I'm Going to Join the Band

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Just look over yonder what I see

Author: Charles Price Jones
Tune: SOUTHERN MELODY
Published in 3 hymnals

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1 Just look over yonder what I see,
I'm going to join the heav'nly band;
A band of angels coming after me,
I'm going to join the band.

Refrain:
Good news! Good news!
I'm going to join the heav'nly choir!
Good news! Good news!
I'm going to join the band!

2 There's Abel there and Enoch, too,
I'm going to join the heav'nly band;
They shout those anthems ever, ever new,
I'm going to join the band. [Refrain]

3 There's Noah, too, and Abraham,
I'm going to join the heav'nly band;
They join the song of Moses and the Lamb,
I'm going to join the band. [Refrain]

4 Oh, what a host of souls in light!
I'm going to join the heav'nly band;
Oh, what a glorious, what a happy sight,
I'm going to join the band. [Refrain]

5 With Paul and Peter, James and John,
I'm going to join the heav'nly band;
I'll shout and praise around the Father's throne,
I'm going to join the band. [Refrain]

6 Oh, hallelujah, praise His name!
I'm going to join the heav'nly band;
I've got a home in new Jerusalem,
I'm going to join the band. [Refrain]

7 I've washed my robe in Jesus' blood,
I'm going to join the heav'nly band;
I'll stand redeemed before the throne of God,
I'm going to join the band. [Refrain]

Source: His Fullness Songs #500

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Author: Charles Price Jones

Charles Price Jones born December 9, 1865, near Rome, Georgia. He grew up in Kingston, Georgia, and attended the Baptist church. He was converted in 1884 while living in Cat Island, Arkansas. In 1885 he was called to the ministry and began preaching. In 1888 he attended Arkansas Baptist College and taught school in Grant County, Arkansas. He preached and pastored several Baptist churches. After asking God for a deeper experience of grace and fasting and praying for three days, Jones experienced a closeness with God, and in 1895, along with other Baptist holiness adherents, who taught that a second work of grace can cleanse the Christian of original sin. They started a holiness movement in the Baptist church, and he began teaching holiness i… Go to person page >

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First Line:	Just look over yonder what I see
Title:	I'm Going to Join the Band
Author:	Charles Price Jones
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	Good news, good news, I'm going to join the heavenly choir
Copyright:	Public Domain