Tonart: F major
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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Let the church,
be the church
Let the people rejoice,
for we've settled the question.
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We've made our choice.
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Let the anthems ring out,
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psalms of victory swell.
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Church triumphant is
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alive and well.
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Verse 2
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Oh, this old ship's been through
Verse 3
battles before.
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Storms and tempests an d rocks on the shore,
though the haul may be battered,
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Inside it's safe and dry
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It will carry its cargo
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To the fort in the sky
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God has always had a people
Many a foolish conqueror has made the
mistake of thinking that
because he had driven the church of
Jesus
Christ out of sight,
that he had stilled its voice and
snuffed out its life.
But
God has always had a people.
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The powerful current
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of a rushing river
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is not diminished be cause
it is forced to flow underground.
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The purest water is the stream that
bursts crystal clear
into the sunlight after it has fought
its way through solid rock.
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Cm
There have been charlatans who, like
Simon the magician,
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sought to barter on the open market that
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power which cannot be bought or sold.
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But
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God has always had a people,
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men who could not be bought,
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and women who were beyond pur chase.
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God has always had a people.
There have been times of affluence
and prosperity
when the
Church's message has been nearly
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di luted into oblivion
by those who sought to make it
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so cially attractive,
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neatly organized, and financially profitable.
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It has been gold -plated, draped in purple,
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and encrusted with jewels.
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It has been misrepresented,
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ridiculed, lauded, and scorned.
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according to the whim of the times, elevated
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as sacred leaders and
martyred as heretics.
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Yet through it all, their march is on that
powerful army of the meek,
God's chosen people,
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who cannot be bought, murdered,
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flattered, or stealed.
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On through the ages they march, the
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Church,
God's
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Church triumphant, alive and well.
Let the
Church, be the
Church, be the
Church.
Let the people rejoice,
for we've settled the question.
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We've made our choice,
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let the anthems ring out.
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Songs of victory swell, for the church triumphs,
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it's alive, it's alive, it's
It's alive.
Discouraged pastor, it's his church,
and it's alive.
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It's alive.
Lonely missionary,
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so this seat with confidence is alive.
Cold saint, you're not alone
or forgotten.
It's alive,
my broken -hearted friend.
It's alive.
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Busy mother, pastor, cares on
Jesus.
It's alive, young student,
you're not alone in serving the
Lord.
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Father, there's rest in the
Lord, and the
Church is alive.
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Cynical skeptic, you haven't killed
God with your noisy unbelief.
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So, family of
God, lift your hands and praise the
Lord!
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and wave
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ooooh
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