Jacob's Ladder

We are climbing Jacob's ladder (3x)

Soldiers of the cross

Every round goes higher,higher (3x)

Soldiers of the cross

Do you think I'd make a soldier? (3x)

Soldiers of the cross

Rise, shine, give God the glory.(3x)

Soldiers of the cross

keep on climbing, we will make it.(3x)

Soldiers of the cross

We are climbing Jacob's ladder (3x)

Soldiers of the cross

Do you want your freedom(3x)

Soldiers of the cross

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[stevethrasher]

Bernice Johnson Reagon Singers

[helmuthoorn]

This is probably the most beautiful thing l've EVER heared on YT.

[helmuthoorn]

This song echoes the oppression of all Gods children.

[TheFreda79]

The yearning for God,His deliverance,justice,righteousn­ess is all there in this great song.Color is not the major theme...it is deliverance from ourselves and whom we naturally are from our physical birth into the possible light we can become and reflect if Almighty God infuses us with His righteousness.Therefore it is written..."The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom and the knowledge of the holy is understanding" Why won't we realize this?

[db5401rb]

the Ken Burns doc was on this weekend....I couldnt watch it all but I caught the end of it and this song was played....my ancestors had it rough but they endured and we are still here....this song is one of the reasons y we are still here....my people held on to God's unchanging hands and sang songs like this to get through all the evil that was done to them.....im a black American and proud of it wouldn't be anything else....

[db5401rb]

America was made on the backs of slaves.....and I agree without blacks America would have no soul.

[TheCamilami01]

i sang this in cours last year

[mimi50124]

it took me forever just to find this song. heard it in Georgia Studies class and it's so beautiful just had to listen to it again

[helmuthoorn]

@scottrotc06

No, they're not.

But nice kids and some of them are gifted with other things.

[scottrotc06]

@helmuthoorn I hate to say it, but if you aren't a 45 year old black woman then you probably won't sound like one. Cut your bible class some slack, they aren't professional gospel singers.

[rexmundi2012]

This magnificent song always reminds me that......

"Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature. It is the heart of a heartless world, the soul of soulless conditions. " - Karl Marx

[helmuthoorn]

@Ermal8711

Tried to sing this with my Bible class.

But these Dutch white kids just couldn't hack it.

And then I played this rendition for them.

(''Are you serious, rev? We can't sing like that. You need to be black to be able to do this.'')

Hoped that the Holy Spirit wouldn't be stopped by skin colour, but appearantly it' s a question of cultural determined ability.

[mamapurplerainbows]

moving