Verse 1 (sung at the beginning)

This is my Father's world,

And to my listening ears

All nature sings, and round me rings

The music of the spheres.

This is my Father's world:

I rest me in the thought

Of rocks and trees, of skies and seas--

His hand the wonders wrought.

Verse 2 (sung at the end)

This is our Father's world:

O let us not forget

That though the wrong is great and strong,

God is the Ruler yet.

He trusts us with his world

to keep it clean and fair

All earth and trees, all skies and seas

All creatures everywhere

Verse 3

This is my Father’s world:

God shines in all that’s fair;

In rustling grass I hear him pass

He speaks to me everywhere.

This is my Father's world:

Why should my heart be sad?

The Lord is King: let heaven ring!

God reigns; let earth be glad!

Much of the information from this episode is drawn from Then Sings My Soul: 150 of the World's Greatest Hymn Stories, along with some of the finest information Google could furnish, including thetabernaclechoir.org, umcdiscipleship.org, and hymnary.org.

Music and audio editing by Mike Tetrault, and graphics provided by Brokerage Brewing Company.

Verse 1 (sung at the beginning)

Why should I feel discouraged,

Why should the shadows come,

Why should my heart be lonely,

And long for heav’n and home;

When Jesus is my portion?

My constant Friend is he;

His eye is on the sparrow,

And I know he watches me;

His eye is on the sparrow,

And I know he watches me.

Refrain

I sing because I’m happy,

I sing because I’m free;

For his eye is on the sparrow,

And I know he watches me.

Verse 2 (sung at the end)

Whenever I am tempted,

Whenever clouds arise;

When songs give place to sighing,

When hope within me dies,

I draw the closer to him,

From care he sets me free;

His eye is on the sparrow,

And I know he watches me;

His eye is on the sparrow,

And I know he watches me. [Refrain]

Much of the information from this episode is drawn from Then Sings My Soul: 150 of the World's Greatest Hymn Stories, along with some of the finest information Google could furnish.

Music and audio editing by Mike Tetrault, and graphics provided by Brokerage Brewing Company.

Verse 1 (sung at the beginning)

All hail the power of Jesus' name!

Let angels prostrate fall.

Bring forth the royal diadem,

and crown him Lord of all.

Bring forth the royal diadem,

and crown him Lord of all!

Verse 2 (sung at the end)

Ye chosen seed of Israel's race

Ye ransomed from the fall,

hail him who saves you by his grace,

and crown him Lord of all.

Hail him who saves you by his grace,

and crown him Lord of all!

Verse 3

Let every kindred, every tribe

On this terrestrial ball,

to him all majesty ascribe,

and crown him Lord of all.

To him all majesty ascribe,

and crown him Lord of all!

Verse 4

Oh, that with yonder sacred throng

we at his feet may fall!

We'll join the everlasting song

and crown him Lord of all.

We'll join the everlasting song

and crown him Lord of all.

Amen.

Much of the information from this episode is drawn from Then Sings My Soul: 150 of the World's Greatest Hymn Stories, along with some of the finest information Google could furnish, including churchchoirmusic.com, hymnary.org, and umcdiscipleship.org.

Music and audio editing by Mike Tetrault, and graphics provided by Brokerage Brewing Company.

A very special thanks to our guest star for this week: Stacy Grove! Thank you for putting up with all our (mostly Brian's) shenanigans.

Verse 1 (sung at the beginning)

I hear the Savior say,

“Thy strength indeed is small.

Child of weakness, watch and pray,

Find in Me thine all in all.”

REFRAIN

Jesus paid it all, all to Him I owe;

Sin had left a crimson stain,

He washed it white as snow.

(Last time) Amen.

VERSE 2 (sung at the end)

Lord, now indeed I find

Thy pow’r, and Thine alone,

Can change the leper’s spots

And melt the heart of stone.

VERSE 3

For nothing good have I

Whereby Thy grace to claim;

I’ll wash my garments white

In the blood of Calv’ry’s Lamb.

VERSE 4

And when, before the throne,

I stand in Him complete,

“Jesus died my soul to save,”

My lips shall still repeat.

Much of the information from this episode is drawn from Then Sings My Soul: 150 of the World's Greatest Hymn Stories, along with some of the finest information Google could furnish.

Music and audio editing by Mike Tetrault, and graphics provided by Brokerage Brewing Company.

A very special thanks to our guest this week, Leah Boyd, the Sassy Seminary Student herself! You can find her on Twitter @LeahBSassy.

Verse 1 (sung at the beginning)

Great is thy faithfulness, O God my Father;

there is no shadow of turning with thee;

thou changest not, thy compassions, they fail not;

as thou hast been thou forever wilt be.

Refrain:

Great is thy faithfulness!

Great is thy faithfulness!

Morning by morning new mercies I see:

all I have needed thy hand hath provided--

Great is thy faithfulness, Lord, unto me!

Verse 2 (sung at the end)

Summer and winter and springtime and harvest,

sun, moon, and stars in their courses above

join with all nature in manifold witness

to thy great faithfulness, mercy, and love. [Refrain]

Verse 3

Pardon for sin and a peace that endureth,

thine own dear presence to cheer and to guide,

strength for today and bright hope for tomorrow,

blessings all mine, with ten thousand beside! [Refrain]

Music and audio editing by Mike Tetrault, and graphics provided by Brokerage Brewing Company.

Verse 1 (sung at the beginning)

I heard an old, old story

How a Savior came from glory

How He gave His life on Calvary

To save a wretch like me

I heard about His groaning

Of His precious blood's atoning

Then I repented of my sins and won the victory

Refrain:

O victory in Jesus

My Savior forever

He sought me and He bought me with His redeeming blood

He loved me 'ere I knew Him

And all my love is due Him

He plunged me to victory beneath the cleansing flood

Verse 2 (sung at the end)

I heard about His healing

Of His cleansing power revealing

How He made the lame to walk again

And caused the blind to see

And then I cried 'dear Jesus, come and heal my broken spirit'

And somehow Jesus came and brought to me the victory [Refrain]

Verse 3

I heard about a mansion

He has built for me in glory

And I heard about the streets of gold

Beyond the crystal sea

About the angels singing

And the old redemption story

And some sweet day I'll sing up there the song of victory

Much of the information from this episode is drawn from Then Sings My Soul: 150 of the World's Greatest Hymn Stories, along with some of the finest information Google could furnish.

Music and audio editing by Mike Tetrault, and graphics provided by Brokerage Brewing Company.

Special thanks to our guest star for this episode, Chuck Moeschberger!

Verse 1 (sung at the beginning)

Holy, holy holy! Lord God Almighty!

Early in the morning our song shall rise to thee.

Holy, holy, holy, merciful and mighty!

God in three persons, blessed Trinity!

Verse 2 (sung at the end)

Holy, holy, holy! All the saints adore thee,

Casting down their golden crowns around the glassy sea.

Cherubim and seraphim falling down before thee

Who wert, and art, and evermore shall be.

Verse 3

Holy, holy, holy! Though the darkness hide thee,

Though the eye of sinful flesh thy glory may not see.

Only thou art holy, there is none beside thee,

Perfect in pow'r, in love and purity.

Verse 4

Holy, holy, holy! Lord God Almighty!

All thy works shall praise thy name in earth and sky and sea.

Holy, holy, holy, merciful and mighty!

God in three persons, blessed Trinity!

Amen.

Much of the information from this episode is drawn from Then Sings My Soul: 150 of the World's Greatest Hymn Stories, along with some of the finest information Google could furnish.

Music and audio editing by Mike Tetrault, and graphics provided by Brokerage Brewing Company.

Many thanks to our special guest for this episode, Chuck Moeschberger!

Verse 1 (sung at the beginning)

Standing on the promises of Christ, my King,

Through eternal ages let his praises ring;

Glory in the highest, I will shout and sing,

Standing on the promises of God.

Refrain:

Standing, standing,

Standing on the promises of God, my Savior;

Standing, standing,

I'm standing on the promises of God.

Verse 2 (sung at the end)

Standing on the promises that cannot fail.

When the howling storms of doubt and fear assail,

By the living Word of God I shall prevail,

Standing on the promises of God. [Refrain]

Verse 3

Standing on the promises of Christ, the Lord,

Bound to him eternally by love's strong cord,

Overcoming daily with the Spirit's sword,

Standing on the promises of God. [Refrain]

Verse 4

Standing on the promises I cannot fall,

List'ning ev'ry moment to the Spirit's call,

Resting in my Savior as my all in all,

Standing on the promises of God. [Refrain]

Verse 1 (sung at the beginning)

Just as I am, without one plea,

but that thy blood was shed for me,

and that thou bidd'st me come to thee,

O Lamb of God, I come, I come.

Verse 2 (sung at the end)

Just as I am, and waiting not

to rid my soul of one dark blot,

to thee, whose blood can cleanse each spot,

O Lamb of God, I come, I come.

Verse 3

Just as I am, though tossed about

with many a conflict, many a doubt,

fightings and fears within, without,

O Lamb of God, I come, I come.

Verse 4

Just as I am, thou wilt receive,

wilt welcome, pardon, cleanse, relieve;

because thy promise I believe,

O Lamb of God, I come, I come.

Much of the information from this episode is drawn from Then Sings My Soul: 150 of the World's Greatest Hymn Stories, along with some of the finest information Google could furnish.

Music and audio editing by Mike Tetrault, and graphics provided by Brokerage Brewing Company.

Verse 1 (sung at the beginning)

I stand amazed in the presence

of Jesus the Nazarene,

And wonder how he could love me,

a sinner, condemned, unclean.

Refrain:

How marvelous! How wonderful!

And my song shall ever be:

How marvelous! How wonderful

is my Savior’s love for me!

Verse 2 (sung at the end)

For me it was in the garden

he prayed, “Not my will, but thine”;

He had no tears for his own griefs,

but sweat-drops of blood for mine. [Refrain]

Verse 3

In pity angels beheld him

and came from the world of light

To comfort him in the sorrows

he bore for my soul that night. [Refrain]

Verse 4

He took my sins and my sorrows,

he made them his very own;

He bore the burden of Calv’ry,

and suffered and died alone. [Refrain]

Verse 5

When with the ransomed in glory

his face I at last shall see,

‘Twill be my joy through the ages

to sing of his love for me. [Refrain]

Much of the information from this episode is drawn from Then Sings My Soul: 150 of the World's Greatest Hymn Stories, along with some of the finest information Google could furnish.

Music and audio editing by Mike Tetrault, and graphics provided by Brokerage Brewing Company.