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AcaDisc #20- While the Ages Roll On by Acappella
Original Release: 1987 Clifty Records
Available through The Acappella
Company on LP only
Producer: Keith Lancaster
Engineers: Dan
Knowles, Andy Haynes, and Caruth Alexander
Cover Artwork: Scott
Kennedy
Mastered: Masterfonics- Nashville, TN
Dedicated to the
memory of Dwayne Lancaster
Members: Rodney Britt - Bass &
Baritone
Keith
Lancaster - 2nd & 1st Tenor
Song List
While the Ages Roll
On
How Great Thou Art
I Stand Amazed
Lord, We Come Before Thee Now
When They Ring Those Golden
Bells
When This Passing World
Is Done
I Gave My Life For
Thee
There's a Fountain
Free
Abide With
Me
He Bore it All
Words and music: Larue Lancaster © 1978 Anthony K. Music (ASCAP)
This song also appeared on Heaven Will Be My Home by
Keith Lancaster and Acappella Southern by The
Acappella Company.
Lead: Rodney Britt
Lyrics:
I'll be with the Lord while the ages roll on
Through the valley of death
I'm sure I must go
So the wages of
sin
I don't want to know
I'll be judged by the deeds
And the seed
I have sewn
And I'll live with my Savior
While the ages roll on
Chorus:
While the ages roll on
While the ages roll on
I'll be
with my Lord
While the ages roll on
While the ages roll on
While
the ages roll on
I'll be with my Lord
While the ages roll on
The life I have lived
And the path I have trod
Well, I hope that
someday
Will be pleasing to God
When I stand at His throne
I know
I won't be alone
Cause I'll be with my Savior
While the ages roll on
Repeat Chorus
Scriptural Reference:
"And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the
heavenly realms in Christ Jesus, in order that in the coming ages he might
show the incomparable riches of his grace, expressed in his kindness to us
in Christ Jesus." Ephesians 2:6-7
"For the wages of sin is death,
but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord."
Romans 6:23
Words and music: © Manna Music, Harry Fox Agency
This song also
appeared on Acappella Southern by The
Acappella Company and Friends by The Sounds of
Glory.
Lead: Rodney Britt (verses) and Keith Lancaster (chorus)
Lyrics:
Oh, Lord my God, when I in awesome wonder
Consider all the worlds
thy hands have made
I see the stars, I hear the rolling thunder
Thy
power throughout the universe displayed
Chorus:
Then sings my soul (my soul), my Savior God to thee (Savior
God to thee)
How great thou art, how great thou art
Then sings my
soul (my soul), my Savior God to thee (Savior God to thee)
How great
thou art, how great thou art
And when I think, that God, His Son not sparing
Sent him to die, I
scarce can take it in
That on the cross, my burden gladly bearing
He
bled and died to take away my sin
Repeat Chorus
When Christ shall come with shout of acclamation
And take me home,
what joy shall fill my heart
Then I shall bow in humble
adoration
And there proclaim, my God how great thou art
Repeat Chorus (x2)
How great
How great thou
How great thou art
Scriptural Reference:
"For the Scripture says to Pharaoh: 'I raised you up for this very purpose, that I might display my power in you and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth'" Romans 9:17
Words and music: Charles H. Gabriel (1905)
This song also appeared
on Acappella Praise Service by
The Acappella Company and X-Changed by
X-Changed.
Lead: Keith Lancaster and Rodney Britt (v2 only)
Lyrics:
I stand amazed in the presence of Jesus the Nazarene
And wonder how
he could love me, a sinner condemned, unclean
Chorus:
How marvelous! How wonderful!
And my song shall ever
be
How marvelous! How wonderful!
Is my Savior's love for me
For me it was in the garden He prayed 'Not my will, but thine'
He
had to tears for His own griefs, but sweat drops of blood for mine
Repeat Chorus
It pity angels beheld Him and came from the world of light
To
comfort Him in the sorrows He bore for my soul that night
Repeat Chorus
When, with the ransomed in glory, His face I at last shall see
Twill
be my joy through the ages to sing of His love for me
Repeat Chorus (x2)
Scriptural Reference:
"Praise be to the Lord, for he showed his wonderful love to me when I was in a besieged city." Psalm 31:20
Lead: Keith Lancaster and Rodney Britt (v2)
Lyrics:
Lord, we come before thee now
At thy feet we humbly bow
Oh, do
not our suit disdain
Shall we seek thee Lord in vain?
Shall we seek
thee Lord in vain?
Lord, on thee our souls depend
In compassion,
now descend
Fill our hearts with thy rich grace
Tune our lips to
sing thy grace
And tune our lips to sing thy grace
In thine own appointed way
Now we seek thee here we stay
Lord we
know not how to go
Til a blessing thou bestow
Til a blessing thou
bestow
Grant that all may seek and find
Thee, our God, supremely
kind
Heel the sick, the captive free
Let us all rejoice in
thee
Let us all rejoice in thee
Scriptural Reference:
"Come, let us bow down in worship, let us kneel before the Lord our Maker; for he is our God and we are the people of his pasture, the flock under his care." Psalm 95:6-7
When They Ring Those Golden Bells
Words and music: Dion De Marbelle
Arrangment: Keith Lancaster © 1988
Anthony K. Music (ASCAP)
This song also appeared on Acappella
Southern by The Acappella Company, Memories by The Sounds of
Glory, Signature Songs by The
Sounds of Glory, and as "There's a Land Beyond the River" on Favorite Hymns of the
Firemen by The Firemen.
Lead: Rodney Britt
Lyrics:
There's a land beyond the river
That we call the sweet
forever
And we only reach that shore by faith's decree
One by one
we'll gain the portals
There to dwell with the immortals
When they
ring those golden bells for you and me
Well, there's a land (There's a land beyond the river)
That we call
(That we call the sweet forever)
And we only (and we only) reach that
shore (reach that shore by) by faith's decree (faith's decree, faith's
decree, faith's decree)
In that far (In that far-off sweet
forever)
Oh, Just beyond (Just beyond the shining river)
Oh, When
they ring (When they ring those golden bells)
Oh, When they ring (When
they ring those golden bells)
Oh, When they ring (When they ring those
golden bells) for you and me (for you and me)
Oh, Can't you hear (Can't you hear the bells a ringing?)
Oh, Can't
you hear (Can't you hear the angels singing?)
It's the glory (It's the
glory) hallelujah (hallelujah) jubilee (jubilee, jubilee, jubilee)
In
that far (In that far-off sweet forever)
Just beyond (Just beyond the
shining river)
Oh, When they ring (When they ring those golden
bells)
Oh, When they ring (When they ring those golden bells)
Oh,
When they ring (When they ring those golden bells) for you and me (for you
and me)
Repeat Second Verse
Scriptural Reference:
"He follows my decrees and faithfully keeps my laws. That man is righteous; he will surely live, declares the Sovereign Lord." Ezekial 18:9
When This Passing World Is Done
Lead: Keith Lancaster
Lyrics:
When this passing world is done
When has sunk yon glaring
sun
When I stand with Christ on high
Looking o'er life's
history
Then Lord shall I fully know
Not till then how much I owe
When I stand before the throne
Dressed in beauty not my own
When
I see thee as thou are
Love thee with unsinning heart
Then Lord
shall I fully know
Not till then how much I owe
When the praise of heaven I hear
Loud as thunders to the ear
Loud
as many waters noise
Sweets as harps melodious voice
Then Lord shall
I fully know
Not till then how much I owe
E'en on earth as through a glass
Darkly let thy glory pass
Make
forgiveness feel so sweet
Make thy Spirit's help so meet
E'en on
earth Lord make me know
Something of how much I owe
Scriptural Reference:
"The world and its desires pass away, but the man who does the will of God lives forever." 1 John 2:17
Words: Frances R. Havergal (1858)
Music: Philip P. Bliss (1873 as
"Kenosis")
This song also appeared on Communion by The Acappella
Company.
Lead: Rodney Britt
Lyrics:
I gave my life to thee
My precious blood I shed
That thou might
ransomed be
And quickened from the dead
I gave, I gave my life for thee
What hast thou given for me?
I
gave, I gave my life for thee
What hast thou given for me?
My father's house of light
My glory circled throne
I left for
earthly night
For wandering, sad alone
I left, I left it all for thee
Hast thou left all for me?
I left,
I left it all for thee
Hast thou left all for me?
I sufferred much for thee
More than thy tongue can tell
Of
bitterist agony
To rescue thee from hell
I've borne, I've borne it all for thee
What hast thou borne for
me?
I've borne, I've borne it all for thee
What hast thou borne for
me?
And I have brought to thee
Down from thine home above
Salvation
full and free
My pardon and my love
I bring, I bring rich gifts to thee
What hast thou brought for
me?
I bring, I bring rich gifts to thee
What hast thou brought for
me?
Scriptural Reference:
"You, however, know all about my teaching, my way of life, my purpose, faith, patience, love, endurance, persecutions, sufferings--what kinds of things happened to me in Antioch, Iconium and Lystra, the persecutions I endured. Yet the Lord rescued me from all of them. In fact, everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted. . ." 2 Timothy 3:10-12
Words: Mary B. Slade
Music: Asa B. Everett
This song also
appeared on Favorite Hymns of the
Firemen by The Firemen.
Lead: Keith Lancaster and Rodney Britt
(verse 3)
Lyrics:
There's a fountain free, tis for you and me
Let us haste, oh haste,
to its brink
Tis the fount of love from the source above
And He
bids us all, freely drink
Chorus:
Will you come to the fountain free?
Will you come? Tis
for you and me
Thirsty soul, here the welcome call
Tis the fountain
open for all
There's a living stream with a crystal gleam
From the throne of life
now it flows
While the waters roll, let the weary soul
Hear the call
that forth freely goes
Repeat Chorus
There's a rock that's cleft and no soul is left
That will not its
pure waters share
Tis for you and me and its dream I see
Let us
hasten joyfully there
Repeat Chorus (x2)
Tis the fountain open for all
Scriptural Reference:
"On that day a fountain will be opened to the house of David and the
inhabitants of Jerusalem, to cleanse them from sin and impurity."
Zechariah 13:1
"Then the angel showed me the river of the water
of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the
Lamb down the middle of the great street of the city. On each side of the
river stood the tree of life, bearing twelve crops of fruit, yielding its
fruit every month. And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the
nations." Revelation 22:1-2
Lead: Keith Lancaster
Lyrics:
Abide with me fast falls the eventide
The darkness deep and Lord
with me abide
When other helpers fail and comforts flee
Help of the
helpless, oh, abide with me
Swift to its glows ebbs out lifes little day
Earth's joys grow dim,
its glories pass away
Change and decay in all around I see
Oh, thou
who changest not, abide with me
I need thy presence every passing hour
What but thy grace can foil
the tempter's power?
Who like thyself my guide and stay can
be?
Through cloud and sunshine, oh, abide with me
I fear no foe with thee at hand to bless
Ills have to wait and tears
no bitterness
Where is death's sting, where great thy victory?
I
triumph still if thou abide with me
Hold thou thy cross before my closing eyes
Shine through the gloom
and point me to the skies
As morning breaks and earth vain shadows
flee
In life, in death, Oh Lord, abide with me
In life, in death, Oh Lord, abide with me (abide with me)
Scriptural Reference:
"And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever." John 14:16 (KJV)
Words and Music: © 1926 Stamps-Baxter Music. Used by permission
of The Benson Co.
This song also appeared on Acappella
Southern by The Acappella Company and Old Time Favorites by The Sounds of
Glory.
Lead: Keith Lancaster and Rodney Britt
Lyrics:
He bore it all that I might live
My precious Savior suffered pain and agony
He bore it all (Freely
bore it all)
That I might live (I with Him might live)
He broke the
bonds of sin and set the captive free
He bore it all that I might live
(in His presence live)
Chorus:
He bore it all (Jesus bore it all) that I might see His
shining face
He bore it all (Freely bore it all)
That I might live
(I with Him might live)
I stood condemned to die but Jesus took my
place
He bore it all that I might live (in His presence live)
They placed a crown of thorns upon my Savior's head
He bore it all
(Freely bore it all)
That I might live (I with Him might live)
My
cruel man, with spear, his side was pierced and bled
He bore it all
that I might live (in His presence live)
Repeat Chorus
Up Calvary's hill in shame the blessed Savior trod
He bore it all
(Freely bore it all)
That I might live (I with Him might
live)
Between two thieves they crucified the Son of God
He bore it
all that I might live (in His presence live)
Repeat Chorus (x2)
Live
Scriptural Reference:
"He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; by his wounds you have been healed." 1 Peter 2:24
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