Saturday, April 02, 2011

"Journey's End"

This song is on a new album by Ernie Haase and Signature Sound. Yet it's not just by EHSS. For this album, producer Wayne Haun took the voice of the late George Younce off of old masters, extracted it from its background, and added new music and background vocals by the present EHSS. Very impressive, very classy album. The song below was new to me but is wonderful. Here's a review of the entire album. Lyrics for "Journey's End" to follow.









Verse 1

There is a land I long to see
It's across the river wide
It is there my Savior waits for me
Just on the other side

And his gentle calls encourage me
Not to fear the river's bend
But to steer the course he's given me
'Til I reach my journey's end

Verse 2

There is a place I long to be
It is by my Savior's side
He has there prepared a place for me
In his presence to abide

And he navigates my ship for me
Through the storms that life may send
And though the water's deep and wide
He'll be there 'til journey's end

(Bridge)

Oh I need not fear the wind and rain
As they wash away the sand
It is on the solid rock I stand
Waiting for my Lord's command

There is a land I long to see
It's across the river wide
It is there my Savior waits for me
Just on the other side

And his gentle calls encourage me
Not to fear the river's bend
But to steer the course he's given me
'Til I reach my journey's end

4 comments:

Tim said...

This song has become a favorite of mine.

Unknown said...

I looked up the Ernie Haase album referenced, and George Younce sings another version of "Journey's End". I can't find the newer version you mention. Does anyone else do that song, with the lyrics you provide? A gentleman at church xid the song as a special, and I lost it completely.

Lydia McGrew said...

Here is the tribute album with Signature Sound. I'm sorry that the video no longer seems to be available. This should have the version I quote the lyrics from.

https://www.amazon.com/George-Younce-Ernie-Haase-Signature/dp/B004LFO0CY

Lydia McGrew said...

Spotify does have it, if you have a Spotify account:

https://open.spotify.com/track/2BeD2qQ4mW5n4D5QAFGXl0