I will sing and Hope to carry on...

I will sing and Hope to carry on as performed by Rich Mullins and Caedmon's Call. It was the music of Rich Mullins who introduced me to these two great songs, but lately I've been listening to Caedmon's Call and their version is outstanding as well. When I hear and sing I will sing, I get chills from it, and I've been listening to it for 12+ years. Rich Mullins is probably my all time favorite musician in any category. He was always interesting, and was a great song writer. His music, as much as anything, early on in my Christian walk challenged me to examine what I claimed to believe. I have included both I will sing and Hope to carry on as they always came together, one did not seem to exist without the other for Rich (and Caedmon's Call has carried this tradition on).


I will sing

I will sing for the meek
For those who pray with their very lives for peace
Though they're in chains for a higher call
Their mourning will change into laughter when the nations fall

In spirit poor
In mercy rich
They hunger for Your righteousness
Their hearts refined in the purity
Lord let me shine for them
Lord let me sing
Lord let me shine for them
Lord let me sing


Hope to carry on

I can see Jesus hanging on the cross
I can see Jesus hanging on the cross
I can see Jesus hanging on the cross
He came looking for the lost

And love has come
Love has come
Love has come
And He's given me hope to carry on

I can hear Jesus saying Father forgive
I can hear Jesus saying Father forgive
I can hear Jesus saying Father forgive
What a thing He did

Love has come
Love has come
Love has come
And He's given me hope to carry on

And I can see love
Love is all I want to see
Love could make a beggar rich
He could set a prisoner free
I know He could do it for you
God knows He did it for me

And I can see love
Love is all I want to show you
Love
Love's the only way to go
Love
Love is all a man might need to know
This I know

You know Peter put away his sword
I can see Peter, he's putting away his sword
I can see Peter, he put away his sword
He won't fight no more

Love has come
Love has come
Love has come
And He's given me hope to carry on



Copyright 1989 - Edward Grant, Inc.