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I'll Tell The World That I'm a Christian is an evangelistic hymn written by Barnard L. Fox in 1958.
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Verse 1
I'll tell the world that I'm a Christian I'm not ashamed His name to bear I'll tell the world that I'm a Christian I'll take Him with me anywhere I'll tell the world how Jesus saved me And how He gave me a life brand new And I know that if you trust Him That all He gave me He'll give to you I'll tell the world that He's my Savior No other one could love me so My life my all is His forever And where He leads me I will go
Verse 2
I'll tell the world that He is coming It may be near or far away But we must live as if His coming Would be tomorrow or today For when He comes and life is over For those who love Him there's more to be Eyes have never seen the wonders That He's preparing for you and me O tell the world that you're a Christian Be not ashamed His name to bear O tell the world that you're a Christian And take Him with you ev'rywhere
Reach Out to Jesuswas written by composer Ralph Carmichael.
Ralph Carmichael was born on May 27, 1927 in Quincy, Illinois. He was the son of a Pentecostal minister.
As a child, he learned to play the violin. By the time he was a teenager, he was playing with the San Jose Civic Symphony.
He grew up in the days before TV, when he listened to the radio. He later recalled “I was captivated by the chordal explosions I heard on the radio. I felt a sadness that we didn’t have that in our church. Our church orchestra sounded weak and terrible by comparison. It was embarrassing. Why? Why did we have to settle? Why couldn’t we use those gorgeous rhythms, sweeping strings, the brass, the stirring chords? That started to control everything I did.”
Billy Graham and Ralph Carmichael
He attended Southern California Bible College {now Vanguard University} and started or led a variety of groups and ensembles while experimenting to blend jazz, gospel songs, hymns and classical music and techniques together. Many in the local churches did not favor his style and techniques.
In 1948, he married Evangeline Otto, but they would divorce in 1964.
The Billy Graham Evangelistic Association invited him to score the music for a film in 1951, leading to a long associations and almost twenty more films.
Clooney,Bing Crosby, Ella Fitzgerald, Peggy Lee and Nat King Cole, whom he would work with regularly for the remainder of the singer’s life. He and Cole’s first project together was The Magic of Christmas album.
Over time, his experiments with various styles came to be accepted in local churches. He founded Light Records and has come to be known as the Father of Contemporary Christian Music. Carmichael worked closely with gospel singer, George Beverly Shea.
In 1969, he and Kurt Kaiser collaborated on a folk musical about God, Tell It Like It Is. This musical introduced the song Pass It On.
Ralph Carmichael
In 1985, he was inducted into the GMA Gospel Music Hall of Fame and a year later published his autobiography, He’s Everything to Me. In 2001, he was inducted into the National Religious Broadcasters’ Hall of Fame.
Reach Out to Jesus was first published in 1968.
Elvis Presley released Reach Out to Jesus on his 1972 album, He Touched Me, for which he won a Grammy Award.
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Lyrics
Is your burden heavy as you bear it all alone? Does the road you travel, harbor dangers yet unknown? Are you growin' weary in the struggle of it all? Jesus will help you with all his name you call
He's always there hearing every prayer, faithful and true Walking by our side, in his love we hide all the day through When you get discouraged just remember what to do Reach out to Jesus, he's reaching out to you
Is the life you're living filled with sorrow and despair? Does the future press you with its worry and its scare? Are you tired and jealous, have you almost your way? Jesus will help you, just talk to him today.
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Lord, I want to be a Christian in my heart, in my heart, Lord, I want to be a Christian in my heart, in my heart. In my heart, in my heart, Lord, I want to be a Christian in my heart, in my heart.
Lord, I want to be more loving in my heart, in my heart, Lord, I want to be more loving in my heart, in my heart. In my heart, in my heart, Lord, I want to be more loving in my heart, in my heart.
Lord, I want to be more holy in my heart, in my heart, Lord, I want to be more holy in my heart, in my heart. In my heart, in my heart, Lord, I want to be more holy in my heart, in my heart.
Lord, I want to be like Jesus in my heart, in my heart, Lord, I want to be like Jesus in my heart, in my heart. In my heart, in my heart, Lord, I want to be like Jesus in my heart, in my heart.
Into My Heart is composed by Harry D. Clarke. he was orphaned at an early age, Clarke ran away from the orphanage and worked at sea for almost 10 years. He eventually moved to London, then to America. He attended the Moody Bible Institute, Chicago, Illinois, then went into composing, music publishing, and evangelism. He served as song leader for Harry vom Bruch and Billy Sunday, being so impressed by Sunday that he established the Billy Sunday Memorial Chapel in Sioux City, Iowa (where he served as pastor until 1945). Clarke also worked in the evangelism field in Garards Fort, Pennsylvania, and South Milford, Indiana.
This song which urges us to have the kind of commitment by which Christ may dwell in our hearts by faith is "Into My Heart" (#658 in Hymns for Worship Revised). The text was written and the tune was composed both by Harry Dudley Clarke, who was born on Jan. 28, 1888, at Cardiff, Wales, and had a very hard youth. Orphaned at an early age, he ran away from the orphanage and went to sea where he worked for almost ten years. Eventually, with the help of a brother he went to London, then Canada, and eventually to America where he attended the Moody Bible Institute at Chicago, IL, in the early 1920’s. After that he went into composing and music publishing, producing many songs and choruses with both words and music which appeared in his Gospel Truth in Song (three volumes), Fishers of Men, Choruses for Fishers of Men (two volumes), and Songs of Glory. Later he sold his copyrights to Hope Publishing Co. The chorus beginning "Into My Heart" was first published in the 1924 edition of Gospel Truth in Song. The stanzas were added in 1927. Other Clarke hymns in common use are "Awake, O Church of Christ," "Fishers of Men," "What Must I Do?" (or "Believe").
In addition, Clarke was active in evangelism, serving as song director for revival preachers Harry vom Bruch and Billy Sunday. Impressed by Sunday’s work, Clarke established the Billy Sunday Memorial Chapel in Sioux City, IA, where he served as minister until 1945. In later life, he conducted his own evangelistic campaigns with headquarters first in Garard’s Fort, PA, and finally in South Milford, IN. When the copyrights for "Into My Heart" were renewed in 1952 and 1955, they were owned by Hope Publishing. A couple of years later, Clarke died on Oct. 14, 1957, at Lexington, KY. Among hymnbooks published by members of the Lord’s church during the twentieth century for use in churches of Christ, the chorus appeared in the 1937 Great Songs of the Church No. 2 edited by E. L. Jorgenson. Today it is found in the 1971 Songs of the Church edited by Alton H. Howard; and the 1992 Praise for the Lord edited by John P. Wiegand; as well as Hymns for Worship Revised. In both of the last two there is an additional "stanza" from an anonymous source identified as an "American Folk Hymn." "Out of my heart, out of my heart, Shine out of my heart, Lord Jesus; Shine out today, shine out alway, Shine out of my heart, Lord Jesus." The entire original song is used in the 1977 Special Sacred Selections edited by Ellis J. Crum.
"Into My Heart" emphasizes the importance of committing ourselves to let Jesus rule our lives.
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1 Into my heart, into my heart,
Come into my heart, Lord Jesus;
Come in today, come in to stay;
Come into my heart, Lord Jesus.
2 Rule in my heart, rule in my heart,
Thou King of my heart, Lord Jesus;
Make this Thy throne, rule there alone,
Thou King of my heart, Lord Jesus.
3.Walking with Thee, walking with Thee,
We're walking with Thee, Lord Jesus;
In work, in play, we serve, we pray,
We're walking with Thee, Lord Jesus.
We Are Climbing Jacob's Ladder (also known as Jacob's Ladder) is an African Americanslavespiritual based in part on the Biblical story of Jacob's Ladder. It was developed some time before 1825, and became one of the first slave spirituals to be widely sung by white Christians. A number of artists have recorded notable versions of it, and it was used as one of the main themes in the critically praised documentary The Civil War.
African American slaves in the United States created a vibrant culture of resistance and dissent, despite attempts by white slaveowners to indoctrinate them into passivity using a variant of Christianity. Slaves were not permitted to speak while working in the fields, but were permitted to sing and chant in order to alleviate tedium and to impose a rhythm on repetitive motions. This generated two distinctive African American slave musical forms, the spiritual (sung music usually telling a story) and the field holler (sung or chanted music usually involving repetition of the leader's line).
We Are Climbing Jacob's Ladder is a spiritual. As a folk song originating in a repressed culture, the song's origins are lost. Some academics believe it emerged as early as 1750, and definitely no later than 1825, and was composed by American slaves taken from the area now known as Liberia. The spiritual utilizes the image of Jacob's ladder, and equates it with the body of Christ (in ways quite similar to the teachings of Catherine of Siena). The song is in the form of call and response, and although lyrics vary from place to place and over time, they generally emphasize spiritual growth, increasing one's knowledge about God, and a call to discipleship. The striving nature of this "climb" toward God is depicted as a series of tests, and draws heavily on the New Testament tradition of the Christian as warrior—in this case, overcoming the slave-owner. The traditional lyrics hold out hope that the slave can rise up and escape slavery, and the nature of the call-and-response asks both the singing respondents and the listener for greater sacrifice to reach the next level. The spiritual implies that God's promise to the Biblical patriarchJacob will also lead the slave to freedom.
The song became one of the first African American spirituals to become popular among white Christians.
We Are Climbing Jacob's Ladder is sung as a call-and-response. The first two lines ("We are / climbing") are call-and-response, while the third line ("Jacob's ladder") is sung together. The first three lines are repeated, followed by a new call-and-response seventh line ("Soldier"), and then an eighth line ("of the cross") sung together. As a folk song, lyrics to We Are Climbing Jacob's Ladder varied widely, but one 1907 version listed the lyrics (with response in parentheses) as.
We are (we are) Climbing (climbing) Jacob's ladder We are (we are) Climbing (climbing) Jacob's ladder Soldier (soldier) of the cross
Ev'ry round goes higher higher (x2) / soldier of the cross Sinner do you love my Jesus (x2) / soldier of the cross If you love Him why not serve Him (x2) / soldier of the cross Do you think I'd make a soldier (x2) / soldier of the cross Faithful prayer will make a soldier (x2) / soldier of the cross
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Shepherd of Love is composed by John W. Peterson and was sung and recorded by varies Christian singers such as George Beverly Shea, Evie etc. At present there is not much more information the at is available.
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Verse 1
Shepherd of love You knew I had lost my way Shepherd of love You cared that I'd gone astray You sought and found me placed around me Strong arms that carried me home No foe can harm me or alarm me Never again will I roam Shepherd of love Savior and Lord and Guide Shepherd of love Forever I'll stay by Your side
Verse 2
Shepherd of love Contentment at last is mine Deep in my heart There's peace and a joy divine The future's brighter burden's lighter My cup runs over each day Your grace supplied me now provides me All that I need for the way Shepherd of love Savior and Lord and Guide Shepherd of love Forever I'll stay by Your side
