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Christians Hold Your Light
SEE ALSO: Christians Hold Out Your Light
Traditional Spiritual
ARTIST: Ekins-Payne Jubilee Singers
SHEET MUSIC:
DATE: Probably 1800s; 1923-1929
CATEGORY: Traditional and Public Domain Gospel
RECORDING INFO: Christians, Hold Your Light
OTHER NAMES: "Hold Your Light"
RELATED TO: "Christians, Hold Out Your Light"
SOURCES: Songs of Pentecostal Power- Robert Emmet Winsett; No. 33
Kentucky Folklore Record, Volumes 21-22 - Page 16 Kentucky Folklore Society 1975
NOTES: "Christians Hold Your Light" is a traditional gospel song by the Ekins-Payne Jubilee Singers in the 1920s that is possibly based on the traditional folk hymn "Hold Out your Light of God" or "Hold Out Your Light." Winsett published a version in his 1908 Songs of Pentecostal Power. He probably wrote the verses to go along with the traditional chorus.
CHRISTIANS HOLD OUT YOUR LIGHT- W.E. Winsett 1908
We read scribes and pharisees
who sit at Moses feet
who are partial in the word of God
But their works are not complete.
CHORUS: Christians hold out your light
Christians hold out your light
Christians hold out your light
Hold out the light of God
Hold Out Your Light of God- collected from Ebbert Wedding of the Concord community. Kentucky Folklore Record, Volumes 21-22 - Page 16 Kentucky Folklore Society 1975
Chorus: Hold out your light,
Christians, hold out your light.
Hold out your light of God.
Second Verse: (Dan) (Tate) prays a pretty prayer before he goes to bed
Because he stole (Bob) (Potter's) pretty buggy spread.
I'm going to live with God!
CHRISTIANS HOLD YOUR LIGHT- Ekins-Payne Jubilee Singers 1923-29
CHORUS: Christians hold your light
Christians hold your light.
Christians hold your light,
Let your light shine over the world.
CHORUS:
I'm a- walkin' in the sun (let you light shine over)
I'm a- walkin' in the sun (let you light shine over)
I'm a- walkin' in the sun (let you light shine over)
Let your light shine over the world
CHORUS:
I'm a- walkin' in the dark (let you light shine over)
I'm a- walkin' in the dark (let you light shine over)
I'm a- walkin' in the dark (let you light shine over)
Let your light shine over the world
CHORUS: Deacons hold your light
Deacons hold your light.
Deacons hold your light
Let your light shine over the world
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