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AcaDisc #22- Perfect Peace by Keith Lancaster and Acappella
Original Release:1984 Clifty Records
Not currently
available
Producer: Keith Lancaster
Engineer: Dan
Knowles
Recording and Remixing Studio: Clifty Studios- Paris,
TN
Members: Ron McCommas -
Bass
Gary
Yeager -
Baritone
Jeff Martin
- Tenor
Keith Lancaster - Lead
Song List
The Spacious Firmament on
High
There is a
Fountain
Hallelujah! What
a Savior!
The Lord's My
Shepherd/The Lord My Shepherd Is
Peace, Perfect Peace
It May Be At Morn
Christ We Do All Adore Thee
How Firm A Foundation
Nearer, Still Nearer
When Peace Like a River
The Spacious Firmament on High
Words: Joseph Addison (1712)
Music: Haydn
Lead: Keith Lancaster
Lyrics:
The spacious firmament on high,
With all the blue ethereal
sky,
And spangled heavens, a shining frame
Their great Original
proclaim.
The unwearied sun, from day to day,
Does his Creator's
powers display,
And publishes to every land
The work of an Almighty
Hand.
Soon as the evening shades prevail
The moon takes up the wondrous
tale,
And nightly to the listening earth
Repeats the story of her
birth;
While all the stars that round her burn
And all the planets
in their turn,
Confirm the tidings as they roll,
And spread the
truth from pole to pole.
What though in solemn silence all
Move round the dark terrestrial
ball?
What though no real voice nor sound
Amid the radiant orbs be
found?
In reason's ear they all rejoice,
And utter forth a glorious
voice,
Forever singing as they shine,
"The hand that made us is
divine."
Scriptural Reference:
"The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of His hands." Psalm 19:1
Words: William Cowper in "Conyer’s Collection of Psalms and Hymns"
(1772)
Music: Mason
This song also appeared on Acappella
Southern by The Acappella Company and Communion by The Acappella
Company.
Lead: Ron McCommas
Lyrics:
There is a fountain filled with blood drawn from Emmanuel's
veins
And sinners plunged beneath that flood lose all their guilty
stains
Lose all their guilty stains, lose all their guilty
stains
And sinners plunged beneath that flood lose all their guilty
stains
Dear dying Lamb, Thy precious blood shall never lose its power
Till
all the ransomed church of God be saved, to sin no more
Be saved, to
sin no more, be saved, to sin no more
Till all the ransomed church of
God be saved, to sin no more
E'er since, by faith, I saw the stream Thy flowing wounds
supply
Redeeming love has been my theme, and shall be till I die
And
shall be till I die, and shall be till I die
Redeeming love has been my
theme, and shall be till I die
Scriptural Reference:
"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
Words and music: Phillip P. Bliss in International Lessons Monthly
(1875)
This song also appeared on Acappella Melodies by
The Acappella Company and Acappella Praise Service
by The Acappella Company.
Lead: Keith Lancaster
Lyrics:
Man of Sorrows! what a name
For the Son of God, Who came
Ruined
sinners to reclaim.
Hallelujah! What a Savior!
Bearing shame and scoffing rude,
In my place condemned He
stood;
Sealed my pardon with His blood.
Hallelujah! What a Savior!
Guilty, vile, and helpless we;
Spotless Lamb of God was He;
"Full
atonement!" can it be?
Hallelujah! What a Savior!
Lifted up was He to die;
"It is finished!" was His cry;
Now in
heav'n exalted high.
Hallelujah! What a Savior!
When He comes, our glorious King,
All His ransomed home to bring
(ransomed home to bring),
Then anew His song we'll sing:
Hallelujah!
What a Savior!
Scriptural Reference:
"He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows." Isaiah 53:3
The Lord's My Shepherd/The Lord My Shepherd Is
Words: Psalm 23
Words and music to "The Lord's My Shepherd": Francis
Rous and Campbell (circa 1650)
Words to "The Lord My Shepherd Is":
Issac Watts (1719)
Music to "The Lord My Shepherd Is": John S. Bach
(1750)
Lead: Keith Lancaster
Lyrics:
The Lord's my Shephard, I'll not want
He makes me down to lie
In
pastures green, He leadeth me
In pastures green, He leadeth me
The
quiet waters by
My soul he doth restore again
And me to walk doth make
Within the
paths of righteousness
Within the paths of righteousness
E'en for
His own names sake
Yea, though I walk through death's dark vale
Yet will I fear no
ill
For thou art with me, and thy rod
For thou art with me, and thy
rod
And staff me comfort still.
My table thou has furnished
In presence of my foes;
My head thou
dost with oil anoint
My head thou dost with oil anoint
And my cup
overflows.
Goodness and mercy all my life
Shall surely follow me,
And in
God's house for evermore
And in God's house for evermore
My
dwelling-place shall be.
The Lord my Shepherd is,
I shall be well supplied.
Since He is
mine and I am His,
What can I want beside?
What can I want beside?
He leads me to the place
Where heav'nly pasture grows,
Where
living waters gently pass
And full salvation flows.
And full
salvation flows.
If e'er I go astray,
He doth my soul reclaim
And guides me in His
own right way
For His most holy name.
For His most holy name.
Scriptural Reference:
"The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not be in want. He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, he restores my soul. He guides me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. Surely goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever." Psalm 23:1-6
Words: Edward H. Bickersteth, Jr. (1875)
Music: George Thomas
Caldbeck (1877)
Lead: Keith Lancaster
Lyrics:
Peace, perfect peace, in this dark world of sin?
The blood of Jesus
whispers peace within.
Peace, perfect peace, by thronging duties pressed?
To do the will of
Jesus, this is rest.
Peace, perfect peace, with sorrows surging round?
On Jesus' bosom
naught but calm is found.
Peace, perfect peace, with loved ones far away?
In Jesus' keeping we
are safe, and they.
Peace, perfect peace, our future all unknown?
Jesus we know, and He
is on the throne.
Peace, perfect peace, death shadowing us and ours?
Jesus has
vanquished death and all its powers.
It is enough: earth's struggles soon shall cease,
And Jesus call us
to heaven's perfect peace
Scriptural Reference:
"You will keep in perfect peace him whose mind is steadfast, because he trusts in You." Isaiah 26:3
Words: H. L. Turner (circa 1878)
Music: James McGranahan (circa
1906)
This song also appeared on Acappella Praise Service by The
Acappella Company.
Lead: Keith Lancaster
Lyrics:
It may be at morn, when the day is awaking
When sunlight through
darkness and shadow is breaking
That Jesus will come in the fullness of
glory
To receive from the world "His own."
Chorus:
O Lord Jesus, how long, how long
Ere we shout the glad
song,
Christ returneth! Hallelujah!
Hallelujah! Amen. Hallelujah!
Amen
It may be at midday, it may be at twilight
It may be, per chance,
that the blackness of midnight
Will burst into light in the blaze of
His glory
When Jesus receives "His own."
Repeat Chorus
While its hosts cry Hosanna, from heaven descending
With glorified
saints and the angels descending
With grace on His brow, like a halo of
glory
Will Jesus receive "His own."
Repeat Chorus
Oh, joy! oh, delight! should we go without dying
No sickness, no
sadness, no dread and no crying.
Caught up through the clouds with our
Lord into glory
When Jesus receives "His own."
Repeat Chorus
Scriptural Reference:
"The Lord Himself will come down from heaven with the voice of the archangel, and with the trumpet call of God." 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17
Words and music: Theodore Dubois
Translation: Theodore Baker
This
song also appeared as part of a melody on Acappella Melodies by The
Acappella Company.
Lead: Jeff Martin
Lyrics:
Christ, we do all adore thee, and we do praise thee forever
Christ,
we do all adore thee, and we do praise thee forever
For on the holy
cross, hast thou the world from sin redeemeth
Christ, we do all adore
thee, and we do praise thee forever
Christ, we do all adore thee
Scriptural Reference:
"He redeemed us in order that the blessing given to Abraham might come to the Gentiles through Christ Jesus, so that by faith we might receive the promise of the Spirit." Galatians 3:14
Words: John Rippon in A Selection of Hymns from the Best Authors
(1787) (Attributed to John Keene, Kirkham, and George
Keith)
Music: Traditional American melody.
Editor's Note: Gary
Yeager sang all parts except Bass on this song.
Lead: Gary Yeager
Lyrics:
How firm a foundation, ye saints of the Lord,
Is laid for your faith
in His excellent Word!
What more can He say than to you He hath
said,
You, who unto Jesus for refuge have fled?
Fear not, I am with thee, O be not dismayed,
For I am thy God and
will still give thee aid;
I'll strengthen thee, help thee, and cause
thee to stand
Upheld by My gracious, omnipotent hand.
When through the deep waters I cause thee to go,
The rivers of
sorrow shall not overflow;
For I will be with thee, thy troubles to
bless,
And sanctify to thee thy deepest distress.
When through fiery trials thy pathways shall lie,
My grace, all
sufficient, shall be thy supply;
The flame shall not hurt thee; I only
design
Thy dross to consume, and thy gold to refine.
The soul that on Jesus has leaned for repose,
I will not, I will not
desert to its foes;
That soul, though all hell should endeavor to
shake,
I'll never, no never, no never forsake.
Scriptural Reference:
"God has said, ‘Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.'" Hebrews 13:5
Words and music: Leila N. Morris (1898)
Lead: Jeff Martin
Lyrics:
Nearer, still nearer, close to Thy heart,
Draw me, my Savior—so
precious Thou art!
Fold me, oh, fold me close to Thy breast.
Shelter
me safe in that "Haven of Rest;"
Shelter me safe in that "Haven of
Rest."
Nearer, still nearer, nothing I bring,
Naught as an offr'ing to
Jesus, my King;
Only my sinful, now contrite heart.
Grant me the
cleansing Thy blood doth impart.
Grant me the cleansing Thy blood doth
impart.
Nearer, still nearer, Lord, to be Thine!
Sin, with its follies, I
gladly resign,
All of its pleasures, pomp and its pride,
Give me but
Jesus, my Lord, crucified.
Give me but Jesus, my Lord, crucified.
Nearer, still nearer, while life shall last.
Till safe in glory my
anchor is cast;
Through endless ages ever to be
Nearer, my Savior,
still nearer to Thee;
Nearer, my Savior, still nearer to Thee!
Scriptural Reference:
"Who is he who will devote himself to be close to Me?" Jeremiah 30:21
Words: Horatio G. Spafford (1873)
Music: Philip P. Bliss
(1876)
Editor's Note: Written after Spafford's financial wealth was
destroyed in the Great Chicago Fire and his four daughters were killed in
an Atlantic shipping collision. He wrote the song while on a ship
passing the site of his daughters' death. Keith Lancaster sang most
of the parts on the song.
Lead: Keith Lancaster
Lyrics:
When peace, like a river, attendeth my way,
When sorrows like sea
billows roll;
Whatever my lot, Thou has taught me to say,
It is
well, it is well, with my soul.
Chorus:
It is well, with my soul,
It is well, with my soul,
It
is well, it is well, with my soul.
My sin, oh, the bliss of this glorious thought!
My sin, not in part
but the whole,
Is nailed to the cross, and I bear it no more,
Praise
the Lord, praise the Lord, O my soul!
Repeat Chorus
And Lord, haste the day when my faith shall be sight,
The clouds be
rolled back as a scroll;
The trump shall resound, and the Lord shall
descend,
Even so, it is well with my soul.
Repeat Chorus
Scriptural Reference:
"Praise the Lord, O my soul." Psalm 146:1
Special Thanks for Additions and/or Corrections to: Jeff Martin, Jonathan Paden, Craig Crumpton, Cyberhymnal, and The Lutheran Hymnal Online
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