The results are in. If you'll recall, the past few entries have been devoted to an upcoming project that features what many people consider to be the greatest Southern Gospel songs of all-time. Previously, I've posted two lists that showed the songs that had been submitted to me by Wednesday of last week.
Just so we'll all be on the same sheet of paper, here are those two lists (in no particular order):
He Touched Me
Rise Again
Four Days Late
Praise His Name
I Know Him
Walking In The Highway
Serenaded By Angels
The Lamb, The Lion And The King
Is Anything Too Hard For God
I Rest My Case At The Cross
We Shall See Jesus
It Is Well With My Soul
Sweet Hour Of Prayer
One More Valley
When I Get Carried Away
Shouting Time
The Love Of God
Miracle In Me
The Lily In The Valley
Heaven's Jubilee
The Dearest Friend I Ever Had
If God Be For Us
My Name Is Lazarus
Sweet Beulah Land
Thank You Lord
What A Lovely Name
When All Of God's Singers Get Home
Stand Still
From The Depths Of My Heart
Jesus Is Mine
His Life For Mine
Jerusalem
Had It Not Been
Who Am I
Step Into The Water
When We All Get To Heaven
Because He Lives
Excuses
The Glory Road
The Lighthouse
Till The Storm Passes By
The Little Boy From The Carpenter Shop
Get Away Jordan
There's Power In The Blood
Through The Fire
Blessed Assurance
The Holy Hills Of Heaven
This Is Just What Heaven Means To Me
Oh What A Savior
I'm Still Holding On
Goin' Away Party
Please Come Down To Me
Midnight Cry
When I Wake Up To Sleep No More
Antioch Church Choir
In The Midst
When Dust Shall Sing
Supper Time
I Wouldn't Take Nothing For My Journey Now
Gone
When He Was On The Cross
The Old Ship Of Zion
The King Is Coming
Without Him
For God So Loved
Look For Me At Jesus' Feet
He Didn't Throw The Clay Away
Champion Of Love
Amazing Grace
There Rose A Lamb
When I Knelt The Blood Fell
Jesus Is Coming Soon
God Walks The Dark Hills
I Bowed On My Knees And Cried Holy
God On The Mountain
Touring That City
Now, here are the songs that have been submitted since last Wednesday:
Is Not This The Land Of Beulah
He Calms Me
I Wanna Know How It Feels
No Longer An Orphan
I'll Not Turn My Back On Him Now
Heroes Of The Faith
Daystar
Hide Thou Me
What A Day That Will Be
Mansion Over The Hilltop
Please Forgive Me
Mercy Built A Bridge
What A Beautiful Day
I'm Gonna Fly
Mercy
He Looked Beyond My Faults
Look For Me
How Great Thou Art
There's No Other Word For Grace
Goodbye World Goodbye
Just One More Soul
I Just Came To Praise The Lord
AND NOW, DRUM ROLL PLEASE.........
Here are the Top Ten Greatest Southern Gospel Songs Of All Time (according to the readers of Danny's Diary). I've also included the number of total votes each song got.
1) The Midnight Cry (1007)
2) The Lighthouse (993)
3) We Shall See Jesus (884)
4) Who Am I (512)
5) Sweet Beulah Land (483)
6) Because He Lives (372)
7) God Walks The Dark Hills (359)
8) He Touched Me (231)
9) Jesus Is Coming Soon (181)
10) The Old Ship Of Zion (178)
I won't go into any deep commentary on how this turned out. However, I will make a couple of quick observations.
a) I was somewhat surprised that even though several "newer" songs made the overall list, they didn't make the Top Ten (although "Please Forgive Me" was Number 11 with 144 votes).
b) The first three songs easily surpassed all the others - but "Midnight Cry" and "The Lighthouse" were in a nail-biter until the very end. After we got past the first 20 or so songs, the votes dwindled down to an average of about 80-90 per title.
All of this information will be passed along and will be considered as the record company begins their work on their project. We'll see how many of these songs make the final cut - I know they are getting information from several other sources and are planning on a mid-2006 release. We'll see how it goes!
