The first is from Richard Smallwood’s recording mentioned earlier and I needed to share Whitney Houston’s version of it from the film, The Preacher’s Wife which was a remake of the Cary Grant film, The Bishop’s Wife.Use the link below to stream and download I Love the Lord by Ntokozo Mbambo. Here are two great recordings of this hymn. The original soundtrack album is the best-selling gospel album of all time and remained number one on Billboard's Top Gospel Albums Chart for twenty-six weeks. "I Love the Lord" was sung by Whitney Houston as the closing song of the 1996 movie, The Preacher's Wife. He was elected to the Gospel Music Hall of Fame in 2006. Smallwood has remained popular throughout his career, writing "Center of My Joy" with Bill and Gloria Gaither in 1984, and later such hits as "Total Praise," "Angels," "Healing," "Anthem of Praise," and "Bless the Lord." To date, Smallwood has recorded fifteen albums, and he produced the Grammy- and Dove-Award-winning Quincy Jones recording of Handel's Messiah: A Soulful Celebration. Their first album in 1982, The Richard Smallwood Singers, spent 87 weeks at no. After college, he taught music at the University of Maryland then in 1977, he formed the Richard Smallwood Singers. Oh, let my heart No more dismay Oh no While I have Breath to pray. His father was the pastor of the historic Union Temple in Washington, D.C., and his mother strongly encouraged his musical talent. Long as I live, While troubles rise Ill hasten to His throne Solo I love the Lord, He heard my cry. About Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Developers Terms Privacy Policy & Safety How YouTube works Test new features NFL Sunday Ticket Press Copyright. The holy ghost slap me upside the head and said Somebody needs to hear this Of course I could’ve just played the original video but I did it my way. He earned a Masters of Divinity from Howard University in 2004. He earned degrees in vocal performance and piano performance from Howard University, with additional graduate work in ethnomusicology. As long as we pray, God will take our grief and despair.įast forward 250 years later and we come to composer Richard Smallwood.Ĭomposer, arranger, pianist, and music director Richard Smallwood was born November 30, 1948, in Atlanta, Georgia. Watts’ version of this Psalm falls under the title “Recovery from Sickness.” and proclaims that when we cry out to the Lord, God hears our cries and groans and that throughout our lives when we are troubled, our response is to pray. Here is Watt’s poetic version of the Psalm text from above. I have been persuaded to a great while since that was David to speak English, he would choose to make use of your style.”
Here is a quote from that letter remembering that congregations were still singing the Psalms: “a mighty deficiency of that life and soul, which is necessary to raise our fancies and kindle and fire our passions. While there, his brother Enoch sent Isaac a letter that compares his brother’s poems/hymns to others he was hearing from other poets/hymn writers. I love You, LordYou bowed Your ear, And chased my griefs away My heart need never know despair While I have breath to pray My flesh declined, my spirits fell, And I drew near the dead, While inward pangs and heartbreak’s knell Besieged my sleepless head. He continued to write poetry and hymns throughout his time of the study. Isaac left his native Southampton in 1696 to pursue study as a minister in an Independent (nonconformist) academy led by Rev. His father was arrested several times for being a pastor for these congregations at the time of Isaac Watts’ birth in 1674. See I can run, Lord you know I will When there is nowhere to go I know I can go to you I know I can run to you oh I’ll hasten, I’ll hasten to his. He and his family were a part of the nonconformist congregations which we now know as Baptists, Quakers, and Presbyterians along with other non-established congregations. Isaac's first hymn was, “ Behold the Glories of the Lamb” which appeared in his Hymns and Spiritual Songs published in 1707.Īn interesting sidebar about Isaac’s father. We are grateful the younger Isaac took the elder Isaac’s advice. Isaac Watts, being frustrated with the quality of hymn writing was complaining to his father about it and his father wisely suggested that he try and do it better. This created problems for the congregation singing as the tune and meter of the hymn were forced onto the text which created poorly written tunes and awkward rhyme scheme. Isaac Watts came along at a time when the church was singing the Psalms as they were written in the Bible.
Therefore I will call on him as long as I live.
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