Cowboy Church #9

Hello my friends and welcome back to another installment of Cowboy Church. 

We begin our musical selection off with another 1937 recording from The Sons of the Pioneers, There's Power in the Blood. At this time Leonard Slye (later to be renamed Roy Rogers) was still a member of the group. It is incredible how many great songs, Tom T. Hall has written. With this it should be no shocker that he could write a fantastic gospel song, and Me and Jesus shows this perfectly. This incredible song is from his 1972 album, We All Got Together and Then.... Next comes the very first song Johnny Cash played when he auditioned for Sun Records in 1955. Producer Sam Philips was not interested saying that gospel would not sell. John would later audition again this time advertising himself as a rock and roll singer. With this he got a contract with Sun Records. He would record very little gospel music there which was sad for Johnny who wanted to be a gospel singer above all. One of the reasons later that decade he would move to Columbia records was to record gospel music more frequently. One of his first albums for Columbia was 1959's Hymns by Johnny Cash. This song based on a old testament story about Daniel has been one I've always loved. So enjoy Belshazzar. Following comes The Carter Family's 1930 recording of On the Rock Where Moses Stood. Next comes Roy Rogers and Dale Evans performing Take My Hand Precious Lord from their 1962 album, The Bible Tells Me So. We end with Alison Krauss performing Down to the River to Pray, which she originally sang for the movie O Brother Where Art Thou (2000).

The following is a 1957 article about Roy Rogers.

  


2 Corinthians 4:16-18 – Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.

Isaiah 40:28-31 – Do you not know? Have you not heart? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary, and his understanding no one can fathom. He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak. Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall; but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.Philippians 4:6-7 – Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

Thanks for joining me and Happy Trails until we meet again.

-Michael J. Ruhland