I'VE HAD TO MAKE ♪♪
♪♪ THIS JOURNEY ♪
♪♪ BY MYSELF. ♪
>> ♪ I'M SAVED. ♪
♪ I'M SAVED, AND I KNOW ♪
♪ THAT I AM. ♪
♪ OH, I'M SO GLAD ♪
♪ I KNOW THAT I AM. ♪
♪ OH, YES. ♪♪
>> ♪ STAND BY ME. ♪
>> ♪ OH, LORD, STAND BY ME ♪
♪♪ WHILE I WALK ♪
♪ THIS LONESOME ROAD. ♪
>> ♪ OH, HAPPY DAY ♪
♪ WHEN THE GLORY MORNING ♪
♪ SWEEPS THE SKY. ♪
>> Gaither: JOIN US NOW, ALONG
WITH 16,000 WONDERFUL CANADIAN
FRIENDS WHO CAME OUT FOR A
CANADIAN HOMECOMING, FEATURING:
>> ♪♪ I'VE TOLD ♪
♪♪ ALL MY TROUBLES GOOD-BYE. ♪
♪ GOOD-BYE TO EACH TEAR ♪
♪ AND EACH SIGH. ♪
♪ THIS WORLD THAT I ROAM ♪
♪ CANNOT BE MY HOME. ♪
♪ I'M BOUND FOR A LAND ♪
♪ IN THE SKY. ♪
♪ I WALK AND I TALK ♪
♪ WITH MY LORD. ♪
♪ I FEAST EVERY DAY ♪
♪ ON HIS WORD. ♪
♪ HEAVEN IS NEAR, ♪
♪ AND I CAN'T STAY HERE. ♪
♪ GOOD-BYE, WORLD, GOOD-BYE. ♪
>> ♪ NOW DON'T YOU ♪
♪ WEEP FOR ME ♪
♪ WHEN I'M GONE, ♪
♪ 'CAUSE I DON'T HAVE ♪
♪ TO LEAVE HERE ALONE. ♪♪
♪♪ AND WHEN I HEAR ♪
♪♪ THAT LAST TRUMPET SOUND, ♪
>> ♪♪ MY FEET WON'T STAY ♪
♪♪ ON THE GROUND. ♪
♪ I'M GONNA RISE WITH A SHOUT, ♪
♪♪ GONNA FLY. ♪
♪ I'M GONNA RIDE WITH MY LORD ♪
♪ THROUGH THE SKY. ♪♪
♪ HEAVEN IS NEAR, ♪
♪ AND I CAN'T STAY HERE. ♪
♪ GOOD-BYE, WORLD, GOOD-BYE. ♪
>> ♪ I WON'T HAVE ♪
♪ THE BLUES ANYMORE ♪
♪ WHEN I STEP ACROSS ♪
♪ TO THAT SHORE. ♪
♪ AND I'LL NEVER PINE, ♪
♪♪ FOR I'LL LEAVE BEHIND ♪
♪ MY HEARTACHES AND TEARS ♪
♪ EVER MORE. ♪
♪ A DAY, MAYBE TWO, ♪
♪ THEN GOOD-BYE. ♪
♪♪ TOMORROW I'LL RISE UP ♪
♪ AND FLY. ♪
♪ HEAVEN IS NEAR, ♪
♪ AND I CAN'T STAY HERE. ♪
♪♪ GOOD-BYE, WORLD, GOOD-BYE. ♪
>> ♪ NOW DON'T YOU WEEP FOR ME ♪
♪ WHEN I'M GONE, ♪
♪ 'CAUSE I WON'T HAVE ♪♪
♪ TO LEAVE HERE ALONE. ♪
♪ AND WHEN I HEAR ♪
♪ THAT LAST TRUMPET SOUND, ♪
>> ♪ MY FEET WON'T STAY ♪♪
♪ ON THE GROUND, ♪♪
♪ ON THE GROUND. ♪
♪ I'M GONNA RISE WITH A SHOUT, ♪
♪♪ GONNA FLY. ♪
♪ I'M GONNA RISE WITH MY LORD ♪
♪ TO THE SKY. ♪
♪ HEAVEN IS NEAR, ♪
♪ AND I CAN'T STAY HERE. ♪♪
♪ GOOD-BYE, WORLD. ♪
♪ GOOD-BYE, WORLD, GOOD-BYE. ♪
♪ GOOD-BYE. ♪♪
[applause]
>> Gaither: EVERY YEAR, WE
TRAVEL TO CITIES ALL ACROSS
NORTH AMERICA TO SING TO AS MANY
PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE.
AND EVERY YEAR, GLORIA AND I AND
THE VOCAL BAND SPEND COUNTLESS
HOURS ON THIS BUS.
IT'S A GREAT HOME
AWAY FROM HOME.
AND THROUGHOUT THIS HOMECOMING
CONCERT, WE WILL BRING YOU AN
INSIDE-OUT LOOK AT LIFE ON THE
ROAD SO YOU CAN SEE A GLIMPSE
OF EXACTLY WHAT IT TAKES TO PUT
TOGETHER A HOMECOMING CONCERT.
BUT FIRST, LET'S GO BACK TO
AIR CANADA CENTRE FOR SOME MORE
GREAT MUSIC.
>> ♪ SOMEBODY LOVES ME, ♪
♪ ANSWERS MY PRAYER. ♪
♪ I LOVE SOMEBODY. ♪
♪ I KNOW HE CARES. ♪
♪ SOMEBODY TELLS ME ♪
♪ NOT TO REPINE. ♪
♪ THAT SOMEBODY IS JESUS, ♪
♪♪ AND I KNOW HE'S MINE. ♪
>> ♪ YOU'LL BE HAPPY ♪
♪ IF YOU WILL LET ♪♪
♪ JESUS HAVE HIS WAY. ♪
♪ HE HAS WORK FOR US ALL TO DO ♪
♪♪ EVERY PASSING DAY: ♪♪
♪ FEED THE HUNGRY ♪
♪ AND CHEER THE SAD, ♪
♪ FOR THE SINNER, PRAY. ♪
♪ YOU'LL HAVE JOY ♪
♪ THAT YOU'VE NEVER HAD, ♪
♪ AND YOU THEN CAN SAY: ♪
>> ♪ SOMEBODY LOVES ME, ♪
♪ ANSWERS MY PRAYER. ♪
♪ I LOVE SOMEBODY. ♪
♪ I KNOW HE CARES. ♪
♪ SOMEBODY TELLS ME ♪
♪ NOT TO REPINE. ♪
♪ THAT SOMEBODY IS JESUS, ♪
♪♪ AND I KNOW HE'S MINE. ♪
>> ♪ SOMEBODY LOVES ME. ♪
>> ♪ ANSWERS MY PRAYER. ♪
>> ♪ I LOVE SOMEBODY. ♪
>> ♪ I KNOW HE CARES. ♪♪
>> ♪ SOMEBODY TELLS ME ♪
♪ NOT TO REPINE. ♪♪
♪♪ THAT SOMEBODY IS JESUS, ♪
♪ AND I KNOW HE'S MINE. ♪♪
>> ♪ SOMEBODY LOVES ME. ♪
>> ♪♪ ANSWERS MY PRAYER. ♪♪
>> ♪ I LOVE SOMEBODY. ♪
>> ♪ I KNOW HE CARES. ♪
>> ♪ SOMEBODY TELLS ME ♪
>> ♪ NOT TO REPINE. ♪♪
♪♪ THAT SOMEBODY IS JESUS, ♪
♪ AND I KNOW HE'S MINE. ♪
♪ THAT SOMEBODY IS JESUS, ♪
♪ AND I KNOW HE'S MINE. ♪
♪♪ ♪
[applause]
>> Gaither: YOU KNOW, EVERY
VENUE IS DIFFERENT.
AND SOMETIMES, WHEN WE STEP OFF
THE BUS AND TRY TO GET
ACCLIMATED, IT'S VERY EASY TO
GET DISORIENTED.
IN TORONTO, WHILE THE ARTISTS
WERE FINDING OUR WAY AROUND THE
AIR CANADA CENTRE, MARK LOWRY
HAD ALREADY FOUND HIS WAY UP
TO THE LOBBY TO MEET AND GREET
THE FOLKS.
>> HAVE YOU SEEN
ANY DOUGHNUTS ANYWHERE?
>> WE'RE LOOKING FOR SOME MORE
OLD SINGERS.
SO DO YOU SING?
>> YES.
>> WHO'S YOUR FAVORITE
HOMECOMING SINGER?
>> LYNDA RANDLE AND MARK.
>> LYNDA RANDLE--I LOVE
HER TOO.
>> AND JESSY.
>> YES, YOU LIKE JESSY.
>> I DO LIKE PEN--ROD.
>> ROD PENROD?
>> YES.
>> YEAH, I LIKE HIM.
ROD PENROD--HE'S GOOD,
THAT ROD PENROD.
WELL, I AM SWEATING LIKE A PIG.
WHY IS IT SO HOT IN CANADA?
>> IT'S BIG.
AND AS GEORGE GAITHER WOULD SAY,
"YOU CAN STACK A LOT OF HAY
IN THIS ROOM."
>> I THINK I SAW IT THAT WAY.
NO, THAT WAY.
>> HERE'S THE BEST BUS DRIVER IN
THE WORLD: JAY.
HE'S OUR BUS DRIVER.
HE KEEPS US SAFE EVERY NIGHT,
EVERY NIGHT.
>> SAY THAT AGAIN.
>> YOU'RE THE REASON WE CAME.
>> DID YOU HEAR THAT, BILL?
HEY, BUDDY, HOW ARE YOU?
DO YOU SING?
>> NO, I DON'T.
>> OH, GET OUT OF HERE.
>> HUH, I WONDER
IF IT'S OVER HERE.
>> DO YOU SING?
>> YUP.
>> SHE SINGS. WHAT'S YOUR NAME?
>> MARY LOU DIXON.
>> MARY LOU, WHAT ARE YOU GONNA
SING FOR US TODAY?
>> THIS IS THE DAY.
>> ALL RIGHT, SING IT.
>> [clears throat]
♪ THIS IS THE DAY ♪♪
♪ THAT THE LORD HAS MADE. ♪♪
>> DID YOU SEE THE SIGN?
>> ♪ SO HE'S MY DEFENDER. ♪
♪ HE'S MY PROVIDER. ♪
>> HAVE YOU SEEN
THE VOCAL BAND ROOM?
IT'S THAT WAY?
SHOW ME.
>> ♪ I WILL REJOICE. ♪
♪ I WILL REJOICE ♪
♪ AND CELEBRATE. ♪
>> ALL RIGHT, WE ONLY HAVE
A FIVE-HOUR NIGHT.
PRAISE SONGS ARE A LOT LIKE
MACHINE GUNS.
THEY HAVE 99 ROUNDS.
>> I'M SORRY TO SAY--
>> THEY DON'T EVER END.
>> Gaither: I CONSIDER MYSELF A
LITTLE BIT OF A GOSPEL QUARTET
HISTORIAN.
HERE IS AN OLD SONG THAT THE
JORDANAIRES DID WAY BACK IN--
>> 1812 WAS WHEN THEY DID IT.
>> Gaither: NO, IT WASN'T 1812.
>> YOU WERE A LITTLE BOY.
>> Gaither: AT ANY RATE,
IT WAS 1949.
AND I GOT TO DO A LITTLE
BOOM, BOOM, BOOM.
LET ME WARM UP HERE
A LITTLE BIT.
YOU KNOW, THE SIGNATURE SOUNDS
OUT HERE--THEY DO ALL OF THAT
CHOREOGRAPHY STUFF, YOU KNOW.
AND WE'RE JUST--
>> YEAH, THEY GET OUT HERE AND
SPREAD OUT ALL OVER THE STAGE.
Y'ALL GET OUT HERE AND JUST ***
UP IN ONE PLACE RIGHT THERE.
[laughter]
>> Gaither: AND THAT BASS,
THAT YOUNG BASS, TIM,
HE IS SO GOOD.
SO LET ME WARM UP.
I GOT TO TO DO A LITTLE
BASS PART ON THIS.
WE'RE GONNA DO JOURNEY, OKAY?
OKAY.
AND BRASS, YOU COME IN AND HELP
ME OUT, 'CAUSE I NEED ALL THE
HELP THAT I GET WHEN WE GET
THIS ONE GOING.
YOU'RE GONNA LIKE IT, BUT LET ME
WARM UP ON THE BASS PART FIRST,
OKAY?
♪ OH, OH, OH, OH, OH, OH, OH. ♪
♪ OH, OH, OH, OH, OH, OH. ♪
I GOT TO GET MY MOTOR RUNNING,
OKAY?
HERE WE GO.
MMM...ONE, TWO.
[sound of engine turning over]
[laughter]
KEV--KEVIN.
KEVIN.
HUSH.
LET'S SING THIS SONG.
ONE, TWO, THREE.
[horn sounds]
SNAP YOUR FINGERS WITH US, OKAY?
YOU CAN SING.
HERE WE GO. ONE...
>> ♪ TRAILERS FOR SALE ♪
♪♪ OR RENT. ♪
♪ ROOMS TO LET, 50¢¢. ♪
[laughter]
>> Gaither: ARE YOU READY?
WHAT WAS THE SONG?
I FORGOT THE SONG.
[laughter]
JOURNEY TO THE SKY. OKAY.
YOU'RE GONNA LOVE THIS.
IT'S NOT FUN GROWING OLD, OKAY?
>> IT'S NO FUN WATCHING IT,
EITHER, I'LL TELL YOU THAT.
>> Gaither: JUST BE--
[laughter]
>> YOU OUGHT TO SIT IN MY SEAT
ONE NIGHT.
>> Gaither: JUST HUSH UP.
OKAY, ARE YOU READY?
START US, OH, MARSHALL.
>> ♪ THERE'S ONLY ONE THING ♪
♪ THAT I LONG FOR ♪
♪ WHEN I REACH MY HOME ♪
♪ ON HIGH: ♪
♪ TO SEE MY JESUS IN HIS GLORY ♪
♪ AND TO REIGN ♪♪
♪ WITH HIM ON HIGH. ♪
♪ I'LL BE SO GLAD ♪
♪ TO SEE MY MOTHER, ♪
♪ WHO HAS GONE, ♪
♪ GONE ON TO THAT LAND. ♪♪
♪ OH, BUT I LONG ♪
♪ TO SEE MY JESUS ♪
♪♪ AND BY HIS SIDE TO STAND. ♪
>> ♪ WITHOUT A FATHER, ♪
♪ WITHOUT A MOTHER, ♪
♪♪ I'VE HAD TO MAKE ♪
♪ THIS JOURNEY BY MYSELF. ♪
♪ SOMETIMES YOU'RE FRIENDLESS. ♪
♪ HEARTACHES SEEM ENDLESS. ♪♪
♪ SO MANY SORROWS ♪
♪ I HAVE KNOWN. ♪
♪ BUT I KNOW ♪
♪ MY LORD WILL CALL ME ♪
♪ TO THAT MANSION IN THE SKY, ♪
♪ AND I SHALL REIGN ♪
♪ WITH HIM FOREVER ♪
♪ IN THAT SWEET HOME ♪
♪ BY AND BY. ♪♪
♪ BY AND BY. ♪
>> ♪ SO MANY TIMES, ♪
♪ MY HEAVY BURDENS ♪
♪ HAVE BORNE, ♪
♪ BORNE ME TO MY KNEES. ♪
♪ BUT THEN I PRAY, ♪
♪ "O BLESSED JESUS, ♪
♪ WON'T YOU HELP ME, ♪
♪♪ IF YOU PLEASE?" ♪
♪ AND HE WOULD HASTEN ♪
♪ TO MY RESCUE. ♪
♪ I NO LONGER HAVE TO CRY. ♪♪
♪♪ AND SO I'LL KEEP MY SAVIOR ♪♪
♪ WITH ME ON MY JOURNEY, ♪
♪ JOURNEY TO THE SKY. ♪
♪ WELL, WELL, WELL. ♪
>> ♪ WITHOUT A FATHER, ♪
♪ WITHOUT A MOTHER, ♪
♪ I'VE HAD TO MAKE ♪♪
♪ THIS JOURNEY... ♪
>> ♪ BY MYSELF. ♪
>> ♪ SOMETIMES ♪
♪ YOU'RE FRIENDLESS. ♪
♪ HEARTACHES SEEM ENDLESS ♪
♪ ON MY JOURNEY, ♪
♪ JOURNEY TO THE SKY. ♪
>> ♪ TO THE SKY. ♪
[cheers and applause]
>> Gaither: WELCOME
STEPHEN HILL, OKAY?
>> ♪ HMM. ♪
[slow music]
♪ PREACHERS AND TEACHERS ♪
♪ WOULD MAKE THEIR APPEALS. ♪♪
♪ THEY'RE FIGHTING AS SOLDIERS ♪
♪ ON GREAT BATTLEFIELDS. ♪
♪♪ WHEN TO THEIR PLEADING, ♪
♪ OH, MY POOR HEART DID YIELD, ♪
♪♪ ALL I COULD SAY: ♪
♪ THERE IS SOMETHING WITHIN. ♪
♪ SOMETHING WITHIN ME ♪
♪ GOT AHOLD OF THE REINS. ♪♪
♪ THERE'S SOMETHING WITHIN ME ♪
♪♪ THAT BANISHES PAIN. ♪
♪ SOMETHING WITHIN ME, ♪
♪ OH, I CANNOT EXPLAIN. ♪
♪♪ ALL THAT I KNOW: ♪
♪♪ THERE IS SOMETHING WITHIN. ♪
[jazzy piano solo]
♪ ♪
♪ MMM... ♪
♪♪ IF YOU'VE THAT SOMETHING, ♪♪
♪♪ THAT BURNING DESIRE, ♪
♪ OH, AND IF YOU'VE ♪
♪ THAT SOMETHING, ♪
♪ I KNOW IT WILL NEVER TIRE. ♪
♪ IF YOU'VE THAT SOMETHING, ♪
♪ WHOA, ♪
♪ AND IT BURNS YOU LIKE FIRE-- ♪
♪ I KNOW IT WILL-- ♪
♪ WELL, GET AT A HURRY. ♪
♪♪ GO AND TELL EVERYBODY ♪
♪ YOU'VE GOT SOMETHING WITHIN. ♪
♪♪ OH, I KNOW ♪
♪ THERE'S SOMETHING WITHIN ME, ♪
♪♪ MMM...GOT AHOLD ♪
♪ OF THE REINS, ♪
♪♪ AND THAT SOMETHING WITHIN ME♪
♪ BANISHES ALL MY PAINS. ♪
♪ YES, IT DOES. ♪
♪ THERE'S SOMETHING WITHIN ME, ♪
♪ WHOO-HOO, ♪
♪ I WILL NEVER EXPLAIN. ♪
♪ WHOA, NO. ♪
♪ ALL THAT I KNOW: ♪♪
♪ I THANK MY LORD JESUS ♪
♪ FOR GIVING ME ♪
♪ SOMETHING WITHIN. ♪
♪ OH, YES, HE DID. ♪
♪ ALL THAT I KNOW-- ♪
♪♪ WHOO. ♪♪
♪ LOVE IS SOMETHING WITHIN ME. ♪
♪♪ I KNOW, I KNOW. ♪
[applause]
>> Gaither: STEPHEN.
THIS NEXT GROUP IS A WONDERFUL
TEAM OF ENERGETIC YOUNG MEN WHO
REALLY KNOW HOW TO DELIVER
A SONG.
THEY WORK VERY HARD OFFSTAGE,
AND THEY LIGHT UP THE ROOM WHEN
THEY STEP ON STAGE.
HERE IS ERNIE HAASE &
SIGNATURE SOUND SINGING A GREAT
QUARTET CLASSIC LIKE YOU'VE
NEVER HEARD IT SUNG.
[upbeat music]
>> ♪ NOW, THERE'S A TIME ♪
♪ WE FEEL ALONE, ♪
♪♪ ALTHOUGH ♪
♪ WE'VE DONE NO WRONG. ♪♪
♪ O LORD. ♪
>> ♪♪ O LORD. ♪
>> ♪ O LORD. ♪♪
>> ♪ O LORD. ♪♪
>> ♪ STAND BY ME. ♪
>> ♪ LORD, STAND BY ME. ♪
>> ♪ AND THERE'S A TIME ♪
♪ WE STAND A TEST. ♪♪
♪ LORD, YOU KNOW ♪
♪ WE'VE DONE OUR BEST. ♪
♪ O LORD. ♪
>> ♪ O LORD. ♪♪
>> ♪ O LORD. ♪
>> ♪ O LORD. ♪
>> ♪♪ STAND BY ME. ♪
>> ♪ LORD, STAND BY ME. ♪
>> ♪ YEAH, STAND BY ME. ♪
>> ♪ O LORD, STAND BY ME ♪♪
♪ WHILE I WALK ♪
♪ THIS LONESOME ROAD. ♪
>> ♪ STAND BY ME. ♪♪
>> ♪ O LORD, STAND BY ME. ♪
>> ♪ HELP ME TO BEAR-- ♪
>> ♪ HELP ME TO BEAR ♪
♪ THIS LOAD, THIS HEAVY LOAD. ♪
>> ♪ AND IF I STUMBLE, ♪
♪ PICK ME UP. ♪
♪ HELP ME TO DRINK-- ♪
>> ♪ HELP ME TO DRINK ♪
♪ THIS BITTER CUP. ♪
>> ♪ TILL I REACH THAT HOME ♪
♪ IN GLORY, ♪
♪ STAND BY ME. ♪
>> ♪ LORD, STAND BY ME. ♪
>> ♪ STAND BY ME. ♪
>> ♪♪ O LORD, STAND BY ME ♪
♪ WHILE I WALK ♪
♪ THIS LONESOME ROAD. ♪
>> ♪ STAND BY ME. ♪
>> ♪ O LORD, STAND BY ME. ♪
>> ♪ HELP ME TO BEAR-- ♪
>> ♪ HELP ME TO BEAR ♪
♪♪ THIS LOAD, ♪
♪ THIS HEAVY LOAD. ♪
>> ♪ AND IF I STUMBLE, ♪
♪ PICK ME UP. ♪♪
♪ HELP ME TO DRINK-- ♪
>> ♪ HELP ME TO DRINK ♪♪
♪ THIS BITTER CUP. ♪
>> ♪♪ STOOD BY MY FATHER ♪♪
♪ AND MY MOTHER. ♪
♪ STOOD BY MY SISTER, ♪♪
♪ JESUS, AND MY BROTHER. ♪
♪ IT WAS AMAZING, ♪
♪♪ O LORD, HOW YOU KEPT ME. ♪
♪♪ IT WAS YOUR GRACE, LORD, ♪
♪ THAT BROUGHT ME. ♪
♪♪ GREAT REDEEMER, ♪
♪ O LORD, STAND BY ME. ♪
>> ♪ LORD, STAND BY ME. ♪
>> ♪ STAND BY ME. ♪
♪ O LORD, STAND BY ME ♪♪
♪ WHILE I WALK ♪
♪ THIS LONESOME ROAD. ♪
♪♪ O LORD, STAND BY ME. ♪
♪ HELP ME TO BEAR, ♪
♪ HELP ME BEAR ♪
♪ THIS HEAVY LOAD. ♪
>> ♪ IF I STUMBLE, ♪
♪ OH, PICK ME UP. ♪
♪♪ HELP ME TO DRINK-- ♪♪
>> ♪ HELP ME DRINK ♪♪
♪ THIS BITTER CUP. ♪
♪ TILL I REACH THAT HOME ♪
♪♪ IN GLORY, ♪
>> ♪ STAND BY ME. ♪
♪ STAND BY ME. ♪
[cheers and applause]
>> ♪♪ YEAH... ♪
♪ STOOD BY MY FATHER ♪
♪ AND MY MOTHER. ♪
♪♪ STOOD BY MY SISTER, ♪
♪ JESUS, AND MY BROTHER. ♪
♪ IT WAS AMAZING, O LORD, ♪
♪ HOW YOU KEPT ME. ♪
♪ IT WAS YOUR GRACE, LORD, ♪
♪ THAT BROUGHT ME. ♪
♪ GREAT REDEEMER. ♪
♪ O LORD, STAND BY ME. ♪
>> ♪♪ LORD, STAND BY ME. ♪♪
>> ♪ STAND BY ME. ♪
>> ♪ O LORD, STAND BY ME ♪
♪ WHILE I WALK ♪
♪♪ THIS LONESOME ROAD. ♪
>> ♪♪ STAND BY ME. ♪
>> ♪ O LORD, STAND BY ME. ♪
♪ HELP ME TO BEAR-- ♪
>> ♪ HELP ME BEAR ♪
♪ THIS HEAVY LOAD. ♪♪
>> ♪ IF I STUMBLE, LORD, ♪
♪ PICK ME UP. ♪
♪ HELP ME TO DRINK ♪♪
♪ THIS BITTER CUP. ♪
♪ TILL I REACH THAT HOME ♪
♪♪ IN GLORY, ♪
♪ STAND BY ME. ♪♪
♪ STAND BY ME. ♪
[cheers and applause]
[upbeat music]
♪ ♪
>> ♪ THERE'S A ROAD ♪
♪ CALLED THE HOLY HIGHWAY ♪
♪♪ THAT ONCE WAS A DESERT LAND.♪
♪ VERY SOON ♪
♪ YOU'LL HEAR THE SOUND ♪
♪ OF A HOLY MARCHING BAND. ♪
♪ EVERLASTING JOY UPON THEM, ♪♪
♪ THERE'S A REMNANT ♪♪
♪ STRONG AND TRUE. ♪
♪ WE BRING THE SONG ♪
♪ BACK TO ZION. ♪♪
♪ WE BRING THE PRAISE ♪
♪ BACK TO YOU. ♪
♪ WE EXALT YOU, GOD ALMIGHTY. ♪
♪ YOU ARE WORTHY ♪
♪♪ TO BE PRAISED. ♪
♪ LET ALL NATIONS ♪
♪ BOW BEFORE YOU, ♪♪
♪ HOLY ANCIENT OF ALL DAYS. ♪
♪ THERE'S A ROAD ♪
♪ CALLED THE HOLY HIGHWAY ♪
♪ WHERE THE PEOPLE ♪
♪ DANCE AND SHOUT, ♪
♪ WHERE THE ENEMY IS RUNNING ♪
♪ WITH CONFUSION ALL ABOUT. ♪
♪ RAISE THE BANNERS. ♪
♪ SING THE VICTORY. ♪
♪ RAISE THEM HIGH. ♪
♪ HIS WORD IS TRUE. ♪
♪ WE BRING THE SONG ♪
♪ BACK TO ZION. ♪
♪ WE BRING THE PRAISE ♪♪
♪ BACK TO YOU. ♪
♪♪ WE EXALT YOU, GOD ALMIGHTY. ♪
♪ YOU ARE WORTHY ♪
♪ TO BE PRAISED. ♪
♪ LET ALL NATIONS ♪
♪ BOW BEFORE YOU, ♪
♪ HOLY ANCIENT OF ALL DAYS. ♪
♪♪ HOLY, HOLY, HOLY, ♪♪
♪ LORD GOD ALMIGHTY. ♪
♪ HOLY, HOLY, ♪
♪ HOLY IS THE LORD. ♪
>> ♪ HALLELUJAH, HALLELUJAH. ♪♪
♪ HALLELUJAH, HALLELU. ♪
♪ HALLELUJAH, HALLELUJAH. ♪
♪ HALLELUJAH, HALLELU. ♪
♪ THERE'S A ROAD ♪♪
♪♪ CALLED THE HOLY HIGHWAY ♪
♪ THAT ONCE WAS A DESERT LAND. ♪
♪ VERY SOON ♪
♪ YOU'LL HEAR THE SOUND ♪
♪ OF A HOLY MARCHING BAND. ♪
♪ EVERLASTING JOY UPON THEM, ♪
♪ THERE'S A REMNANT ♪
♪ STRONG AND TRUE. ♪♪
♪ WE BRING THE SONG ♪
♪ BACK TO ZION. ♪
♪♪ WE BRING THE PRAISE ♪
♪ BACK TO YOU. ♪
♪ WE BRING THE SONG ♪
♪ BACK TO ZION. ♪
♪ WE BRING THE PRAISE ♪
♪ BACK TO YOU. ♪♪
♪ WE BRING THE PRAISE ♪
♪♪ BACK TO YOU. ♪
♪ ♪♪
[cheers and applause]
[soft music]
♪ ♪♪
>> ♪ WHEN I AM DOWN ♪
♪ AND, OH, MY SOUL SO WEARY, ♪
♪ WHEN TROUBLES COME ♪
♪ AND MY HEART BURDENED BE, ♪
♪ THEN I AM STILL ♪
♪ AND WAIT HERE ♪
♪ IN THE SILENCE ♪
♪ UNTIL YOU COME ♪
♪ AND SIT AWHILE WITH ME. ♪
♪ YOU RAISE ME UP ♪
♪ SO I CAN STAND ON MOUNTAINS. ♪
♪ YOU RAISE ME UP ♪
♪ TO WALK ON STORMY SEAS. ♪
♪ AND I AM STRONG ♪♪
♪ WHEN I AM ON YOUR SHOULDERS. ♪
♪ YOU RAISE ME UP ♪♪
♪ TO MORE THAN I CAN BE. ♪
♪♪ ♪
♪ OOH, OOH, OOH. ♪
♪ ♪
♪♪ YOU RAISE ME UP ♪
♪ SO I CAN STAND ON MOUNTAINS. ♪
♪ LORD, YOU RAISE ME UP ♪
♪ TO WALK ON STORMY SEAS. ♪
♪ AND I AM STRONG ♪
♪♪ WHEN I AM ON YOUR SHOULDERS.♪
♪ YOU RAISE ME UP ♪♪
♪ TO MORE THAN I CAN BE. ♪
>> ♪♪ THERE IS NO LIFE, ♪♪
♪ NO LIFE WITHOUT ITS HUNGER. ♪
♪ EACH RESTLESS HEART BEATS ♪
♪♪ SO IMPERFECTLY. ♪
♪♪ BUT THEN YOU COME, ♪♪
♪ AND I AM FILLED WITH WONDER. ♪
♪ SOMETIMES I THINK ♪
♪ I GLIMPSE ETERNITY. ♪♪
>> YOU RAISE ME UP ♪
♪ SO I CAN STAND ON MOUNTAINS. ♪
♪♪ YOU RAISE ME UP ♪
♪ TO WALK ON STORMY SEAS. ♪
♪♪ AND I AM STRONG ♪
♪ WHEN I AM ON YOUR SHOULDERS. ♪
>> ♪ YOU RAISE ME UP ♪
♪ TO MORE THAN I CAN BE. ♪♪
>> ♪ OOOH, OOOH. ♪
♪ LORD, YOU RAISE ME UP ♪
♪ TO MORE THAN I CAN... ♪
>> ♪ BE. ♪♪
[cheers and applause]
>> Gaither: THIS WONDERFUL SONG
THAT WE HAVE LOVED TO SING
AND IS ONE OF THE FIRST SONGS
I EVER HEARD LARRY FORD SING
WAS WRITTEN BY A LADY CALLED
MRS. SUFFIELD FROM ONTARIO,
CANADA.
YOU SHOULD VERY, VERY PROUD
OF THIS SONG:
LITTLE IS MUCH
WHEN GOD IS IN IT.
SING IT, LARRY.
[slow piano music]
♪ ♪
>> ♪♪ IN THE HARVEST FIELD ♪
♪ NOW RIPENED, ♪
♪ THERE IS A WORK ♪♪
♪ FOR ALL TO DO. ♪
♪♪ HARK, THE MASTER'S VOICE ♪
♪ IS CALLING. ♪
♪ TO HIS HARVEST, ♪♪
♪ HE'S CALLING YOU. ♪
♪♪ NOW, DOES THE PLACE ♪
♪ YOU'RE CALLED TO LABOR ♪
♪ SEEM SO SMALL ♪
♪ AND LITTLE KNOWN? ♪
♪ IT IS GREAT ♪
♪♪ IF GOD IS IN IT, ♪
♪ FOR HE WILL NOT ♪
♪ FORSAKE HIS OWN. ♪
>> ♪ LITTLE IS MUCH ♪
♪♪ WHEN MY GOD IS IN IT. ♪
♪ LABOR NOT ♪
♪ FOR WEALTH OR FAME, ♪
♪ FOR THERE'S A CROWN, ♪♪
♪ AND YOU CAN WIN IT ♪
♪ IF YOU'LL GO IN JESUS' NAME. ♪
>> ♪ NOW, WHEN THIS CONFLICT ♪♪
♪♪ ON EARTH IS ENDED ♪♪
♪ AND OUR RACE ♪
♪♪ ON THIS EARTH IS RUN, ♪
♪ HE WILL SAY, ♪
♪ IF WE ARE FAITHFUL, ♪
♪ “WELCOME HOME. ♪
♪ MY CHILD, WELL DONE!” ♪♪
>> ♪ FOR LITTLE IS MUCH ♪
♪ WHEN MY GOD IS IN IT. ♪
♪ LABOR NOT ♪♪
♪ FOR WEALTH OR FAME, ♪
♪ FOR THERE IS A CROWN, ♪♪
♪ AND YOU CAN WIN IT ♪
♪ IF YOU'LL GO, ♪
♪ IF YOU'LL GO, ♪
♪ IF YOU'LL GO ♪♪
♪ IN JESUS' NAME. ♪
♪ ♪
[cheers and applause]
>> Gaither: YOU KNOW, ONE THING
WE'VE LEARNED ABOUT CANADIANS
OVER THE YEARS IS HOW THEY LOVE
TO SING.
AND HERE TO LEAD THIS WONDERFUL
AUDIENCE IN THEIR NATIONAL
ANTHEM IS A TALENTED CANADIAN
FRIEND OF OURS, KEVIN PAULS.
>> ♪♪ O CANADA! ♪
♪ OUR HOME AND NATIVE LAND! ♪
♪♪ TRUE PATRIOT LOVE ♪♪
♪ IN ALL THY SONS COMMAND. ♪
♪♪ WITH GLOWING HEARTS, ♪
♪ WE SEE THEE RISE, ♪
♪ THE TRUE NORTH ♪
♪ STRONG AND FREE. ♪
♪♪ FROM FAR AND WIDE, ♪♪
♪ O CANADA, ♪
♪ WE STAND ON GUARD FOR THEE. ♪
♪ GOD KEEP OUR LAND ♪
♪ GLORIOUS AND FREE! ♪
♪ O CANADA, ♪
♪ WE STAND ON GUARD ♪
♪ FOR THEE. ♪♪
♪ O CANADA, ♪♪
♪ WE STAND ON GUARD ♪
♪ FOR THEE. ♪
[cheers and applause]
>> YES.
YES.
>> SO I'M OUT HERE TRYING TO
FIND BILL SOME NEW OLD SINGERS.
HE WROTE THIS SONG
TWO DAYS AGO, BILL.
ANOTHER SONGWRITER. SING IT.
>> ♪ IT'S BEEN ♪♪
♪ A BEAUTIFUL SUMMER. ♪
♪ IT'S BEEN ♪
♪ A BEAUTIFUL DAY. ♪
♪ I'M SO HAPPY IN JESUS. ♪
♪ WHAT MORE CAN I SAY? ♪♪
♪♪ I CAN TELL YOU HE LOVES YOU,♪
♪ AND HE LOVES ME AND YOU. ♪
♪ I'M SO HAPPY IN JESUS. ♪
♪ HOW ABOUT YOU? ♪
>> OH, THAT'S GOOD.
BILL!
ANYBODY ELSE SINGERS?
ARE THERE ANY SINGERS
AROUND HERE?
WE'RE LOOKING FOR SINGERS.
>> I CAN PLAY A TAMBOURINE OR--
>> WOULD YOU COME UP DURING
IT IS FINISHED?
WHEN BILL SINGS IT IS FINISHED
TONIGHT, YOU JUST WALK UP
ON STAGE WITH YOUR TAMBOURINE.
>> OKAY, ONE DAY.
>> ALL RIGHT, SING IT.
>> HOW DOES IT GO NOW?
>> I DON'T KNOW.
ONE DAY. YOU SAID IT.
>> ♪ LORD, I GOT A TENDENCY ♪
♪ TO LOOK AT THINGS ♪
♪ ON THE BRIGHT SIDE. ♪
♪♪ THAT GL-- ♪
>> WHAT WAS THAT?
OH, BEING HAPPY.
>> THAT'S THE ONE.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
HEY, HOW ARE YOU?
>> I BROUGHT 55 PEOPLE HERE
FROM NIAGARA FALLS,
ST. CATHERINE'S, AND WELLAND.
AND WE WANT TO HEAR YOU SING
A DUET WITH SHERI EASTER.
>> OH, YOU DO?
>> YEAH.
>> I'VE NEVER SUNG WITH
SHERI EASTER.
>> THERE IS A FIRST TIME.
>> ALL RIGHT, CHAMPION TO LOVE.
>> ♪ LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, ♪♪
♪ MAY I HAVE YOUR ATTENTION? ♪
♪ I WANT TO INTRODUCE TO YOU. ♪♪
>> SINCE WE'VE LOST SO MANY
HOMECOMING SINGERS, WE'RE
LOOKING FOR SOME MORE OLD
SINGERS.
HERE'S A SINGER.
WHAT'S YOUR NAME?
>> UNA.
>> UNA. HOW YOU SPELL IT?
>> U-N-A.
>> U-N-A. NOW, ARE YOU OLD
ENOUGH TO BE A HOMECOMING
SINGER?
>> I DO BELIEVE SO.
>> I DON'T KNOW.
YOU LOOK MIGHTY YOUNG TO ME.
CAN YOU SING?
>> I CAN TRY.
>> JUST SING SOMETHING.
SING, UH--
♪ LOOKING FOR A CITY. ♪
>> ♪ LOOKING FOR A CITY. ♪
>> WHERE WE'LL NEVER DIE.
♪ WHERE WE'LL NEVER DIE. ♪
>> ♪ WHERE WE'LL NEVER DIE. ♪
>> UM...SORRY.
WHEN WE START SINGING LOOKING
FOR A CITY TONIGHT, YOU WALK
UP ON STAGE, ALL RIGHT?
>> I WILL DO THAT.
ARE YOU GONNA BE THERE?
>> I'LL BE THERE.
>> I'LL BE THERE WITH YOU.
>> I'LL BE THERE.
>> OKAY.
[laughter]
[playing Getting Ready
to Leave this World]
♪♪ ♪
♪♪ ♪
♪♪ ♪
♪♪ ♪
♪ ♪
[cheers and applause]
>> Gaither: ANTHONY.
[cheers and applause]
[upbeat music]
♪♪ ♪
>> ♪ WELL, WELL, WELL, WELL. ♪
♪ TELL ME HOW DID YOU FEEL ♪
♪ WHEN YOU-- ♪
♪ WHEN YOU COME OUT, ♪
♪ COME OUT OF THE WILDERNESS? ♪
♪ I SAID, HOW DID YOU FEEL ♪♪
♪ WHEN YOU COME OUT-- ♪
>> ♪ COME OUT ♪♪
♪ OF THE WILDERNESS, ♪
♪ LEANING ON THE LORD. ♪
>> ♪ DID YOUR SOUL FEEL HAPPY ♪♪
♪ WHEN YOU COME OUT, ♪
♪♪ WHEN YOU COME OUT, ♪♪
♪ COME OUT OF THE WILDERNESS? ♪
♪ DID YOUR SOUL FEEL HAPPY ♪
♪ WHEN YOU COME OUT-- ♪
>> ♪ COME OUT ♪♪
♪ OF THE WILDERNESS. ♪
>> ♪♪ WERE YOU LEANING ♪
♪ ON THE LORD? ♪♪
♪ DID YOU FEEL LIKE SHOUTING ♪
♪ WHEN YOU COME OUT, ♪
♪ WHEN YOU COME OUT, ♪
♪ COME OUT OF THE WILDERNESS? ♪♪
>> ♪ COME OUT ♪
♪ OF THE WILDERNESS. ♪
>> ♪ DID YOU FEEL ♪
♪ LIKE SHOUTING ♪
♪ WHEN YOU COME OUT? ♪
>> ♪♪ WERE YOU LEANING ♪
♪ ON THE LORD? ♪
>> ♪♪ I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, ♪
♪ BUT I'M LEANING ♪
♪ ON JESUS. ♪
♪♪ I'M LEANING ♪
♪ ON THE LORD. ♪
♪ I'M LEANING ♪
♪ ON THE LORD ♪
♪ WHO DIED ON CALVARY. ♪♪
♪♪ I'M LEANING ♪
♪ ON JESUS. ♪♪
♪ I'M LEANING ♪
♪ ON THE LORD. ♪
>> ♪ LORD JESUS. ♪♪
>> ♪ I'M LEANING ♪
♪ ON THE LORD. ♪♪
>> ♪ ON JESUS. ♪
>> ♪ HE DIED ON CALVARY. ♪♪
♪ DID YOUR SOUL FEEL LIGHTER, ♪
♪ LIGHTER, LIGHTER, ♪
♪♪ LIGHTER, LIGHTER ♪
♪ WHEN YOU COME OUT? ♪
>> ♪ COME OUT ♪
♪♪ OF THE WILDERNESS. ♪♪
>> ♪♪ WHEN YOU COME OUT? ♪♪
>> ♪ COME OUT ♪♪
♪ OF THE WILDERNESS. ♪
>> ♪♪ WHEN YOU COME OUT? ♪♪
>> ♪ COME OUT ♪♪
♪ OF THE WILDERNESS. ♪
>> ♪ DID YOUR SOUL ♪
♪ FEEL LIGHTER ♪♪
♪ WHEN YOU COME OUT? ♪
>> ♪ COME OUT ♪
♪ OF THE WILDERNESS. ♪
>> ♪ WERE YOU LEANING ♪
♪ ON THE LORD? ♪♪
>> ♪♪ DID THE SKY LOOK BRIGHTER♪
♪ WHEN YOU COME OUT? ♪
>> ♪♪ COME OUT ♪
♪ OF THE WILDERNESS. ♪
>> ♪ WHEN YOU COME OUT. ♪
>> ♪ COME OUT ♪♪
♪ OF THE WILDERNESS. ♪
>> ♪♪ OF THE WILDERNESS. ♪♪
♪ DID THE SKY LOOK BRIGHTER ♪♪
♪ WHEN YOU COME OUT? ♪
>> ♪ COME OUT ♪
♪♪ OF THE WILDERNESS. ♪♪
>> ♪ WERE YOU LEANING ♪
♪ ON THE LORD? ♪
>> ♪♪ HEY. ♪
♪♪ AND I'M LEANING ♪
♪ ON JESUS. ♪
>> ♪ ON JESUS. ♪
>> ♪ I'M LEANING ♪
♪ ON THE LORD. ♪♪
>> ♪ ON JESUS. ♪
>> ♪♪ I'M LEANING. ♪♪
>> ♪ LEANING ON JESUS, ♪
♪ WHO DIED ON CALVARY. ♪
>> ♪♪ I'M LEANING ♪
♪ ON JESUS. ♪
♪ I'M LEANING ♪
♪ ON THE LORD. ♪
♪ I'M LEANING ON THE LORD. ♪
>> ♪ HE DIED ON CALVARY. ♪
>> ♪ YES, HE DID. ♪
>> ♪ HE DIED ON CALVARY. ♪
♪ OH, YES, ♪♪
♪ HE DIED ON CALVARY. ♪
♪♪ YES, HE DIED ON CALVARY. ♪
>> ♪ SOMEBODY SAY "YEAH!" ♪
>> ♪ YEAH! ♪
>> ♪ TELL ME HOW ♪
♪ DID YOU FEEL ♪♪
♪♪ WHEN YOU COME OUT-- ♪
>> ♪♪ COME OUT ♪
♪ OF THE WILDERNESS. ♪
♪ COME OUT OF THE WILDERNESS. ♪♪
♪ COME OUT OF THE WILDERNESS. ♪
>> ♪♪ TELL ME HOW DID YOU FEEL ♪
♪♪ WHEN YOU COME OUT-- ♪
>> ♪ COME OUT ♪
♪ OF THE WILDERNESS. ♪
>> ♪ WERE YOU LEANING ♪
♪ ON THE LORD? ♪
>> ♪ DID YOU FEEL LIKE DANCING ♪
♪ WHEN YOU COME OUT? ♪
>> ♪♪ COME OUT ♪
♪ OF THE WILDERNESS. ♪
>> ♪ WHEN YOU COME OUT, ♪
♪♪ OUT OF THE WILDERNESS. ♪
♪ DID YOU FEEL LIKE DANCING ♪
♪ WHEN YOU COME OUT? ♪
>> ♪ COME OUT ♪
♪ OF THE WILDERNESS. ♪
>> ♪♪ WERE YOU LEANING ♪
♪ ON THE LORD? ♪
>> ♪ WELL, WELL. ♪
♪ DID YOU FEEL LIKE SHOUTING ♪
♪ WHEN YOU COME OUT? ♪
>> ♪ COME OUT ♪
♪ OF THE WILDERNESS. ♪
♪ COME OUT OF THE WILDERNESS. ♪
♪♪ COME OUT OF THE WILDERNESS. ♪
>> ♪ DID YOU FEEL ♪♪
♪ LIKE SHOUTING ♪♪
♪ WHEN YOU COME OUT? ♪
>> ♪ COME OUT ♪
♪♪ OF THE WILDERNESS. ♪♪
>> ♪ WERE YOU LEANING ♪
♪ ON THE LORD? ♪
>> ♪ HEY. ♪
♪ I'M LEANING-- ♪
>> ♪ ON JESUS. ♪
>> ♪ I'M LEANING-- ♪
>> ♪ ON JESUS. ♪
>> ♪ I'M LEANING ON THE LORD. ♪
♪ I'M LEANING, LEANING, ♪
♪ LEANING-- ♪
>> ♪ ON JESUS. ♪
♪ HE DIED ON CALVARY. ♪
>> ♪ I'M LEANING-- ♪
>> ♪ ON JESUS. ♪
♪ ON JESUS. ♪♪
>> ♪ I'M LEANING ♪♪
♪ ON THE LORD. ♪♪
>> ♪ ON JESUS. ♪♪
>> ♪♪ ARE YOU LEANING? ♪
♪ ARE YOU LEANING? ♪
>> ♪♪ ON JESUS. ♪
♪♪ HE DIED ON CALVARY. ♪
♪♪ OH, YES. ♪
♪ HE DIED ON CALVARY. ♪♪
♪ OH, YES. ♪
♪ HE DIED ON CALVARY. ♪
>> ♪ DIED ON CALVARY. ♪
>> ♪ HE DIED ON CALVARY. ♪
>> ♪ I WANT TO HEAR YOU SAY. ♪
♪ OH, OH, OH, ♪
♪ YES. ♪
>> ♪ LEANING ON JESUS. ♪
>> I LOVE YOU, TORONTO.
[cheers and applause]
>> YEAH, YOU'RE 13 AND 14.
>> AND THEN WE'RE 75.
75.
>> AND MY NAME IS DOWN HERE
WHERE IT SAYS,
"AND MANY OTHERS."
THAT'S ME RIGHT THERE.
>> WE'RE HAPPY TO HAVE
BILL GAITHER AND THE VOCAL BAND
HERE WITH US.
THERE'S NOBODY WE'D RATHER NOT
HAVE CLOSE OUR PROGRAM--
THE BOOTH BROTHERS, THAT IS--
THAN THE VOCAL BAND AND SOME OF
OUR OTHER HOMECOMING FRIENDS.
STAY TUNED.
>> SWEET.
I MADE IT.
SEE YA.
>> Gaither: GLORIA SAID THIS
SHIRT AND TIE DOES NOT WORK.
AND I'M ALREADY LATE GETTING
OUT THERE, SO HERE GOES.
FOR ALL OF YOU WHO GET THIS
VIDEO, USE YOUR IMAGINATION,
OKAY?
>> I AGREE WITH GLORIA.
>> I'M WITH GLORIA TOO.
GLORIA KNOWS WHAT SHE'S
TALKING ABOUT.
>> BILL'S HOLLERING FOR US
TO COME ON.
LET'S GO. BETTER HURRY.
>> WE'D BETTER GO.
>> RUN.
>> Gaither: WELCOME THE HOPPERS.
[slow music]
♪ ♪
>> ♪ I'VE COME TOO FAR ♪♪
♪ TO LOOK BACK AGAIN. ♪
♪ THERE IS NOTHING BEHIND ME. ♪
♪ ALL THE PLEASURES ♪
♪ I USED TO LOVE ♪
♪ HAVE ALL FADED FROM VIEW. ♪
♪ THERE'S A NEW DAY ♪
♪ AHEAD FOR ME. ♪
♪ MY HEARTACHE IS OVER. ♪
♪♪ YOU SEE, ♪
♪ I LEFT IT AT CALVARY ♪
♪ WHERE MY NEW LIFE BEGAN. ♪
>> ♪ I'VE COME TOO FAR ♪
♪ TO LOOK BACK. ♪
♪ MY FEET HAVE WALKED ♪
♪♪ THROUGH THE VALLEY. ♪
♪ I'VE CLIMBED MOUNTAINS, ♪
♪♪ CROSSED RIVERS. ♪
♪ DESERT PLACES I'VE KNOWN. ♪
♪ BUT I'M NEARING ♪♪
♪ THE HOME SHORE. ♪
♪ THE REDEEMED ARE REJOICING. ♪
♪ HEAVEN'S ANGELS ♪
♪ ARE SINGING. ♪
♪ I'VE COME TOO FAR ♪
♪ TO LOOK BACK. ♪
>> ♪ LOOK AROUND. ♪
♪ THERE IS UNHAPPINESS. ♪
♪ SOME SEE NO REASON ♪
♪ FOR LIVING. ♪
♪♪ LIFE WILL GIVE YOU ♪♪
♪ A BROKEN DREAM ♪
♪ FULL OF HEARTACHE AND FEAR. ♪
♪ TURN AROUND. ♪
♪♪ DON'T LOOK BACK AGAIN. ♪
♪ FACE THE NEW DAY ♪
♪ BEFORE YOU. ♪♪
♪ PLACE YOUR HEARTACHE ♪
♪ IN JESUS' HAND. ♪♪
♪ HE WILL MEND BROKEN DREAMS. ♪
>> ♪ I'VE COME TOO FAR ♪
♪♪ TO LOOK BACK. ♪
♪ MY FEET HAVE WALKED ♪♪
♪ THROUGH THE VALLEY. ♪
♪ AND I'VE CLIMBED MOUNTAINS, ♪
♪ CROSSED RIVERS. ♪
♪♪ DESERT PLACES I'VE KNOWN. ♪♪
♪♪ BUT I'M NEARING ♪
♪ THE HOME SHORE. ♪
♪♪ THE REDEEMED ARE REJOICING, ♪
♪ AND HEAVEN'S ANGELS ♪
♪ ARE SINGING. ♪
♪ I'VE COME TOO FAR ♪
♪ TO LOOK BACK. ♪
♪ BUT I'M NEARING ♪♪
♪ THE HOME SHORE. ♪
♪ THE REDEEMED ARE REJOICING. ♪
♪ AND HEAVEN'S ANGELS ♪
♪ ARE SINGING. ♪
>> ♪ I'VE COME TOO FAR ♪♪
♪♪ TO LOOK BACK. ♪
>> ♪ TOO FAR TO LOOK BACK. ♪♪
[cheers and applause]
>> Gaither: IVAN PARKER HAS BEEN
A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF THE
HOMECOMING TOUR FROM THE VERY
BEGINNING.
THIS IS ONE OF THE GREATEST GUYS
ON THE ROAD.
WE LOVE HIM, AND I KNOW
YOU LOVE HIM.
[slow intro]
♪ ♪
>> ♪ I CAN ONLY IMAGINE ♪
♪ WHAT IT WILL BE LIKE ♪
♪ WHEN I WALK BY YOUR SIDE. ♪
♪ I CAN ONLY IMAGINE ♪
♪ WHAT MY EYES WILL SEE ♪
♪ WHEN YOUR FACE IS BEFORE ME. ♪
♪♪ I CAN ONLY IMAGINE. ♪
♪♪ I CAN ONLY IMAGINE. ♪
♪ SURROUNDED BY YOUR GLORY, ♪
♪ WHAT WILL MY HEART FEEL? ♪
♪ WILL I DANCE FOR YOU, JESUS, ♪
♪ OR, IN AWE OF YOU, BE STILL? ♪
♪ WILL I STAND ♪♪
♪ IN YOUR PRESENCE? ♪
♪ TO MY KNEES WILL I FALL? ♪
♪♪ WILL I SING HALLELUJAH? ♪
♪♪ WILL I BE ABLE ♪
♪ TO SPEAK AT ALL? ♪♪
♪ I CAN ONLY IMAGINE. ♪
♪♪ I CAN ONLY IMAGINE. ♪
♪♪ I CAN ONLY IMAGINE ♪♪
♪ WHEN THAT DAY COMES, ♪
♪ AND I FIND MYSELF ♪
♪ STANDING IN THE SUN. ♪
♪ I CAN ONLY IMAGINE ♪
♪♪ WHEN ALL I WILL DO ♪♪
♪ IS FOREVER, ♪
♪ FOREVER WORSHIP YOU. ♪
♪ I CAN ONLY IMAGINE. ♪
♪ I CAN ONLY IMAGINE. ♪
♪ YEAH. ♪
♪ SURROUNDED BY YOUR GLORY, ♪♪
♪ WHAT WILL MY HEART FEEL? ♪
♪ WILL I DANCE FOR YOU, JESUS, ♪
♪ OR, IN AWE OF YOU, BE STILL? ♪
♪♪ WILL I STAND ♪
♪ IN YOUR PRESENCE? ♪
♪ TO MY KNEES WILL I FALL? ♪
♪♪ WILL I SING HALLELUJAH? ♪
♪ WILL I BE ABLE ♪
♪ TO SPEAK AT ALL? ♪
♪♪ I CAN ONLY IMAGINE. ♪
♪ YEAH. ♪
♪ I CAN ONLY IMAGINE. ♪
♪ YEAH. ♪
♪ SURROUNDED BY YOUR GLORY, ♪
♪ WHAT WILL MY HEART FEEL? ♪
♪ WILL I DANCE FOR YOU, JESUS, ♪
♪ OR, IN AWE OF YOU, BE STILL? ♪
♪ WILL I STAND ♪
♪ IN YOUR PRESENCE, ♪
♪♪ OR TO MY KNEES WILL I FALL? ♪
♪ WILL I SING HALLELUJAH? ♪
♪ WILL I BE ABLE ♪
♪ TO SPEAK AT ALL? ♪
♪♪ I CAN ONLY IMAGINE. ♪
♪ OH, MY LORD, ♪
♪ I CAN ONLY IMAGINE. ♪
♪ YEAH. ♪
♪ I CAN ONLY IMAGINE. ♪♪
♪ OH, MY LORD, ♪♪
♪♪ I CAN ONLY IMAGINE. ♪
♪♪ YEAH, I CAN ONLY IMAGINE. ♪
♪ YES, MY LORD, ♪
♪ I CAN ONLY IMAGINE. ♪
♪ HMM... ♪
♪ I CAN ONLY IMAGINE ♪
♪ WHEN ALL I WILL DO ♪
♪♪ IS FOREVER, ♪
♪ FOREVER AND EVER ♪
♪♪ WORSHIP YOU. ♪
♪ I CAN ONLY IMAGINE. ♪
♪ YEAH, JUST ONLY, ♪
♪ ONLY IMAGINE. ♪
[cheers and applause]
[slow fiddle music]
♪ ♪
>> ♪ WHEN PEACE, LIKE A RIVER, ♪
♪♪ ATTENDETH MY WAY, ♪♪
♪ OR WHEN SORROWS ♪♪
♪ LIKE SEA BILLOWS ROLL, ♪
♪♪ WHATEVER MY LOT, ♪
♪ THOU HAST TAUGHT ME TO SAY ♪
♪ IT IS WELL, ♪♪
♪ IT IS WELL WITH MY SOUL. ♪♪
♪ IT IS WELL ♪
♪ WITH MY SOUL. ♪
>> ♪♪ IT IS WELL, ♪
♪ IT IS WELL WITH MY SOUL. ♪
[slow fiddle music]
♪ ♪♪
>> ♪ MY SIN. ♪
♪ OH, THE BLISS ♪
♪ OF THAT GLORIOUS THOUGHT. ♪
♪ MY SIN, NOT IN PART, ♪
♪ BUT THE WHOLE ♪♪
♪ IS NAILED TO THE CROSS, ♪
♪ AND I'LL BEAR IT NO MORE. ♪
♪ PRAISE THE LORD. ♪
♪ PRAISE THE LORD, ♪
♪ OH, MY SOUL. ♪
♪ IT IS WELL ♪
♪ WITH MY SOUL. ♪♪
>> ♪ IT IS WELL, ♪
♪ IT IS WELL ♪
♪ WITH MY SOUL. ♪♪
[cheers and applause]
>> Gaither: THIS NEXT CHARACTER
HAS BEEN MAKING PEOPLE LAUGH FOR
DECADES IN ALL KINDS OF SETTINGS
AND VENUES.
I AM SO GLAD THAT HE HAS BECOME
PART OF OUR HOMECOMING FAMILY.
HE IS SINCERE AND GENUINE
OFFSTAGE, BUT ON STAGE, YOU
NEVER KNOW WHAT HE'S GONNA SAY.
HERE IS JEFF ALLEN.
>> AND MAN, CAN THEY EAT.
MY WIFE AND I NOW HIDE FOOD IN
THE BEDROOM TO KEEP IT FROM
THE KIDS.
WE GOT A STASH OF BROWNIES
AND MUFFINS NEXT TO OUR BED.
SO WE GO IN THE ROOM LATE
AT NIGHT AND LOCK THE DOOR.
I'M SURE THE KIDS THINK WE'RE
DOING SOMETHING ELSE.
WE'RE REALLY JUST UNDER
THE COVERS EATING BROWNIES
AND LAUGHING AT THEM.
[laughter]
YOU HIT 45, IT GETS PRETTY
PATHETIC, DOESN'T IT?
THE BROWNIES ARE HERE.
WHOO-HOO!
RUNNING DOWN THE HALL,
HOLDING HANDS.
LOCK THE DOOR, YOU ***.
I'VE LEARNED ONE THING IN 22
YEARS OF MARRIAGE,
AND THIS IS IT:
HAPPY WIFE, HAPPY LIFE.
[laughter and applause]
IF YOU'RE MARRIED,
YOU ALREADY KNOW THAT.
AND IF YOU'RE NOT MARRIED,
BOY, YOU BETTER WRITE IT DOWN.
AND NOT ON A NAPKIN.
YOU GET A STONE TABLET
AND A CHISEL, JACK.
BE NUMBER 11, IF YOU'RE
COUNTING THEM.
MY FATHER TRIED TO TELL ME
THE SAME THING IN HIS OWN WAY
ON MY WEDDING DAY.
MY DAD SAT ME DOWN.
HE LOOKED ME IN THE EYE, AND HE
SAID, "SON, I'VE ONLY ONE PIECE
OF MARITAL ADVICE FOR YOU.
BEFORE YOU ARGUE WITH YOUR NEW
BRIDE--BELIEVE ME, YOU'RE GONNA
ARGUE WITH HER.
BEFORE YOU DO, I WANT YOU TO
STOP AND ASK YOURSELF TWO
QUESTIONS:
DO YOU WANT TO BE RIGHT,
OR DO YOU WANT TO BE HAPPY?"
[laughter]
AND THEN HE BROKE DOWN AND
SOBBED RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME.
[laughter]
IT'S PATHETIC.
BUT I HAD NO IDEA WHAT
THAT MAN WAS TALKING ABOUT.
22 YEARS LATER, I'LL TELL YOU.
I'M HAPPY, HAPPY, HAPPY MAN.
[laughter]
I AIN'T BEEN RIGHT
IN 12 YEARS.
SOMETIMES I HAVE TO ASK MY WIFE,
"AM I HAPPY?"
"OH, YOU BETTER BELIEVE
YOU'RE HAPPY."
"OKAY, JUST CHECKING WITH YOU,
BUTTERCUP."
I'LL CALL MY BUDDIES UP.
"I CAN'T GO GOLFING.
BUT I'M A HAPPY, HAPPY,
HAPPY MAN."
NOW, DON'T GET ME WRONG.
WE ARGUE.
YOU HAVE TO ARGUE IN
YOUR MARRIAGE.
YOU DON'T ARGUE IN YOUR
MARRIAGE, IT WILL BUILD UP
IN YOUR BRAIN, AND OVER TIME,
IT WILL MAKE YOU GOOFY.
THEN YOU WIND UP LIKE THOSE
BABBLING, MUMBLING COUPLES
YOU SEE IN FLORIDA THAT ARE
SO SCARY.
50-SOME YEARS OF MARRIAGE,
JUST WALKING DOWN THE STREET.
THE WIFE IS UP HERE.
SHE'S FINE.
YOU EVER SEE THE POOR HUSBAND
EIGHT FEET BEHIND HER,
ALL HUNCHED OVER, VIBRATING,
AND MUMBLING?
[laughter]
"ALWAYS TELLING ME WHAT TO DO.
WELL, I'M GONNA START TELLING
YOU WHAT TO DO.
I'M A MAN; YOU CAN'T TELL
ME WHAT TO DO NO MORE.
I'M A MAN.
I'M A--I'M A MAN.
I'M A MAN.
I'M A MAN.
I'M A MAN."
[laughter]
THIS POOR GUY IS TRYING TO WIN
BACK ALL THE ARGUMENTS HE'S BEEN
THROWING AWAY FOR 50 YEARS.
AND YOU KNOW HE WAS 6'3"
WHEN HE GOT MARRIED.
NOW HE'S 4'1"; LOOK AT HIM:
WEIGHED DOWN BY HALF A CENTURY
OF APATHY.
"LEAVE A TOILET SEAT UP IF I
WANT TO LEAVE A TOILET SEAT UP.
DON'T TELL ME WHAT TO DO.
I HOPE YOU SIT IN THE WATER
EVERY DAY.
I DON'T CARE ANYMORE."
AND THAT'S WHEN THE WIFE
TURNS AROUND.
"WHAT'D YOU JUST SAY?"
"I DIDN'T SAY NOTHING TO YOU!"
[laughter]
SO GET IT OUT.
AND I MARRIED A LOVELY WOMAN
WHO HAS A TEMPER,
AND I MEAN A TEMPER.
I'M NOT TALKING IRRITABILITY
AND SARCASM.
THAT'S WHAT ATTRACTED ME TO HER.
WE WERE EATING BREAKFAST ONE
MORNING, JUST SITTING AT THE
BREAKFAST TABLE.
MISTAKE THAT MORNING WAS
THINKING THAT EVERYTHING'S FINE.
MIGHT HAVE BEEN WHISTLING.
WOULD EXPLAIN WHY I DIDN'T HEAR
HER TICKING.
JUST WANTED A BUTTER WAFFLE.
YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING
ABOUT, MAN?
JUST WANTED A BUTTER WAFFLE.
NO FAMILY BUSINESS, NO TALKING,
NO NOTHING--BUTTER WAFFLE.
"SWEETHEART, COULD YOU PASS ME
THE BUTTER KNIFE?"
ffffrrr!
[laughter]
NOW I'M THINKING SOMETHING MUST
BE BOTHERING BUTTERCUP.
SO I ASK, "SOMETHING
ON YOUR MIND?"
SHE SAYS, "I'M FAT."
THERE ISN'T A MAN IN THIS ARENA
THAT KNOWS YOU CAN'T RESPOND
TO THAT.
[laughter]
AT THIS POINT, A TWITCH OF THE
EYE IS GONNA GET YOU KILLED.
IF YOU EVER HEAR YOUR WIFE SAY
SHE'S FAT, YOU'VE GOT TO BECOME
MANNEQUIN MAN.
YOU DON'T MOVE A MUSC--
AND YOU DON'T SAY ANYTHING.
THE WORST THING YOU CAN SAY:
"WELL, MAYBE IF YOU LAID OFF
THE BROWNIES FOR BREAKFAST."
AND NEVER MENTION THAT ICE CREAM
IS NOT SUPPOSED TO GO
IN SLIM-FAST.
WHO KNEW THAT WOULD CAUSE
SUCH A PROBLEM?
[laughter]
KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHUT.
LET HER FINISH HER THOUGHT.
DIG THE KNIFE OUT OF THE WALL.
BUTTER THE WAFFLE.
THEN SHE SAYS, "WE'RE JOINING
A HEALTH CLUB.
DID YOU HEAR WHAT I SAID?"
"YEAH, I THINK I HEARD YOU SAY
YOU'RE FAT AND WE'RE JOINING
THE HEALTH CLUB."
BELIEVE IT OR NOT,
THAT WAS THE WRONG ANSWER.
OF COURSE, WE JOINED
A HEALTH CLUB.
HAPPY WIFE, HAPPY LIFE.
WE'VE BEEN MARRIED 22 YEARS.
WE HAVE THREE BOYS.
WE HAVE A 22-YEAR-OLD,
A 15-YEAR-OLD,
AND A 3-YEAR-OLD.
22, 15, 3.
WE RAN OUT OF BROWNIES
ONE NIGHT.
[laughter]
IT WON'T HAPPEN AGAIN.
WE GET 'EM FROM SAM'S CLUB
BY THE PALLET NOW, SO...
WE JUST SHIPPED A BOX
TO JEFF AND SHERI EASTER.
THANK YOU, FOLKS.
GOD BLESS YOU. GOOD NIGHT.
THANK YOU.
[cheers and applause]
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> Gaither: IN CASE YOU'RE
WONDERING, HIS HOME LIFE
IS VERY NORMAL.
THEY'VE BEEN MARRIED FOR 22
YEARS, A WONDERFUL WIFE
WHO NORMALLY COMES WITH HIM,
'CAUSE PEOPLE ARE ALWAYS ASKING,
"WHAT DOES SHE SAY ABOUT ALL OF
THIS?" YOU KNOW.
>> YEAH, WELL, I GOTTA TELL YOU.
FIRST OF ALL, TAMMY IS--
SHE'S GOT HER OWN SENSE
OF HUMOR AND MORE--
I'LL GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF HER
IDEA OF FUNNY.
I'M SITTING AT HOME IN MY CHAIR,
WATCHING TV.
SHE WALKS UP BEHIND ME, STARTS
GIVING ME A SHOULDER RUB.
STARTS SCRATCHING MY HEAD,
YOU KNOW, AFFECTIONATELY.
SHE KISSES THE TOP OF MY HEAD,
AND SHE SAYS,
"I LOVE YOU, JEFF."
AND THEN SHE WALKS AWAY.
>> Gaither: SO SWEET.
>> IT WAS SWEET.
AND I SAID, "I LOVE YOU TOO,
BABE."
FIVE MINUTES LATER,
MY BOY WALKS IN.
HE LOOKS AT ME, AND HE GOES,
"HEY, DAD, WHO DREW
THE SMILEY FACE ON THE BACK
OF YOUR BALD SPOT THERE?"
[laughter]
THAT'S IT.
IT'S WARPED.
YEAH.
SHE'S A SICK, WARPED WOMAN.
TRUST ME.
>> Gaither: AND ALSO, HIS SON IS
IN THE MILITARY.
AND HE'S IN KUWAIT NOW,
AND HE'S GETTING READY TO BE
SHIPPED OUT--
>> YEAH, NEXT WEEK,
HE'LL BE IN IRAQ.
>> Gaither: SO PRAY FOR HIM.
GOOD FAMILY. GOOD FAMILY.
[applause]
[upbeat music]
♪ ♪
YOU'VE OFTEN HEARD ME REFER TO
OUR ARTISTS AS THE HOMECOMING
FAMILY, AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT
WE HAVE BECOME OVER THE YEARS.
I THOUGHT YOU MIGHT ENJOY SEEING
A SIDE OF THIS FAMILY THAT YOU
DON'T GET TO SEE FROM THE STAGE.
HERE'S WHAT HAPPENS BEHIND
THE SCENES BEFORE IT'S TIME
TO SING.
[arena noise]
THIS IS NOT EVEN ON.
IS IT ON?
[laughter]
>> OH, THERE YOU GO.
>> Gaither: ONE OF THE SMOOTHEST
SINGERS.
ONE OF THE SMOOTHEST SINGERS
YOU'LL EVER MEET:
RONNIE BOOTH,
AND HIS BROTHER, MICHAEL,
WHO'S NOT SO SMOOTH
BUT STILL A COOL GUY.
>> THAT'S GREAT.
>> Gaither: AND MY BUDDY...
MY BUDDY...
MY BUDDY...
>> JIM BRADY.
>> Gaither: JIM BRADY.
>> WE'RE JUST--WE'RE JUST
LIKE THIS, AREN'T WE?
>> Gaither: WE ARE LIKE THIS.
>> WE ARE, MAN.
>> Gaither: GOOD KIDS.
>> HELLO.
>> GET HIS FOOT ON CAMERA.
>> STEPHEN HILL HAS REALLY
BIG FEET.
>> LOOK AT THAT.
GOOD, NOW HE CAN STOMP OUT
A FOREST FIRE JUST LIKE--
>> THIS IS A REAL MAN'S FOOT.
[laughter]
>> WHEN THESE BOYS GROW UP,
THEY'LL HAVE A BIG FOOT TOO.
>> THESE COME WITH AN OAR.
>> THESE COME WITH A REAL MAN.
>> SKI POLES.
>> REAL MAN.
A REAL MAN RIGHT HERE.
>> SO THIS IS--THIS IS THE
TRENCHES HERE.
THEY WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO
BELIEVE THAT THE MAIN THRUST
OF THE HOMECOMING EXPERIENCE
GOES ON SOMEWHERE ELSE.
I'M HERE TO TELL YOU, UH-UH.
IT GOES ON RIGHT HERE.
THIS IS THE PIT.
SEE, YOU GOT GUYS WORKING.
YOU'VE GOT GREG RICHIE
PERFECTING THE DRUMS DOWN HERE.
YOU'VE GOT CHRIS WORKING ON THE
CAMERA STUFF.
SEE, THIS IS GONNA BE A FLURRY
OF ACTIVITY IN ONLY MINUTES,
AND I'M HERE TO TELL YOU
ABOUT THAT, OKAY?
NOW, SOME OF THE SINGERS,
THEY'RE OUT DRINKING COFFEE,
ALL RIGHT?
SOME OF THEM ARE, YOU KNOW,
LIKE, READING THE BIBLE.
WE'RE HERE WORKING, ALL RIGHT?
SO I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT.
WELL, YOU GUYS SOUNDED GREAT
UP THERE A MINUTE AGO.
>> Gaither: WHAT?
>> YOU SOUNDED GREAT
WHEN YOU SANG UP THERE.
YOU SOUNDED GREAT UP THERE
WHEN YOU SANG A MINUTE AGO.
[upbeat intro]
♪ ♪
>> ♪♪ I'M SAVED, ♪
>> ♪ AND I KNOW THAT I AM. ♪
>> ♪♪ I'M SAVED, ♪
>> ♪ AND I KNOW THAT I AM. ♪
>> ♪ I'M SAVED, ♪
>> ♪ AND I KNOW THAT I AM. ♪
♪ I'M SO GLAD ♪
♪ I KNOW THAT I AM. ♪
♪ OH, YES, ♪
♪ I'M SO GLAD I KNOW ♪♪
♪ THAT I AM. ♪
>> ♪ SATISFIED, ♪
>> ♪ AND I KNOW THAT I AM. ♪
>> ♪ I'M SATISFIED. ♪
>> ♪ SATISFIED, ♪
♪ AND I KNOW THAT I AM. ♪
>> ♪ YES, SATISFIED. ♪
>> ♪ SATISFIED, ♪♪
♪ AND I KNOW THAT I AM. ♪
♪♪ YEAH, I'M SO GLAD I KNOW ♪♪
♪ THAT I AM. ♪
♪♪ OH, YES, ♪
♪ I'M SO GLAD I KNOW ♪
♪ THAT I AM. ♪
♪ AMAZING GRACE, ♪
♪ HOW SWEET THE SOUND ♪
♪♪ THAT SAVED A WRETCH LIKE ME.♪
♪ I ONCE WAS LOST ♪
♪ BUT NOW AM FOUND, ♪
♪ WAS BLIND, BUT NOW I SEE. ♪♪
♪ I'M SAVED, ♪♪
♪♪ AND I KNOW THAT I AM. ♪
♪ OH, I'M SAVED. ♪♪
>> ♪ I'M SAVED, ♪♪
♪ AND I KNOW THAT I AM. ♪
>> ♪ YEAH, I'M SAVED. ♪
>> ♪♪ I'M SAVED, ♪
♪ AND I KNOW THAT I AM. ♪
♪ OH, I'M SO GLAD I KNOW ♪♪
♪ THAT I AM. ♪
♪ OH, YES, ♪
♪ I'M SO GLAD I KNOW ♪
♪♪ THAT I AM. ♪
>> ♪♪ I'M SAVED, ♪
♪ AND I KNOW THAT I AM. ♪
♪ I'M SAVED, ♪♪
♪ AND I KNOW THAT I AM. ♪
♪ I'M SAVED, ♪♪
♪ AND I KNOW THAT I AM. ♪
♪ I'M SO GLAD I KNOW ♪
♪ THAT I AM. ♪♪
♪ OH, YES, ♪
♪ I'M SO GLAD I KNOW ♪
♪ THAT I AM. ♪
♪ I'M SAVED, ♪
♪ AND I KNOW THAT I AM. ♪
♪ I'M SAVED, ♪
♪ AND I KNOW THAT I AM. ♪♪
♪ I'M SAVED, ♪
♪ AND I KNOW THAT I AM. ♪
♪ I'M SO GLAD I KNOW ♪
♪ THAT I AM. ♪
♪♪ OH, YES, ♪
♪ I'M SO GLAD I KNOW ♪♪
♪ THAT I AM. ♪
♪ OH, YES, ♪♪
♪ I'M SO GLAD I KNOW ♪
♪ THAT I AM. ♪
♪ I'M SAVED. ♪♪
[applause]
>> Gaither: BEN SPEER HAS BEEN
MY FRIEND FOR MANY YEARS NOW,
AND THIS MAN TRULY LOVES
GOSPEL MUSIC.
EVERY SUMMER WHEN HE IS NOT
SINGING WITH US ON THE
HOMECOMING TOUR, BEN PASSES
ALONG HIS MUSICAL EXPERTISE TO
THE NEXT GENERATION, TRAINING
YOUNG ARTISTS THROUGH THE
STAMPS-BAXTER SCHOOL OF MUSIC.
I REMEMBER SO WELL THE
LIFE-CHANGING EXPERIENCE I HAD
AS A KID WHEN I ATTENDED
THE SCHOOL OF MUSIC.
I CAN REMEMBER I WENT TO ONE OF
THESE SCHOOLS WHEN I WAS A
JUNIOR IN HIGH SCHOOL,
AT LEAST IN THE SUMMER.
IT WAS IN JUNE RIGHT AFTER I GOT
OUT OF SCHOOL.
WENT FOR THREE WEEKS
IN DALLAS, TEXAS, AND STUDIED
THIS KIND OF MUSIC.
IT WAS A LIFE-CHANGING
EXPERIENCE FOR ME.
AND IN FACT, I LIKED IT SO WELL,
I WENT BACK THE FOLLOWING TERM
WHEN I WAS A SENIOR.
>> YOU WERE THERE
TWO TERMS, THEN.
>> Gaither: I WAS THERE
FOR TWO TERMS, YEAH.
>> TWO TERMS--THAT WOULD BE
TRUMAN AND EISENHOWER,
IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN.
[laughter]
>> Gaither: WELL, HAD A
WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE THERE
AND LEARNED HOW TO, UM--
>> SING! SING.
YOU LEARNED HOW TO SING
IN THE SOUTH.
EH?
>> Gaither: YEAH.
AND BEN CONTINUES TO DO
THIS KIND OF MUSIC.
AND IF YOU'VE GOT KIDS AND THEY
LOVE TO DO THAT, THEN IT WOULD
PAY YOU TO GET ON A PLANE AND GO
TO DALLAS, TEXAS, AND DO THIS,
BECAUSE--
>> BUT MY SCHOOL IS IN
NASHVILLE.
>> Gaither: OH, YOURS IS IN
NASHVILLE?
>> NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE.
>> Gaither: OKAY.
BUT--BUT...
BUT IT WOULD BE THE BEST THREE
WEEKS THAT YOU HAVE EVER SPENT,
AND YOU WOULD--
>> NO, IT'S JUST TWO WEEKS.
TWO WEEKS.
>> Gaither: TWO WEEKS.
WELL, BUT JUNE IS A GOOD TIME TO
GET OUT OF THE NORTH--
>> BUT IT'S IN JULY.
>> Gaither: OH, YOURS
IS IN JULY; I SEE.
>> TWO WEEKS IN JULY
IN NASHVILLE.
>> BOY, THE SIMILARITIES ARE
JUST ASTOUNDING, AREN'T THEY?
[laughter]
UH, NOW, WAIT A MINUTE.
YOU GOT ALL THESE GREAT SINGERS
ON THIS STAGE HERE.
YOU DON'T MEAN TO TELL ME THAT
YOU'RE JUST GONNA PASS OUT SHEET
MUSIC AND SING IT RIGHT OFF
THE PAGE.
>> Gaither: WE'RE GONNA SING IT
RIGHT FROM THE MUSIC.
YEAH.
>> YEAH.
YOU KNOW, HAD I BOUGHT A TICKET
TO THIS CONCERT, I'D BE ASKING
MYSELF SOME PRETTY SERIOUS
QUESTIONS ABOUT RIGHT NOW.
>> Gaither: BUT YOU'RE GONNA
LOVE THIS.
OKAY, HERE WE GO.
IT'S CALLED WHEN MORNING SWEEPS
THE SKY, OKAY?
[upbeat piano music]
♪ ♪
>> ♪ OH, CHRIST IS COMING ♪
♪ BACK TO REIGN ♪♪
♪ UPON THE EARTH AGAIN. ♪
♪♪ THE SAINTS ARE LOOKING ♪
♪ FORWARD TO THE GLORY MORNING ♪
♪ BY AND BY. ♪
♪ WE WILL HAVE NO SATAN THEN, ♪
♪ NO SORROWS, TEARS, OR PAIN. ♪♪
♪ WHEN MORNING DAWN SWEEPS ♪
♪ ACROSS THE EASTERN SKY. ♪
♪ OH, HAPPY DAY ♪
♪ WHEN THE GLORY MORNING ♪
♪♪ SWEEPS THE SKY. ♪
♪♪ I'LL BID THE WORLD ♪
♪ AND ITS SORROWS GOOD-BYE. ♪♪
>> ♪ OH, HALLELUJAH. ♪
>> ♪♪ SAINTS THAT ARE HERE ♪
♪ WILL BE CAUGHT UP IN THE AIR ♪
♪♪ WHEN MORNING SWEEPS ♪
♪ ACROSS THE EASTERN SKY. ♪
>> Gaither: OH, IT'S GONNA
GET GOOD.
IT'S GONNA GET GOOD
BEFORE IT'S OVER WITH.
HERE WE GO.
WE'RE GOING TO THE SECOND VERSE
NOW; HERE WE GO.
♪ ♪
>> ♪ OH, I'LL BE ♪♪
♪ IN THE RAPTURE ♪
♪ WITH THE ONES ♪
♪ WHO ARE SET FREE. ♪
♪♪ THE SAINTS ARE LOOKING ♪
♪ FOR THE GLORY MORNING ♪
♪ BY AND BY. ♪
♪ WHAT A HAPPY MEETING, ♪
♪ WHAT A MIGHTY JUBILEE, ♪♪
♪♪ WHEN DAWNS THE MORNING ♪
♪ IN THE EASTERN SKY. ♪
♪ OH, HAPPY DAY ♪
♪ WHEN THE GLORY MORNING ♪
♪ SWEEPS THE SKY. ♪♪
♪♪ I'LL BID THE WORLD ♪
♪ AND ITS SORROWS GOOD-BYE. ♪
>> ♪ OH, HALLELUJAH. ♪♪
>> ♪ SAINTS THAT ARE HERE ♪♪
♪ WILL BE CAUGHT UP IN THE AIR ♪
♪ WHEN MORNING SWEEPS ♪
♪♪ ACROSS THE EASTERN SKY. ♪
>> DON'T STOP NOW.
>> ♪ OH, HAPPY DAY ♪
♪ WHEN THE MORNING COMES. ♪
♪♪ I'LL BID THE WORLD ♪
♪♪ AND ITS SORROWS GOOD-BYE. ♪
>> ♪ OH, HALLELUJAH. ♪
>> ♪ SAINTS THAT ARE HERE ♪
♪♪ WILL BE CAUGHT UP IN THE AIR♪
♪ WHEN MORNING SWEEPS ♪
♪ ACROSS THE EASTERN SKY. ♪
>> Gaither: OH, I LOVE IT.
I LOVE THAT THERE WAS NOTHING
LIKE IT.
IT WAS ALL DAY SINGING
AND DINNER ON THE GROUND.
AND PEOPLE WOULD COME--
>> ♪ OH, HAPPY DAY ♪
♪♪ WHEN THE GLORY MORNING ♪
♪ SWEEPS THE SKY. ♪♪
♪ I'LL BID THE WORLD ♪
♪ AND ITS SORROWS GOOD-BYE. ♪♪
>> ♪ OH, HALLELUJAH. ♪
>> ♪ SAINTS THAT ARE HERE ♪
♪ WILL BE CAUGHT UP IN THE AIR ♪
♪ WHEN MORNING SWEEPS ♪
♪ ACROSS THE EASTERN SKY. ♪
[applause]
>> Gaither: I TELL YOU.
I LOVED IT.
AND THERE WAS NO AGE
DISCRIMINATION.
YOUNG AND OLD WOULD BE IN THE
SAME ROOM SINGING THE SAME
SONGS.
IT WAS SOME--
>> ♪ OH, HAPPY DAY ♪
♪ WHEN THE GLORY MORNING ♪
♪ SWEEPS THE SKY. ♪
♪ I'LL BID THE WORLD ♪
♪ AND ITS SORROWS GOOD-BYE. ♪
>> ♪ OH, HALLELUJAH. ♪
>> ♪ SAINTS THAT ARE HERE ♪
♪ WILL BE CAUGHT UP IN THE AIR ♪
♪♪ WHEN MORNING SWEEPS ♪
♪ ACROSS THE EASTERN SKY. ♪
[cheers and applause]
[laughter]
>> ♪ OH... ♪
>> Gaither: OH, OKAY.
OKAY, OKAY.
♪ OH, HAPPY DAY. ♪
[laughter]
>> BILL.
>> Gaither: I-I JUST SAW YOU
HAVING SO MUCH FUN--
>> BUT YOU KNOW THAT
TO LEAD A SONG LIKE THAT,
SOME OF US HAVE IT,
AND SOME DON'T.
RIGHT?
♪ OH, HAPPY DAY... ♪
>> ♪ HAPPY DAY, ♪
♪♪ WHEN THE GLORY MORNING ♪
♪ SWEEPS THE SKY. ♪
♪ I'LL BID THE WORLD ♪
♪ AND ITS SORROWS GOOD-BYE. ♪♪
>> ♪ OH, HALLELUJAH. ♪♪
>> ♪ SAINTS THAT ARE HERE ♪♪
♪ WILL BE CAUGHT UP IN THE AIR ♪
♪ WHEN MORNING SWEEPS ♪
♪ ACROSS THE EASTERN SKY. ♪♪
[cheers and applause]
>> ♪ BY THE RIVERS OF BABYLON, ♪
♪♪ WHERE WE WENT DOWN, ♪
♪ AND THERE WE WEPT ♪
♪ WHEN WE REMEMBERED ZION. ♪♪
>> ♪♪ FOR THE WICKED-- ♪
>> ♪♪ CARRY US AWAY, CAPTIVITY.♪
♪ REQUIRE FROM US A SONG. ♪
♪ HOW CAN WE SING ♪
♪♪ KING ALPHA'S SONG ♪
♪ IN A STRANGE LAND? ♪
♪ SO LET THE WORDS ♪
♪ OF OUR MOUTHS ♪
♪♪ AND THE MEDITATIONS ♪
♪ OF OUR HEARTS ♪♪
♪ BE ACCEPTABLE ♪
♪ IN THY SIGHT, O GOD. ♪♪
[applause]
>> Gloria Gaither: THERE'S
A GREAT DEAL OF DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN INNOCENCE AND VIRTUE.
INNOCENCE IS WHEN YOU DON'T KNOW
ANY BETTER.
VIRTUE IS WHEN YOU DO.
IF WE HAD TO WRITE THE STORY
OF OUR LIVES, IT WOULD BE
THIS SONG.
AND I HAVE TO TELL YOU,
AFTER ALL THE MILES OF OUR
JOURNEY AND ALL THE THINGS WE'VE
LEARNED, THE DISAPPOINTMENTS
WE'VE HAD AND THE FAILURES
WE'VE MADE, I WOULD HAVE TO SAY
MORE SINCERELY THAN I EVER COULD
AS A YOUNG PERSON, NOW MORE THAN
EVER, I CHERISH THE CROSS.
MORE THAN EVER, I SIT AT
HIS FEET.
ALL THE MILES OF MY JOURNEY HAVE
PROVED MY LORD TRUE, AND HE IS
SO PRECIOUS TO ME.
IT'S EXCITING WHEN YOU WRITE
SOMETHING SO PERSONAL TO FIND
THAT IT MEANS SOMETHING TO
SOMEONE ELSE TOO.
RUSS CHOSE THIS SONG.
AND HIS JOURNEY'S BEEN DIFFERENT
FROM OURS, HARDER IN SOME WAYS.
AND THE MOUNTAINS HE'S CLIMBED
HAVE SOMETIMES BEEN TALLER.
LISTEN TO RUSS.
[soft music]
♪ ♪♪
>> ♪ WHEN I STARTED MY JOURNEY ♪
♪ IN FRESH, CHILDLIKE FAITH, ♪
♪ I BELIEVED ♪
♪ THAT THE LORD'S WAY ♪
♪ WAS BEST. ♪
♪ I WOULD READ IN HIS WORD ♪
♪♪ HOW HE MOTHERED THE BIRD ♪
♪ AND GRIEVED WHEN IT FELL ♪
♪♪ FROM ITS NEST. ♪
♪ HOW I FELT HIS DELIGHT ♪
♪ WHEN I CHOSE TO DO RIGHT ♪
♪♪ AND PRAY I WOULD NOT ♪
♪♪ MAKE HIM SAD. ♪
♪ WE WOULD MEET ON THE WAY ♪
♪ IN THE COOL OF THE DAY. ♪
♪ WHAT A PURE, ♪
♪♪ SWEET COMMUNION WE HAD. ♪
♪ OH, BUT NOW MORE THAN EVER, ♪
♪ I CHERISH THE CROSS. ♪♪
♪♪ MORE THAN EVER, ♪
♪ I SIT AT HIS FEET. ♪
♪ THE ROAD I HAVE TRAVELED ♪
♪♪ HAS SOMETIMES BEEN STEEP ♪
♪♪ THROUGH WILD, ♪
♪ JAGGED PLACES OF LIFE. ♪
♪ SOMETIMES I'VE STUMBLED ♪
♪ AND FALLEN SO HARD ♪
♪ THAT THE STONES CUT MY SOUL ♪
♪ LIKE A KNIFE. ♪
♪ BUT THE STAFF OF MY SHEPHERD ♪
♪♪ WOULD REACH OUT FOR ME ♪
♪ AND LIFT ME ♪♪
♪ TO COOL PASTURES GREEN. ♪
♪ WITH OIL OF THE SPIRIT ♪♪
♪♪ ANOINTING MY WOUNDS, ♪
♪ THERE I'D REST ♪♪
♪ BY THE CLEAR HEALING STREAM. ♪
♪ OH, BUT NOW MORE THAN EVER, ♪
♪ I CHERISH THE CROSS. ♪
♪ MORE THAN EVER, ♪♪
♪♪ I SIT AT HIS FEET. ♪♪
♪ ALL THE MILES OF MY JOURNEY ♪
♪ HAVE PROVED MY LORD TRUE. ♪
♪♪ AND HE IS SO PRECIOUS TO ME.♪
♪ ♪
♪ IT'S LOVE'S OLD SWEET STORY, ♪
♪ TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE. ♪
♪ DO YOU FIND THIS ALL ♪
♪ HARD TO BELIEVE? ♪
♪ HAVE THIS CRUEL WORLD ♪
♪ WE LIVE IN ♪
♪ SO BATTERED YOUR HEART ♪
♪ THAT THE HURT CHILD ♪♪
♪ INSIDE YOU CAN'T GRIEVE? ♪
♪ I CAN'T SAY ♪
♪ I BLAME YOU. ♪
♪ I'VE BEEN WHERE YOU ARE. ♪
♪ AND ALL I CAN SAY IS, ♪
♪ IT'S TRUE. ♪♪
♪ YOU'RE WANTED. ♪
♪ YOU'RE PRECIOUS. ♪♪
♪♪ YOU'RE THE LOVE ♪
♪ OF HIS HEART. ♪
♪ AND THE OLD RUGGED CROSS ♪♪
♪ WAS FOR YOU. ♪
>> ♪♪ NOW MORE THAN EVER, ♪
♪ I CHERISH THE CROSS. ♪
♪ MORE THAN EVER, ♪
♪♪ I SIT AT HIS FEET. ♪♪
♪ ALL THE MILES OF MY JOURNEY ♪
♪♪ HAVE PROVED MY LORD TRUE. ♪
♪ AND HE IS SO PRECIOUS TO ME. ♪
♪ OH, BUT NOW MORE THAN EVER, ♪♪
♪ I CHERISH THE CROSS. ♪
♪♪ MORE THAN EVER, ♪
♪ I SIT AT HIS FEET. ♪
♪ OH, ALL THE MILES ♪
♪♪ OF MY JOURNEY ♪
♪ HAVE PROVED MY LORD TRUE. ♪
♪ AND HE IS SO PRECIOUS TO ME. ♪
>> ♪ HE IS SO PRECIOUS TO ME. ♪♪
♪ YOU ARE SO PRECIOUS TO ME. ♪
>> ♪ TO ME. ♪
>> ♪ TO ME. ♪
>> ♪ I LOVE YOU, JESUS. ♪
>> ♪ I LOVE YOU. ♪
>> ♪♪ I THANK YOU, JESUS. ♪
♪ YOU ARE SO PRECIOUS TO ME. ♪♪
[applause]
[slow piano music]
♪ ♪
>> ♪ THERE IS NO PROBLEM ♪
♪ TOO BIG, ♪♪
♪ GOD CANNOT SOLVE IT. ♪
♪ THERE IS NO MOUNTAIN ♪
♪ TOO TALL, ♪
♪ HE CANNOT MOVE IT. ♪
♪ AND THERE IS NO STORM ♪
♪ TOO DARK, ♪
♪ GOD CANNOT CALM IT. ♪
♪ THERE IS NO SORROW TOO DEEP, ♪
♪ HE CANNOT SOOTHE IT. ♪
>> ♪ AND IF HE CARRIED ♪
♪ THE WEIGHT OF THE WORLD ♪
♪♪ UPON HIS SHOULDERS, ♪
♪♪ I KNOW, MY BROTHER, ♪
♪ THAT HE WILL CARRY YOU. ♪♪
♪ AND IF HE CARRIED ♪
♪ THE WEIGHT OF THE WORLD ♪
♪♪ UPON HIS SHOULDERS, ♪
♪ I KNOW, MY SISTER, ♪
♪ THAT HE WILL CARRY YOU. ♪♪
>> ♪ HE SAID, "COME UNTO ME, ♪
♪ ALL WHO ARE WEARY, ♪
♪ AND I WILL GIVE YOU REST." ♪
[slow piano music]
♪ ♪
>> ♪ THERE IS NO PROBLEM ♪
♪ TOO BIG, ♪
♪♪ GOD CANNOT SOLVE IT. ♪
♪ THERE IS NO MOUNTAIN ♪
♪ TOO TALL, ♪
♪ HE CANNOT MOVE IT. ♪
♪ AND THERE IS NO STORM ♪
♪ TOO DARK, ♪♪
♪ GOD CANNOT CALM IT. ♪♪
♪♪ THERE IS NO SORROW ♪♪
♪ TOO DEEP, ♪
♪ HE CANNOT SOOTHE IT. ♪
>> ♪ AND IF HE CARRIED ♪
♪ THE WEIGHT OF WORLD ♪
♪ UPON HIS SHOULDERS, ♪
♪♪ I KNOW, MY BROTHER, ♪
♪ THAT HE WILL CARRY YOU. ♪
♪ AND IF HE CARRIED ♪
♪ THE WEIGHT OF THE WORLD ♪♪
♪ UPON HIS SHOULDERS, ♪
♪ I KNOW, MY SISTER, ♪
♪ THAT HE WILL CARRY YOU. ♪
>> ♪♪ OH, YES, HE WILL. ♪♪
♪ I KNOW, MY BROTHER, ♪♪
♪ AND I KNOW, MY SISTER, ♪
♪ THAT HE, HE'S GOING ♪
♪ TO CARRY YOU. ♪♪
♪ OH, YES, HE WILL. ♪
♪♪ OH, YES, HE WILL. ♪♪
♪ HE'S GOING TO CARRY YOU. ♪
[cheers and applause]
>> Gaither: ♪♪ IF HE CARRIED ♪
♪ THE WEIGHT OF THE WORLD... ♪
>> ♪♪ UPON HIS SHOULDERS, ♪
♪ I KNOW, MY BROTHER, ♪
♪ THAT HE WILL CARRY YOU. ♪
♪ AND IF HE CARRIED ♪
♪ THE WEIGHT OF THE WORLD ♪
♪ UPON HIS SHOULDERS. ♪
>> Gaither: THEN I KNOW,
MY SISTER.
>> ♪ I KNOW, MY SISTER, ♪
♪ THAT HE WILL CARRY YOU. ♪♪
>> Gaither: I KNOW,
MY BROTHER.
>> ♪♪ I KNOW, MY BROTHER, ♪
♪ THAT HE WILL CARRY YOU. ♪
[cheers and applause]
>> ♪ I HAD SO MANY TEARS ♪
♪ AND SORROWS, ♪
♪ HAD QUESTIONS FOR TOMORROW. ♪
♪ THERE HAVE BEEN TIMES ♪
♪ I DIDN'T KNOW RIGHT ♪♪
♪ FROM WRONG. ♪♪
♪ BUT IN EVERY SITUATION, ♪
♪ GOD GAVE ME ♪♪
♪ TRUSTED CONSOLATION, ♪♪
♪ AND HE ONLY GAVE ME TRIALS ♪♪
♪ TO MAKE ME STRONG. ♪
>> ♪ THROUGH IT ALL, ♪
♪ THROUGH IT ALL, ♪
♪ I'VE LEARNED ♪
♪ TO TRUST IN JESUS, ♪
♪ I'VE LEARNED ♪
♪ TO TRUST IN GOD. ♪
♪ THROUGH IT ALL, ♪
♪ THROUGH IT ALL, ♪♪
♪ I'VE LEARNED TO DEPEND ♪
♪ UPON HIS WORD. ♪
>> ♪♪ SO I THANK HIM ♪
♪ FOR THE MOUNTAINS, ♪
♪ AND I THANK HIM ♪♪
♪ FOR THE VALLEYS, ♪
♪ AND I THANK HIM ♪♪
♪ FOR THE STORMS ♪
♪ HE'S BROUGHT ME THROUGH. ♪
♪♪ FOR IF I NEVER ♪
♪ HAD A PROBLEM, ♪
♪♪ HOW WOULD I KNOW ♪
♪ THAT HE COULD SOLVE THEM? ♪
♪ HOW WOULD I KNOW ♪
♪ WHAT FAITH IN GOD ♪
♪ COULD DO? ♪
♪ I'M SINGING, ♪
>> ♪ THROUGH IT ALL, ♪
♪ THROUGH IT ALL, ♪
♪ I'VE LEARNED ♪
♪ TO TRUST IN JESUS, ♪
♪ I'VE LEARNED ♪
♪ TO TRUST IN GOD. ♪
♪ THROUGH IT ALL, ♪
♪♪ THROUGH IT ALL, ♪
♪ I'VE LEARNED TO DEPEND ♪
♪ UPON HIS WORD. ♪♪
♪ OH, I'VE LEARNED TO DEPEND ♪♪
♪ UPON HIS WORD. ♪
[applause]
>> Gloria Gaither: THEY HAD
SEALED HIS BROKEN BODY
IN A HALFWAY FINISHED TOMB,
AND EVEN THAT WAS LOANED
THEM BY A FRIEND.
THEN THEY SPENT THE ENDLESS
HOURS WONDERING WHO WOULD BE THE
NEXT AND WHY A THING SO PERFECT
HAD TO END.
IF IT WASN'T ENOUGH TO HAUNT
THEM THAT THEIR HOPES AND
DREAMS WERE GONE, SHATTERED BY
THE HAMMER AND SOME NAILS,
THE SILENT ACCUSATIONS OF THE
FEAR THAT GRIPPED THEIR HEARTS
MADE A FARCE OF EVERYTHING
HE'D TOLD THEM FROM THE START.
THEY SAID, "NOW THAT IT WAS
OVER, SHE SHOULD GO AND GET
SOME REST."
SHE WAS SURE THEY ALL HAD
MEANT WELL WITH THEIR WORDS.
BUT FOR HER, IT WASN'T OVER.
IT WOULD NEVER, NEVER BE.
HER CHILD WOULD ALWAYS
BE ALIVE TO HER.
THINGS THAT SHE HAD STORED AWAY
THERE DEEP WITHIN HER BREAST
PARADED BACK AND FORTH
ACROSS HER MIND.
FROM THE MOMENT SHE HAD FELT
THIS BABY LEAP WITHIN HER WOMB,
SHE'D KNOWN THAT SOMEHOW,
LIFE COULD NOT BE SEALED UP
IN A TOMB.
IT SEEMED I HAD GONE FOREVER
WITHOUT A RAY OF HOPE.
MY PRAYERS JUST ECHOED
EMPTY DOWN THE HALL.
THE STATEMENTS THAT I'D
MADE RETURNED AT NIGHT TO
QUESTION ME, AND NO ONE SEEMED
TO ANSWER WHEN I'D CALL.
THE MUSIC, THE JOY, AND ALL
THE FRIENDS I HAD WERE GONE.
AND ALL I HAD TO HOLD TO WERE
HIS WORDS THAT PROMISED TO BE
WITH ME AND NEVER LET ME GO.
SO THAT IS WHAT I HELD TO.
IT WAS ALL THAT I COULD KNOW.
SOMETIMES WE MEET TOGETHER
IN OUR CLOISTERED UPWARD ROOMS.
WE DRINK THE WINE AND SHARE THE
BROKEN BREAD AND PROMISE ONE
ANOTHER TO BE TRUE UNTO THE END
TO ALL THE THINGS OUR LORD
AND MASTER SAID.
AND YET WHEN WE'RE FACING THE
DARK TIMES OF OUR LIVES, THOSE
HALLELUJAHS SEEM SO FAR AWAY.
OUR FAILURES AND OUR HUMANNESS
IS ALL WE SEE OR HEAR,
AND THE BEST OF OUR INTENTIONS
SEEM TO MELT AND DISAPPEAR.
BUT WHEN THE FINAL WORD IS
SPOKEN AND THE LAST FAREWELL IS
SAID, AND GONE IS ALL THE CHANCE
TO SELL OR BUY, WHEN THE LAST
CHILD IS DELIVERED AND THE LAST
SOUL LAID TO REST AND ALL THE
TEARS ARE SHED WE'LL EVER
HAVE TO CRY,
WHEN THE SANDS OF TIME HAVE
SIFTED THROUGH THE MINUTES AND
THE DAYS, WHAT'S DONE IS DONE,
AND WHAT IS SAID IS SAID.
JUST BEFORE THE MUSIC FADES FROM
ALL OUR SONGS OF FAITH AND HOPE,
A TRUMPET BLAST WILL BRING
THE SHOUT OF VICTORY.
AND WE'LL KNOW DEATH HAS LOST.
LIFE HAS WON, AND MORNING--
MORNING HAS COME.
>> ♪ THEY ALL WALKED AWAY. ♪
♪♪ NOTHING TO SAY. ♪
♪♪ THEY JUST LOST ♪
♪♪ THEIR DEAREST FRIEND. ♪
♪♪ ALL THAT HE SAID-- ♪♪
♪ NOW HE WAS DEAD. ♪
♪ SO THIS WAS THE WAY ♪
♪ IT WOULD END. ♪♪
♪ THE DREAMS THEY HAD DREAMED ♪
♪ WERE NOT WHAT THEY SEEMED, ♪♪
♪ NOW HE WAS DEAD ♪
♪ AND GONE. ♪♪
♪♪ THE GARDEN, THE JAIL, ♪
♪ THE HAMMER, THE NAIL. ♪
♪♪ HOW COULD A NIGHT ♪♪
♪♪ BE SO LONG? ♪
>> ♪ THE ANGEL, THE STAR, ♪
♪ THE KINGS FROM AFAR, ♪
♪ THE WEDDING, THE WATER, ♪
♪ THE WINE. ♪
♪ AND NOW IT WAS DONE. ♪♪
♪ THEY'D TAKEN HER SON, ♪
♪ WASTED BEFORE HIS TIME. ♪
>> ♪ SHE KNEW IT WAS TRUE. ♪
♪ SHE WATCHED HIM DIE TOO. ♪♪
♪ SHE HEARD THEM CALL HIM ♪
♪ JUST A MAN. ♪♪
♪ OH, BUT DEEP IN HER HEART, ♪
♪ SHE KNEW FROM THE START ♪
♪ SOMEHOW HER SON ♪
♪ WOULD LIVE AGAIN. ♪
>> ♪ THEN CAME THE MORNING. ♪
♪ NIGHT TURNED INTO DAY. ♪♪
♪♪ THE STONE WAS ROLLED AWAY. ♪
♪ HOPE ROSE WITH THE DAWN. ♪
♪ THEN CAME THE MORNING. ♪
♪ SHADOWS VANISHED ♪
♪ BEFORE THE SUN. ♪
♪ DEATH HAD LOST, ♪
♪ AND LIFE HAD WON, ♪
♪♪ FOR MORNING HAD COME. ♪
♪ MORNING HAS BROKEN ♪
♪ LIKE THE FIRST MORNING. ♪
♪ THE STONE WAS ROLLED AWAY. ♪
♪ HOPE ROSE WITH THE DAWN. ♪
♪ THEN CAME THE MORNING. ♪
♪♪ SHADOWS VANISHED ♪
♪ BEFORE THE SUN. ♪♪
♪ DEATH HAD LOST, ♪♪
♪ AND LIFE HAD WON, ♪
♪ FOR MORNING HAD COME. ♪♪
♪ MORNING HAD COME. ♪
[applause]
[upbeat music]
♪ ♪
>> ♪ LORD, YOU'RE HOLY. ♪
♪♪ LORD, YOU'RE HOLY, ♪
♪♪ AND WE LIFT YOU UP ♪♪
♪ AND MAGNIFY YOUR NAME. ♪
♪ OH, LORD, ♪♪
♪ YOU'RE HOLY. ♪
♪♪ LORD, YOU'RE HOLY, ♪
♪ AND WE LIFT YOU UP ♪
♪ AND MAGNIFY YOUR NAME. ♪
>> ♪ THERE'S NOT ENOUGH WORDS ♪
♪ THAT I CAN SAY ♪♪
♪♪ TO TELL YOU JUST HOW MUCH ♪
♪♪ I APPRECIATE ♪
♪ ALL THE WONDERFUL THINGS ♪
♪ YOU'VE GIVEN ME: ♪♪
♪♪ YOUR LOVING KINDNESS, ♪
♪ YOUR TENDER MERCIES. ♪
>> ♪ IT'S MY DESIRE ♪
♪♪ TO PRAISE YOU ♪
♪ AND TELL YOU ♪
♪ HOW MUCH I LOVE YOU. ♪
>> ♪♪ YOU'RE WORTHY OF ALL ♪
♪ OF THE HONOR, LORD. ♪
>> ♪ YOU'RE WORTHY ♪
♪ OF ALL THE PRAISE. ♪
>> ♪ I DON'T KNOW ♪
♪ HOW YOU COULD LOVE ME, ♪
♪ HOW YOU COULD GIVE ME ♪
♪ SO MUCH MERCY. ♪
♪ YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO SUFFER ♪
♪ AND DIE FOR ME ♪
♪ WAY BACK ON CALVARY. ♪
♪ BUT I'VE GOT TO SAY ♪♪
♪ THANK YOU, LORD. ♪
♪ EVERY MORNING, ♪
♪ I SAY THANK YOU, LORD. ♪
♪ AND IN THE EVENING, ♪♪
♪ I SAY THANK YOU, LORD. ♪♪
♪ I THANK YOU. ♪♪
♪♪ I THANK YOU. ♪
♪ I THANK YOU, LORD. ♪
♪ I WANT TO TAKE ♪♪
♪ A LITTLE TIME ♪
♪ AND JUST SAY ♪♪
♪ THANK YOU, LORD, ♪
♪ FOR ALL YOU'VE DONE FOR ME. ♪
♪ AND HERE YOU ARE, ♪
>> ♪ WONDERFUL, GLORIOUS, ♪
♪ HOLY, AND RIGHTEOUS, ♪
♪ VICTORIOUS CONQUEROR, ♪
♪ TRIUMPHANT AND MIGHTY, ♪
♪ HEALER, DELIVERER, ♪
♪ SHIELD AND DEFENSE, ♪
♪ STRONG TOWER ♪
♪ AND MY BEST FRIEND. ♪
♪ OMNIPOTENT, OMNIPRESENT, ♪
♪ SOON-COMING KING, ♪
♪♪ ALPHA, OMEGA. ♪
♪ HE'S LORD OF EVERYTHING. ♪♪
♪♪ HOLY IS YOUR NAME. ♪♪
♪ WONDERFUL, GLORIOUS, ♪
♪ HOLY AND RIGHTEOUS, ♪
♪ VICTORIOUS CONQUEROR, ♪
♪ TRIUMPHANT AND MIGHTY, ♪
♪ HEALER, DELIVERER, ♪
♪ SHIELD AND DEFENSE, ♪
♪♪ A STRONG TOWER ♪
♪ AND MY BEST FRIEND, ♪♪
♪ OMNIPOTENT, OMNIPRESENT, ♪
♪♪ SOON-COMING KING, ♪♪
♪ ALPHA, OMEGA. ♪
♪ HE'S LORD OF EVERYTHING. ♪
♪ HOLY IS YOUR NAME. ♪
♪ SO PROUD AND HOLY. ♪
♪♪ YOU'RE HOLY. ♪♪
♪ HOLY IS YOUR NAME. ♪
♪ WE'RE ALL PEOPLE. ♪
♪ YOU'RE OUR HOLY. ♪♪
♪ HOLY, HOLY, ♪
♪ HOLY IS YOUR NAME. ♪
♪ HOLY IS YOUR NAME. ♪
[cheers and applause]
[slow music]
♪ ♪♪
>> Gaither: WHAT A SONG
OF DELIGHT...
>> ♪♪ WHAT A SONG OF DELIGHT. ♪
>> Gaither: IN THAT CITY...
>> ♪ IN THAT CITY SO BRIGHT. ♪
♪ WE'LL BE LIFTED ♪
♪ 'NEATH HEAVEN'S FAIR DOME. ♪
>> Gaither: HOW THE RANSOM...
>> ♪ HOW THE RANSOM WILL RAISE ♪
♪♪ HAPPY SONGS IN HIS PRAISE ♪
♪ WHEN ALL OF GOD'S SINGERS ♪
♪ GET HOME. ♪
♪ WHEN ALL OF GOD'S SINGERS ♪
♪ GET HOME, ♪
♪♪ WHEN NEVER A SORROW ♪
♪ WILL COME. ♪
♪ THERE'LL BE NO PLACE ♪
♪ LIKE HOME, ♪♪
♪♪ WHEN ALL OF GOD'S SINGERS ♪♪
♪ GET HOME. ♪♪
>> Gloria Gaither: I'D LIKE TO
THINK THAT BEFORE TIME BEGAN,
BEFORE THE WORLD WAS CREATED OR
GALAXIES FLUNG INTO SPACE,
THERE WAS GOD,
AND HE WAS SINGING A SONG.
THE MUSIC WAS SO BEAUTIFUL
THAT IT HAD TO BE HEARD,
SO GOD CREATED.
AND DOWN THROUGH THE AGES,
HE'S ALWAYS HAD HIS SINGERS
WHO PICKED UP FRAGMENTS OF
THE MELODY, HUMMED BITS OF
HARMONY, WROTE PHRASES OF
POETRY, OR DANCED SHORT
MOVEMENTS.
BUT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD THE
WHOLE SONG SINCE THAT DAY GOD
SANG IT ALONE.
ONE OF THESE DAYS, WE'LL GATHER
ALL HIS CHILDREN HOME.
AND ONE BY ONE, THE SINGERS OF
ALL THE AGES WILL LIFT UP THEIR
VOICES AND FILL IN THE PARTS
LIFE TAUGHT TO THEM.
AT LAST, WE'LL HEAR LOVE'S SWEET
SONG AS IT WAS FIRST CONCEIVED
IN THE HEART OF THE GREAT
SONGWRITER HIMSELF,
AND IT WILL BE PERFECT.
WHAT MUSIC THERE WILL BE WHEN
ALL GOD'S SINGERS GET HOME.
>> ♪ AS WE SING HERE ON EARTH ♪
♪ SONGS OF SADNESS OR MIRTH, ♪
♪♪ 'TIS A FORETASTE ♪
♪ OF RAPTURE TO COME. ♪
♪ BUT OUR SONG CAN'T COMPARE ♪
♪ WITH THE GLORY WE'LL SHARE ♪
♪ WHEN ALL OF GOD'S SINGERS ♪
♪ GET HOME. ♪♪
>> ♪ WHEN ALL OF GOD'S SINGERS ♪
♪ GET HOME, ♪
♪ WHEN NEVER A SORROW ♪
♪ WILL COME. ♪
♪ THERE'LL BE NO PLACE ♪
♪ LIKE HOME ♪
♪ WHEN ALL OF GOD'S SINGERS ♪
♪ GET HOME. ♪
♪ WHEN ALL OF GOD'S SINGERS ♪
♪ GET HOME, ♪
♪ WHEN NEVER A SORROW ♪
♪ WILL COME. ♪
♪ THERE'LL BE NO PLACE ♪♪
♪ LIKE HOME ♪
♪ WHEN ALL OF GOD'S SINGERS ♪
♪ GET HOME, ♪
♪ WHEN ALL OF GOD'S SINGERS ♪
♪ GET HOME, ♪
♪ WHEN ALL OF GOD'S SINGERS ♪
♪ GET HOME. ♪♪
[applause]
>> Gaither: THAT'S OUR HERITAGE,
AND WE ARE VERY, VERY PROUD
OF IT.
BUT WE'RE ALSO VERY EXCITED
ABOUT OUR FUTURE,
AND THAT'S VERY GOOD.
WE WROTE THIS SONG
ABOUT OUR BABY 35 YEARS AGO,
BUT YOU HAD THE BABY, HON,
SO YOU GET TO SING IT, OKAY?
AND THIS IS OUR FUTURE.
READY?
>> ♪♪ HOW SWEET TO HOLD ♪♪
♪ OUR NEWBORN BABY ♪
♪ AND FEEL THE PRIDE ♪
♪ AND THE JOY ♪
♪ THAT HE BRINGS, ♪
♪ BUT GREATER STILL, ♪
♪ THE CALM ASSURANCE ♪
♪ WE CAN FACE UNCERTAIN DAYS. ♪
>> Gaither: VESTAL ALWAYS SAID
WE ARE PEOPLE OF FAITH.
WE'RE NOT PEOPLE OF FEAR.
SING THAT LINE AGAIN.
>> ♪ WE CAN FACE ♪♪
♪ UNCERTAIN DAYS. ♪♪
>> Gaither: SING WITH US.
>> ♪ BECAUSE HE LIVES. ♪
♪ AND BECAUSE HE LIVES, ♪
♪♪ I CAN FACE TOMORROW. ♪
♪ BECAUSE HE LIVES, ♪
♪ ALL FEAR IS GONE, ♪
♪ BECAUSE I KNOW ♪
♪ HE HOLDS THE FUTURE. ♪
♪ AND LIFE IS WORTH THE LIVING ♪
♪ JUST BECAUSE HE LIVES. ♪
>> ♪ AND THEN ONE DAY, ♪
♪ I'LL CROSS THE RIVER, ♪
♪ AND I'LL FIGHT ♪
♪ LIFE'S FINAL WAR ♪
♪♪ WITH PAIN. ♪
>> ♪ AND THEN AS DEATH ♪
♪ GIVES WAY TO VICTORY, ♪
♪ I'LL SEE THE LIGHTS OF GLORY ♪
♪ AND I'LL KNOW HE REIGNS. ♪
>> ♪ BECAUSE HE LIVES, ♪
♪ I CAN FACE TOMORROW. ♪
♪ BECAUSE HE LIVES, ♪
♪♪ ALL FEAR IS GONE, ♪♪
♪ BECAUSE I KNOW ♪♪
♪♪ HE HOLDS THE FUTURE, ♪
♪ AND LIFE IS WORTH ♪
♪ THE LIVING ♪
♪♪ JUST BECAUSE HE LIVES. ♪
♪ HE LIVES. ♪
♪ HE LIVES. ♪
[cheers and applause]
>> Gaither: WHY NOT?
WHY NOT?
WHY NOT?
>> ♪ THERE'S A ROAD ♪
♪ CALLED THE HOLY HIGHWAY ♪
♪♪ THAT ONCE WAS A DESERT LAND.♪
♪ VERY SOON ♪
♪♪ YOU'LL HEAR THE SOUND ♪
♪ OF A HOLY MARCHING BAND. ♪
♪ EVERLASTING JOY UPON THEM, ♪
♪ THERE'S A REMNANT ♪♪
♪ STRONG AND TRUE. ♪
♪♪ WE BRING THE SONG ♪♪
♪♪ BACK TO ZION. ♪
♪♪ WE BRING THE PRAISE ♪
♪ BACK TO YOU. ♪
♪♪ WE BRING THE SONG ♪♪
♪ BACK TO ZION. ♪
♪ WE BRING THE PRAISE ♪
♪ BACK TO YOU. ♪
♪ WE BRING THE PRAISE ♪♪
♪ BACK TO YOU. ♪
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