Cowboy Church #18

Hello my friends welcome back for another round of Cowboy Church. 

Our musical selection starts off with The Sons of the Pioneers performing What a Wonderful Joy in a classic 1941 recording. Next comes Emmylou Harris with a beautiful rendition of Where Could I Go But To the Lord. This comes from her excellent 1987 gospel album, Angel Band. This album consisted of Emmylou performing various hymns acoustically. Doing backing vocals for this recording is Vince Gill. Next comes Alison Krauss and the Cox Family with I Know Who Holds Tomorrow. This is from their 1984 album of the same name. Sidney Cox said that this was one of his mother's favorite songs and she used to sing it whenever working in the kitchen. After this comes Roy Acuff's 1941 recording of The Precious Jewel. Roy wrote this song himself and the melody would later be used for a later song he would record, The Prodigal Son. Next comes Rex Allen performing the lovely Range in the Sky. We end with Eddie Dean's 1955 recording of Hillbilly Heaven. He co-wrote this song with Haal Southern. The song would later become a hit for another singing cowboy, Tex Ritter.  

Next is the King of the Cowboys, Roy Rogers on TV's This is Your Life (1950-1961). This episode comes from 1953.




Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the LORD, not for human masters. Colossians 3: 23
Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.” Matthew 19:26I do not nullify the grace of God, for if righteousness were through the law, then Christ died for no purpose.  Galatians 2:21

 For sin will have no dominion over you, since you are not under law but under grace. Romans 6:14For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. John 3:16

“And if it seems evil to you to serve the Lord, choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell. But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.” Joshua 24:15

Thanks for joining me again for Cowboy Church, come back next week. Until then Happy Trails to you until we meet again.




















-Michael J. Ruhland