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"I am here because of Your grace" is a short but very meaningful chorus written by Maria Shandi in 2014. You can download the easy alphanotes sheet music here. Enjoy!
Lyrics
Verse I am here because of Your grace I am here because of Your love Lord Jesus I am so thankful for Your grace abounds to me
Chorus 1 Thank You Jesus, Jesus Jesus, Thank You Jesus It’s only by Your grace That I could live today Forever I will praise Your Name
Repeat Chorus 1
Chorus 2 T’rima kasih Yesus Yesus T’rima kasih Hanya anugerahMu Buat hidupku s’karang Ku kan memujiMu s’lamanya
This song, "Alone, yet not alone" is based on the inspirational, true story of Barbara and Regina Leininger, 2 immigrant sisters forced to embark on a journey of faith that will lead them through the darkness of war into the light of freedom. This is the theme song for the movie, Alone yet Not Alone: Their Faith Became Their Freedom(retitledMassacre at Buffalo Valleyfor some television showings)is a 2013 AmericanChristiancaptivity narrativehistorical dramafilm directed by Ray Bengston, co-directed by George D. Escobar, and starring Kelly Greyson,Jenn Gotzon, andClay Walker. Adapted from Tracy Leininger Craven's namesake novel, the film gets its title from the Germanhymn"Allein, und doch nicht ganz allein.It dramatizes the true story of three preteen girls, Barbara and Regina Leininger and Marie LeRoy, whom theLenapeforcibly seized in the 1755Penn's Creek massacre.
James R. Leininger, the father of the original novel's author and descendent of the portrayed Leiningers, partially funded Alone yet Not Alone, The film's title song, "Alone yet Not Alone," was nominated for Best Original Song at the Academy Awards. However, the academy rescinded the nomination two weeks later due to alleged tampering from Bruce Broughton.
The story of the movie:
In the mid-18th century, the Leininger family immigrates from Germany to Penns Creek, Pennsylvania, building a farm there. When six Indian chiefs attempt to ally with Edward Braddock against the French, he mockingly dismisses them, leading the Indians to support the French instead.
One day in 1755, when Mrs. Leininger and John were away at the mill, the Indian brothers Galasko and Hannawoa assaulted the farm, burning it down and killing Mr. Leininger and Christian. They kidnap Barbara and Regina, placing them with a group of captured children, including their close friend Marie LeRoy. After a few days, the Indians march the captives away, dubbing Barbara "Susquehanna" and Regina "Tskinnak." They divide the hostages between warriors from two tribes at a crossroads, separating Regina from Barbara and Marie. In grief, Barbara attempts to escape by stealing a horse but is almost immediately recaptured. Though the Indians initially condemn her to burn alive, Galasko convinces Hannawoa and the others to spare her after she promises never to flee again. The Indians holding Barbara and Marie march their captives to the French Fort du Quesne.
In the massacre's aftermath, protests from the captives' families convince the Pennsylvania legislature to appropriate a defense bill. The raised militia assaults Fort du Quesne, causing the Indians to transfer most of the hostages deep into the forest, including Barbara and Marie. The Indians decide to execute a woman named Lydia Barrett for attempting to escape during the battle, during which she managed to hide her two sons for the militia to rescue. Not wanting her to die painfully by fire, a French officer shoots Barrett out of mercy after a scuffle with the Indians. After the conflict subsides, the Indians escort the captives to their village, dressing and painting them as Indians and assimilating them into their tribe.
Several years later, Barbara, now a teenager, learns Marie intends to escape with two other captives, Owen and David, but initially dismisses their plan as unworkable. However, when Galasko proposes marriage to her and gives her Mrs. Leininger's brooch, which he grabbed in the raid, Barbara remembers her past and agrees to Marie's plans. When the Indians schedule her wedding after a planned three-day hunt, Barbara, Marie, Owen, and David slip away at night. Hannwoa immediately discovers their absence and begins following them. The fugitives encounter a bear, which severely slashes David's leg after he shoots and attempts to charge it, scaring it away. Hannwoa angrily confronts Galasko over Barbara's betrayal, murdering him in his rage.
When the four fugitives make it to Fort Pitt, the British soldiers initially deny them help out of paranoia. Barbara desperately begs for help in German, making the soldiers realize they're telling the truth and agree to shelter them. Hannwoa appears, having caught up with the fugitives, and furiously engages the soldiers, killing several before Barbara kills him with a dead soldier's pistol. After spending a month at Fort Pitt, Barbara, Marie, Owen, and David travel to Philadelphia, reuniting with Mrs. Leininger and John. Barbara returns her mother's brooch to her, who informs her that Regina is still missing. Owen and David enlist in the Pennsylvania militia.
Several years later, Barbara married her friend Fritz Hecklinger and had two children with him. That year, Henry Muhlenberg informs the family on Christmas Eve that Colonel Armstrong has defeated the Indians in Ohio. As the British forced them to relinquish all war prisoners, he urged them to rush to Fort Carlisle. After arriving there, Owen informs them that David died in the Battle of Bushy Run. Barbara reassures him that Marie remains unmarried for him, and the lovers embrace. Unable to recognize Regina among the liberated children, Mrs. Leininger sings "Alone yet Not Alone" to them. The song rekindles Regina's memories and makes her run into her family's loving embrace.
Regina lived with her mother until they died, never married, and Stouchsburg erected a monument over their adjacent tombstones. Barbara eventually had a third child in Berks County and named her daughter after her sister. She died in 1805 in the Cumru Township.
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Lyrics
I'm alone, yet not alone. God's the light that will guide me home. With His love and tenderness, Leading through the wilderness, And wherever I may roam, I'm alone, yet not alone.
I will not be bent in fear. He's the refuge I know is near. In His strength I find my own. By His faithful mercies shown. That so mighty is His shield All His love is now revealed.
When my steps are lost. And desperate for a guide, I can feel his touch, A soothing presence by my side.
Alone, yet not alone. Not forsaken when on my own. I can lean upon His arm, And be lifted up from harm. If I stumble, or if I'm thrown, I'm alone, yet not alone.
When my steps are lost. And desperate for a guide, I can feel his touch, A soothing presence by my side By my side!
He has bound me with His love, Watchful angels look from above. Every evil can be braved, For I know I will be saved. Never frightened on my own, I'm alone, yet not alone.
"Making A Difference" is written by City Harvest Church, Singapore.
This
simple worship video was made to edify and challenge Christians to make a
difference wherever they may be - not to stay in their holy huddles but to
reach out and be a "church without walls." No boundaries. Not much more information is available about this songs at the moment. If anyone has more information, please let me know.
To download the alphanote sheet music, look here. Enjoy!
Making a Difference
Won’t You, Lord, take a look at our hands
Ev’rything we have, use it for Your plan?
Won’t You, Lord, take a look at our hearts
Mold it, refine it as You set us apart?
We want to run to the altar and catch the fire,
To stand in the gap between the living and the dead.
Give us a heart of compassion for a world w/o vision.
We will make a difference bringing hope to our land.
Won’t You, Lord.
We will answer the call to build this church w/o walls.
Let Your glory be shown, bring salvation to the lost.
This hymn was written by Edith McNeill. Not much is known about Edith McNeill (1920-2014), except that she was a long-time member of the Church of the Redeemer (Episcopal) in Houston, Texas, and that her husband was a professor at the University of Texas. The Church of the Redeemer, founded in the 1920s in a depressed inner city area, went through a charismatic renewal in the early 1960s under the leadership of pastor Graham Pulkingham and his wife Betty, a composer and musician who was the spark behind many worship songs that arose out of that community, some of which are still sung today, including songs like “The Steadfast Love of the Lord” and “I Want to Walk as a Child of the Light” by Kathleen Thomerson. The worship life of this congregation was very influential, and the Pulkinghams with a group of members left Redeemer in the early 1970s to begin an international ministry known as the Community of Celebration.
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When the Roll Is Called Up Yonder is an 1893 hymn with words and music by James Milton Black. It is one of the most popular Christian hymns of all time. The song was inspired by the idea of The Book of Life mentioned in the Bible, and by the absence of a child in Black's Sunday school class when the attendance was taken. The idea of someone's being not in attendance in heaven haunted Black, and after visiting the child's home and calling on a doctor to attend her for pneumonia, he went home and wrote the song after not finding one on a similar topic in his hymn collection. The song's lyrics were first published in a collection titled Songs of the Soul and the song has since been translated into at least 14 languages and sung all over the world in a variety of Christian denominations. There are more than 500 versions available on such sites as Amazon, recorded by various artists such as Loretta Lynn, Johnny Cash, Jim Nabors, and Willie Nelson, to the traditional tune. The lyrics have also been set to new music by contemporary gospel artists such as Doris Johnson. In 1945, BritishPrime MinisterWinston Churchill created a stir in the British press when he quoted the hymn in response to a question about when the Big Three were going to meet; stated the Winnipeg Free Press: "Mr. Churchill, in one of his somewhat puckish moods, replied that he did not know, but, he added irreverently, 'When the roll is called up yonder, I'll be there.'" The British press expressed surprise at Churchill, an Anglican, being familiar with a hymn more associated with Methodism, Presbyterianism, and other "chapel" denominations or the revival meetings of Dwight L. Moody and Ira D. Sankey or R. A. Torrey and Charles McCallon Alexander, whereas the Free Press speculated that Churchill might well have heard the "catchy" tune in the street meetings held by the Salvation Army. He might also have remembered the lyrics from the 1941 movie Sergeant York.
When the trumpet of the Lord shall sound, and time shall be no more, And the morning breaks, eternal, bright and fair; When the saved of earth shall gather over on the other shore, And the roll is called up yonder, I’ll be there.
Refrain: When the roll is called up yonder, When the roll is called up yonder, When the roll is called up yonder, When the roll is called up yonder, I’ll be there.
On that bright and *cloudless morning when the dead in Christ shall rise, [*sabbath] And the glory of His resurrection share; When His chosen ones shall gather to their home beyond the skies, And the roll is called up yonder, I’ll be there.
Let us labor for the Master from the dawn till setting sun, Let us talk of all His wondrous love and care; Then when all of life is over, and our work on earth is done, And the roll is called up yonder, I’ll be there.
