1.

Clinging To A Saving Hand

Bill Mack

© House Of Cash, BMI

Sing me a song of praise and glory
Help this wandering child to understand
That when I close my eyes in sleep eternal
I'll be clinging to a saving hand

I want you to sing to me about the rock of ages
Sing about eternity so sweet
So that when I take my last breath of life
I'll awaken at my Savior's feet
[ instrumental ]
I want you to tell me about Paul and Matthew
And sing about my dear Savior's birth
And tell about his trials and tribulations
While he walk upon this heathen earth

Come on and sing me a song of praise and glory...
I'll be clinging to a saving hand

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2.

Suppertime

Ira Stanphill

© Singspiration Music, ASCAP

Many years ago in days of childhood
I used to play till evening shadows come
Then winding down that old familiar pathway
I heard my mother call at set of sun

Come home come home it's suppertime
The shadows lengthen fast
Come home come home it's suppertime
We're going home at last

Some of the fondest memories of my childhood are woven around suppertime
When my mother used to call from the backsteps of the old homeplace
Come on home now son it's suppertime my
Oh but I'd love to hear that once more
But you know for me the time has woven for me a realization of truth
That's even more thrilling
And that's when the call come up from the portals of glory
To come home for it's suppertime
When all of us children sat all around a table with the Lord himself
To the greatest suppertime of them all

Come home come home it's suppertime...

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3.

The Third Man

Bobby Helms - Teddy Wilburn - Frances Heighton

© Sure-Fire Music, BMI

Last night I dreamed I took a walk up Calvary's lonely hill
The things I saw with my own eyes could not have been more real

I saw upon three crosses three men in agony
Two cried out for mercy and the third man he looked at me
And oh the hurt in this man's eyes that just broke my heart in two
It seemed I could hear him say son I'm doing this for you
I knelt beneath the third mean's cross and slowly bowed my head
I reached out to touch his feet and it stained my hand's with red
And when I heard him cry in pain I raised my eyes to see
The blood spilled from the third man's side and some of it spilled on me
The third man wore a crown of thorns spikes held him to the tree
And I heard him say oh my God my God why hast Thou forsaken me
And there within a mighty crowd the ones who mocked him cried
King save Thyself if thou art King and then the third man died

Suddenly I heard the thunder roll I saw the lightening pierce the sky
The third man was still hanging there and I began to cry
I saw the boulders fall and heard the breaking of the ground
Then I awoke and though I dreamed I touched my cheek and found

My eyes were wet where I had cried a dream I wished I knew
I still can hear the third man say I'm doing this for you

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4.

The Big Man Above

L.E. White

© Twitty Bird Music, BMI

Sometimes in life we ought to think twice about the people that we step on
Cause they sure are worthwhile here on earth for soon the chance is gone
Don't gossip about your neighbor we gotta show more love
One of these days we're gonna stand before that big man above

I gotta help your neighbor show more love
Lend a hand don't push and shove
One of these days we're gonna stand
Before that big man above
[ instrumental ]
Life is but a vapor its here then its gone
What we build in heaven will be there from now on
But things we gather here on earth will soon decay and rust
One of these days we're gonna stand before that big man above

I gotta help your neighbor show more love...
One of these days we're gonna stand before that big man above

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5.

In Loving Memories

Cecil Harrelson - Linda Gail Lewis

© DeCapo Music, BMI

I stand here so silent with a blank look on my face
As you lay there dressed in a pure white lace
With my head bowed low Lord the tears are streaming down
I can hear that old preacher man say

In loving memories we gather in loving memories we gather on this sad day
In loving memories forever until we'll meet beyond the shining river

Pretty flowers I'll plant around you and a white fence will surround you
On your marker words of love I'll inscribe
And though in death were apart you know you'll always be in my heart
And it won't be long till I'll be by your side

In loving memories we gather in loving memories we gather on this sad day...

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6.

Me And My Neighbor

Wayne Kemp

© Tree Pub, BMI

I was on my way to church one Sunday I heard my neighbor say
That other church across the street well it don't belong today
Why they scream and shout and they carry on like the world was gonna end
And I watched him stand in silence as the sermon began

Well it was my neighbor who stood and listened
While the power of God filled the hearts of everyone
Yes it was my neighbor who kneeled and prayed
Well it was my neighbor that shouted louder than anyone

Well I stood there and listened I could not turn away
Everybody in the neighborhood all came in to pray
I won't forget that Sunday when God filled the neighborhood
It might have been a little old fashioned but it done us all some good

Well it was me and my neighbor who stood and listened...

Give me that old time religion give me that old time religion
Give me that old time religion its good enough for me
Give me that old time religion give me that old time religion
Give me that old time religion oh its good enough for me
Give me that old time religion give me that old time religion
Give me that old time religion give me that old time religion

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7.

Steal Away

Eddie Brackett

© Hill And Range Songs, BMI

Steal away steal away steal away to Jesus
Steal away steal away home I ain't got long to stay here

I was walkin' in Savannah passed the church decayed and dimmed
When there slowly through the window came a plaintive funeral hymn
And a sympathy awakened and a wonder quickly grew
Till I found myself environed in a little negro pew
Out at front a young couple sat in sorrow and nearly wild
On the altar was a coffin and in the coffin was a child
Rows of sad old negro preacher at a little wooden desk
With a manner grandly offered in the countless grotesque
And he said now don't be weepin' for this pretty bit of clay
For the little boy who lived there why he done up and run away
But he is doin' very finly and he appreciated your love
But he's sure enough father want him in the large house up above
Now he didn't give you that baby no not by a hundred thousand miles
He just thought you need some sunshine and he lend it to you for awhile
And he let you love and keep till your hearts was bigger grown
And these silver tears you've shed why they're just interest on the lawn
So my poor dejected mourners let your hearts with Jesus rest
And don't go criticize no one that knows the best
He give us many comforts and he has the right to take away
To the Lord be praised in glory now and ever let us pray

My Lord calls me he calls me by the thunder the trumpet sounds within my soul
I ain't got long to stay here

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8.

Lead Us Back To Love

Jack Dunham

© Tree Pub, BMI

Lord Jesus you gotta get us all back together
And lead us back to the top of Calvary once again
Show us where your blood spilled and first made love grow
Cause we turned our backs on your love a long time ago

I see people walkin' the streets with hate in their eyes
We've all turned you off Lord and let your memory die
We're like the men who drove nails in your hands
Confusion lives in every woman and man
Cause somewhere along the way we crucified love

Will it take a miracle to wash the years of doubt from my mind
Or could we just accept this stranger Jesus one more time
Will he have to get back on the cross and bleed
So once again we would believe
And find the love we turned our backs on a long time ago

Oh Jesus you gotta get us all back together...

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9.

Who Will Pray For Me

Darrell Statler - Lorene Allen

© King Coal Music, ASCAP

My rough and rowdy ways have kept me from his grace
But there's hope for me cause mama's faith is strong
She's the only hope I've got to keep me in touch with God
But who'll pray for me when mama's gone

Who'll pray for me when mama's gone
Who'll ask his forgiveness from then on
Who'll care enough to talk to God
When her pleading voice has stopped
Who'll pray for me when mama's gone
[ instrumental ]
I guess I'm just too weak to fall down on my knees
And talk to God like a man on my own
He knows who I am she mentions me to him
But who'll pray for me when mama's gone

Who'll pray for me when mama's gone...
Who'll pray for me when mama's gone

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10.

Jesus Is A Soul Man

Lawrence Reynolds - Jack Cardwell

© Tree Pub, BMI

Jesus is a soul man Jesus is a soul man
Jesus is a soul man and I'm sure sold on him

Oh they say that he's a square that Jesus he ain't nowhere
I know better he lives in my heart Jesus is a soul man

You can find in the Bible pages Jesus he's the rock of ages
He hides me in the cleft of a rock Jesus is a soul man

Jesus is a soul man but they don't know how they give it...

He calmed the wave when the storm is ragin' keep me safe when the devils ravin'
He's my staff he's my sword and my shield and Jesus is a soul man

Shadrack Meshack of Indigo the king he said in the fire they must go
He found out that the fire wouldn't burn them they were saved by the soul man

Jesus is a soul man Jesus is a soul man...
Jesus is a soul man Jesus is a soul man...

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11.

If We Want Love To Last

L.E. White

© Twitty Bird Music, BMI

Everybody I know is a looking for love but they don't know how they give it
Everybody is a looking for more out of life but they don't know how they live it
Like everything else if we don't return it the love's gonna run out fast
We gotta puttin' more in than we take out if we want love to last

Well if it don't rain we might go to church to put in a dollar bill
Shake the preacher's hand and ask him for dinner but really hope he never will
Then we wonder why we don't get ahead as life keeps up passin' us by
We keep a looking for things that we can't find and keep on wondering why

Everybody I know is a looking for love but they don't know how they give it...

Well we can't afford just to take a little time to help a poor soul in need
We do just enough to heed our conscience in the world of hate and greed
What we needed for love was the cause of the color of the mam we walk right past
We gotta puttin' more in than we take out if we want love to last

Everybody I know is a looking for love but they don't know how they give it...

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