The Smithsonian Folkways label releases this collection of gospel performances recorded in Bible Way Temple in 1998 and contains gospel favorites like: "Old Rugged Cross," "This Is the Day," "Precious Lord," "Take My Hand" and more! Includes a booklet containing notes on gospel's hisotry, lyrics and biographical information on the artists.

Tracklist:

I'll Go - Firstfruit
Sweet, Sweet Spirit - The Curenton Family
Thank You, Lord - Alvin Dockett/Blessed
Welcome Into This Place - Charmaine Faunteroy/Herbert Jackson
Standing on Promises - Bible Way Temple Radio Choir
Lord Will Make a Way Somehow, The - Salvation Music Ministry
Great Is Thy Faithfulness - Herbert Jackson
This Is the Day - The Nannie Helen Burroughs School Choir
I Need Thee Every Hour / A Praying Spirit - The Curenton Family
Search My Heart, Lord - Salvation Music Ministry
Take My Hand, Precious Lord (Precious Lord, Take My Hand) - Char
We Will Work - The Nannie Helen Burroughs School Choir
Old Rugged Cross, The (On a Hill Far Away) - Firstfruit
My Soul Is a Witness For the Lord - Shiloh Baptist Church Senior
Over My Head - Alvin Dockett/Blessed

UPC: 093074011324
Label: Smithsonian Folkways
Release Date: 1.19.99
Format: CD

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