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Tabernacle (Single Heart)
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Southern gospel quartet...Award winner in the 10th Annual Billboard International Songwriting Contest
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Christ centered songs written by Dan Simmons...the best Gospel and inspirational A.I. music on the internet!
"firesong" is the songwriting ministry of Dan Simmons Thanks for stopping by. It's my desire to faithfully share that which has been given to me. This website will be a sampling of recordings that I, along with family and friends, have done over past 45 years. There are over 600 original unpublished songs presented in demo form on this site. Special thanks go to my partners in music, my daughter Amber, son Ian and the guys of Single Heart (Gene, Bob, Chris, Marty and Tata) who joined me to sing praises to the Lord down through the years. I also wish to thank those co-writers and artists that have joined with me in developing new music the passed few years to share on this website. I'm now featuring AI (Artificial Intelligence) groups that I've developed to sing some of the songs. I hope it's evident to everyone... that though the melodies and harmonies, styles and singers may change... JESUS has always been and will always be...the Song! ...this music is one simple expression of a very thankful heart. (Dan is a retired firefighter and ordained minister)
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Genre
Country • Christian Country
Charts
Peak #6
Peak in subgenre #2
Author
words and music Dan Simmons
Rights
2001 Daniel B. Simmons
Uploaded
March 06, 2023
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MP3 9.0 MB • 320 kbps • 3:56
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WAV 158.8 MB
Story behind the song
My dad used to tell me how he gave his life to Jesus at a brush arbor meeting back in the woods of Kentucky and then was baptized in the creek just in the valley below their old home place...that inspired this song in me.
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DOWN BY THE RIVER WAS A TABERNACLE PEOPLE GATHERED ROUND TO SING AND PRAY THEY WERE WASHED IN THE BLOOD, BAPTIZED IN THE WATER WHEN JESUS CAME TO TAKE THEIR SINS AWAY GRANDPA USED TO TELL A STORY FILLED MY HEART WITH WONDROUS GLORY 'BOUT THE SAINTS OF GOD WAY BACK WHEN THEY'D FIND A SPOT THAT THEY COULD SHARE BUILD A TABERNACLE THERE JUST DOWN THE ROAD 'ROUND THE RIVER'S BEND THEN AT THE BREAK OF EARLY DAY THEY'D GATHER THERE TO MEET AND PRAY TO SEEK THE LORD WITH NEIGHBORS, FOLKS AND FRIENDS CONVICTION FELL, REPENTANCE BROUGHT THE SWEETEST GIFT THAT GOD HATH WROUGHT SALVATION FOR THE HEARTS OF BROKEN MEN HE SAID, DOWN BY THE RIVER WAS A TABERNACLE WHERE PEOPLE GATHERED ROUND TO SING AND PRAY THEY WERE WASHED IN THE BLOOD, BAPTIZED IN THE WATER WHEN JESUS CAME TO TAKE THEIR SINS AWAY WELL, GRANDMA PLAYED HER TAMBOURINE ALL THE SAINTS WOULD SHOUT AND SING AS GLORY FELL FROM HEAVEN LIKE THE RAIN TEARS OF JOY WOULD FILL THEIR EYES AS THEY BEGAN TO REALIZE HEARTS WERE TOUCHED, LIVES WERE TRULY CHANGED WELL, THE WORD OF GOD CAME FORTH IN POWER PROVED IT WAS THE CHOSEN HOUR TO TURN TO CHRIST, WALK AWAY FROM SIN AND THERE BENEATH THOSE STARRY SKIES THEY WALKED THE AISLES AND TESTIFIED THAT CHRIST WAS LORD, THEY WERE BORN AGAIN DOWN BY THE RIVER WAS A TABERNACLE WHERE PEOPLE GATHERED 'ROUND TO SING AND PRAY THEY WERE WASHED IN THE BLOOD, BAPTIZED IN THE WATER WHEN JESUS CAME TO TAKE THEIR SINS AWAY WELL DAYS HAVE PASSED AND YEARS GONE BY BUT I KNOW THERE IS STILL A CRY TO FEEL THE TOUCH OF GOD'S AMAZING GRACE OLD BUILDINGS FALL AND RIVERS DRY BUT THERE IS STILL A VAST SUPPLY FOR THOSE WHO CALL HIS NAME AND SEEK HIS FACE DOWN BY THE RIVER IS A TABERNACLE WHERE PEOPLE GATHER ROUND TO SING AND PRAY THEY ARE WASHED IN THE BLOOD, BAPTIZED IN THE WATER WHEN JESUS COMES TO TAKE THEIR SINS AWAY WE’RE SINGING, DOWN BY THE RIVER IS A TABERNACLE WHERE WE CAN GO AND SEEK THE LORD TODAY WE WILL BE WASHED IN THE BLOOD, BAPTIZED IN THE WATER WHEN JESUS COMES TO TAKE OUR SINS AWAY WE'LL BE WASHED IN THE BLOOD, BAPTIZED IN THE WATER WHEN JESUS COMES TO TAKE OUR SINS AWAY YOU KNOW DOWN BY THE RIVER IS A TABERNACLE
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