Cowboy Church #242

 Hello my friends and welcome back for another service of Cowboy Church.

Today's musical selection begins with Roy Rogers and Dale Evans with Have You Read the Bible Today. It is important for each of us to read our Bible each and every day. The Bible is not just some book; it is the living breathing word of God. It is easy for our faith and Christian Walk to become idle and stagnant and the easiest way for this to happen is to simply not read our Bible. Taking some time each day to read the Bible is the best way for our faith and our walk with God to continue growing and maturing.  This recording is the B-side of a 1955 Little Golden Record by Roy and Dale. The A-side was The Bible Tells Me So. 

This is followed by Patty Loveless with Rise up Lazarus. This comes from her 2001 gospel album, Mountain Soul. 

Afterwards is Jean Shepeard with When God His Pen of Love in My Heart. When God Dips His Love in My Heart was written by Cleavant Derricks a minister from Chattanooga, Tennessee, who spread the gospel throughout the mid-south. The hymn was published in 1944 by Otis McCoy for The Church of God's Tennessee Music and Printing Company (in Cleveland, Tennessee).  Other songs written by him include Just A Little Talk With Jesus, My Soul Is Satisfied and We’ll Soon Be Done With Troubles And Trials. Despite writing such well known hymns, Derricks didn't receive royalties from them. When he meet Aaron Brown from Canaan Records, Brown learned about this. Brown contacted BMI, a company that represents songwriters and BMI would give Derricks $14,000.

Next comes the Sons of the Pioneers with their 1937 recording of Lord You Made the Cowboy Happy. This is a song about appreciating the little things in life. This is something we should do every single day. The number of blessings that surround us every day is immeasurable. 

Then comes The Cowboy Trail Band with I Love to Tell the Story. When recovering from a sickness, Arabella Katherine Hankey wrote a poem about the life of Christ. This poem was broken into two parts the first being called The Story Wanted (published in January 1866) and the second called The Story Told (published in November 1866). I Love to Tell the Story comes from this second part. In 1869 William G. Fisher put this text to music and that is the version we know today. Still, it is worth noting that Hankey wrote her own music for these words, but her music was seldom used and is now forgotten. 

Next comes The Charlie Daniels Band with The Business of Love. This comes from the group's first gospel album, 1994's The Door.   In his memoir, Never Look at the Empty Seats, Charlie Daniels wrote, "I think the most pressure I was ever under as a songwriter was when I wrote the songs for our first gospel album, The Door. It was such a special project to me. I wanted it to be much more than just another gospel album. I wanted the lyrics to have impact and hopefully speak to some of the people who, like me, had such a hard time understanding the gospel message and were falling through the cracks." 

Now for Emmylou Harris with Drifting Too Far From the Shore. This comes from her 1987 gospel album, Angel Band. 

Today's musical selection ends with The Carter Family's 1930 recording of On My Way To Canaan's Land. The group recorded this song on 25th November 1930 at the Auditorium, Memphis,TN.

Now for the sixth chapter of the Buck Jones movie serial, The Red Rider (1934). 

Now for a message from the Reverand Billy Graham. 

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 1 John 1:9

Bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive. Colossians 3:13 

Then He said to them all, ‘If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow Me. Luke 9:23

"If anyone serves Me, let him follow Me; and where I am, there My servant will be also. If anyone serves Me, him My Father will honor." John 12:26

Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing. 1 Thessalonians 5:11

Whoever would foster love covers over an offense, but whoever repeats the matter separates close friends. Proverbs 17:9

Thanks for joining me. Come back next week for another service of Cowboy Church. Happy trails to you until we meet again.