Music is very, very important to the deaf, and we want you to learn to sing, join with
us, and copy our music.
Music is very important to the deaf, and we want you to learn to sing, and copy our music.
Jesus Christ is the way, Jesus Christ is the truth, Jesus Christ is the life, and he's mine, mine, mine.
The Lord is good, tell it wherever you go. The Lord is good, tell it that others may know.
Tell of his mercy and tell of his love. Tell how he's coming from heaven above.
The Lord is good, tell it wherever you go.
Everything's alright in my Father's house, In my Father's house, in my Father's house.
Everything's alright in my Father's house, Where there's joy, joy.
all right in my Father's house where there's joy, joy, joy.
Jesus is the way to my Father's house, to my Father's house,
to my Father's house.
Jesus is the way to my Father's house,
where there's joy, joy, joy.
Come and go with me to my Father's house,
to my Father's house, to my Father's house.
Come and go with me to my Father's house,
where there's joy, joy, joy.
Will you meet me there in my Father's house,
in my Father's house, in my Father's house?
Will you meet me there in my Father's house,
where there's joy, joy, joy?
Walking with Jesus, walking every day, walking all the way,
walking with Jesus, walking with Jesus alone.
Praise him, praise him, praise him in the morning,
praise him in the noon time, praise him, praise him,
praise him when the sun goes down.
Love him, love him, love him in the morning,
love him in the noon time, love him, love him,
love him when the sun goes down.
Thank him, thank him, thank him in the morning,
thank him in the noon time, thank him, thank him,
thank him when the sun goes down.
Serve him, serve him, serve him in the morning,
serve him in the noon time, serve him, serve him,
serve him when the sun goes down.
Thou art a wonderful God, Thou art a wonderful God.
Thou made us the rivers, Thou made us the trees,
Thou made us the birds that fly over me,
Thou made us the trees, Thou made us the birds that fly over me,
Thou made us the birds that fly over me,
Thou art a wonderful God, Thou art a wonderful God.
Mine, mine, mine, mine, Jesus is mine,
mine when I'm dreary, mine when I'm cheery,
mine, mine, mine, mine, Jesus is mine, Jesus is always mine.
One, two, three, the devil's after me,
four, five, six, he really makes me sick,
seven, eight, nine, I hate him all the time,
hallelujah, hallelujah, I'm saved.
Nine, eight, seven, I'm on my way to heaven,
six, five, four, two left forever more,
three, two, one, the devil's on the run,
hallelujah, hallelujah, I'm saved.
Love, love, L-O-V-E,
love, love, boundless and free,
Jesus left heaven to die on the tree,
this was love, love, love.
The Lord is my shepherd, I'll walk with him away,
he leads me by still waters, I'll walk with him away,
away, away, I'll walk with him away,
away, away, I'll walk with him away.
Gone, gone, gone, gone, yes, my sins are gone,
now my soul is free and in my heart's a song,
buried in the deepest sea, yes, that's good enough for me,
I shall live eternally, praise God,
my sins are gone.
Heaven is a wonderful place, filled with glory and grace,
I want to see my Savior's face, heaven is a wonderful place.
Every promise in the book is mine, every chapter, every verse, every line,
all the blessings of his love divine, every promise in the book is mine.
I'm H-A-P-P-Y, I'm H-A-P-P-Y,
I know I am, I'm sure I am, I'm H-A-P-P-Y,
for I'm S-A-V-E-D, I'm S-A-V-E-D,
by my Savior's blood, his precious blood, I'm S-A-V-E-D,
by G-R-A-C-E, by G-R-A-C-E,
God's great and free salvation came by G-R-A-C-E,
through F-A-I-T-H, through F-A-I-T-H,
the gift of God, the gift of God, through F-A-I-T-H,
in J-E-S-U-S, in J-E-S-U-S,
God's only Son, God's precious Son, in J-E-S-U-S,
then G-L-O-R-Y, then G-L-O-R-Y,
when my work is done, he'll take me home, then G-L-O-R-Y.
Coming again, coming again,
may be morning, may be noon, may be evening, and may be soon,
coming again, coming again.
Oh, what a wonderful day it will be.
Jesus is coming again.
Hallelujah, I'm saved.
I am saved from sin.
Jesus dwells within.
Hallelujah, I'm saved.
Saved by his power divine,
Saved to new life sublime,
Life now is sweet and my joy is complete,
For I'm saved, saved, saved.
And my joy is complete, For I'm saved, saved, saved.
Follow, I will follow Christ my Lord,
Follow Jesus day by day,
My tomorrows are all known to thee,
Thou wilt lead me all the way.
I love him better every day, I love him better every day,
Close by his side I will abide,
I love him better every day.
Jesus loves me, Jesus loves me,
Loves me this I know,
Gave himself to die for me,
Because he loves me so.
Every day with Jesus is sweeter than the day before,
Every day with Jesus I love him more and more,
Jesus saves and keeps me and he's the one I'm waiting for,
Every day with Jesus is sweeter than the day before.
For God so loved the world he gave his only son,
To die on coverage tree, from sin to set me free,
Someday he's coming back, what glory that will be,
Wonderful his love to me.
Christ for me, yes it's Christ for me,
He is my Saviour, my Lord and my King,
I'm so happy I shout and sing,
Christ for me, yes it's Christ for me,
Every day as I go my way it is Christ for me.
Singing I go along my stone,
Praising the Lord, praising the Lord,
Singing I go along my stone,
For Jesus has lifted my Lord.
Christ is all I need, Christ is all I need,
All I need, Christ is all I need,
Christ is all I need, He is all I need.
He was crucified for me, He died on Calvary.
That He loved me so, this is why I know, Christ is all I need.
Burdens are lifted at Calvary, Calvary, Calvary.
Burdens are lifted at Calvary, Jesus is very near.
God is so good, God is so good, God is so good, He's so good to me.
He answers prayer, He answers prayer, He answers prayer, He's so good to me.
He loves me so, He loves me so, He loves me so, He's so good to me.
I'll do His will, I'll do His will, I'll do His will, He's so good to me.
Coming again, coming again, coming again, He's so good to me.
God is so good, God is so good, God is so good, He's so good to me.
Come into my heart, come into my heart, come into my heart, Lord Jesus.
Come into day, come into stay, come into my heart, Lord Jesus.
All of my heart, all of my heart, take all of my heart, Lord Jesus.
Take all today, take all I pray, take all of my heart, Lord Jesus.
Heavenly sunshine, heavenly sunshine, flooding my soul with glory divine.
Heavenly sunshine, heavenly sunshine, hallelujah, Jesus is mine.
The B-I-B-L-E, yes that's the book for me, I stand alone on the word of God, the B-I-B-L-E.
Oh how I love Jesus, oh how I love Jesus, oh how I love Jesus, because He first loved me.
To me Jesus is wonderful, to me Jesus is wonderful, to me Jesus is wonderful, because He first loved me.
Calvary's cross I will never forget, Calvary's cross I will never forget, Calvary's cross I will never forget,
because there Jesus died for me. Oh how I love Jesus, oh how I love Jesus, oh how I love Jesus, because He first loved me.
Jesus, Jesus, Jesus, sweetest name I know, fills my every longing, keeps me singing as I go.
I have the joy, joy, joy, joy down in my heart, down in my heart, down in my heart.
I have the joy, joy, joy, joy down in my heart, down in my heart to stay. I have the love of Jesus down in my heart, down in my heart, down in my heart.
I have the love of Jesus down in my heart, down in my heart to stay.
Thank you, Lord, for saving my soul. Thank you, Lord, for making me whole.
Thank you, Lord, for giving to me thy great salvation, so rich and free.
When we all get to heaven, what a day of rejoicing that will be.
When we all see Jesus, we'll sing and shout the victory.
Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, praise be the Lord.
Pray and believe, pray and believe, all things are possible.
Pray and believe, pray and believe, all things are possible. Pray and believe.
Stop and let me tell you what the Lord has done for me. Stop and let me tell you what the Lord has done for me.
He forgave my sin and He saved my soul. He cleansed my heart and He made me whole. Stop and let me tell you what the Lord has done for me.
Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved.
You can smile when you can't say a word. You can smile when you cannot be heard.
You can smile when it's cloudy or fair. You can smile anytime, anywhere.
He saves, He keeps, He satisfies this wonderful friend divine.
He saves, He keeps, He satisfies this wonderful friend of mine.
Read your Bible, pray every day, pray every day, pray every day. Read your Bible, pray every day and you'll love God more.
You will love God more. You will love God more. Read your Bible, pray every day and you'll love God more.
I have decided to follow Jesus. I have decided to follow Jesus. I have decided to follow Jesus.
No turning back, no turning back. Though no one join me, still I will follow.
Though no one join me, still I will follow. Though no turning back, no turning back.
The world behind me, the cross before me. The world behind me, the cross before me.
No turning back, no turning back. I have decided to follow Jesus. I have decided to follow Jesus.
I have decided to follow Jesus. No turning back, no turning back.
I must have Jesus in my whole life. I must have Him in my life.
In my walking, in my talking, in my sleeping, in my waking, I must have Him in my life. I must have Him in my life.
He careth for you, He careth for you. In sunshine and shadow, He careth for you.
I love thee, Lord Jesus, with all of my heart.
For dying on Calvary, for giving me victory. I love thee, Lord Jesus, with all of my heart.
I praise thee, Lord Jesus, with all of my heart.
For dying on Calvary, for giving me victory. I love thee, Lord Jesus, with all of my heart.
I thank thee, Lord Jesus, with all of my heart.
For dying on Calvary, for giving me victory. I thank thee, Lord Jesus, with all of my heart.
I serve thee, Lord Jesus, with all of my heart.
For dying on Calvary, for giving me victory. I serve thee, Lord Jesus, with all of my heart.
Joy, joy, my heart is full of joy. Joy, joy, my heart is full of joy.
The Savior, dear, is ever near. That's the reason why my heart is full of joy.
If you want joy, real joy, wonderful joy, let Jesus come into your heart.
Your sins, he'll wash away. Your night, he'll turn to day. Your life, he'll make it over again.
If you want joy, real joy, wonderful joy, let Jesus come into your heart.
I'm in right out, right up, right down, right happy all the time.
Since Jesus Christ came in and cleansed my heart from sin, I'm in right out, right up, right down, right happy all the time.
I'm so happy and here's the reason why Jesus took my burden all away.
Now I'm singing as the days go by, Jesus took my burden all away.
Once my heart was heavy with the load of sin, Jesus took the load and gave me peace within.
Now I'm singing as the days go by, Jesus took my burden all away.
Glory, hallelujah, Christ has set me free. Glory, hallelujah, a new life now I see.
His sins are all forgiven, I'm on my way to him to live eternally. Glory, hallelujah, he's coming soon for me.
Rolled away, rolled away, rolled away, every burden of my heart rolled away.
Every sin had to go beneath the crimson floor. Rolled away, rolled away, rolled away, every burden of my heart rolled away.
I love my Savior, my precious Savior. He died on Calvary's cross for me.
And now he's risen, gone up to heaven. Someday he's coming back for me.
Let's talk about Jesus, the King of kings you see, the Lord of lords supreme throughout eternity.
The great I am, the way, the truth, the life, the door. Let's talk about Jesus more and more.
Jesus is coming, is coming, is coming. It may be tomorrow, it may be today.
Maybe the trumpet sound, maybe the angels shout. Then come up higher, my Savior will say.
Let go and let God have his wonderful way. Let go and let God have his way.
Your burden will vanish, your night turned to day. Let go and let God have his way.
I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the Lord.
I will sing of the mercies of the Lord forever. I will sing, I will sing.
I will sing of the mercies of the Lord forever. I will sing of the mercies of the Lord.
With my mouth I will make known thy faithfulness to all generations.
I will sing of the mercies of the Lord forever. I will sing of the mercies of the Lord.
I want to be like him, my wonderful Lord. I want to be like him, my wonderful Lord.
To walk in the right way, to show his goodness, my blessed Redeemer, my wonderful Lord.
Good news, good news, Christ died for me. Good news, good news, to set me free.
Good news, good news, I'm saved eternally. That's wonderful, extra good news.
For we'll be dwelling together. How happy we will be through all eternity.
We'll be dwelling together, my Lord and I.
I'll be true, precious Jesus. I'll be true.
There's a race to be won. There's a victory to be won. Every hour by thy power I'll be true.
Yesterday, today, forever, Jesus is the same. All may change, but Jesus never. Glory to his name.
Glory to his name. Glory to his name. All may change, but Jesus never. Glory to his name.
Goodbye, our God is watching over you. Goodbye, his mercy goes before you.
Goodbye, and we'll be praying for you. So goodbye, may God bless you.
Wonderful, wonderful, Jesus is to me. Counselor, Prince of Peace, mighty God is he.
Saving me, keeping me from all sin and shame. Wonderful is my Redeemer, praise his name.
Yes, Jesus loves me. Yes, Jesus loves me. Yes, Jesus loves me.
The Bible tells me so.
Music is very, very important to the deaf.
Not something to do, not anything, but it's important and there's a reason for music in your church and in your Sunday school class.
The Bible says making melody in your heart to the Lord.
It doesn't say making music in your ears, it says making music in your heart to the Lord.
And the deaf can do that. It's important to have good music.
I noticed in many, many churches that I go and visit that they have just a little bit of music with the deaf.
And they don't pick it. It's not good for the Sunday school. It's not good.
But music is important and you need to think about the music and you need to pray about it.
And you need to ask God to give wisdom to help you with music with the deaf. It's very, very important.
In the church, you need to have a hearing person lead the music.
Because they have to stand and they hear what they sing and they lead the deaf with the words.
And they show the deaf how to say the words.
Maybe sometimes they're a little bit fast or maybe sometimes they're slow, but they need to have your flowing rhythm.
And so the music leader is very, very important to lead the deaf in singing right.
One time I went to a church to visit and I noticed a woman.
She stood to lead the music, but she talked it fast.
She said, Jesus, Jesus, Jesus, sweetest name I know.
And then she had to stand and wait and wait and wait.
And my daughter, Betty, asked, why does a woman stop and wait?
And I had to explain, because she talked the words fast.
And now she must wait for the hearing people to finish singing the same words.
And then after a little bit, the hearing people were ready and they sang the next words.
Fills my every longing, keeps me singing as I go on.
So you need to have a leader to show how and the flow and the rhythm.
And so they say, Jesus, Jesus, Jesus, sweetest name I know.
So the deaf need to learn that.
And maybe you think, well, why do you have music with the deaf?
They can't hear, but they can feel.
And they can feel the music and they like that.
In church, sometimes they hold to the seat, you know,
because they can feel the music.
And sometimes when I was young, I used to play the accordion,
and the deaf would come and want to touch.
They want to feel me play.
They want to feel it.
And when my daughter was a little girl, sometimes I would want her to come to me.
Can't call, she can't hear.
So I would stomp the floor.
And Betty would feel that and she would look.
Then she would come to me to see what I wanted.
She would feel me stomp.
And sometime at camp, I see the deaf.
You know, maybe we will have rain and lightning and thunder,
and the deaf will go, ooh.
And you wonder, can they hear that?
Well, maybe a little bit, but most they feel it in their body.
So the deaf can feel the music and they like that.
I remember my daughter was a little girl in school.
I would go to visit.
They would have the woman sit on the piano and she would bong, bong, bong, bong.
And the little deaf boys and girls, they would march, march, march, march,
because they would feel the music in their feet.
And sometimes they would maybe do just a little bit of a dance
and they would feel the music in their feet to help them to know how to do,
because they could feel the music.
One time a deaf man came to visit my home.
He got out of his car, wow, loud music, ooh, awful.
He came in my home, I asked, why so loud?
I can hear in your car.
He mentioned, I know, but I like because I can feel
and it helps me stay awake when I drive.
So they can feel and they like music.
And it's good to have music with the deaf.
And they need to know it's different.
Sometimes in church you have announcements.
So you tell, announce, announce, announce.
And then the man stands to preach, and he preaches, preaches hard.
And that's a different way.
And then you have the music.
And that's different, flowing and beautiful and beautiful,
different from talking.
It needs to be different.
So a person, a woman or a man that leads the music with the deaf
is a very, very, very important person.
And you need to make yourself ready.
You need to practice and practice and practice.
You don't wait until you arrive at church
and then fast, open the book, to find something to sing in the class.
No, before you pray and you think
and you ask God to give you wisdom to know what music to use in the class.
And maybe sometimes you need to have a good, exciting singing.
Maybe they come to church and they're tired
and they're still sleepy and they're not very, very happy.
So you need to have a good, exciting music for the deaf.
Now, I remember one is hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah,
praise ye the Lord.
And all the deaf love that.
And you can have here, stand and they start.
Hallelujah, hallelujah.
And then they sit down and over here they stand, praise ye the Lord.
And it will make them excited.
And they will have a blessing in their heart.
They will feel better and will make them ready for the teacher with the lesson.
There's a reason for music.
And then in the church, good music.
And you need to be ready.
On Saturday or maybe Friday or sometimes you call the man that leads the music
to ask the question, what will you sing on Sunday morning and Sunday night?
And if he's a good song leader, he will have a list and he will tell you.
And you can go home and you can sit and you can open your book
and you can practice and practice and practice.
And maybe you will see some hard words.
It's all right. You have time to think about it.
You have time to wonder what it means and to know how to change the words.
It's good to practice and be ready.
I think it's good you have a book in your church.
Go home and practice and practice and practice.
Different, different, different, different songs and be ready.
And when you stand in church and they announce a song and you open it, what's that?
And you put your nose in and you try.
You don't know how. It's not good.
You need to be ready before you come to church.
And then you have a man or maybe a woman stand to sing.
And it's hard to understand the words from your back, from here.
The singer's standing back there and you can't understand the words sometimes.
So it's good before you go to the person that you will sing this morning in church.
Will you please give me the words? I need to practice.
And then you'll be ready.
I hate to see a leader say, I can't understand the words.
I don't know what they're saying. I can't understand.
It's not good for the deaf.
They need to have everything right and ready.
You need to practice and practice and practice.
And you will find many, many, many times hard words.
I remember years ago when I first started working with the deaf.
And oh, I would look at a song.
What does that mean?
I never noticed those words before.
And I'd go and I'd ask my husband, what do those words mean?
Maybe he'd say, I don't know.
We'd have to sit down and think and think and maybe call some other preachers
and ask, what do these words mean?
And it was good for me.
It helped me to learn about many, many, many songs that they have in church, what they mean.
So you need to practice and practice and practice and practice.
And you need to use the good songs for your deaf.
Sometimes they need to have exciting, happy songs,
but sometimes they need to have a song that touches their heart, touches their heart,
and makes them have a blessing and makes them want to love Jesus more.
And you will learn that your deaf have special songs they like best.
I remember the deaf would come to camp and they were like, mine, mine, mine, mine, Jesus is mine.
They just loved that chorus.
And then I remember they were like, joy, joy, joy, joy.
I have the joy, joy, joy, joy down in my heart.
They loved that.
So the same as hearing people, you have a song you like best, the same with the deaf.
They have what they like the best.
It's good, wonderful.
And then you practice and you practice and you practice,
and you will see many, many, many times they use words,
he, his, or who, who talking about, what does that mean?
So you need to use the name, the name.
Forget pronouns, forget and use the name.
You say, he, he lives, he lives, Christ Jesus lives today.
But it's better to say, he lives, he lives, Christ Jesus lives today.
Now you've got to have it established, you're talking about Jesus.
So now you can change that he walks with me and talks with me.
But it's good all the time when you have a pronoun to use the name
because you want your deaf to know who you're talking about.
You know, we have that come to me, come unto me.
Well, you're not coming to me, see, you're coming to Jesus.
So you say, come unto me, I will give you rest.
All the time you want to establish who the person is that the song's about.
Jesus, God, or the Holy Spirit.
You need to help your deaf to know and to understand all the time.
And then you need to be careful about questions in music.
If you say, is not Jesus wonderful?
The deaf think, Jesus is not wonderful?
So you need to change that to say, Jesus is wonderful, wonderful, wonderful.
Jesus, my Lord, is wonderful.
Change it so they're not think, you say, Jesus is not wonderful.
That word not means not to a deaf person.
Change it to say, Jesus is wonderful, wonderful, wonderful to me.
And I remember a man, he was saying, is Jesus not greater?
So I changed that.
Jesus is, and then I lose, better because I learned so much from the deaf.
And my daughter asked me, what does that mean?
Greater, greater.
Jesus is greater than mountains?
Well, that means he's better.
Oh, and she could understand that.
So I changed it.
Jesus is better than mountains all covered with trees.
It's better not to ask the question, is he not better than mountains?
Say it.
Jesus is better than mountains.
And then many times you have a word and there's no sign.
Many, many, many words in songs do not have a sign.
So you need to think.
And most of the time you can find a sign for that word.
That's good, that's wonderful, that's wonderful.
That song, all hail the power of Jesus' name.
There's no sign for hail.
So you need to think about it, pray about it, ask God, give you wisdom about it,
and you will change it to all praise the power of Jesus' name.
And then it says that angels prostrate fall.
Well, we don't have the angels falling.
It doesn't mean that.
It means that they bow and pray.
All right, so you change the words to make it understandable,
not only for a deaf person, but better for me.
All right, so you need to be careful now about spelling
because when you spell you lose your flowing rhythm.
You lose your flowing rhythm and you want to keep that.
And most of the time you can find a sign for a word in the music you can find.
And then sometimes you need to explain, explain a word or a song.
Some songs are just full of pictures and it's hard for the deaf to understand that.
You need to explain.
When they announce the song and the man says,
we will sing, there is a fountain filled with blood.
What does that mean?
Well, you have time to explain just a little bit.
You have time to explain.
This song is about the blood of Jesus.
You know, Jesus died on the cross for us and gave his blood.
Well, this song is full of pictures about the blood of Jesus.
Well, now they know it's going to be about the blood.
There is a fountain filled with blood drawn from Emmanuel's veins,
from Jesus' body or from Jesus' veins.
And so you can help the deaf to understand that song just a little bit.
It has hard, hard words.
And then sometimes we sing about grace, grace.
But you'll find many, many, many deaf do not understand that word.
Sometimes hearing people do not understand that word.
And one time I was in a church and I was singing, grace, grace, God's grace.
And I noticed there was kind of a funny, funny look on the face of the deaf.
So I stopped and asked, you understand that word?
And I spelled it G-R-A-C-E.
You understand that word?
No, I didn't know.
There was one deaf man and all told me, he's a very, very, very smart deaf man.
He understands the Bible.
Oh, very, very smart.
And he teaches the Sunday school class.
Oh, he's a smart man.
You know that word, grace?
And this man answered, yes, it's a girl's name.
A girl's name.
So it's not good to sing that when they don't understand.
So you have time to explain.
Grace means God giving to you what you don't deserve and what you don't need.
So they need to know these words and help you yourself.
And the deaf need to know that voices are different.
Voices are different.
I remember one time I was with my daughter Betty.
And I could hear my husband teaching in another room.
And I said to Betty, I can hear your father teaching.
And Betty asked, how do you know it's father?
How do you know?
Because I know his voice.
And Betty asked, is father's voice different?
Yes, yes.
And now Betty, old, I think about 15, 15, and she didn't know that voices were different.
So the deaf maybe don't know that.
Some people have a high voice.
Some people have a low voice.
And some people sing high and some low.
And the same as you have hearing people that can sing alone a solo, the same with the deaf.
You will find some have music in their soul, in their body, and they can learn to sing alone.
But they need to have a leader to teach them.
When I was young, when I was young, I had a twin sister.
And we sang together.
But we didn't know how.
We must have a woman to teach us how to sing together.
So the important person in the deaf work who is the song leader is very, very important.
And you need to find the deaf in your class that can sing alone.
And teach them and help them to know how to have flowing rhythm, flowing beautiful.
They can touch the hearts of the hearing people and touch the hearts of the deaf people.
And then after a while, maybe you will find two can stand and sing together.
That's wonderful.
You have a hearing leader, but he can use the deaf in the class.
So you have two and they sing together.
Jesus, Jesus, the same.
Both go the same way.
Oh, it's beautiful.
It touches your heart.
And then after a while, maybe you can have three or maybe four stand to sing together.
And when you grow, grow, grow, grow, grow, and you have more deaf,
then after a while you can have a choir, a choir to stand and sing.
Many, many, many deaf choirs come to the camp and sing for us.
Oh, it's beautiful.
It touches my heart.
Wonderful.
I like it.
I love to hear the deaf, the deaf sing.
Wonderful.
Blessing to my heart.
I remember one time I went to California with my husband.
He was preaching in a church and they had deaf in the church.
And there was one deaf boy.
His father and mother had flown him from California to Tennessee to come to camp.
And when he was there, he learned to sing.
And he bought an old song book.
We had the first we printed.
And he'd had it now for a long time.
And it was old and it was bent and it looked awful.
He'd had it for three or four years.
And he loved that book.
And this boy came to me and he said,
My book, I love it.
Oh, much wonderful to me.
I love my book.
And this boy's mother said,
I don't know what you people did to my son but you changed his life.
And she said,
Giving my son music was the best thing you could give when he was finished saved.
And then he learned to sing.
And she said,
He walks around the house all the time singing and singing and singing.
And the mother said,
I can't understand the words but I know he's singing.
Because it's different from when he tries to talk.
It's wonderful.
Makes him so very, very happy.
And he sings and he sings and he sings.
And I could see because the book was old and broken.
And I could see much youth.
And this boy showed me my best song.
And he opened it to,
Oh, how I love Jesus.
And he sang it for me.
And I noticed he had changed some of the words.
He said, Oh, yes, I love Jesus.
There is a name I love to sing.
It's the same as music to my heart.
And then this boy said to me,
I love Jesus because Jesus first loved me.
And I said, yes, that's right.
Jesus first loved you.
And that boy said, I love my book.
So here's a deaf boy who had learned to make music in his heart to the Lord.
And he got much blessing from singing.
And this is true about all deaf.
They love music and they love to sing.
Creation shows the power of God.
There's glory all around.
And those who see must stand in awe
For miracles of God.
I believe in miracles.
I've seen a soul set free.
Miraculous the change in one redeemed through Calvary.
I've seen a lily push its way
Up through the stubborn sod.
I believe in miracles.
For I believe in God.
The love of God, O power divine, is wonderful to see.
The miracle of grace performed within the heart of me.
I believe in miracles.
I've seen a soul set free.
Miraculous the change in one redeemed through Calvary.
I've seen a lily push its way
Up through the stubborn sod.
I believe in miracles.
For I believe in God.
Music is a very wonderful and enjoyable part of life.
Probably all hearing people enjoy some type of music.
But what about deaf people?
How can deaf people enjoy music?
They can't hear, so how can deaf people enjoy singing, enjoy music?
Remember, deaf people listen with their eyes.
So if the music's worth watching, then the deaf people will enjoy it.
I want to give you a few ideas how to make music worth watching.
Since 1966, I've been working with deaf people.
I've interpreted some. I've taught some.
I've been involved with music, with a choir, with a special music myself, with a trio.
Different ways, and I've learned some things about music for the deaf.
Now, I don't know everything, no.
But I've learned a few good ideas that I want to share with you to help you as deaf people
and as hearing people to learn how to make your music worth watching.
Number one, when we sing with the deaf or for the deaf,
we need to choose songs that have a clear, easily understood meaning.
And also songs that are easily signed.
Beautiful music for the deaf will be music with understanding, meaning, and it will be enjoyable.
There are thousands and thousands and thousands of songs to choose from,
but there are thousands that are hard and then many, many, many that are wonderful and good for deaf people.
Songs easily understood with a good, clear meaning are right for the deaf people.
An idea would be, now I belong to Jesus, easily signed, easily understood.
Let me show you.
Now I belong to Jesus, Jesus belongs to me.
See, easily signed, easily understood.
That's a wonderful song for the deaf.
I've seen other people sing choirs, nice signs, but the meaning was not clear,
like make me a brook in the way.
A brook in the way?
What does that mean?
I'm not sure.
So probably we would not choose that song for deaf people.
And then another song, sound the battle cry.
Sounds like a fight song.
Maybe it is, but will the deaf really understand that?
Will that be easily signed?
Probably not.
So we need not think about that type of song.
Choose from other easily signed, easily understood songs for the deaf people.
I have an example I want to show you that will help explain easily signed, easily understood.
Maybe today my Savior I shall see, maybe today from sin I shall be free.
Jesus will come.
Wasn't that good?
Easily understood, beautifully signed, that's what I'm talking about.
Beautiful music for the deaf, music that's worth watching.
And then second, your presentation.
Often I've been in churches or in different places and the deaf sing, maybe a deaf choir.
And really, I'll be honest, I've become a little bit embarrassed because the deaf, they weren't trained.
They had not practiced.
They were awkward.
They were embarrassed.
Some of them fell and they laughed.
They didn't know what to do.
Blame the deaf people?
Well, probably not.
You see, all of us need training and we need teaching.
So I want to show you how to present your choir or your special or your music yourself.
First of all, you need practice.
Practice, practice, practice, practice.
If you want to become skilled and do it right, you must practice.
And then we need to learn how to stand.
I've seen many of the ladies don't stand like a lady or the man.
So we have to be careful.
Learn how to stand when we're before the people to sing.
That will help your music to be worth watching.
And then we learn the right place to stand.
Around, nice, worth looking at.
We learn that.
We learn how to stand up together.
How to walk up together and stand in the right place, poised and nice.
It will make you feel good about yourself.
It will make the people watching be impressed.
That's wonderful that the deaf can do that.
It takes time, hard work, but it's very, very important.
I have other examples for you to watch.
It will help you learn.
That's how you do it, wonderful.
It will help you.
Watch now.
You see, the right presentation
will help your music be worth watching.
Everyone feels satisfaction in doing something right.
But to make it right, to make it worth watching,
you'll have to practice and practice and practice.
It'll take your time, much patience.
Just keep on, keep on, do it again and again.
You got it wrong, do it again and again.
But don't give up.
It's worth it, and you will enjoy music.
Number three, to make music worth watching,
you need variety, variety.
It can be a simple solo, one person standing, singing.
But that person, she's practiced, he's ready,
he's practiced, he's made a right presentation,
he's given different variety.
It will make music worth watching.
And then it could be a hearing in-depth ensemble.
I've seen many that are beautiful and worth watching.
Then it could be a large choir, beautiful choir,
singing together in sign language.
It could be drama, music plus drama.
Deaf people love that, music plus drama.
Also, I've seen and I've been involved in groups
sign language and voices.
Beautiful music for the deaf worth watching.
Look at these examples.
The garden, the jail, the hammer, the nail.
How could a night be so long?
Then came the morning, night turned into day.
The stone was rolled away, the browse with the dawn.
Then came the morning, shadows vanished before the sun.
Death had lost and life had run, more morning had come.
The decree was signed by the hand of the king,
but Daniel still talked to the Lord.
So they picked him up and threw him to the lions.
Here comes supper one, Lord.
If you would have been around there anywhere close,
you could have heard old Daniel say,
If you think I'm supper, forget it boys,
because I've come here to stay.
Run if you want to, run if you will,
but I've come here to stay.
I will live tough by nights unto the hills,
from whence cometh my help.
My help cometh from the Lord,
who made heaven, heaven and earth.
Only trust him, only trust him, only trust him now.
Wonderful, wonderful Jesus, who can compare with thee.
Wonderful, wonderful Jesus, fairer than all art thou to me.
Wonderful, wonderful Jesus, all my soul loves thee.
Fairer than all of that.
To make your music worth watching,
you need to think some special ways to show the music,
imaginative, creative ideas that will make the music special.
Yes, a lot of hard work's involved, but it can be done.
Your time, your practice, your ideas can make it happen.
Make music worth watching.
Now I have two examples to show,
one with a special ending for the song, it will impress you,
and then a hard song called the Battle Hymn of the Public.
Hard song, it's a famous song, it's beautiful,
but it will show how the deaf can make music worth watching.
Jesus will come, and I will go home.
It may be today.
Glory, glory, hallelujah!
In the beauty of the lilies,
Christ was born across the sea,
with a glory in his bosom that transfigures you and me.
As he died to make men holy,
let us live to make men free,
while God is marching on.
Glory, glory, hallelujah!
Good job, did you like that?
I did, beautiful, wonderful, hard work, yes,
but it was worth it to make music worth watching.
Number four, to make music worth watching,
you need to include facial expression
and sign language expression.
Deaf people always say, I like best the interpreter,
I like best the teacher, the song leader who uses expression.
It's very, very important.
Really, expression says more than your words.
Expression for the deaf is very important.
I want to show you a few songs.
One, He Careth for You.
You could sing, He careth for you,
He careth for you in sunshine or shadow,
He careth for you.
You could, but I think it's better.
He careth for you,
He careth for you in sunshine or shadow,
He careth for you.
See, it's better.
It's better to watch that then, right?
Another song.
One, two, three, you could sing,
One, two, three, the devil's after me,
Four, five, six, he really makes me sick.
Or you could sing,
One, two, three, the devil's after me,
Four, five, six, he really makes me sick,
Seven, eight, nine, I hate him all the time,
Hallelujah, hallelujah, I'm saved.
Would you like the best?
With expression or just singing?
Make it worth watching.
Another song, beautiful.
Into My Heart.
We could sing,
Into my heart, into my heart,
Come into my heart, Lord Jesus.
Or we could sing,
Into my heart, into my heart,
Come into my heart, Lord Jesus.
Come in today, come in to stay,
Come into my heart, Lord Jesus.
Deaf like expression.
So to make your music worth watching,
work hard to include facial expression,
sign language expression,
like into my heart or into my heart,
sign language expression,
like come or come,
sign language expressions.
Very, very important to make music beautiful
and enjoyable and worth watching.
And last of all,
to make music worth watching,
it should be music, right?
A few weeks ago I was in a mall.
There was a contest hearing people singing.
One girl was there.
She was old, I guess about 15 years old.
And she was singing.
But really the girl couldn't sing.
Her voice said words,
but there was no music.
And I noticed the people standing around watching.
Everyone seemed embarrassed.
Myself, I felt embarrassed.
That girl can't sing.
She's just saying words.
Me, I left.
I didn't want to hear her.
Well, with the deaf, sometimes it's the same.
If you just sign a song,
that's not music.
That's the same as talking.
So to make music worth watching,
it should be music.
An idea, the song,
Wonderful Words of Life.
I could talk, sing again to me,
wonderful words of life.
Let me more of their beauty see
wonderful words of life.
I'm talking the words.
I'm signing the words.
It is not music.
But if you change it,
sing them over again to me,
wonderful words of life.
Let me more of their beauty see
wonderful words of life.
See, that's music.
It's not just words.
Music worth watching.
Deaf people, hearing people
need to work hard
to make music worth watching.
Music is an enjoyable
and wonderful part of our lives.
Let's work hard.
Music is a very important part
of the deaf world.
Make your music worth watching.
I've never heard the birds sing
in springtime.
I've never heard a choir sing
with the amazing grace.
But I know from God's Word
I've been promised.
Up in heaven I will see His face.
Who will sign for me?
Who has studied?
Who has learned?
Who can?
Who will sign for me?
Who will tell me
of God's Word with their hands?
I've never heard the laughter
of children.
I've never heard
the lovely church bells ring.
But I know from God's Word
I've been promised.
Up in heaven I'll hear angels sing.
I've never heard
the wind blowing softly.
I've never heard
the voices of my loved ones.
But I pray that one day
up in heaven
I'll hear Jesus say to me,
Well done!
Who will sign for me?
Who has studied?
Who has learned?
Who can?
Who will sign for me?
Who will tell me
of God's Word with their hands?
I've never heard the laughter
of children.
I've never heard
the lovely church bells ring.
But I pray that one day
up in heaven
I'll hear Jesus say to me,
Well done!
Who will sign for me?
Who will tell me
of God's Word with their hands?
I've never heard
the laughter
of children.
I've never heard
the lovely church bells ring.
But I pray that one day
up in heaven
I'll hear Jesus say to me,
Well done!
Who will sign for me?
Who will tell me
of God's Word with their hands?
I've never heard the laughter
of children.
I've never heard the laughter
of children.
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There is a wonderful place.
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