FIVE SONGS RELATED TO BIBLE HANDOUTS

FIVE SONGS RELATED TO BIBLE HANDOUTS

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BRINGING IN THE SHEAVES. Go here. No singing, but you can easily sing along with the lyrics since the musical setting is syllabic (one note for each syllable).

I SHALL NOT BE MOVED. (Vocal and lyrics; go here. The vocal is awful but there are other versions; Johnny Cash also recorded the song, but there must be hundreds of others.) Direct quote of Psalm 1 (the Wisdom Psalm).

LILY OF THE VALLEY. (Go here.) Note the reference to  Song of Songs ("lily"), also Isaiah and Revelation ("morning star").

SUNRISE, SUNSET. (Go here.) The chorus from this famous song from the musical Fiddler on the Roof is based on the first chapter of the book of Ecclesisates ("The sun also rises, and the sun sets").

is this the little girl i carried,
is this the little boy at play?

i don't remember growing older,
when did they?

when did she get to be a beauty,
when did he grow to be so tall?

wasn't it yesterday when they were small?

sunrise, sunset
swiftly flow the days.

seedlings turn overnight to sunflowers,
blossoming even as we gaze.

sunrise, sunset ,
swiftly fly the years,
one season following another,
laiden with happiness and tears.

what words of wisdom can i give them,
how can i help to ease their way?

now they must learn from one another,
day by day.

they look so natural together.

just like two newlyweds should be.

is there a canopy in store for me?

sunrise, sunset ,
swiftly fly the years,
one season following another,
laiden with happiness,
and tears 

WORKING ON A BUILDING. (Go here.) Elvis Presley won his only Grammy awards for his Gospel albums. This is from one of his Gospel albums. This motif is used in Psalms, and Jesus also uses it ("Build you house on rock"). But the motif is more pervasive in Paul's letters, since, for Paul, the body of the Christian is the new Temple. Lyrics below:

I'm working on the building
It's a true foundation
I'm holding up the blood-stained
Banner for my lord
Well I never get tired, tired, tired of working on the building
I'm going up to heaven to get my reward

I'm working on the building
It's a true foundation
I'm holding up the blood-stained
Banner for my lord
Well I never get tired, tired, tired of working on the building
I'm going up to heaven oh yeah, to get my reward

I'm working on the building
It's a true foundation
I'm holding up the blood-stained
Banner for my lord
Well I never get tired, tired, tired of working on the building
I'm going up to heaven oh yeah, to get my reward

I'm working on the building
It's a true foundation
I'm holding up the blood-stained
Banner for my lord
Well I never get tired, tired, tired of working on the building
I'm going up to heaven oh yeah, to get my reward

I'm working on the building
It's a true foundation
I'm holding up the blood-stained
Banner for my lord
Well I never get tired, tired, tired of working on the building
I'm going up to heaven oh yeah, to get my reward

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