Woody's Goodies

[Woody]

I've been asked to start up a thread here of Woody's Goodies

I plan to submit a variety of types of snippets. You can feel free to join in.

To start with I thought it would be fun to reminise with some old songs. The real religious classics from the olden days. WELL that is what I accused my Dad of living in.

This was one of my Dad's favorites. Does anyone recall the person who was famous for singing this old song.

I hope you can recognize it from this snippet .... What is the name of this old song?

Quote:

" My God and I go in the field together ... we walk and talk ... as good friends should and do. We clasp our hands ... our voices ring with laughter .... My God and I ... walk through the meadow's hue."

And if any of you have old songs ... please join in with a snippet of your own. But please keep them to a Redwood sized Snippet. Don't give it away too easily.

[Woody]

Here's a song that has cool words. They were written by a classmate of mine from Academy. But you would know the well known group that sang it.

Quote:

"Every time the Lord says go, the devil seems to stand in the way.

It seems like he thinks up a million things hopin' to keep us a-way.

Well, someone's sick and the car won't go, and the guitar never sounded so.

But the love of Jesus and the Holy Spirit keeps us travelin' on."

Can you name the song title?

Who wrote the words?

The music?

Name the group that made it famous .....

Need some clues???

[D. Allan]

Ah to see some of my Academy classmate. 49 yrs since i last saw some.

Nice words to your snippet!

[Woody]

Here's another song from that same classmate of mine ... Maybe this one is more familiar ....

Wait for me Jesus ........

For I am so slow So tired and small.

Wait for me Jesus ..........

For I am so frail I am nothing at all.

Wait for me Jesus .........

For I am so lost with so much I just do .

Wait for me Jesus ........

For all of my life I've been searching for YOU.

The next verse ... COMFORT me Jesus ..... etc

[Woody]

OK. SOMEONE out there ought to at least know the name of the group that sings these songs. Here is one that the group made famous ...

My troubles are many and my pleasures are few.

I guess life is always that way.

But I don't complain 'cause I know I'll be free if I can get to heaven one day.

But tell me, Where am I now? Am I almost there? Is that heaven's bright glory I see?

Is that Jesus I hear calling out my name? Is the door standing open for me?

[D. Allan]

I found it!!! :--)

In a sermon, "ORDAINED TO SERVE" at http://www.prophecywatch.biz/Page%2021%20Ordained%20to%20Serve.htm

Life Is A Wonderful Thing

Words and Music by Tom Hughes

My troubles are many; my pleasures are few;

I guess life is always that way.

But I don’t complain ‘cause I know I’ll be free;

If I can get to heaven someday.

Chorus

But tell me, where am I now?

Am I almost there?

Is that heaven’s bright glory I see?

Is that Jesus I hear calling out my name?

Is the door standing open for me?

Sometimes I get weary; I don’t know where I stand.

I stumble and fall on the way.

But Jesus has promised to reach out His hand;

I’ll get to heaven someday!

Chorus

My friends don’t believe me when I tell them it’s true

That somewhere there’s a home made for me. They’re all made of gold and there’s one made for you.

Come with me to heaven and see!

Chorus

Is that door standing open for me?

[Woody]

Thanks for the post and sermon. I thought this part of the sermon was interesting ...

Quote:

The Priesthood of All Believers...

The Ohio Conference and the Seventh-Day Adventist Church does not discriminate when it comes to men or women in ministry.

The policy of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church:

...both men and women can be elders,

...both men and women can be deacons,

...both men and women can preach;

...both men and women could be deaconesses.

Some here would disagree with that part of your link.

Some would also disagree with the author of the song.

My songbook says that BONNIE LETCHER wrote the words and music. So, we have a conflict. Do we believe the internet or my songbook? Anyway ... now that I've revealed the author ... can anyone tell me the SDA group that sang it?

[D. Allan]

A snippitt from http://old.spectrummagazine.org/library/columns2001/010803daffern.html

Quote:

I remember that in 1972 Bonnie Letcher and two seductively spiritual young men sang of our apocalyptic anxieties. "But tell me where am I now? Am I almost there? Is that heaven’s bright glory I see? Is that Jesus I hear calling out my name? Is the door standing open for me?" I also remember that my good friend Brad almost died at Soquel that year after swallowing several reds and a fifth of Southern Comfort.

[Woody]

BTW. I wrote to Tom Hughes who had been given credit for Bonnie's song. He made sure there was a correction on that site. So, now Take Three has the credit ... thanks to your uncovering this miscarriage of justice. Thanks dAb

[D. Allan]

good job! Redwood tu

[Jeannieb43]

I've been asked to start up a thread here of Redwood Snippets

I plan to submit a variety of types of snippets. You can feel free to join in.

To start with I thought it would be fun to reminise with some old songs. The real religious classics from the olden days. WELL that is what I accused my Dad of living in.

This was one of my Dad's favorites. Does anyone recall the person who was famous for singing this old song.

I hope you can recognize it from this snippet .... What is the name of this old song?

Quote:

" My God and I go in the field together ... we walk and talk ... as good friends should and do. We clasp our hands ... our voices ring with laughter .... My God and I ... walk through the meadow's hue."

Redwood, I love this old song! Thanks for reminding me. It got me started tracking down all the rest of the lyrics, and I found them--on the Internet! But to save Stan's [computer memory] space on this board I won't copy them here. Can't recall the name of the man who used to sing this song the most.... (just getting too old, I guess!)

[Woody]

I could be wrong. But the man that I had in mind was George Beverly Shea. Can anyone confirm that thought?

[Woody]

I once was lost in sin ... but Jesus took me in.

And then a little light from heaven filled my soul.

It bathed my heart in love and wrote my name above.

And just a little talk with Jesus made me whole ......

Have a little talk with Jesus ... tell Him all about our troubles.

Hear our faintest cry .... answer by and by.

Feel a little pray'r wheel turning ..know a little fire is burnin

Find a little talk with Jesus makes it right.

OK. End of song. But I SEE you ... I just don't know about those gyrating hips of yours.

[Woody]

So send I you ... to labor UNrewarded , To serve UNpaid, unloved unsought Unknown.

To bear rebuke, to suffer scorn and scoffing ...

So send I you .... To TOIL for ME .... Alone.

[Woody]

"I would be true ... for there are those who trust me.

I would be pure, for there are those who care.

I would be strong, for there is much to suffer.

I would be brave for there is much to dare.

I would be brave for there is much to dare."

[olger]

"Starlings are oversized flies." Olger

[Woody]

Tempted and Tried, we're oft made to wonder.

Why it should be thus all the day long,

While there are others living about us

Never molested though in the wrong.

Farther along we'll know more about it,

Farther along we'll understand why;

Cheer up my brother, live in the sunshine,

We'll understand it .... all by and by.

[Denise]

Hey, that's one of my favorites! "Farther Along!" :)

[Woody]

Hi Denise. Thanks for joining WOD.

This song just hit me this week. I've sung it many times but never really understood the words below ...

Quote:

While there are others living about us

Never molested though in the wrong.

It seems that those who love Jesus and follow his truth ... THEY are the most "molested". And it seems unfair at times while we suffer. But we are called to do this.

We are also called to live in the sunshine while we are being "molested". That is what I am trying to do.

Thanks again and come back soon.

[Denise]

Here's another favorite of mine:

I'm satisfied with just a cottage below

A little silver and a little gold

But in that city where the ransomed will shine

I want a gold one that's silver lined

I've got a mansion just over the hilltop

In that bright land where we'll never grow old

And some day yonder we will never more wander

But walk on streets that are purest gold

Though often tempted, tormented, and tested

And like the prophet my pillow's a stone

And though I find here no permanent dwelling

I know He'll give me a mansion my own

I've got a mansion just over the hilltop

In that bright land where we'll never grow old

And some day yonder we will never more wander

But walk on streets that are purest gold

Don't think me poor or deserted or lonely

I'm not discouraged I'm heaven bound

I'm but a pilgrim in search of the city

I want a mansion, a harp and a crown

I've got a mansion just over the hilltop

In that bright land where we'll never grow old

And some day yonder we will never more wander

But walk on streets that are purest gold

[Woody]

Oh Yes. Long time no see. I've got a Mansion ... Just over the Hilltop. Brings back memories for me. A certain Campmeeting I think. Morris Vendon is in the picture.

Thanks again for joining WOD. Come back soon.

[Denise]

:)

[Woody]

I Need Thee Every Hour.

I need thee every hour, Most gracious Lord,

No tender voice like thine,

Can peace a..ford.

I need thee O, I need thee, Every hour I need thee!

O bless me now, my Saviour, I come to Thee.

I need Thee every hour, In joy or pain,

Come quickly and abide,

Or life is vain.

I need Thee O, I need Thee, Every hour I need thee

O, Bless me now, my Saviour, I come to Thee.

[Woody]

His Eye is on the Sparrow

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Why should I feel discouraged

Why should the shadows come

Why should my heart be lonely

And long for heavenly home

When Jesus is my portion?

My constant friend is He

His eye is on the sparrow

And I know he watches me

His eye is on the sparrow

And I know He watches me

I sing because I’m happy

I sing because I’m free

For His eye is on the sparrow

And I know He watches me

“Let not your heart be troubled”

His tender word I hear

And resting on His goodness

I loose my doubts and fears

Tho’ by the path He leadeth

But one step I may see

His eye is on the sparrow

And I know He watches me

His eye is on the sparrow

And I know He watches me

Whenever I am tempted

Whenever clouds arise

When song gives place to sighing

When hope within me dies

I draw the closer to Him

For care He sets me free

His eye is on the sparrow

And I know He watches me

His eye is on the sparrow

And I know He watches me

[Woody]

We have an anchor

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Will your anchor hold in the storms of life,

When the clouds unfold their wings of strife?

When the strong tides lift and the cables strain,

Will your anchor drift, or firm remain?

Refrain

We have an anchor that keeps the soul

Steadfast and sure while the billows roll,

Fastened to the Rock which cannot move,

Grounded firm and deep in the Savior’s love.

It is safely moored, ’twill the storm withstand,

For ’tis well secured by the Savior’s hand;

And the cables, passed from His heart to mine,

Can defy that blast, thro’ strength divine.

Refrain

It will surely hold in the Straits of Fear—

When the breakers have told that the reef is near;

Though the tempest rave and the wild winds blow,

Not an angry wave shall our bark o’erflow.

Refrain

It will firmly hold in the Floods of Death—-

When the waters cold chill our latest breath,

On the rising tide it can never fail,

While our hopes abide within the Veil.

Refrain

When our eyes behold through the gath’ring night

The city of gold, our harbor bright,

We shall anchor fast by the heav’nly shore,

With the storms all past forevermore.

Refrain