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| Composer : | Cook, George Harrison | ||
| Instrumentation : | Piano solo | ||
| Style : | Hymn - Sacred | ||
| Arranger : | Zisi, Matthew | ||
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| Copyright : | Copyright © Matthew Zisi | ||
| Added by crosby3145, 24 Aug 2018 This must have been Charles Fuller’s favorite hymn, as anyone who’s ever heard The Old-Fashioned Revival Hour will readily agree. The Old-Fashioned Revival Hour was a nationwide radio program which ran from 1937 to 1968 on the Mutual Broadcasting System and later ABC. The first half of the program was always music, and the second was a fine sermon by Dr. Charles Fuller, a phenomenal preacher. In the peak years of the program, 1941 to 1958, Fuller would rent the Long Beach Auditorium and have a studio audience of thousands—many were saved in that audience which was physically present. The radio reached far greater numbers; letters from listeners testified to hearing the show overseas, on trains, and in the remotest corners of the country. There were many songs, of course, which routinely made the program, but Heavenly Sunshine is the one which the audience would always sing over and over during the fellowship time early in the broadcast, with Fuller urging them on. Interestingly enough, there is a discrepancy between the chorus as found in hymnals and the chorus as sung on the radio. All the hymnbooks I’ve seen have two lines of a chorus that end on a half cadence—then, for the final two lines, the music that ended the verse is repeated. In Fuller’s version, the two lines end on a perfect cadence, and the music used on those two is repeated to close out the chorus. Since that’s the way I’m used to hearing it, that’s how it’s done in the arrangement. Also, this arrangement includes the verses, which were never sung on the show. It’s easy to see why this might be someone’s favorite hymn. The words paint a picture of God’s protection of His people. “Jesus has said, “I’ll never forsake thee”—Promise divine that never can fail. What a joy this must be to people who have never had that influence in their life, who have always feared what the next day may bring, who fear that blind chance governs the universe. No, there is an all-powerful God watching over the world, a God who has promised “that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to His purpose.” God doesn’t just promise Heaven in the future—He promises to watch over us in this life too, and no one can watch over you better than Him. 1. Walking in sunlight all of my journey, Over the mountains, thru the deep vale: Jesus has said, “I’ll never forsake thee”— Promise divine that never can fail. 2. Shadows around me, shadows above me, Never conceal my Savior and Guide; He is the Light, in Him is no darkness— Ever I’m walking close to His side. 3. In the bright sunlight, ever rejoicing, Pressing my way to mansions above; Singing His praises, gladly I’m walking— Walking in sunlight, sunlight of love. Chorus: Heavenly sunshine, heavenly sunshine, Flooding my soul with glory divine— Heavenly sunshine, heavenly sunshine Hallelujah! Jesus is mine! | |||
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