Eternal Mountain Hope | Timeless Appalachian Gospel Songs

Added: 2026-05-11

[00:00:00][music] >> I've been splitting up the timber for [music] the splintered wooden rail down here in the muddy clay where human flesh will fail.

[00:00:31]My hands are torn and bleeding [singing] [music] and my body's getting weak but the Lord is watching yonder from the highest mountain peak and he [music] hears the dusty sorrow that my tired lips can speak.

[00:00:55]>> [music] >> The heavy plow is rusted out beside the old [music and singing] cabin door and my ragged back can't take this [music] earthly [singing] labor anymore but I'm waiting for the almighty [music] when [singing] the shadows finally fall for the savior brings the morning [music] and he answers every call and the living [singing] water washes [music] out the bitter earthly gall.

[00:01:32]Oh Jesus is waiting [singing] over on [music] Jordan's banks I'll be washed in the blood and given holy thanks my redeemer holds the deed where the holy [music] timber stands and the king will take the splinters from my weary [music] working hands yes I'm laying down this burden [singing] to join the heavenly ranks.

[00:02:05]>> [music] >> Ain't got no worthless silver [singing] and [music] I ain't got worldly gold just a worn and ragged [singing] jacket to [music] protect me from the cold but the grave is just a doorway where a weary man can rest till [music] he wakes up over yonder in the mansions [singing] of [music] the blessed for the grace of heaven heals the sorrow waking in the chest.

[00:02:57]>> [music] >> So let the wooden rail just [singing] rot and crumble [music] in the clay I'm leaving all this misery upon the judgment day I'll trade this aching body for a robe of shining white >> [music] >> washed inside the holy blood [singing] to make the spirit right and I'll praise the name of Jesus in [singing and music] the everlasting light. Oh Jesus is waiting over on >> [music and singing] >> Jordan's banks I'll be washed in the blood [music] and given holy thanks my redeemer holds the deed [music] where the holy [singing] timber stands and the king will take the splinters from my [music] weary working hands yes I'm laying down this burden [music] to join the heavenly [singing] ranks.

[00:04:22]Oh Jesus is waiting over on JORDAN'S BANKS I'LL BE WASHED [screaming] IN THE BLOOD AND GIVEN HOLY [music] THANKS MY redeemer holds the deed where the holy timber [music and singing] stands and the king will take the splinters from my weary working [singing and music] hands yes I'm laying down this burden to join the heavenly [singing] ranks.

[00:05:02]The splintered wooden rail Jesus [music] my savior almighty Lord.

[00:05:15]>> [laughter] [music] >> I've been driving this heavy iron wedge into the pine down here in the muddy clay where the bitter shadows twine.

[00:05:45]My arms are shaking heavy and my back is [music and singing] breaking down but the Lord is going to take me to the holy mountain [singing] town where the weary and the broken lay their heavy burdens [singing] down.

[00:06:08]>> [music] >> The heavy plow is rusted and the [music] old cabin is cold I'm just waiting for the glory that [music and singing] the ancient prophets told ain't got no earthly silver for a tired man to keep but the savior's going to lead me where the valley isn't steep and the living water rises for the working [music] folks who eat.

[00:06:42]Oh Jesus is [music] waiting over on Jordan's banks I'll be washed [music and singing] in the blood and given holy thanks my redeemer [music] holds the deed [singing] where the timber never rots [music] and the king will untie all the heavy earthly knots [singing and music] yes I'm dropping down this wedge to join the heavenly ranks.

[00:07:12]>> [music] [music] >> My boots are wearing thin and my ragged coat is [music] torn living in a bitter valley since the day [singing and music] that I was born but the grave is just a doorway where a weary man can rest till he wakes up over yonder [singing] in the mansions of the blessed for the almighty father heals the sorrow in [music and singing] the chest.

[00:08:00]So let the iron rust away [singing and music] and let the timber fall [screaming] I'm just waiting for [singing] the moment when I hear the final call I'll trade this aching body for a robe of shining [singing and music] WHITE WASHED INSIDE THE HOLY blood [singing] to make the [music] spirit right and I'll praise the name [music and singing] of Jesus in the everlasting light.

[00:08:32]>> [music] >> Oh Jesus is waiting over on [music] Jordan's banks I'll be washed in the blood and [music] given holy thanks my redeemer holds the deed [music] where the timber never [singing] rots and the king will untie all the [music] heavy [singing] earthly knots yes I'm dropping down this wedge to join the heavenly ranks.

[00:09:06]Jesus is waiting [music] over on Jordan's banks I'll be washed in the blood [music] and given holy thanks my redeemer holds the deed where the timber never [singing] [music] rots and the king will untie all the heavy earthly [singing] knots yes I'm dropping down this wedge to join the heavenly [music and singing] ranks.

[00:09:38]The heavy iron wedge Jesus [music] my savior almighty [music and singing] Lord.

[00:10:04]>> [music] [music] [music] >> Jordan's [music] banks I've been pulling this heavy plow through the muddy clay from the breaking of the morning till the dying of the day.

[00:10:42]My bones are aching terrible >> [music] >> and the timber's getting old and the winter [singing] wind is blowing down a bitter biting cold.

[00:10:55]>> [music] >> But I'm trusting the almighty when the sun [music] has gone [singing] away.

[00:11:08]This old cabin's leaning hard against the mountain side [music] and there ain't no worldly comfort where a weary man can hide.

[00:11:22]But looking over [music] yonder past the ridge and through the pine, [music] I know the Lord is holding out >> [music] >> a resting place of mine where the savior's living water >> [music] >> washes deep and wide.

[00:11:46]Oh, Jesus [music] is waiting over on Jordan's banks.

[00:11:51][music] I'LL BE WASHED IN THE BLOOD and given [music] holy thanks. My redeemer holds the deed to a mansion in [music] the sky and the king will wipe the weeping from [singing] my dusty tired eyes.

[00:12:12]Yes, I'm laying down [singing] my [music] burden when I cross the other side.

[00:12:34]My hands are full of blisters [music] and my boots are wearing thin living in a valley [music] that is cursed by human sin.

[00:12:49]But I don't need no silver [music] and I don't need no gold just a blanket for my body >> [music] >> before the earth gets cold and the almighty Father [singing] to take my [music] spirit in when they lay my heavy body in [music] stony ground.

[00:13:19]I'll be sleeping peaceful [music] till I hear the trumpet [singing] sound.

[00:13:25]I'll rise up [music] from the dirt and leave this heavy plow behind for the Lord is coming back [music and singing] to heal the crippled and the blind.

[00:13:40]And the name [singing] of Jesus is the sweetest holy sound.

[00:13:48]Oh, Jesus [music] is waiting over on Jordan's banks. I'LL BE WASHED IN the blood and given holy thanks. My redeemer holds the deed to a mansion [music and singing] in the sky and the king will wipe the weeping [music] from my dusty tired eyes.

[00:14:14]Yes, I'm laying down my burden when I cross [music] the other side.

[00:14:21]Jesus is waiting over [music] on Jordan's banks. I'LL BE WASHED IN THE blood and given holy thanks. [music] My redeemer holds the deed to a mansion [music] in the sky and the king will wipe the weeping [music] from my dusty tired eyes.

[00:14:47]Yes, I'm laying down my burden when I cross the [singing] other side.

[00:14:56]>> [music] >> Jordan's [singing] banks, Jesus [music] my savior almighty [singing] Lord.

[00:15:21]>> [music] >> I've been pulling on this rusted saw against [singing] the heavy pine >> [music] >> down here in the muddy clay where the bitter shadows twine.

[00:15:40]My hands are raw and bleeding and my back is [music and singing] breaking down but I'm looking for the morning and the holy mountain town where the Lord is going [music and singing] to tell me that the resting place is mine.

[00:16:06]The old cabin's leaning heavy and the winter wind is cold. I'm just waiting for the glory that the ancient [music and singing] prophets told.

[00:16:20]The heavy plow is rusted and the field [music] is full of stone but I'm trusting the almighty [singing] when I'm walking all alone for [music] the savior hears the weeping of the weary and the lone.

[00:16:40]Oh, Jesus [music] is waiting over on Jordan's banks. I'll be washed in the blood and given holy thanks. [music] My redeemer holds the handle of a saw that's shining [music and singing] bright and the king will lead my spirit to the holy mountain [music] light.

[00:17:05]Yes, I'm dropping this old rusty blade and stepping from the night.

[00:17:39]I got nothing but [music and singing] my ragged shirt and boots all worn to dust.

[00:17:46]Everything I built on earth is turning into [singing] rust.

[00:17:53]But the grave is just a doorway for a tired man to rest [music] till he wakes up over yonder in the mansions of the blessed.

[00:18:04][music and singing] For the grace of heaven heals the sorrow aching in the chest. [music] So let the rusted [singing] blade just snap and perish in the dirt. [music] I'm leaving all [singing] the misery and heavy earthly hurt.

[00:18:26]I trade this second body [music] for a robe of shining white WASHED INSIDE THE holy blood to make [music] the spirit [singing] bright.

[00:18:39]And I praise the name of Jesus in the everlasting [singing] light.

[00:18:45]>> [music] >> Oh, Jesus is waiting over on Jordan's banks. I'll be washed in the blood and given holy thanks. My redeemer holds the handle of a saw that's shining bright and [music and singing] the king will lead my spirit to the holy mountain light.

[00:19:10]>> [singing] >> Yes, I'm dropping this old [music] rusty blade and stepping >> [singing] >> from the night.

[00:19:19]Oh, Jesus is waiting [music and singing] over on Jordan's banks. I'll be washed in the blood and given holy thanks.

[00:19:28]>> [screaming] [music] >> My redeemer holds the handle of a saw that's shining bright [music] and the king will lead my spirit to the holy mountain light.

[00:19:44]>> [music] >> Yes, I'm dropping this old rusty blade and stepping from night.

[00:19:52]>> [music] >> Rusty crosscut saw.

[00:20:00]Jesus, my [music] savior, almighty Lord.

[00:20:12]>> [music] [music] >> I've been shivering inside this old moth-eaten coat [music] with a dry bitter cough and rattling in my throat, digging in the muddy clay until [music] the daylight dims.

[00:20:49]But the Lord is watching yonder past the broken timber [music] limbs.

[00:20:56]And he knows the heavy sorrow [music and singing] of the earthly pilgrim hymn.

[00:21:07]The winter wind is howling through [singing] the old cabin door.

[00:21:13]>> [music] >> Ain't no earthly fire going to warm me anymore. [music and singing] But I'm waiting for the morning when the almighty calls my name [music and singing] and the savior takes away the poverty and earthly shame >> [music] >> where the holy living water puts [music] out the sorrow's flame.

[00:21:39]Oh, Jesus [singing] is waiting [music] over on Jordan's banks.

[00:21:46]I'll be washed in the blood and [singing] given [music] holy thanks.

[00:21:53]My redeemer holds a robe [music] of everlasting [singing] white and the king will lead my spirit to the holy mountain [music] light.

[00:22:06]Yes, I'm dropping [singing] this old coat and stepping from the night.

[00:22:12]>> [music] [music] [music] >> The rich man's got his silver and his garments made of gold.

[00:22:45]>> [music] >> But all that earthly treasure [singing] going to perish in the cold.

[00:22:54]The grave is just a resting place [music and singing] to leave the rags behind where the grace of heaven heals the crippled [music and singing] and the blind.

[00:23:06]And I'll leave this heavy plow [music and singing] and muddy clay right out of mind.

[00:23:13]So, let the timber [music and singing] freeze and let the heavy thunder roll.

[00:23:19]I've got the warmth of heaven [singing] burning [music] deep inside my soul. I will rise UP FROM THE DIRT WHEN I hear the trumpet blow and wash away the sorrow in the waters down [singing and music] below.

[00:23:37]And I'll praise the name of Jesus [music and singing] where the bitter winds don't blow.

[00:23:44]Oh, Jesus is waiting over [music] on [singing] Jordan's banks.

[00:23:51]I'll be washed [music] in the blood and given holy thanks.

[00:23:58]My [music] redeemer holds a robe of everlasting white and the king [music] will lead my spirit to the holy mountain light.

[00:24:10]Yes, I'm dropping [music and singing] this old coat and stepping from the night.

[00:24:18]Oh, Jesus is waiting over [music] on Jordan's banks. I'LL [screaming] BE WASHED in the blood and given [singing] holy [music] thanks.

[00:24:32]My [screaming] redeemer holds a robe of everlasting [music] white and the king will lead my spirit to the holy [music] mountain light.

[00:24:44]Yes, I'm dropping [music] this old coat and stepping from the night.

[00:24:52]>> [music] [music] >> Moth-eaten coat, Jesus, my savior, almighty Lord.

[00:25:28]I've been pulling on this burden till the [music and singing] wagon wheel did buckle in the deep and muddy clay with a bleeding broken knuckle.

[00:25:41]The timber [music] splintered open and the iron rim is torn.

[00:25:47]I'm just [music] a weary pilgrim since the day that I was born.

[00:25:54]But the Lord is going to [music] carry [singing] me across the mountain more.

[00:26:00]>> [music] >> The old cabin's getting drafty [singing] and the heavy plow is [music] still.

[00:26:11]There's a cold and bitter shadow creeping down [singing] the stony hill.

[00:26:17]But I'm trusting the almighty when [music] I lay me down to sleep for the savior promised mercy that [music and singing] a working man can keep.

[00:26:31]And the living water rises where the valley's dark and deep. [music] Oh, Jesus [singing] is waiting [music] over on Jordan's banks. I'll be washed [singing] in the blood and given holy thanks. My redeemer built a mansion [singing and music] where the wheels will never break.

[00:26:57]And the king will give me comfort [music and singing] for the heavy earthly ache.

[00:27:04]Yes, I'm leaving this [singing] old [music] wagon for the almighty sake.

[00:27:26]My boots are worn to nothing and my ragged coat [music] is thin.

[00:27:33]Living in the valley of [music and singing] the sorrow and sin.

[00:27:39]But the grave is just a resting place [music] where [singing] the weary go to hide till they wake up over yonder on the sweet and holy side where the grace of heaven opens [music] with the portals swinging wide.

[00:28:00]So, let the wagon rot away and let [singing] the timber fall. I'm just waiting for the moment when I hear the final call. I'll trade [music and singing] this aching body for a robe of shining white washed inside the holy blood to make the [music and singing] spirit bright.

[00:28:26]And I'll praise the name [music and singing] of Jesus in the everlasting light.

[00:28:32]>> [music] >> Oh, Jesus [singing] is waiting over on Jordan's [music] banks. I'll be washed in the blood and given holy thanks. My redeemer built [music] a mansion where the [singing] wheels will never break.

[00:28:53]And the king will give me comfort [music and singing] for the heavy earthly ache.

[00:29:00]Yes, I'm [music] leaving this old wagon for the almighty sake.

[00:29:20]Oh, Jesus is waiting over on Jordan's banks. I'll be washed in the blood and given [music] holy thanks. My redeemer built a mansion where the wheels will [music] never break.

[00:29:40]And the king will give me [singing] comfort for the heavy earthly [music] ache.

[00:29:48]Yes, I'm leaving this old wagon for the almighty sake.

[00:29:56]>> [music] >> Mhm, [singing] buckled wagon wheel, Jesus, my savior, almighty [music] Lord.

[00:30:18]>> [music] >> Mhm.

[00:30:27]>> [music] >> Mhm.

[00:30:37]>> [music] >> I'm sitting in the shadows with a rustic kerosene lamp.

[00:30:45]>> [music] >> The chimney's choked with blackness and the cabin's cold and damp. I've spent my days a-toiling in the heavy muddy [singing] clay.

[00:30:58]And now the oil is failing at the closing of [music and singing] the day.

[00:31:04]But the Lord is going to lead me where the shadows melt away.

[00:31:12]>> [laughter] [music] >> The heavy plow is resting and the timbers [music] piled high.

[00:31:21]I'm looking through [singing] the window at the dark and winter sky. But I'm [singing] trusting [music] the almighty when the glass begins to frost.

[00:31:32]For the savior [music] found [singing] the spirit that the worldly people lost.

[00:31:38]And the living water [singing] rises where the heavy waves are crossed.

[00:31:46]Oh, Jesus [music and singing] is the light upon the other side of Jordan. He lifted off the heavy plow [music] and took [singing] the earthly burden. My redeemer holds the lantern where the holy city stands. [music and singing] And the king will take the soot from my weary working hands. Yes, I'm resting in the glory [singing] on [music] the other side of Jordan.

[00:32:31]>> [music] >> The rich man's got his candles and his silver chandeliers. [music] But they can't light the valley or the valley [singing] of the tears. Only the blood of Jesus [music] can make the spirit bright when the earthly oil is vanished and [music] the world is lost in night.

[00:32:55]And the grace [singing] of the almighty is the everlasting [music] light.

[00:33:01]So, let the rusted lamp go out and crumble in the dust. I place my weary spirit [music and singing] in the savior's holy trust. I'll rise up in the morning when I hear the trumpet sound and leave this ragged body in the cold and stony ground. And I'll praise the name of Jesus where the glory can be found.

[00:33:34]Oh, [singing] Jesus is the light upon [music] the other side of Jordan.

[00:33:40]He lifted [singing] off the heavy plow [music] and took the earthly burden.

[00:33:45][singing] My redeemer holds the lantern where the holy city stands.

[00:33:51][singing and music] And the king will take the soot from my weary working [singing] hands. Yes, I'm resting [music] in the glory on the other side of Jordan.

[00:34:05]>> [music] >> Oh, [screaming] Jesus is the light upon the OTHER SIDE OF JORDAN. He lifted off the heavy plow and [music] took [singing] the earthly burden. My redeemer holds the lantern where the holy city stands. And the king will take the soot [music] from my weary working hands. Yes, I'm resting in the glory [music] on the other side >> [music] >> of Jordan.

[00:35:01]Mhm, the rusted lamp, Jesus, [music] my savior, almighty Lord.

[00:35:10]>> [music] >> Mhm.

[00:35:26]I've been pulling on this frayed and knotted rope, dragging heavy timber up the muddy mountain slope.

[00:35:40]My hands are torn and bleeding in the bitter muddy clay.

[00:35:46]But the Lord is giving mercy just to make it [singing] through the [music] day.

[00:35:53]And I'm looking over yonder for a better [music] holy hope.

[00:36:01]The heavy plow is sitting by the [music and singing] old cabin wall.

[00:36:07]I hear the winter howling and the bitter shadows fall. But I'm trusting the almighty when [singing] my earthly strength [music] is gone. For the savior brings [singing] the morning and the breaking of the dawn. And the living [singing] water rises [music] when I hear the final call.

[00:36:34]Oh, Jesus is waiting over on >> [music] >> Jordan's [singing] banks. I'll be washed in the blood and given holy [singing] thanks. [music] My redeemer built a mansion where the weeping [music] is unknown. And the king will take the blisters and the heavy aching bones.

[00:37:00]>> [music] >> Yes, I'm dropping down this rope to leave the dusty earthly [singing] ranks.

[00:37:10]>> [music] >> Hey!

[00:37:21]I ain't got no fine apparel, just [music] a raggedy [singing] dusty shirt.

[00:37:28]Working for a penny in the sorrow and the dirt.

[00:37:34]But the grave is just a doorway [music and singing] where a weary man can sleep.

[00:37:40]Where the grace of heaven washes all [music] the sorrow dark and deep.

[00:37:47]And the almighty Father heals the heavy earthly [singing] hurt.

[00:37:54]So, let the rope just [music] snap and [singing] let it wither in the cold.

[00:38:01]I'm holding to the promise [music] that the ancient prophets told. I WILL RISE up in the morning washed inside the holy flood [music] with a [singing] robe of shining glory purchased by the holy blood.

[00:38:19][music and singing] And I'll praise the name of Jesus with the brothers and the fold.

[00:38:28]Oh, [music] Jesus is waiting over on Jordan's banks. I'll be washed in the blood and [music] given holy thanks. MY REDEEMER built a mansion where the weeping [music and singing] is unknown.

[00:38:47]And the king will take the blisters and the HEAVY ACHING BONES. YES, I'm dropping down this rope to [music and singing] leave the dusty earthly ranks.

[00:39:01]Oh, Jesus [music] is waiting over on Jordan's banks. I'll be washed in the blood and given HOLY THANKS. [music] MY redeemer built a mansion where the weeping [singing] is unknown.

[00:39:21]And the king will take the blisters [music] and the heavy aching bones.

[00:39:29]Yes, [singing] I'm dropping down this rope to leave the dusty [music] earthly ranks.

[00:39:38]>> [laughter] >> Mhm, the knotted rope.

[00:39:44]>> [music] >> Jesus, my savior.

[00:39:50]Almighty Lord.

[00:39:59]>> [music] [music] >> I've been digging out the briars and the heavy mountain stone.

[00:40:21]Out here in the muddy clay where man just works alone. [music] These calloused hands are bleeding >> [music] >> and this body's turning gray.

[00:40:35]But the Lord is taking [singing] notice of the price I have to pay. [music] When I strike the heavy gravel at the breaking of the day. [music] This old back is getting crooked as the timber on [singing] the hill. [music] But I'm leaning on the promise of the great [singing] almighty's will.

[00:41:05]Ain't got no silver penny, [singing] just a worn ragged [music] coat.

[00:41:12]And a dusty song of sorrow [singing] called inside my aching throat. [music] But the savior's going [singing] to lead me to [music] the grassy yonder fold.

[00:41:27]Oh, Jesus [music and singing] is waiting past the dark and muddy tide.

[00:41:33]I'll be washed in the blood when I [music and singing] reach the other side. My redeemer's got a cabin where the timber [music and singing] doesn't rot.

[00:41:47]And the king will give me comfort that this earthly [music] world forgot.

[00:41:54]Yes, I'm [singing] laying down [music] my shovel and my heavy earthly load.

[00:42:10]>> [singing] >> I lost my darling one to [music] the fever [singing] and cold.

[00:42:23]And they laid her in the dirt before we ever [singing] got [music] to old. But I know she's over yonder walking [singing] on [music] the golden street. Where the thorns won't ever tear [singing] into her tired bare [music] feet.

[00:42:44]For the almighty father [music] makes [singing] the broken family whole.

[00:42:52]So let the winter freeze [music] me.

[00:42:54]And let the heavy thunder [singing] roll.

[00:42:58]There's a fire [screaming] of the spirit burning deep inside my [singing] soul. I'll cross over Jordan's banks and I'll leave this field behind.

[00:43:09][music and singing] For the hand of Jesus heals the sick and chores the weeping blind.

[00:43:19]And the angels will be singing [music and singing] when the earthly ties unbind.

[00:43:26]Oh, Jesus [music] is waiting past the dark and muddy tide.

[00:43:33]I'LL BE WASHED IN THE BLOOD when [singing] I reach the other [music] side. My redeemer's got a cabin where the [singing] timber doesn't rot.

[00:43:45][music] And the king will give me comfort that this earthly [singing and music] world forgot.

[00:43:53]Yes, I'm laying down [music] my shovel and my heavy EARTHLY LOAD.

[00:44:00]OH, JESUS [music] IS WAITING PAST THE DARK and muddy tide. I'LL BE WASHED in the blood when I reach the OTHER SIDE.

[00:44:13]My redeemer's got [music] a cabin where the timber [singing] doesn't rot.

[00:44:20]And the king [music] will give me comfort that this earthly world forgot.

[00:44:25]>> [singing] >> Yes, I'm laying down my shovel >> [music] >> and my heavy earthly load.

[00:44:37]>> [music] [laughter] >> Leave the briar patch.

[00:44:44]Jesus, [music] my savior.

[00:44:47]Almighty Lord.

[00:44:50]>> [music] [music] [music] [music] >> I laid my heavy boots upon the cold and muddy clay.

[00:45:33]>> [music] >> And washed my bleeding feet before the breaking of the day.

[00:45:39]The river was a roaring, >> [music] >> but I crossed the heavy tide.

[00:45:46]And I'm standing peaceful on the sweet and yonder side.

[00:45:52]Where the Lord is wiping every dusty bitter tear away.

[00:46:02]I see the holy cabin built of everlasting pine.

[00:46:08]>> [music] >> Ain't no more rusted sickles in this resting place [singing] of mine.

[00:46:15]>> [music] >> The old black lung is breathing in the sweet [singing] and mountain air. And the almighty father's taking [music and singing] every earthly care.

[00:46:27]For the savior paid the penny and the glory land is mine.

[00:46:32]>> [music] >> Oh, Jesus is the light upon the other side of Jordan.

[00:46:41]He lifted off the heavy plow and took the earthly burden. [music] My redeemer holds the deed. Where the holy timber [music] stands. [singing] And the king took all the splinters from my calloused working hands.

[00:47:00]Yes, I'm resting in the glory [music and singing] on the other side of Jordan.

[00:47:25]>> [music] >> I see the weary workers still a toiling in the dirt. [music] Wearing [singing] ragged overalls and a dusty tearing shirt.

[00:47:38]BUT THE GRAVE IS JUST A river that the working [music and singing] man must cross.

[00:47:44]TO FIND THE [screaming] HOLY silver that the worldly people lost. [music] And the grace [singing] of heaven heals the heavy earthly hurt.

[00:47:58]So let the rusted iron wheel go grinding in the [music] dark.

[00:48:05]I've traded in [singing] my sorrow for a holy shining spark.

[00:48:11]I walk the golden gravel with my brothers in the fold.

[00:48:17]And sing [singing] the ancient story [music] that the fathers always told.

[00:48:23]And I've praised the name [music] of Jesus [singing] like a soaring meadowlark.

[00:48:30]Oh, Jesus is [music] the light upon the [singing] other side of Jordan.

[00:48:37]He lifted off the [screaming] heavy plow and took the earthly burden. My redeemer holds [music] the deed. Where the holy timber [singing] stands. And the king took all the splinters [music] from my calloused working hands.

[00:48:57]Yes, I'm resting in the glory on the [music] other side of Jordan.

[00:49:16]Oh, Jesus [music and singing] is the light upon the other side of Jordan.

[00:49:23]He lifted off the heavy plow and took the earthly burden. [music] My redeemer holds the deed. Where the holy timber [music] stands. [singing] And the king took the splinters from my calloused [music] [singing] working hands.

[00:49:43]Yes, I'm resting in the glory [music] on the [singing] other side of Jordan.

[00:49:52]>> [music] >> Mhm, the other side. Jesus, my [music] savior, almighty [singing] Lord.

[00:50:05]>> [music] [music] >> Mhm, I've been turning this [singing] heavy grindstone out in the muddy [music] clay.

[00:50:32]Sharpen up the iron axes till my hands are worn away. [singing] My bones are getting brittle and my back is bent [music] and sore.

[00:50:52]I don't think this [singing] earthly timber >> [music] >> can take a minute more.

[00:51:02]But the Lord [music] is [singing] counting every drop of sweat that falls my way. [music] This old cabin [singing] is cold and drafty. [music] The wind blows [singing] through the crack.

[00:51:23]Got a hundred pounds of worldly sorrow >> [music] >> sitting on my back. But I'm looking over yonder [singing] to the bright and shining shore where the almighty father says we won't [music] be crying anymore.

[00:51:52]And [music] the savior [singing] brings the healing to the broken and the blind.

[00:52:02]Oh, Jesus [music and singing] is waiting over on Jordan's banks.

[00:52:11]I'LL BE WASHED IN THE BLOOD and giving holy thanks.

[00:52:19][music and singing] My redeemer built the cabin where the heavy timber [music and singing] stands and the king will take the blisters from my tired working hands. Yes, I'm stepping [music and singing] from the darkness and I'll leave the dust behind.

[00:52:39]>> [music] [music] [laughter] >> I I've been breathing the dust [music and singing] and gravel since the day that I was born.

[00:53:11]>> [music] >> Wearing through my ragged clothes until [music] the threads are torn. But the [screaming] grave is just a doorway for a tired man to rest [music] till I wake up over yonder >> [music] >> in mansions of the blessed.

[00:53:40]For the grace of [singing] the almighty is the anchor of my soul.

[00:53:50]So let the heavy grindstone [singing and music] crumble down into the clay. I'm going to leave this work and misery upon the judgment day. I'll trade this aching [music] body for a robe of shining white. Washed inside the holy blood to make [singing and music] the spirit bright and I praise the name of Jesus while the endless [singing and music] ages roll.

[00:54:19]>> [screaming] >> Oh, Jesus is waiting [music] [singing] over on Jordan's banks. [music and singing] I'll be washed in the blood and giving [singing] holy thanks. My redeemer built the cabin where the heavy timber stands [music] and [singing] the king will take the blisters from my tired working hands.

[00:54:48]Yes, I'm stepping from the darkness [music] and I'll [singing] leave the dust behind. Oh, Jesus is waiting over [singing and music] on Jordan's [screaming] banks. On Jordan's banks, I'LL BE WASHED IN THE BLOOD. I'll be [music and singing] washed in the blood.

[00:55:13]And giving holy thanks. My >> [singing] >> redeemer built the cabin where the heavy timber stands and the king [music and singing] will take the blisters from my tired working hands.

[00:55:27]Yes, I'm stepping [music] from the darkness [singing] and I'll leave the dust behind.

[00:55:37]>> [laughter] >> Mhm, heavy grindstone.

[00:55:40]>> [music] >> Jesus my savior almighty Lord.

[00:55:48]>> [music] [music] >> Mhm, [music] I've been leaning in this cracked leather harness all the day.

[00:56:16]Pulling [music] on the heavy plow across the muddy clay.

[00:56:24]My shoulders, they are bleeding and my bones are turning old.

[00:56:31]But the Lord [music] is waiting yonder [singing] to protect me from the cold.

[00:56:38]>> [music] >> And he'll lead this tired sinner to the everlasting fold.

[00:56:48]>> [music] >> The winter wind is blowing through [singing] the old cabin walls.

[00:56:56]I hear the heavy timber starting [music] to lean and fall.

[00:57:04]But I'm trusting in the almighty when I [singing] lay this [music] body down to trade this aching [singing] harness for a holy [music] shining crown where the savior brings the water to [music] the weary earthly town.

[00:57:26]Oh, Jesus is waiting over on Jordan's banks. I'LL BE WASHED in the blood and giving holy thanks. [music] My redeemer holds the deed to a mansion in the sky. [music] And the king [singing] is going to wipe the dusty weeping [music] from my eyes.

[00:57:52]Yes, I'm taking [music] off this harness [singing] when I cross the other side.

[00:58:02]>> [music] >> My hands are cut and calloused from the pulling of the load. [music] I'm walking down this bitter and this rocky earthly road.

[00:58:29]But the grave is just a doorway [singing] for a working man to sleep [music] till he wakes up over yonder where he never has to weep.

[00:58:43]>> [music] >> For the grace of heaven washes all the sorrow dark and deep. [music] So let the cracked leather crumble and [music] perish [singing] in the dirt.

[00:58:58]I'm leaving all the misery and heavy earthly hurt. I will rise up in THE MORNING WASHED INSIDE the holy blood with a robe [music and singing] of shining glory purchased by the holy blood.

[00:59:18]And I'll praise the name [singing] of Jesus leaving all the earthly mud.

[00:59:23][music] Oh, Jesus is waiting over on Jordan's BANKS. I'LL BE WASHED [screaming] in the blood and given holy thanks. My Redeemer holds the deed [music] to a mansion in the sky.

[00:59:44]And the King [music] is going to wipe the dusty weeping from my eyes.

[00:59:52]Yes, I'm taking [music] off [singing] this harness when I cross the other side.

[00:59:59]>> [music] >> Oh, Jesus is waiting over on Jordan's banks. [music] I'LL BE WASHED [screaming] IN THE BLOOD AND GIVEN holy thanks. My Redeemer holds the deed to a mansion in the sky.

[01:00:19]And the King is going to wipe the dusty [music] weeping [singing] from my eyes.

[01:00:27]Yes, I'm taking off this harness [music] when I cross the other side.

[01:00:37]Mhm, [music] the cracked leather harness.

[01:00:41]Jesus, my savior, >> [music] >> almighty Lord.

[01:00:56]>> [music] >> Mhm.

[01:01:10]>> [music] >> I've been dipping this old bucket in the deep and frozen well >> [music] >> with a thirst inside my spirit that no earthly tongue can tell.

[01:01:27]But the cedar staves are rotten mhm, and the water [music and singing] leaks away into the frozen muddy clay at the [music] closing of the day. And I'm praying to the almighty just to hear the words he'll say. [music] The old cabin's leaning heavy and the heavy flowers [music] still.

[01:01:56]There's a bitter wind a-blowing from the shadow [singing] of the hill.

[01:02:03]But I'm trusting [screaming] the Savior [singing] when I [music] lay me down to rest. For he promised living water [music and singing] for the weary and the blessed. And the grace of heaven rises in the valley [singing] of the day.

[01:02:23]Oh, Jesus [music] is waiting over on Jordan's banks. I'll be washed in the blood and given holy thanks. My Redeemer holds a vessel [music] that will never leak or dry.

[01:02:41]And the King will give [singing] me water [music] from the fountain in the sky. Yes, I'm dropping this old bucket [music] when I reach the other side.

[01:03:09]>> [music] >> My hands are blue and calloused from the [singing] rope and from the wood.

[01:03:17]I've spent my life a-striving doing [music] everything I could.

[01:03:24]But the grave is just a doorway where the thirsty go to [music] sleep till they wake up over yonder [singing] where the valley isn't steep.

[01:03:36]For the Lord is going to lead me [singing] where the [music] holy waters lead.

[01:03:44]So, let the wooden bucket rot and perish in the dirt. [music] I'm leaving all the misery and heavy earthly hurt. [singing] I'll trade this aching body for a robe of shining [music] white washed inside the holy blood to make [music] the spirit [singing] bright.

[01:04:08]And I'll praise the name of Jesus in the everlasting light.

[01:04:14]Oh, Jesus is waiting [music] over on Jordan's banks. I'll be washed [singing] in the blood and given holy thanks. My Redeemer holds a vessel [music] that will never leak or dry. [singing] And the King [music] will give me water from the fountain in the sky. Yes, I'm dropping [music and singing] this old bucket when I reach the other side.

[01:04:44]Oh, Jesus is waiting over [singing] on [music] Jordan's banks. I'll be washed in the blood and given holy thanks. My Redeemer holds [music] a vessel that will never leak or dry.

[01:05:02]And the King will give me water [music and singing] from the fountain in the sky.

[01:05:09]Yes, I'm dropping [music] this old bucket when I reach the other side.

[01:05:24]Mhm, leaky wooden bucket.

[01:05:28]>> [music] >> Jesus, my savior, almighty Lord.

[01:05:35]>> [music] >> Mhm.

[01:05:45]>> [music]