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Christian Race
Public Domain Revival Hymn; Rev. C. G. Wells 1869; Music arranged A. C. Rose 1869
ARTIST: from Rev. C. G. Wells in The Revivalist by Joseph Hillman 1869
SHEET MUSIC: http://books.google.com/books?pg=PA44&dq=%22Christian+Race%22+revival+hymn&cd=2&id=nRI3AAAAMAAJ#v=onepage&q&f=false
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CATEGORY: Traditional and Public Domain Gospel
DATE: 1800s; 1869
RECORDING INFO: Christian Race
Rev. C. G. Wells; Music arranged A. C. Rose; The Revivalist: by Joseph Hillman 1869
Jackson, George P.(ed.) / Spiritual Folk Songs of Early America, Dover, Sof (1964/1937), p239/#249 [1870ca]
OTHER NAMES: "Christian Race Has Now Begun"
RELATED TO:
SOURCES: Folk index; The Revivalist by Joseph Hillman 1869
NOTES: "Christian Race" is a 1869 revival hymn by Rev. C. G. Wells with music arranged A. C. Rose. It appears in The Revivalist by Joseph Hillman.
"Christian Race" appears in George P. Jackson's Spiritual Folk Songs of Early America in 1937.
CHRISTIAN RACE- Rev. C. G. Wells, music arranged A. C. Rose 1869
The Christian race has now begun,
O, glory, glory, hallelujah!
WE're striving for our heavenly home,
O, glory, glory, hallelujah!
CHORUS: For the prize it lies at the end of the race,
O, glory, glory, hallelujah!
For the prize it lies at the end of the race,
O, glory, glory, hallelujah!
2 We'll run the race and gain the prize,
O, glory, glory, hallelujah!
Our heavenly mansion in the skies.
O, glory, glory, hallelujah!
3. We'll lay aside our every weight,
O, glory, glory, hallelujah!
The way is narrow and straight the gate,
O, glory, glory, hallelujah!
4. In earnest cry we'll wrestle long,
O, glory, glory, hallelujah!
Then on a kingly throne sit down,
O, glory, glory, hallelujah!
5. Omnipotence is on our side,
O, glory, glory, hallelujah!
And God himself will be our guide,
O, glory, glory, hallelujah!
6. Then when the race we've nobly raft,
O, glory, glory, hallelujah!
He'll count us worthy of a crown,
O, glory, glory, hallelujah!
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