Sunday Morning Mountain Gospel Music 239

The River of Jordan sung by the Louvin Brothers

                                                          FOR DON





To the River Of Jordan our Savior went one day
And we read that John The Baptist met Him there
And when John baptized Jesus in Jordan's rushing waters
The mighty power of God filled the air

I'm on my way to the River Of Jordan
Gonna wade right in to the rushing waters
I'm going down, I'm going down to the River Of Jordan
And let the cool waters cleanse my soul

King Naaman was stricken with dreaded leprosy
And he sent for the man of God to pray
But Elisha said to Naaman "go dip yourself in Jordan"
And let the cool waters wash your spots away

So he went right down to the River Of Jordan
He waded right in the rushing waters
He dipped himself, he dipped himself in the River Of Jordan
And the cool waters made him whole


The River Of Jordan is many miles away
And this mighty river I may never see
But I'll find myself an altar in an old-fashioned church
And my River of Jordan, that will be

Well, I'm on my way to the River Of Jordan
Gonna wade right in to the rushing waters
I'm going down, I'm going down to the River Of Jordan
And let the cool waters cleanse my soul........


Songwriters: Hazel Houser / Hazel Marie Houser

The River of Jordan lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC

Sunday Morning Mountain Gospel Music 238

Christ the Lord Is Risen Today, sung by The Joslin Grove Choral Society

Sunday Morning Mountain Gospel Music 237

 Blessed Palm Sunday:  It Is Well With My Soul

Sunday Morning Mountain Gospel Music 236

Farther Along

Sung by Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt, Emmylou Harris

Tempted and tried, we're oft made to wonder
Why it should be thus all day long
While there are others living about us
Never molested though in the wrong

When death has come and taken our loved ones
It leaves our home so lonely and drear
Then do we wonder why others prosper
Living so wicked year after year

[Chorus]
Further along we'll know all about it
Further along we'll understand why
Cheer up my brother, live in the sunshine
We'll understand it all, by and by

Faithful 'till death, said our loving Master
A few more days to labor and wait
Toils of the road will then seem as nothing
As we sweep through the beautiful gates

[Chorus]
Further along we'll know all about it
Further along we'll understand why
Cheer up my brother, live in the sunshine
We'll understand it all, by and by.........

Sunday Morning Mountain Gospel Music 235

Power in the Blood sung by Dolly Parton

Dolly Parton with the gospel song "Power In The Blood". Songwriter was Lewis E. Jones who made this song back in 1899.

Would you be free from the burden of sin?
There's pow'r in the Blood, pow'r in the Blood;
Would you o'er evil a victory win?
There's wonderful pow'r in the Blood.

There is pow'r, pow'r, wonder-working pow'r
In the Blood of the Lamb;
There is pow'r, pow'r, wonder-working pow'r
In the precious Blood of the Lamb.

Would you be free from your passion and pride?
There's pow'r in the Blood, pow'r in the Blood;
Come for a cleansing to Calvary's tide;
There's wonderful pow'r in the Blood.

Would you be whiter, much whiter than snow?
There's pow'r in the Blood, pow'r in the Blood;
Sin-stains are lost in its life-giving flow;
There's wonderful pow'r in the Blood.

Would you do service for Jesus your King?
There's pow'r in the Blood, pow'r in the Blood;
Would you live daily His praises to sing?
There's wonderful pow'r in the Blood.

Sunday Morning Mountain Gospel Music 234

 

HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY

Sunday Morning Mountain Gospel Music 233

Precious Memories sung by Patty Loveless

Precious mem'ries, unseen angels
Sent from somewhere to my soul
How they linger, ever near me
As the sacred past unfold.

Precious mem'ries, how they linger
How they ever flood my soul
In the stillness of the midnight
Precious, sacred scenes unfold.

As I travel on life's pathway
I know not what the years may hold
And as I ponder, hope grows fonder
Precious mem'ries floods my soul.

Precious mem'ries how they linger
How they ever flood my soul
In the stillness of the midnight
Precious, sacred scenes unfold...



Songwriters: Emory Gordy / Patty Loveless / JR.

Precious Memories lyrics © Copyright Control, Pauldin County Productions D/B/a Clay Root Music

Artist: Patty Loveless

Album: How Great Thou Art: Gospel Favorites from the Grand Ole Opry

Released: 2008
Genre: Country music

Sunday Morning Mountain Gospel Music 232

NO SCHOOL BUS IN HEAVEN sung by The Stanley Brothers

In Memory of the 61st year of the wreck of School Bus 27, Feb. 28, 1958, in Floyd County, KY. May God Bless all the families touched by this tragedy.

On Route 23, down in Eastern Kentucky
A school bus wrecked there in the County of Floyd
It left many parents a weepin and mournin
It took away the lives of their little girls and boys

These little school children have gone on to Glory
No lessons to study, no worries or cares
They're now rejoicing and walking with Jesus
They won't have to ride on a school bus up there

God please watch over these heartbroken families
Give them the courage to go on alone
Show them the right way that leads up to Heaven
Where once more the family will all be at Home

These little school children have gone on to Glory
No lessons to study, no worries or cares
They're now rejoicing and walking with Jesus
They won't have to ride on a school bus up there......

Sixty One Years----Tragedy of School Bus 27

"It's the worst thing that's ever happened in Floyd County...the very worst thing"

"On the morning of February 28, 1958, junk dealer Donald Horn slowed to investigate a truck off the road in a ditch. Behind him, a Floyd County school bus, apparently not seeing Horn's wrecker in time, struck the rear of the vehicle, swerved across U.S. Route 23, and plunged into the Levisa Fork of the Big Sandy River.

The normally docile stream had been transformed by rain and flooding into a swiftly moving river thirty feet deep, twenty feet above flood stage. What might have been a multi-injury accident became a tragedy as panic-stricken school children broke windows and fought to get out the back door before the bus sank. Of the forty-eight on board, twenty-two escaped. The rest – twenty-six children and the driver – were carried downstream and under the water in the fierce current.

The accident occurred at Knotley Hollow, three miles south of  Prestonsburg. It was immediately labeled the worst traffic accident in state history and the National Safety Council called it the worst highway accident involving children in the nation's history."


The Prestonsburg school bus disaster inspired a documentary entitled, "The Very Worst Thing" by Kentucky filmmaker Michael Crisp and two songs, "No School Bus in Heaven" by the Stanley Brothers and "The Tragedy of Bus 27" by Ralph Bowman.

I'll be posting videos of the 2 songs "The Tragedy of Bus 27" by Ralph Bowman and  "No School Bus in Heaven" by the Stanley Brothers this weekend. Below is the 'trailer' for the documentary  "The Very Worst Thing" by Kentucky filmmaker Michael Crisp........



Here is a link of interest to a paper published by the Kentucky National Guard, who were amongst the heroes in the aftermath of this tragedy:   Kentucky National guard 50th Anniversary Remembrance
My Collins line has deep roots in Floyd County Kentucky. My 4th Great-grandfather and his family were early settlers there, having migrated from East Tennessee, though the Pound Gap into old Floyd County. My Dad was born in Weeksbury Kentucky, then a small coal mining town.

This weekend I'm gonna take sometime and reflect on this tragedy and offer a small prayer for all those that were involved. I'm hoping readers of this blog will take a little time and do this same thing.........

Hat Tip to Janet Crain for her inspiration to write this article

Sunday Morning Mountain Gospel Music 231

Shall We Gather At the River sung by the Hee Haw Gospel Quartet

Shall we gather at the river,
Where bright Angel feet have trod,
With its crystal tide forever
Flowing by the Throne of God?

Yes, we'll gather at the river,
The beautiful, the beautiful river;
Gather with the saints at the river
That flows by the Throne of God.

On the margin of the river,
Washing up its silver spray,
We shall walk and worship ever,
All the happy golden days.

Yes, we'll gather at the river,
The beautiful, beautiful river;
Gather with the saints at the river
That flows by the Throne of God.

Ere we reach the shining river,
Lay we every burden down;
Grace our spirits will deliver,
And provide a robe and crown.

Yes, we'll gather at the river,
The beautiful, beautiful river;
Gather with the saints at the river
That flows by the Throne of God.......



Songwriters: Carl Jackson / Robert Lowery

Shall We Gather at the River lyrics © Word Music LLC, Paul Rodriguez Music Ltd., Glorysound, Two Fine Boys Music, Copyright Control, Jrm Music, Colonel Rebel Music, WORD MUSIC, LLC

Sunday Morning Mountain Gospel Music 230

Tell Mother I'll Be There sung by Mac Wiseman

When I was but a little child how well I recollect
How I would grieve my mother with my folly and neglect
And now that she has gone to Heaven I miss her tender care
O Savior tell my mother I'll be there

Tell mother I'll be there in answer to her prayer
This message Blessed Savior to her bear
Tell mother I'll be there Heaven's joys with her to share
Yes tell my darling mother I'll be there

Though I was often wayward she was always kind and good
So patient gentle loving when my ways were rough and rude
My childhood grief's and trials she would gladly with me share
O Savior tell my mother I'll be there

One day a message came to me it bade me quickly come
If I would see my mother ere the Savior took her home
I promised her before she died for heaven to prepare
O Savior tell my mother I'll be there

Tell mother I'll be there in answer to her prayer
This message Blessed Savior to her bear
Tell mother I'll be there Heaven's joys with her to share
Yes tell my darling mother I'll be there

Sunday Morning Mountain Gospel Music 229

Kneel At the Cross sung by the Louvin Brothers

                                                February 11, 2017 RIP






Kneel at the Cross, Christ will meet you there
Come while He waits for you
Listen to His voice, leave with Him your cares
And begin life anew

Kneel at the Cross, kneel at the Cross
Leave every care, leave every care
Kneel at the Cross, kneel at the Cross
Jesus will meet you there

Kneel at the Cross, there is room for all
Who would His Glory share
Bliss there awaits, harm can ne'er befall
Those who are anchored there

Kneel at the Cross, kneel at the Cross
Leave every care, leave every care
Kneel at the Cross, kneel at the Cross
Jesus will meet you there

Kneel at the Cross, give your idols up
Look unto realms above
Turn not away to life's sparkling cup
Trust only in His love

Kneel at the Cross, kneel at the Cross
Leave every care, leave every care
Kneel at the Cross, kneel at the Cross
Jesus will meet you there.........


Songwriters: Ira Louvin / Charlie Louvin / c.e. moody