Get ready to hear the good news.

Get ready for an expression of African American culture.

Get ready to have your spirit lifted through song.

I've got a home in the kingdom.

Amen.

Good news tonight from Pittsburgh.

It's Make a Joyful Noise with your host, Reverend Richard Allen Farmer and Chris Moore, along with some of Pittsburgh's finest ministers of music, including One Accord whose contemporary stylings will move you.

Soloist Eva Driver blessed with a voice of power and grace.

And Alpha, an ensemble that displays a unique blend of two strands of African-American music.

It's good news, a celebration of gospel music.

Tonight on Make a Joyful Noise.

Yes, that's the new.

When I look back over my life and I think about all he's done for me so much, he's done.

Just take it all Hey.

He's been my own.

I just can't Oh, that's what he's done for me.

Yeah.

When I think about his goodness should be.

And all he has done for me.

My soul provided.

Hallelujah I might.

Oh, stay with me.

Oh, Hallelujah.

He's been my own He's been my own I just say Hallelujah oh that's what he's gonna do for me.

I see.

When I was so sick Jesus heal my body When I want wake up.

You see the he stop around.

Oh, God.

That's what he's done for me.

I see, I. When I was by my side, He was my closest friends.

And when I didn't have the soul he gave me a song that you That's what he's done.

Oh, for me, yes.

He had it Jesus, I so for me oh no oh I, I just can't I cannot No matter how hard I try I just, I gotta I just, I gotta The lord pick you up.

Oh have you ever.

the Lord.

No matter how hard I try I got to, got I just, got it all I and you try to talk oh my God.

And when you're.

Ha ha ha ha I just I got it all, I just got it all.

Oh.

Hello, I'm Chris Moore, the producer of Make a Joyful Noise.

Welcome to our program.

Each year we produce this program here in Pittsburgh.

And now that we're airing it all throughout the state, we've received letters of support from all of you in our audience.

And I'd like to say thank you very much.

Please keep those cards and letters coming.

Let me introduce you now to Reverend Richard Allen Farmer, who each year provides a musical guide or a listeners guide for our Make a Joyful Noise program.

Reverend farm is my former pastor here in Pittsburgh, and he's now the dean of the chapel at Gordon College in one of Massachusetts.

Welcome once again to our program.

It's good to be here.

Okay, now, I know that you divide, gospel music into two categories subjective and objective.

All right.

The difference being that, when you compare it with standard Protestant hymns, you have hymns usually speak about God, a very objective statement.

Not getting myself involved.

So, Mighty fortress is our God are both never failing.

But in the gospel song, you tend to put yourself in there.

I'm going to trust in the Lord.

I will trust in the Lord.

And you start talking about your own testimony.

Not so much a theological statement about God, but my own story that I want to get a chance to tell.

Now, that's kind of the way you say that's him and gospel.

Does that translate to what we do in the black church?

Because that's always called gospel music.

Certainly.

I think the stereotype of can get dangerous in hymns.

There are subjective hymns where one sings of one's own experience with God.

So I don't want to suggest that anytime it's subjective, that must be gospel objective must be hymn.

I think you get a little of each.

However, gospel songs tend to be largely subjective.

It was the way we had a chance to speak out.

The history of gospel music is such that it was frequently the way you got a chance to speak out.

You didn't always have a platform, so you made your statement in your song.

Our counterparts from the dominant culture had their soapboxes and their way of making their statements.

And so now we call that testifying.

That's right.

Okay.

All right.

Well, we're going to bust a lot of stereotypes out here before this program is over for the series as a result.

But, the, the song that's coming up by Eva Driver, just the title alone suggests that it, falls into that subjective category.

Yes, exactly.

It's in my heart.

You asked me why I shout and sing.

You ask me, what is this melody of Grace divine?

It's in my heart.

And again speaks of the prison's own transformation.

Their own conversion experience.

And I think you'll find it very, very comforting if a person is trying to give their own story.

It's in my heart, a melody of love divine.

It's in my home.

That I am here.

And the Lord truly mine.

It's in my heart.

That's why I sing it and shine for Jesus.

It's in my heart.

It's in my heart.

Some folk may see to pass the weary nights alone.

Some folk may sing.

They just want to entertain.

A world needs the wrong.

Oh, and this is why I sing I sing.

Because I worship my God.

Woah in song I need you.

It's in my heart.

It's in my heart.

It's in my, My my my my my my my heart.

It's in my heart.

A melody of love.

So divine, so divine.

It's in my heart.

Thank you, Jesus, that I am here and I know, oh, that the Lord is truly mine.

It's in my heart.

It's in my heart.

It's in my heart, that's why I sing.

Thank you and I can shine.

It's in my.

Heart Oh, oh.

Oh my, heart.

Oh, Hallelujah God put a song in my heart.

Oh, Hallelujah you saved me one day.

Sanctified.

Fill me with this precious Holy Ghost.

That's why I sing for Jesus.

That's why I sing.

Why I sing and shine.

It's in my heart.

Way, way way, way, way, way down.

In my heart.

It's in my heart.

In my heart.

Reverend, from a lot of the performers on our program.

And I really hesitate to use that word, performers, because everyone I know, they've told me, considers themselves ministers in music of the word.

And, a lot of the people who performed on the program, let me phrase it that way.

Are really special to me because Eva Driver, the soloist we just heard was a last minute replacement for someone.

And she said, well, if the Lord is willing, I'll come down and do it.

There are all sorts of little stories to tell.

We'll get into that a little later on, but that's a lot of the that's the way people feel about their music, isn't it?

Yes.

And it's a it's really quite a tribute to the way we learn our music in the black church especially.

There's a lot of expectation upon the musicians who are expected to be able to pinch it or to be able to perform at the drop of a hat.

And there's no such thing as I haven't had time to rehearse.

It is expected that you'll be able to slip in and just take someone's place, and that spontaneity is really quite a part of our musical culture.

You mean they call you down?

Sometimes if you're just in the audience and you're ready to enjoy the service?

They'll say, we see Brother John Smith on the John, come up and give us a number.

Well, you can't say, oh, gee, I haven't had a chance to practice.

I mean, you expected and it would be a shame if you were not ready.

Well, spontaneity is a part of a lot of black music.

And this year we have a group that features two different idioms, that of jazz that they've blended with gospel.

And it seems to be a lot of spontaneity in the group that we're getting ready to hear.

Alpha, what can you tell us about this blending of the two different African-American forms?

I really enjoy this next group because I like the sounds of jazz anyway, but I find it fascinating to see what they've done with a standard, all spiritual, you know?

This really is supposed to sound like this.

I've got a crown up here in that kingdom.

And that good news.

I got a crown of being in that kingdom and that good news.

And then they come along.

I got a crown up in the kingdom, and they're good.

And they really play off that wonderful spontaneity that is part of the jazz idiom, even going so far as to say, okay, let's have the basses take it a little bit.

Okay, sax, take it.

Okay, let's have the pianist take a little bit.

Okay.

Then you take a little bit, even so far as to have everybody kind of take a little piece, which is very much associated with jazz.

I think they'll appreciate our listeners will appreciate the blending of the two styles.

I've got a home in the kingdom.

Amen.

Good news.

I've got a home I've been backing down.

Ain't bad.

Goodness, I'm gonna light on in this world.

And shoulder up on my cross.

Then I'll take it and give it all to Jesus.

Ain't bad.

Good news.

I've got a crown on the up in the kingdom.

And that's good news!

I've got a crown that up in that kingdom.

Yes, that's good news.

I'm gonna lay down on this land and shoulder up on my cross.

Then I'll take it and give it all to Jesus.

And there's good news.

I want this to be the day the Lord would turn to his son and say, Jesus, go take your pride away.

What if this would be the day that's not your up back loud with sound?

Could you look up now and say hey, that's a good never.

What if this would be the hour my Lord would come and would show us his power?

We may change in a twinkling of an up.

We'll be glad we read this in red.

When we look at my Savior's face.

We'll be ready to leave this place.

Hey, hey, that's a good news.

I've got a home.

And that's good news.

I've got a crown up in my kingdom.

Yes, that's good news.

I'm going to lay down on this world and shoulder up my cross.

Then I'll take it and give it all to Jesus.

And that's good news.

Hey, hey, hey, that's a good new my money.

That's the good news.

I said it's the good news.

That is good news is that's good news.

I'm going to lay down this worlds and shoulder.

up my cross.

Then I'll take that.

Give it all.

to Jesus That's good news.

Well, that is good news and good news.

Like I've never heard it before.

That's unique.

Yes it is.

It's a beautiful sound.

Now, what do we've got coming up?

Is the first group that we heard, One Accord and, the person singing lead on victory, the song we're about to hear is no stranger to Make a Joyful Noise.

She is Jackie Pullinger when she gets going on victory.

I love it when she spells it out, Victory.

And then she whoops a little bit.

And I know you have certain feelings about sometimes when we get a little bit demonstrative, but this is the music.

I love that.

Well, Jackie is a wonderful song stylist.

She does a lot of stuff.

If you just give her a line, she will take it from there and do some wonderful twists and turns with it.

And in fact, it's quite, artful.

I don't have any problem with that at all.

I think she's a wonderful stylist.

In fact, this is kind of a contemporary arrangement of an old hymn.

Well, it's really not terribly old, but, certainly older than many contemporary choruses we sang.

But I heard an old, old story.

How the Savior came from glory.

It's an old hymn.

Victory in Jesus, my Savior forever.

Well, when they finish with it, it sounds even more jubilant and more victorious than ever.

And here we go again.

Being very spontaneous, right?

Yes.

You'll hear lots of stuff that I'm sure even the musicians didn't expect.

Victory and Jesus my savior forever He love me.

I know him Victory Victory I might have to let you know I like your victory.

Victory Victory Victory My savior.

Forever.

He stopped me Victory All my love!

Victory I want to let you know Victory Victory Victory I just have to let him know Now I got that victory.

Victory I got to let him know I just I just have to let him know Victory Victory Oh.

Oh.

Victory Oh oh.

Victory I got it.

Victory I got it.

Victory I got it.

Victory Oh, oh victory I got it.

Oh Victory Victory, I got it.

There's more of Make a Joyful Noise featuring Eva driver and Alpha.

So stay with us.

Soon, we'll be done with the troubles of the world.

The trouble of this world.

The trouble of the world.

Soon, we'll be done with that.

Your eyeballs of the world going home to me with us soon.

We'll be done with that.

Your elbows of the world.

The troubles of this world.

The trouble of the world.

Now we'll be done with that.

Your robots of the world going home to live with us.

I want to see my mother.

I want to see my mother.

I want to see my mother and to to live with my.

I want to see my father.

I want to see my sister.

I want to see my Jesus.

Some want to live with us.

Soon will be done without your.

I was of the world.

Troubles of this world.

The troubles of the world.

Soon, will be done.

with the troubles of the world going home to live with us going home to live with us.

going home to live with us.

Soon I will be done with the troubles of the world.

Never heard it like that before.

Reverend Farmer, that song means a lot to me.

And I told you in our first segment that the performance meant a lot to me on this year's show.

And there's a reason I had a personal tragedy in my life, and that I lost my sister and Beverly Moore and I were able to do something for one another.

She was there that night.

She died that night.

We rehearsed the program.

Beverly was there, and she was able to comfort me and give me some scriptures that I could read later on that evening and and know that Ellen indeed was done with the troubles of the world.

And she'd gone home to be with the Lord.

And that was special.

And I was able to reciprocate.

Had done it unwittingly earlier, because, about a year or so ago, their bassist died and they had not perform.

They had sort of lost their direction musically and didn't have the spirit to, to move on with their music ministry.

And by me asking them to perform on this program, it sort of got them back together, forced them to get together.

And Beverly told me she was very happy for that and that the Lord had just worked his will.

And we were really happy to know that we had helped each other in that way.

And sometimes I guess things come about and a lot of people would call it serendipity, but is it really that, I think he's certainly find, many, many occasions where you don't even really know how instrumental you on another person's life, you just going about doing what you do.

And it just winds up being the greatest thing that ever happened in that person's life.

I heard the story of a guy who took his son fishing, and the father kept a diary, and he wrote in the diary that day, took my son fishing today, a day wasted.

Well, his son also kept a diary.

And he wrote, went fishing with my dad.

Today, the greatest day of my life.

So you never know how another person is seeing what you think is a very simple act.

Well, I guess that's what we as Christians always talk about.

God's grace.

And you never know how it benefits you.

Which brings to mind even driver's next song that, I always call Amazing Grace, to the tune of Danny Boy, is not correct.

This is not good.

You'll hear the melody.

Londonderry air.

Song in a rather freestyle, ballad like sound, and she'll just simply take her time.

I think this is a text written by Andre Crouch where he just celebrates the amazing grace of God.

So the first couple of words will sound rather familiar, and then she'll go on from there, but the melody will certainly be familiar to most folks.

Amazing Grace shall always be my guide.

Song of Grace.

It was God's grace that brought my liberty.

I do not know.

Just how the Lord, how he came to love me so he looked me up.

All of my faults.

And he saw my need.

Amazing grace.

She, our Lord, always be who you.

It will always be my song of praise.

For it was God.

Grace that God.

Oh my liberty, Oh.

Never know.

This I'll never know.

My Jesus, he loves me so he look beyond every one of my faults.

And his song for me.

And I shall forever live down on us to Calvary.

Jesus, you do the crawls when Jesus died for me.

How much the Lord, comes back on my humble folly falling so he he who beyond every one of my faults, I had many.

And he saw me.

Yes.

Oh, I shall forever ever You the cross where?

Jesus.

Oh.

He died for you.

And you.

How marvelous.

How marvelous.

Grace.

That call.

Oh, my sinful falling soul He.

Looked Beyond my soul And he saw my amazing Oh, oh.

Oh.

And I shall forever live my life.

To Calvary.

To you in the road.

Where Jesus died.

Oh, thank you Jesus, for me.

How my love.

That grave that got my for me.

Sinful.

Sinful soul.

He looked beyond.

Oh, Lord, my oh Lord.

And he saw my need.

We're going to turn once again to one accord.

They are a group.

Let me tell you a little bit about them.

As you know, some of those performers have been here before, but they are a group of individual performers who sort of come together to both record and to backup national artists when they come to town.

And so this is their first real, public performance here on Make a Joyful Noise.

And we're really blessed to have that many talented people to come to one accord and, get together to sing together, because there are some really talented people in that group.

You can see that in their singing.

You almost sense that, one while watching, the soloist would like to just move him or her out of the way and get up and take a little piece of themselves and then see them, kind of getting in there and wanting to support each other.

In fact, I, I see in groups like this the musical equivalent of smacking your teammate on the rump there.

I mean, where they, you know, your friend hits a high note and you say, all right, all right, you kind of cheer each other on and there's a wonderful sense of camaraderie, and, but you can also see some other soloists kind of chomping at the bit, waiting for their turn.

Let me, let me see.

Oh, yes.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

The song that they're going to sing, Jesus is the Light of the world, that's the ultimate power.

Yeah.

They, they really play off a well-worn theme.

Light and darkness, of course, great opposites.

And use throughout the scriptures.

The church, in fact, is called the light of the world, the analogy being that the world is corrupt and in darkness spiritually, and that we who know the Lord are to go into that darkness and shine and radiate for Jesus.

And so the whole idea of the light, our being in the light, our walking in the light, our knowing the light meaning Jesus personified, he is the light personified.

So you have all this celebration of light in all its many manifestations, and you can't help it be very joyous.

He the world is home where you for the living bread of the Savior of love.

For the world to see.

The Lord is moving.

The Lord is moving.

The Lord is moving.

It spirit it is He's the light of the world.

We is the light of the world.

Jesus is the light of the world.

The world is holy for God's living for us.

For the world to see The Lord is moving.

The Lord is moving, moving, moving by the spirit it is He's the light of the world Jesus is the light of the world, Jesus is the Light of the world.

Oh, shining light.

shining light.

Oh shining so bright He's the light of the world.

Oh of the world.

The world is holy.

For the living.

I've been living for some savior for the world we feel.

The Lord is moving.

by its spirit the Lord is moving away.

by its spirit He's the light of the world.

He is the light of the world.

Shining light I'm afraid of.

forgive us.

Oh my joy.

Jesus is shining light.

shining light.

Your sun shine upon it with love.

shining light.

Jesus is shining light.

Jesus, the light of the world.

Oh, if only I could sing rather than produce.

Well, if only, the next group that's coming up.

Again.

Alpha.

There's a real blending of songs here.

There's a blending, actually, of two songs here, not to mention the musical style.

There's a thematic, kind of a concept here.

What we're getting is, two songs that play off against of play of each other.

One is a song that says the way life is.

Everything has to change.

Then the person shifts to a theological celebration.

But in spite of all the changes, we have one constant.

Our God never changes.

And we get that, we've seen that in many things.

I have said that there are a couple, only a few themes that kind of run through all songs.

There's an old spiritual, rather one of the more obscure ones.

God is our God.

He don't never change.

And it goes on.

God is God and he don't never change.

And we have even in our hymn of we have how great is thy faithfulness, oh God, my father, there is no shadow of turning with thy.

So we celebrate.

Hey, everything is changing, but we've got one rock in the middle of it all.

Our God never changes.

Things change.

Our God doesn't.

That's the celebration.

Everything must change.

Nothing stays.

It's the same.

Everyone will change.

No one stays the same way.

The young become the old and mysteries do one fall for that's the way I've, Nothing.

And no one goes and change.

There are not many things in life you can be sure.

Except rain comes from the clouds.

Sun lights up the sky and hummingbirds do fly.

Winter turns to Spring.

A wounded heart will heal.

But never much too soon.

Yes.

Everything will change.

But the young become the.

Oh!

And mistress, do unfold.

Oh, for that's the way I've tied Nothing and no one.

God's unchanged.

There are numbers.

Many things in life you can be sure of.

Except.

Rain comes from the clouds.

Sunlight from the sky and hummingbirds do fly.

Rain comes from the clouds.

Sun lights up the sky.

And hummingbirds do fly.

Rain that comes from the clouds.

Sunlight from the sky.

And music makes me crown.

Friends and faces come and go.

Like ushers in the wind attitudes arise that I don't fully understand.

But things that we could come upon grow fewer every day.

But when that number gets to.

That one.

Shall the way.

Praise the Lord.

He never changes.

I go to him And he's always there.

He comforts me on every level and takes the burdens that I bring.

Praise the Lord.

He never changes.

He's never any other way.

And he'll be the same tomorrow.

Where he was?

And you know he is.

He'll be the same as yesterday.

They'll be the same on tomorrow.

And when everyone.

When everything must change.

Praise the Lord, Praise the Lord, Praise the Lord.

Praise the Lord, Oh, oh, Lord, praise the Lord.

He never change.

Stay tuned for more of Make a Joyful Noise featuring Alpha and One Accord.

Tis so sweet to trust in Jesus.

Just to take him at his word.

Just to rest upon His promise, Just to know Thus saith the Lord.

Jesus, Jesus, how I love him, How I've proved Him o'er and o'er; Jesus, Jesus, precious Jesus!

Oh, for grace to trust Him more!

Jesus, Jesus, I love him.

How I've proved Him o'er and o'er; I love to come Jesus Jesus, precious.

Jesus, Oh, for grace to trust Him more!

So sweet I learned to trust in Jesus, I want you to know.

Yes.

Oh, sweetie.

How do you to trust in Jesus To trust in the Lord Oh, no.

Hey, hey, just to take it Did you hear what I said?

Just to take a breath of all, you don't have to worry.

Just to take it.

Just to take it.

Oh, yeah.

Just to take it.

I want, you know, I can you can take Jesus anywhere.

Yes you can I know Jesus.

And just to know it.

Just to know, Just say.

Oh, Lord.

You know, you just say I am the Lord.

It is so sweet.

Yes it is now run from.

I know that Kim Langford, the soloist on that song, is probably sitting at home saying Sound is not quite like I remember seeing it in the studio Well, as you know, in television we have to adhere to time schedules, and because of the length of that song, we found it relatively easy to almost cut it in half.

And I don't know, is gospel music usually like that?

What what carries a song on and on and on.

And there are a number of factors.

I've been in a worship service where the choir was pretty much finished singing song, but the congregation took it away from them and they decided they wanted to sing it.

And then the preacher said, oh, that sounded good.

Children sing it again.

And then they'd say, and the musician wouldn't be ready to stop playing.

And everybody kind of takes a turn with it.

One of the first differences I noticed when I started hanging around in churches of other cultures is that they pretty much sing it as it's written.

If we have a juicy refrain, we sing that thing a few more times and yeah, we're having a good time.

So frequently you'll have someone singing the few stanzas and then the refrain 8 or 10 times, so you can cut it at five.

And it's still long, but still shortened in terms of the original version.

And of course, with Pentecostal musicians like the great Buddy Lakers, the keyboard player that we have here tonight, he can go on and on.

Whatever.

He can go forever.

He can go forever.

And it is said some people play all they can and some people play all they want to.

Well, but he just plays all he wants to.

He just he just keeps coming up with stuff all the time.

And it's wonderful.

It's a delight.

It is a delight.

Now we're going to move back.

With Alpha, I believe, right now.

And it's a very interesting song and it asks a very penetrating question.

I got a letter from somebody once recently, in fact, that said, how do I get the most out of a sermon?

And one of the things I said to them was interact with the speaker and answer the questions that they ask.

And here's the question do you love God?

That's the question of the song.

And Beverly dares the listener to answer the question.

Don't just listen to this piece of music.

Do you really love God?

And I think she really nails us on it.

Do you love God?

More than anything.

Do you love God?

Do you love God more than anything?

Do you love God?

Your love is.

Oh.

Yes.

And we talk in the furrow that he has given.

And love will be the endless beam of.

Oh, the host of heaven.

Do you love God more than your car or your home?

Do you love God?

Do you love God more than all You all do.

Do you love God?

Do you love God more than your family?

Really love him.

If you do, then love the whole world.

That's all he ask of you.

Do you love God more than your job or your friends?

Do you love God?

And will you love him?

Until your life will end.

Do you?

Do you love him?

Do you love God much more than your family really love him.

If you do, just let the whole world knows that you love the Lord.

Let the whole world know that you love the Lord.

Let the whole world know.

That's all he ask.

of you.

Ask you let the whole world know.

That you love the Lord.

Let the whole world know that you love the Lord.

Oh.

That's all he asked you.

Well, this program is full of such good music.

And our next performer with one Accord is Dottie Presley.

Now, we talked about One Accord being a group of individual artists who have come together.

And that is no stranger to WQED or the programs that we produce here.

She's been here as a soloist and parts of other groups before, and we're just happy to have her back.

In the song, she sings.

It seems to be another one of those songs of praise.

Just thank.

Yes, yes.

And done in a style that is rather common in some black gospel music, that is, that you don't want to growl little growl live a little bit, I should say.

She takes it.

I sang along the way.

She just kind of growls it.

I mean, it isn't.

It isn't designed to be polished or classy.

It is designed to be, I don't know, with some rough edges designed to receive you.

Yes, very, very earthy.

And you can almost picture a person and listen, I just I just want to tell him thank you.

Right now.

You don't know what he's done.

Yes, yes, yes.

It's that same kind of feelings.

And she does that.

Well, she does that kind of growl for effect, but very, very well done, I think.

I wonder if there's anything that a musician does when a, when someone is singing the number and they do that kind of thing that goes on you, you start playing off of them, I mean, you, if a person starts growling, you might just do a little rumble in the left hand, you know?

So they're singing onion.

I don't know how you kind of egg them on a little bit.

You know, you really start playing off each other.

It's a wonderful kind of mystical language that takes place between the singer and the accompanist.

When they really tune to each other and you hear it working well in this piece.

I thank you, Lord.

For everything.

I thank you, Lord, for jumping out swinging.

I thank you Lord, for angel singing.

I thank you Lord, for a new life that you've given me.

I thank you Lord, for everything.

And trust and never dealt.

you're gonna bring me out.

I'm taking my burdens to you.

And I won't leave them.

They.

They.

I want.

Thank the Lord.

Thank you.

Thank you Lord.

I thank you, Lord.

For everything.

I thank you, Lord, for the joy for making Hallelujah.

I thank you, Lord, for the angel swinging.

I thank you, Lord, for this brand new life.

This brand new life that you've given me.

I thank you, Lord, for everything.

Oh.

Know you go that bring me.

I'm taking all my word on.

I'm taking all my burdens.

And I'll keep them there.

I'll leave them there.

Leave them there.

Lord, to be tied up.

Hey, it's all good.

Mighty, mighty, mighty good Lord, oh, I just want to thank you.

And God, I want to thank you.

the one to be.

This morning mighty good Lord.

Oh, God you always Oh, hey, hey.

And give you all the glory Mighty good Lord the Lord.

Always My soul.

You always let my soul.

You talk about a child who do love Jesus.

He is one.

He is one.

Talk about a child who do love Jesus.

He is one, for he is one.

Ever since I know the gospel story, I've been walking.

Oh, the path to glory.

You talk about a child.

Who you truly love.

Jesus.

He is one.

You talk about a child that's been converted.

Where's one?

Where's one?

Talk about a child that's been a comverter?

Where's one Where's just one you know, Satan snares you once was for man.

Then you heard it for he was a far Lord God.

Then you talk about a child that's been converted, Where's one Where's one Here is one.

Ever since I learned the gospel story, I've been walking up the path to glory.

You tell about a child.

who love Jesus.

He love Jesus As a listener, I just love Alpha songs so much.

The style, the sound of it.

And here's one is, another example of unique phrasing of the kind of work that they do I always picture.

Here's one being sung by some slave, maybe standing over a fence talking to someone and saying, you talk about a child that loves Jesus.

Here's one.

It's a wonderful testimony.

Again, you couldn't sing that for anybody but yourself.

I mean, it's, it's a wonderful subjective song and well done.

Nice styling.

Well, Reverend Farmer, we really appreciate having you here.

As always.

I hope that you come back again next year.

Now, as we play our grand finale, this is a song that they sort of just took the refrain from and let the rest of it go, I'm saved and really changed the treatment.

In fact, when you see this, him in a hymnal, it's written in 1208, and it's really almost a roller skating kind of a it's I found a friend who is all to me, and the chorus is saved by his power.

Divine save to new life, some light.

And when they finish with it, it's a driving kind of Pentecostal type song, and they only do the refrain, but it doesn't sound like the saved that I remember singing.

It's a wonderful, upbeat flavor and they go out just celebrating the fact they've been transformed and rescued all by Jesus.

And it sounds wonderful.

Reverend Farmer, we are very happy to have had you here again with us on Make a Joyful Noise.

We hope you'll come back again next year.

I'd like that.

Thank you.

Please do so.

And now let's listen to that grand finale.

I'm ready for it.

I'm saved.

Oh, yes, I am saved to the last of the light.

One I want to die.

I just come.

Oh!

Save by his power divine.

Oh, I'm so sweet.

Oh, I'm saved Save by his power divine.

Saved Save by his power divine.

I'm saved Saved Oh, oh I am saved by his power divine.

Oh, oh.

Now my joy is complete.

Saved Oh, I'm saved Now my joy is complete Saved I'm saved by my word, my.

to new life.

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Make a joyful noise with your host, Reverend Richard Allen Farmer and Chris Moore, along with some of Pittsburgh's finance ministers of music, including One Accord soloist, Eva Driver and Alpha.

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