"If I can help somebody along the way
If I can ????????
If I can ????
than my living shalll not be in vain.

It's an old gospel song Cheri....

While I have a large collection of all genres of music, the song that both gives me goose-bumps and lifts me up everytime I hear it is:

Wonderful, Merciful Saviour--Selah

The arrangement is so powerful, I can just feel it lifting my spirits. Great thread, Thanks!!

Here you go Bluenurse...


Selah--Wonderful Merciful Savior
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQzrqmcwg8o

If I Can Help Somebody ~~ Sung by Glen Payne
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73xatTlWmDw


oops... looks like ms AMN found it too... this version was my fave...

Here ya' go, Alffe, it's Mahalia again (she's toooo coooool). ><>

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPnn6UeBKt8

I dig the groove so Jennifer Holliday's version is also most rightous:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84x2_...eature=related

If I can help somebody
As I travel along
If I can help somebody
With a word or song
If I can help somebody
From doing wrong
My living shall not be in vain.

My living shall not be in vain
My living shall not be in vain
If I can help somebody
While I'm singing this song
My living shall not be in vain.

I am love love loving this thread! Okay, true confessions: After seeing him live for the first time at the 1994 Gaither Praise Gathering in Indy, my friend, Sharon and I have been major Michael English groupies. We have even made long roadtrips to see him, we've met him a bunch of times and well, we happen to think he is one of God's finest works of art.

"In Christ Alone" is his signature song and I absolutely love it! This isn't the best recording, but, it will give a sense of his energy for God.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6k8vADchMmM

thank you!!! Cindy I am a huge Gathier fan...have all their cd's and would love to see them in person. If you ever hear of them being anywhere in Indiana, please let me know.

And Abbie...thank you also!

another of my favorites...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8GZH...eature=related

and this one....http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIcgqemzVWM

Oh, Alffe! They put on the Praise Gathering every Oct. right in Indy! It's HUGE and they bring in just a ton of great musicians & speakers. The year we went, Amy Grant "popped in" and did a short concert, Sandi Patti came by for a bit, Adolph Coors IV gave a heart-wrenching talk about the kidnap and murder of his dad, Steven Curtis Chapman was a new guy, and on and on. The tickets are hard to come by because once you "own" a seat, you never give it up. Some friends couldn't stay the whole time (4-day weekend) and generously gave my friend and me their tickets. It's an amazing time and talk about swinging on a cloud! Definitely try to go!

Mark Lowry is such a cut-up, we couldn't believe it when he and Michael English did a duet of his Mary Did You Know, we had no idea that he could sing, we thought he was just the comic relief!

and to think that I never knew this!! Thank you Cindy and Abbie thank you for pming me the schedule. Hoping for the Dec concert!

I could post here every day until the end of time, I think, and never name the same song twice...whether I'm deep in the pit and God uses music to lift me out, or I'm on top of the mountain and just want to sing praises.

There is a room in our house where my music lives. My piano is there, Mom's old pump organ, the keyboard, the CD player, the record player (shut up, whippersnappers), all my Gaither videos, a guitar, a handful of harmonicas, even a couple of clarinets.

Sometimes I'll say to Bob, "I need music now", and I'll disappear for a while. Sometimes I scream along, and sometimes I just sit and let the music and the lyrics flow over me.

Today my favorite is "I Bowed on My Knees and Cried 'Holy'", the Michael English version. Tomorrow I'll have a new favorite. I couldn't pick just one to save my life.