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@BlackTeddies True, and if you had read the first line of my video description, you would have known that without even having to open this video file.

guitmartiman 4 months ago

OMG! I haven't heard this in decades. I went to a Catholic School which made a better singer (I believe). We sang all the time in those days and this was one of those hymns. Our teacher taught us the descant during the verses for those of us who could sing that high. I still remember it and although my voice cracks, I can harmonize along with your voice. Thank you for posting--you took me back to the best years of my life when I was in EL/Jr. High School. Best wishes!

1955marfa 5 months ago

@1955marfa Thanks for singing with me! Glad I was able to bring back presumably happy memories for you. Blessings on you!

guitmartiman 5 months ago

Thanx for your enlightenment guitmartiman! I first heard this song 40 years ago in middle school which was a Christian School (a continent away from your world). We used to sing it during the Christian Rally camps.

Until now I had no idea who the composer was. I appreciate your sharing.

Phikay1 5 months ago

@Phikay1 You're entirely welcome! I wouldn't have known if it weren't for a fellow Youtuber who enlightened me.

guitmartiman 5 months ago

I love this song! Iam trying to learn it without any prior gutair practice i mean i just learned the notes today. I get stuck on the transition from c to d, and then d to c. Anyway this my favriote song!

JamespaulHarrison 5 months ago

Thank you for posting this song.

mwp62 5 months ago in playlist Praise

@mwp62 You're welcome.

guitmartiman 5 months ago

I've been looking for this tune ever since I heard it on Family Radio. Thanks for posting. Lovely performance.

Mewsician123 7 months ago

Luv It, great Job. We do a guitar mass now at our church.

jumboguildluver 8 months ago

@jumboguildluver I loved playing in a guitar masses in the early 70s, even though I wasn't a believer, let alone a Roman Catholic!

guitmartiman 8 months ago

I remember hearing this song at guitar mass when I was a kid. I'm not a believer, but I remembered liking the song and so came looking for it on YouTube. Thank you!

emilya108 9 months ago

@emilya108 You are most welcome! I hope some day you'll find a reason to believe.

guitmartiman 8 months ago

Oh man, this was Bible School, 1970 something for sure! Thanks for posting it. Great job, BTW...

superdave2112 9 months ago

@superdave2112 My pleasure! Glad it ministered to you!

guitmartiman 9 months ago

THANK YOU! 1ST TIME I HAVE HEARD THIS!!I became a Christian in 71 while on lsd and loved the songs from the artists/groups from the West Coast...being from Georgia my love for this music was not shared much!!:) I found GOD did not change my musical tastes!!I asked HIM for music I could worship too and I got LARRY NORMAN,LOVE SONG[MY FAV!!}, ANDREA CROUCH AND THE DICIPLES,The MARANATHA ALBUMS[WHICH I STILL HAVE} plus many more!!

faroutlindsey 9 months ago

@faroutlindsey Praise the Lord! Glad to hear you testify!

guitmartiman 9 months ago

I am no longer a protestant but.... I was an exchange student in California in the early '80's and I sang this song at a presbyterian church. There are several more songs from that time that I cannot unearth from anywhere.

nobusik 9 months ago

@nobusik Name a few of them. Maybe I know some of them.

guitmartiman 9 months ago

@guitmartiman

We used to sing this and other songs at a Presbyterian Church in SoCal as well as a Presbyterian Church Camp near Yosemite ... Except, we sang the song with a more upbeat tempo :-)

seattlesix6 9 months ago

@nobusik

We probably sang a lot of the same songs ... There's a songbook that I have that has a LOT of these songs in it ...

seattlesix6 9 months ago

It is an upbeat song and you added to it. Interesting comments about guitars and religion. I sometimes think music is a religion in itself. It advocates harmony, spirit, self-faith, hope and community. Guess my present church is Youtube!

Thanks to Otis (hankwilliams1924) for sharing this

geoff1945 9 months ago

@geoff1945 I happen to believe that music is a language all its own. Even people who cannot speak well or even at all can many times sing because music is handled by a different part of the brain than is speech. Music is a very powerful motivator which can be used for good or ill. I would not intentionally make music my religion, but it would be far more difficult for me to express my faith without it!

guitmartiman 9 months ago

very nice song happy easter

HANKWILLIAMS1924 9 months ago

@HANKWILLIAMS1924 Glad u enjoyed it! Thanks for sharing!

guitmartiman 9 months ago

I love this song it really speaks to me I remember singing this at Bible camp and in my youth group. Thank you for uploading it you do an amazing job with this song.

setsunachan22 1 year ago

Hundreds of thousands of us spent years singing this song nearly every week in the 60s, 70s and 80s, and I believe it was an important reflection of faith for many, many people. By sharing the song, you also are enabling me and perhaps others to recall our faith. Thank you for sharing. Great rendition, by the way! Peace.

carlosspeck 1 year ago

@carlosspeck That's right. This song was a staple of church youth group sing alongs in the 60s 70s and 80s. We sang this in our high school/college age youth choir at a Lutheran church in the 80s.

bearnurse1 9 months ago

so catchy

MrBen1327 1 year ago

Kudos, sir. My mother & friends of hers have been playing folk mass since the 60's when it all started. I joined their group in the 90's. I have moved away but they are still together! It is on songs like this and those from the "Glory and Praise" series that I grew my callouses.

Songs from that time still bring tears for me. Thank you for this. G&P and similar style songs are the best IMO and you got this one right.

barscotch 1 year ago

Until a few years ago, my parish had a guitar Mass ensemble, intact from the 70's (original members too). I'd hear this sometimes.

TurboVW2004 1 year ago

Thanks for posting this. It brings back good memories of the folk mass at church in the 70s. People should check out those songs because they can be really cool. They need some good PR, because there is so much garbage out there that is called music.

cbabick 1 year ago

I played guitar in the "guitar mass" or "folk mass" when I was 13.

Right about that time I stopped being religious.

Coincidence?

squanto2 1 year ago

I don't know. The fact that u "stopped being religious" may have more 2 do with the fact that you were 13 than that u played guitar in a folk mass. I have no way of knowing though, especially since I don't know any more of the details of your life at that point. 13 was a hard year 4 me. I went 2 juvenile hall for burglary shortly after I "got saved" at a Baptist church. Adolescence is a strange & contradictory time in 1's life when any number of things can happen 4 no apparent reason.

guitmartiman 1 year ago

@guitmartiman Wow I really love this song!! Thank for you rendititon and for posting it. Those word are so perfect. I was first introduced to this as a pre-teen in the 70s in the Catholic church. I am a strong believer and follower of our awesome Lord and Messiah, but I attend a non-donominational church now. I have been looking all over for this song. I subscribed to your channel as well..thx God ?Bless

kztec2000 10 months ago

I was asked to play this song at church and your the only video I can find on it

Thanks

polytwobeers 1 year ago

@polytwobeers Well, I'm glad I could be of service! Blessings on you!

guitmartiman 1 year ago

I too used to sing the song when I was in the 3rd grade. It has a rich appeal to it and it is the truth. I am posting it to my FB on Resurrection Day.

nmesquiti 1 year ago

I *LOVE* this song! Ray Repp actually wrote some other great songs.

I also like the way many Catholic songs have God/ Jesus speaking to us in the first person. Makes worship much more personal that way.

(Old John Michael Talbot songs have that quality, too!)

top40gordy 1 year ago

I was looking for this song to use in my Easter sermon...didn't think anyone would remember it! We sang it with the hand clapping (back in the 70;s). Thanks for posting your offering.

revmom53 1 year ago

love this song! even though i'm not religious! lol we used to sing this at camp :) it's hard to find on the web tho!!

bevhilhottie 1 year ago

I know! That's one of the reasons I recorded it! I was surprised it hadn't been done by many people already! I learned this song before I was "religious" too! It's a great song!

guitmartiman 1 year ago

I remember this song from the 70's. So good to hear it again. Thank you for posting it.

Hearing it again is very touching.

adfly7 1 year ago

'92?? I remember singing this as late as '82! lol. I like the Stone Roses song but was looking for this one as well. Thanks for posting :-)

ByWayOfDeception 2 years ago

I learned the song at a Catholic guitar mass in 1974.

guitmartiman 2 years ago

I didn't realize this song goes that far back! I remember singing it in '92!

borscht3 2 years ago

Wow.. We sang this at a Christian camp I used to attend about 18 years ago..

NightDog34 2 years ago

We used to sing this song in church when I was 5 years old and I haven't heard it since until now. It is such a powerful song that I have never forgotten it, now 34 years later. Thank you for singing this so beautifully! God bless you!

alinavista 2 years ago

We sang this when I was a "youth"--a bit more upbeat tempo, plus some strange clapping game I can't quite recall. Thanks for sharing!

Szedg 2 years ago

awesome!!! >8)

SiO2win 2 years ago

To God be the glory! Amen.

guitmartiman 2 years ago

We sang this frequently at the Episcopal House of Prayer inTampa back in the 80's. An awesome integrated parish.

ActorGuy 2 years ago

Having quite a challenge finding sheet music for this. Anyone can help? A link? A scan?

davidteacher 2 years ago

Beautiful song!

This song changed my life!

shashu1 3 years ago

I have a song book with this song and it says it's by Ray Repp.

skater5432190 3 years ago

Could you tell me what the name of the song book is? Someone has written to me asking about it. Do you know if it's still in print?

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