"River" Medley
"Peace Like a River" - Traditional
"Like a River Glorious" - Text:F. Havergal; Music: J. Mountain
"Down By the Riverside" - Traditional
"Shall We Gather at the River" - R. Lowry

""O that you had hearkened to my commandments!
Then your peace would have been like a river...."Isaiah 48:18



"PEACE LIKE A RIVER"

I've got peace like a river, I've got peace like a river,
I've got peace like a river in my soul,
REPEAT

"LIKE A RIVER GLORIOUS

Like a river glorious is God's perfect peace,
Over all victorious in its bright increase;
Perfect, yet it floweth fuller ev'ry day;
Perfect yet it groweth deeper all the way.

"PEACE LIKE A RIVER"/"DOWN BY THE RIVERSIDE"

I've got love like a river I've got love like a river,
I've got love like a river in my soul.
REPEAT

Down by the river-side, downby the river-side,

(women)
I'm gonna lay down my heavy load,
Down by the riverside, down by the riverside,

(men)
Peace like a river, love like a river, joy like a river.

(women)
I'm goin' to put on my trave'lin' shoes,
Down by the river-side, down by the river-side
Down by the river-side, down by the river-side
Down by the river-side

(men simultaneously sing)
I've got joy like a river,
I've got joy like a river, I've got joy like a river,
River in my soul.

(women)
Yes by the river-side!

(all)
I've got peace like a river, I've got love, like a river,
I've got joy, like a river in my soul;
REPEAT last phrase

"SHALL WE GATHER AT THE RIVER"

Yes, We'el gather at the river, the beautiful, the beautiful river,
Gather with the saints at the river that flows by the throne of God
Down by the river-side!


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