Hi, and welcome back to
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This as I always say
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is my favorite
time of the program
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where we get to talk to
people who are actually people.
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I sit here at
the piano and play,
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and you sing along but
I never really hear you.
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But this is the moment
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that I get to
actually talk to a person.
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And I'm gonna talk to
a great friend of mine
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Mr. Billy Blackwood.
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What a great heritage and legacy
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he has of gospel music,
southern gospel quartet music.
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And he is, I believe
out in California right now.
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So we're gonna just talk to him
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for a while and ask him.
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Billy, are you there?
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I am here, Tim.
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Awesome.
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Well, it's great to see you.
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Thank you so much for taking
time out of your busy schedule.
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It's great to see you.
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And tell me a little bit
about what music means to you?
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Well, you know I tell
people in our concerts,
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gospel music is different
than all other genres of music,
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at least in this.
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That other genres
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whether it be
country, rock, jazz, pop,
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whatever are
defined by style of music.
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Gospel music is not that way.
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Gospel music is not
defined by style of music
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because it's not the
music that makes the gospel.
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It's the message. Nice.
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And so gospel music,
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regardless of the
package it comes in,
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contains the
message of the hope,
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the peace, the
comfort that we have,
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the story of the gospel.
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All those things are
contained in gospel music
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and it's a music like no other.
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And I tell people too that,
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you know, where
some music can make you
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sad or happy or whatever.
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You don't tickle your ears.
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Gospel music has the property,
the component if you will
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of being able to
really touch our spirit
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and touch our soul
right where we live.
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And, you know, God
created human beings
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with the capacity
to appreciate music.
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And He created music
really as a spiritual medium.
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I mean, before there
was heaven and earth.
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Music was going on in heaven.
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Right, yes.
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And so we know it's eternal
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and God created
us with the capacity
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and the receptors
really in our brain
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to respond to music
in a way that is unique.
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And so when do we do that,
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whatever
message is in that music
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comes across and we impart that
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and so, that's why
gospel music is so important,
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because people are able
to wrap not only their minds
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or their, you know, their ears.
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or their appreciation
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but theirs hearts around
the message of gospel music,
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and it can bring that hope
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and that peace and that joy
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in times when maybe we
are not feeling so hopeful,
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or joyful, or peaceful.
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Absolutely, you know,
I get so many requests
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with that have
stories attach to them
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of how the songs,
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the reason that, that
song mean something to them
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is because of
the troublesome time
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or struggle that
they were going through.
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So you're right, it has
the power to really penetrate
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the problem
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and bring about
what the difference
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that this music means.
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So I love what you have to
say, that's a great perspective.
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Thank you very much
for that. That's brilliant.
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Well, talking about music,
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what is the
favorite song that you have?
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What do you think?
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You know, there are so
many but if had to pick one,
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I think I'd pick, "It
is well with my soul".
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Lot of people know
the story of that song.
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Oh, right.
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You know, it was written
in a time of great tragedy.
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Horatio Spafford had
suffered to the Chicago fire
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ending in the loss of
four of his daughters at sea
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and God began to
administer the hymn
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that the words of that song,
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when peace like a
river attendeth my way.
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When darkness
like seagulls roll,
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his daughters appear at that sea
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and just a song that's,
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you know, for
almost a 150 years now
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has brought people great comfort
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because we all go
through times that are trying.
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Jesus said, in this
world you have tribulation,
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to be a good cheer,
I've overcome the world.
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So we know when we're
going through tough times
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that God's Spirit is
there to minister to us
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and encourage us.
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And this song tells
that so beautifully.
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It does, Billy.
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Wow, what a
minister. Thank you, bud.
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When peace like a river
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Attendeth my way
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When sorrows
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Like sea billows roll
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Whatever my lot
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Thou hast taught me to say
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It is well, it is well
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With my soul
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It is well
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With my soul
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It is well, it is well
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With my soul
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It is well, it is well
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With my soul
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Billy Blackwood,
thank you so very much
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for taking time out
of your busy schedule.
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I appreciate you. Safe
travels to you, friend.
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Thank you, Tim, it's
great to be with you today.
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God bless you. We'll
talk soon, all right.
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Right.
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Here's another great song.
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So long I had searched
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For life's meaning
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Enslaved by the world
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And my greed
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Then the door of the prison
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Was opened by love
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For the ransom was paid
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I was free
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I'm free
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From the fear of tomorrow
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I'm free
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From the guilt of the past
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For I've traded my shackles
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For a glorious song
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I'm Free!
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Praise the Lord!
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Free at last
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I'm free from the guilt
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That I carried
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From the dull empty life
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I've been set free
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For when I met Jesus
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He made me complete
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He forgot the foolish man
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I used to be
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So I'm free
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From the fear of tomorrow
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I'm free
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From the guilt of the past
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For I've traded my shackles
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For a glorious song
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I'm Free!
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Praise the Lord!
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Free at last
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I'm Free!
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Praise the Lord!
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Free at last
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Now, here is the wonderful
hymn written around 1906,
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early 1900s by
the Methodist preacher
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Charles Albert Tindley
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"Nothing between my
soul and the savior".
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One that I am not
as familiar as others
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but when I was
receiving this email,
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I again went to the hymnal
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and found this
wonderful treasure.
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Nothing between
my soul and my Savior
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Naught of this
world's delusive dream
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I have renounced
all sinful pleasure
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Jesus is mine
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There's nothing between
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Second verse.
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Nothing between,
like worldly pleasure
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Habits of life,
though harmless they seem
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Must not my heart
from him ever sever
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For He is my all
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There's nothing between
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Nothing between
my soul and my Savior
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So that his
blessed face may be seen
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Nothing preventing
the least of his favor
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Keep the way clear!
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Let nothing between
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Nothing between,
like pride or station
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Self or friends
shall not intervene
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And though it may cost me
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So much tribulation
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I am resolved
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That there be nothing between
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And one more verse.
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Nothing between
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E'en many hard trials
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Though the whole
world against me convene
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Watching with prayer
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And much self denial
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I'm gonna triumph at last
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With nothing between
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Nothing between
my soul and my Savior
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So that his
blessed face may be seen
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Nothing preventing
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The least of his favor
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Keep the way clear!
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Let nothing between
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Keep the way clear!
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Let nothing
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Between
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And that's the key everyday
to living a life following,
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having the mind of Christ,
following heart after God,
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keeping that
connection with Him.
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Thank you so very, very
much for watching the program.
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I truly appreciate your emails,
please keep them rolling in.
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It's always fun to hear from you
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and I love the messages
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that you connect with the song
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what it means to you.
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So until next time,
thank you again for watching.
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And I hope that you
will continue having a song
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in your heart.
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Send me your song
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Then you sing along
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With me
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