Gospel Favorites

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Tracklist

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#TitleRatingLength
1Who at My Door Is Standing
cover recording of:
Who at My Door Is Standing
lyricist and composer:
Eddy Arnold
3:02
2Rock of Ages
cover recording of:
Rock of Ages
publisher:
Reverend Augustus Montague Toplady (in 1775)
additional lyricist:
Reverend Augustus Montague Toplady (in 1763)
lyricist:
Charles Wesley (hymn writer) (in 1745)
additional composer:
Thomas Hastings (in 1830)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
2:19
3Stand by Me
cover recording of:
Stand by Me
writer:
Charles Albert Tindley
2:34
4Softly and Tenderly
cover recording of:
Softly and Tenderly (Praise Hymn)
lyricist and composer:
William L. Thompson
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist), James Hendricks and Will Lamartine Thompson
5:25
5My Task
4:07
6The Ninety and Nine
2:32
7The Old Rugged Cross
cover recording of:
The Old Rugged Cross
lyricist and composer:
George Bennard (in 1912)
additional composer:
Charles Hutchinson Gabriel
publisher:
Patterdale Music Ltd.
premiered at:
First Methodist Episcopal Church of Pokagon (AKA the Old Rugged Cross Church) in Michigan, United States (on 1913-06-07)
written at:
Friends Community Church (Historic church located in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin) in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, United States (from 1912-12-29 until 1913-01-12)
2:37
8When They Ring Those Golden Bells
cover recording of:
When They Ring the Golden Bells
lyricist and composer:
Dion de Marbelle
3:25
9In the Garden
cover recording of:
In the Garden
lyricist and composer:
Charles Austin Miles (in 1912)
2:39
10Ivory Palaces
5:32
11What a Friend We Have in Jseus
cover recording of:
What a Friend We Have in Jesus
lyricist:
Joseph Medlicott Scriven (in 1855)
composer:
Charles Crozat Converse (in 1868)
3:51
12Jesus Saviour Pilot Me
recording of:
Jesus, Savior, Pilot Me
lyricist:
Edward Hopper (lyricist of "Jesus, Saviour, Pilot Me") (in 1871)
composer:
John Edgar Gould (in 1871)
2:27
13His Eye Is on the Sparrow
cover recording of:
His Eye Is on the Sparrow
lyricist:
Civilla Durfee Martin (Canadian‐American hymn and gospel song writer)
composer:
Charles Hutchinson Gabriel
publisher:
KSmithMusic1234 (ASCAP-affiliated)
3:17
14Beautiful Isle of Somewhere
cover recording of:
Beautiful Isle of Somewhere (Hymn)
lyricist:
Jessie Pounds (American librettist)
composer:
John Fearis (American composer)
2:44
15Now the Day Is Over
cover recording of:
Now the Day Is Over (Hymn)
lyricist:
Sabine Baring‐Gould
composer:
Sir Joseph Barnby (English composer and conductor) (in 1868)
2:34
16Nearer My God to Thee
cover recording of:
Nearer, My God, to Thee (Bethany)
lyricist:
Sarah Flower Adams (English poet, and notably lyricist of the hymn "Nearer, My God, to Thee") (in 1841)
composer:
Lowell Mason (in 1856)
publisher:
TCF Music Publishing, Inc. (Twentieth Century Fox Music Publishing, Inc.; ASCAP) and Skyhill Music (in 1971)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 28881)
3:28
17Sweet Peace the Gift of Gods Love
recording of:
Sweet Peace the Gift of God’s Love
writer:
Tennessee Ernie Ford and Harry Geller
3:35
18Whispering Hope
cover recording of:
Whispering Hope
lyricist and composer:
Septimus Winner (in 1868)
2:28
19Lord, I'm Coming Home
cover recording of:
Lord I’m Coming Home
lyricist and composer:
William James Kirkpatrick (hymn-writer)
2:59
20I Need Thee Every Hour
cover recording of:
I Need Thee Every Hour
lyricist:
Annie S. Hawks (American poet and gospel hymnist) (in 1872)
composer:
Robert Lowry (American hymn writer, 1826-1899)
2:58
21Take Time to Be Holy
recording of:
Take Time to Be Holy
lyricist:
William D. Longstaff
composer:
George Coles Stebbins
3:09
22God Be With You
cover recording of:
God Be With You
lyricist:
Jeremiah Rankin (American hymn writer)
composer:
William G. Tomer
is based on:
God Be With You Till We Meet Again (parent work for arrangements)
2:07