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MY GARDEN OF DELIGHTS

  • MY LOVELY SISTER
    Welcome to my Garden.Here is the beauty of my world,in microcosm. It is filled with plants, flowers,animals,birds and persons who are so important to me,that all together, fill me with delight,every day.

MUSICAL TREATS-

  • THE BEE GEES - HOW DEEP IS YOUR LOVE?

    HOW DEEP IS YOUR LOVE?
    THE BEE GEES: BEE GEES GREATEST
    ALSO STAYIN' ALIVE, NIGHT FEVER,TOO MUCH HEAVEN (*****)

  • "WHERE NO ONE STANDS ALONE "
    JIMMY SWAGGART: THERE IS ROOM AT THE CROSS FOR YOU
    DONE BY JIM RECORDS, 2006, THIS IS JIMMY'S NEWEST CD, WITH JIMMY ON THE VOCALS, AND THE PIANO, BACKED UP BY THE SILKY VOICES OF THE CRUSADE TEAM,AND FULL MUSICAL ACCOMPANYMENT, WITH JIMMY'S UNPARALLELED ARRANGEMENTS, TRULY AN OUTSTANDING TIME OF PRAISE AND WORSHIP,AND A COMFORT TO THE SOUL. (*****)
  • SLEEPING BEAUTY WALTZ
    TCHAIKOVSKY/RICCARDO MUTI-PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA: TCHAIKOVSKY/SWAN LAKE SUITE-THE SLEEPING BEAUTY SUITE
    EMI DIGITAL RECORDING-ANGEL DIGITAL,COLUMBIA HOUSE, CAPITAL RECORDS-BOTH FROM THE BALLET! DANCE OF THE LITTLE SWANS, SO BEAUTIFUL! (*****)
  • EINE KLEINE NACHTMUSIK
    WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART/CAMERATA ACADEMICA: CRITIC'S CHOICE
    OVER 70 MINUTES OF MUSIC PER TAPE,FEATURING PIANO CONCERTO NO.21/MOZART FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA AND "MARRIAGE OF FIGARO OVERTURE,/BERLIN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA. COMES IN A SET OF THREE TAPES. (*****)
  • MARIO LANZA - BE MY LOVE

    BE MY LOVE
    MARIO LANZA: BE MY LOVE
    THE COLLECTORS EDITION OF THE GOLDEN VOICE OF MARIO LANZA. ALSO INCLUDES "BELOVED" AND "THE SONG OF INDIA" UNBELIEVABLE POWERFUL VOICE! (*****)

  • DON MCLEAN - VINCENT

    VINCENT
    DON MCLEAN: AMERICAN PIE,AND OTHER HITS
    ALSO INCLUDES" AND I LOVE YOU SO", AND "BABYLON" THE LONGING FOR ZION!

  • GOD'S PROPERTY - MORE THAN I CAN BEAR

    MORE THAN I CAN BEAR
    GOD'S PROPERTY: GOD'S PROPERTY FROM KIRK FRANKLIN'S NU NATION
    SOME AMAZING ANOINTED VOICES! CHECK OUT STOMP! (*****)

  • JESUS HOLD MY HAND
    JIMMY SWAGGART: AT CALVARY
    AWESOME,INSPIRING,AND BEAUTIFUL! (*****)
  • IT'S LUCKY WE MET
    JANET PASCHAL: BILL GAITHER AND GLORIA: GOD BLESS AMERICA
    GAITHER GOSPEL SERIES LIVE FROM CARNEGIE HALL WITH THEIR HOMECOMING FRIENDS-GET USED TO BEING HAPPY! (*****)
  • IL DIVO - "UNBREAK MY HEART"

    "UNBREAK MY HEART"
    IL DIVO: IL DIVO
    A NEW GROUP JUST INTRODUCED ON OPRAH AND THE TONIGHT SHOW, PUT TOGETHER BY SIMON C. FROM AMERICAN IDOL...FOUR YOUNG MEN, ALL FROM DIFFERENT COUNTRIES, DOING HIP SONGS IN AN OPERATIC STYLE! A MUST HAVE FOR THOSE WHO LOVE MUSIC! YUMMY! SONG IN ITALIAN, OR SPANISH, OR ONE OF THOSE ROMANCE LANGUAGES...WHATEVER IT IS, IT WORKS FOR ME! (*****)

  • BEETHOVEN - MOONLIGHT SONATA

    MOONLIGHT SONATA
    BEETHOVEN: PIANO SOLOS
    SERENE, RESTFUL, AND BEAUTIFUL CLASSICAL MUSIC TRY THIS IN FRONT OF THE FIRE WITH A GOOD BOOK AND A GLASS OF WINE. REFLECTIVE. HAS A WAY OF CALMING KIDS DOWN. (*****)

  • RHAPSODY IN BLUE
    GEORGE GERSHWIN: FANTASIA II; DISNEY
    ALSO AVAILABLE JUST UNDER IT'S OWN NAME, ON CD OR CASSETTE. SYMPHONIC JAZZ. GEORGOUS! (*****)
  • S.K.(BOB)RUSSELL & Ernersto Barcelata - MARIA ELENA

    MARIA ELENA
    S.K.(BOB)RUSSELL & Ernersto Barcelata: POUR L'AMOUR:cafe songs from Paris
    PUT OUT BY DELTA MUSIC. WHO CARES WHAT IT MEANS, IT IS DELICIOUS! (****)

  • HUNGARIAN RHAPSODY NO.2
    FRANZ LISZT: GYPSY! CLASSICS INSPIRED BY GYPSY FOLK MUSIC
    SOUNDS STRANGE, I KNOW, BUT THE WHOLE ALBUM IS VERY ROMANTIC. LISTEN TO IT WITH SOMEONE YOU LOVE...EVEN YOUR CHILDREN CAN ENJOY THIS ADULT STUFF. THEY'LL EVEN THANK YOU FOR IT LATER! (*****)
  • ABBA - THE DAY BEFORE YOU CAME

    THE DAY BEFORE YOU CAME
    ABBA: ABBA-THE DEFINITIVE COLLECTION
    OLDIE BUT A GOODIE.CLEVER,TOUCHING AND SWEET. FELL IN LOVE WITH IT THE FIRST TIME I HEARD IT... BUT THEN, I LOVE ABBA! (*****)

WORD LOVES

  • T.H. WHITE: "THE ONCE AND FUTURE KING"

    T.H. WHITE: "THE ONCE AND FUTURE KING"
    This is THE BOOK, without which no home library of good fiction is complete! The foundation for the complete Aruthurian ledgend, upon which was based "The sword in the Stone", "Camelot",as well as "Merlin!" There is even speculation of it being an allegory of Christ.A book you will read, and re-read for years to come! It is beautiful, romantic,realistic to the times,and even screamingly funny in places! (*****)

  • JIMMY SWAGGART: THE EXPOSITOR'S STUDY BIBLE AND CONCORDANCE-KING JAMES VERSION

    JIMMY SWAGGART: THE EXPOSITOR'S STUDY BIBLE AND CONCORDANCE-KING JAMES VERSION
    CONCORDANCE-MAPS- ASSORTED BIBLE HELPS UTILIZING SOME OF THE BEST HEBREW AND GREEK SCHOLARS-W/ DICTIONARY, ENCYCLOPEDIA, AND COMMENTARY (*****)

  • Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen: A 3rd Serving of Chicken soup for the soul

    Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen: A 3rd Serving of Chicken soup for the soul
    This third offering is as timeless as it is touching,inspiring,loving, clever, and sweet.Published in 1996, along with others in the series, this is another book that will be a classic, if it isn't already. (*****)

  • Barbra D'amato: Of course you know that chocolate is a vegetable!
    Anthology of murder mysteries! Funny, clever and so well written. If you love chocolate, you will drool over the title story! (*****)
  • VIRGINIA WOOLF edited by Susan Dick: THE Complete Shorter Fiction Of Virginia Woolf
    A book that follows Virginia Woolf's art of lyrical prose developement...encounter continuous delights for the mind! Be stirred by the color and vapours of Kew Gardens,sweet, magical pictures her words will create in your mind! (*****)
  • Virginia Woolf: Mrs.Dalloway

    Virginia Woolf: Mrs.Dalloway
    the Novel that inspired "The Hours",beautiful lyrical use of language (****)

  • George Orwell: "1984"

    George Orwell: "1984"
    written in 1949, this was the work that coined the phrase:" BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING!" (****)

  • Albert Payson Terhune: LAD: A DOG

    Albert Payson Terhune: LAD: A DOG
    The first of the Sunnybank Dogs to be imortalized in print, which also became a major motion picture! (*****)

  • ALBERT PAYSON TERHUNE: GRAY DAWN

    ALBERT PAYSON TERHUNE: GRAY DAWN
    MY ALL TIME FAVORITE STORY OF THE SUNNYBANK DOGS! (*****)

  • DOUGLAS ADAMS: THE LONG DARK TEA-TIME OF THE SOUL

    DOUGLAS ADAMS: THE LONG DARK TEA-TIME OF THE SOUL
    FROM THE MAN WHO WROTE THE SCIENCE FICTION NOVEL "THE HITCHHIKERS GUIDE TO THE GALAXY" NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE, ANOTHER RIOTOUS CONCOCTION! (*****)

  • WARREN MURPHY & RICHARD SAPIR: THE DESTROYER SERIES

    WARREN MURPHY & RICHARD SAPIR: THE DESTROYER SERIES
    FROM #1 TO THE 64TH, (WHICH IS ONLY AS FAR AS I HAVE GOTTEN IN MY COLLECTION) THIS MARTIAL ARTS SERIES HAS GOT IT ALL.REMO WILLIAMS IS A WISE-CRACKING "DEAD" COP, AND HIS MENTOR IS THE FRAGILE LOOKING CHIUN, MASTER OF SINANJU, TOGETHER THEY COMPRISE THE KILLING ARM OF A BRANCH OF THE US GOVERNMENT THAT DOES NOT EXIST.

  • NORA LAM AND RICHARD SCHNIEDER: CHINA CRY: THE NORA LAM STORY
    THE TRUE STORY OF A WOMAN WHO FOUND THE COURAGE TO LOVE AND THE STRENGTH TO SURVIVE AGAINST ALL ODDS. (*****)
  • MARGARET MITCHELL: "GONE WITH THE WIND"

    MARGARET MITCHELL: "GONE WITH THE WIND"
    You have seen the movie, but if you haven't read the book, you're missing a lot. Truely one of the great classics of all time. (*****)

  • RICHARD BACHMAN: "THE LONG WALK"

    RICHARD BACHMAN: "THE LONG WALK"
    AN AMAZING STORY, TOLD ONLY AS STEPHEN KING, OOOPS, I MEAN, "RICHARD BACHMAN" CAN DO. (*****)

  • ROBERT A. HEINLEIN: "STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND"

    ROBERT A. HEINLEIN: "STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND"
    HEINLEIN AT HIS VERY BEST. PULBISHED IN 1961, IT IS A HUGO AWARD WINNER FOR SCIENCE FICTION, AND... CAN YOU GROK IT? (*****)

  • TANITH LEE: BIRTHGRAVE
    GREAT FANTASY NOVEL, COMPELLING AND TOTALY SATISFYING (*****)
  • STEPHEN KING: THE GREEN MILE

    STEPHEN KING: THE GREEN MILE
    BETTER THAN THE MOVIE...NOT A BIG SURPRISE. (*****)

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LYRICS AND BACKGROUND STORY TO "WHAT A FRIEND WE HAVE IN JESUS!"

(As sung by the Gaither homecoming friends, with Larry Ford singing the lead)

This is one of the most beloved hymns in all Christendom. It's known  all around  the world. It came from an Irishman, Joseph Scribben, in the 1800's. He immigrated to Canada, where he met and fell in love with a beautiful girl.When she agreed to marry him, she also agreed with him that if and when they had any problems, they would just take them to the Lord.And so, they planned to marry.The day before their wedding, his Bride went out in a boat with some friends, and during the ride, it is reported that she suddenly said, "This is my last boat ride, as a Bride!" Then suddenly,  a gust of wind came up, and capsized the boat, and all were rescued, except for Josephs fiancee. When Joseph got the news, it seemed that his whole life, in that moment was lost.Overcome with grief, Joseph fell to his knees, and he began to pray, remembering his bargain with his love.He began to ask God for help, and God helped him in his sorrow.Not long after this, his mother came to him in great distress, needing solace for her problems, and putting pen to paper, Joseph wrote out of his own experience, to bring comfort to his mother. He knew what he spoke about when he wrote:

All:   What a friend we have in Jesus, all our sins and griefs to bare, what a privilege to carry everything to God in prayer. Oh, what griefs we have in torment. Oh, what grievous pains we bare. All because we do not carry, everything to God in prayer.

Larry Ford: Have we trials and temptations? Is there trouble everywhere? We should never be discouraged, take it to the Lord in prayer.Can we find a friend so faithful? Who will all our sorrows share? Jesus knows our every grievance, Take it to the Lord in prayer....

All: Take it to the Lord in prayer!

OUI?

Posted by on March 01, 2006 at 12:36 AM |

Comments

Kilter
Believe it or not,"What a Friend We Have in Jesus" is not one of my favorites, possibly because one of the first times I heard it,it was butchered by a bad singer beyond recognition. Some of my faves are:" Beneath the Rugged Cross" "Abide with Me", "Blessed Assurance," "Just As I Am," and "We Gather Together." But, I like hearing songs' biographical information, so anyway, good post!

Posted by: Kilter | March 11, 2006 at 06:09 PM

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