6 Bluesy ospel q = 70 7 sus f Prism Music - I m On My Way! The hurch Triumphant 1 Words and Music y WILLIAM AITHER and LORIA AITHER Arranged and Orchestrated y Bradley Knight 1 7 Dm7 6 ΠΠHOIR div p Let ΠΠthe 1 ma7 m7 ΠΠB ΠΠopyright 17 Hanna Street Music (BMI) (adm at apitolmpulishingcom) All rights reserved Used y permission PLEASE NOTE: opying of this music is NOT covered y the LI license or LI information call 1-00--6
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1 church tri - um - phant is a - B m A m N live B and B well 5 B P emale SOLO, soulfully This old Πship has een thru at - tles e - fore, Πstorms and Πtem - pests and 7 n B 7 n A1 n
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Œ 71 1:1 5 car - ry its car - go to the Œ port in the Œ sky Aḥ Œ Œ In the sky B m A m B B 7 NARRATOR p od has always had a people Many a foolish conqueror has made the mistake of thinking that ecuase he had D 6 forced the church of esus hrist out of sight, he had stilled its voice, and snuffed out its life
6 But od has always had a people The powerful current of a rushing river is not diminished ecause it s forced to flow underground D 7 :0 n m A n n 5 No, the purest water is the stream that ursts crystal clear into the sunlight, after it has forced its way through solid rock! 7 n n n N A 7 5 n A n N 55 7 :7 5 AA A There have een charlitans who, like Simon the Magician, sought to arter on the open market that power which cannot e ought or sold n p But od has always had a people: men who could not e ought, and women who were eyond purchase od has always had a people m7 6 There have een times of affluence and prosperity, when the church s message has een nearly diluted into olivion y those who sought to make it socially attractive, neatly organized, N m
66 6 7 75 0 and financially profitale But od has always had a people Yes, it s een gold plated, draped in purple and encrusted with ewels 75 :0 It has een misrepresented, ridiculed, mocked and scorned n n n n n 7 : A A A A A n But od has always had a people Dma7 These followers of esus hrist have een, according to the whim of the times, elevated as sacred leaders and martyred as heretics E D D n n n n n Yet through it all, there marches on that powerful army of the meek: od s chosen people, who cannot e ought, flattered, murdered or stilled m n n D On through the ages they march! The hurch, od s church triumphant ALIVE and WELL!! 76 : n D 7 sus n n n n n n n n nn n n D7 sus n n n ƒ n n n n n n 7
6 0 ƒ Let the church e the Œ oice, for we ve Œ Œ choice Let the Œ n D Œ church; let the Œ n set - tled the ques - tion; (Œ=Œ) 7 B n peo - ple re - N Œ Œ n n an - thems ring (Œ=Œ) out, 77 we ve made : our D songs of m
(Œ=Œ) 1 Œ vic - to - ry swell, 1 Œ for the 6 100 m church tri D 7 :01 m (Œ=Œ) D P 1 1 - um - phant is a - live, it s a - Discouraged Pastor, it s His church and it s still alive D NARRATOR: Listen, hild of od: it s alive P Lonely missionary, sow that seed with confidence; the hurch is still alive live, it s a - live, it s a - D
10 10 Old saint, you re not alone and forgotten The hurch is still alive Busy mother, keep trusting in esus, the hurch is alive! 10 live, n m D n n n n it s a - live, it s a - live, it s a - You re not alone out there serving the Lord, young student ust keep looking to esus; the hurch is alive Π111 live, ΠΠ7( ) A n And faithful fathers, there s rest in the Lord; od s church is still alive! od s n Πchurch, B m7 So family of od, lift your hands! Lift your hands and A Πglo - ri- ous church, Πod s church m7 7 n n B m7 f
115 praise the Lord! The hurch, od s hurch triumphant, is ALIVE and WELL! ƒ Œ Œ 11 is a - live Œ Œ and 11 sus Œ ƒ well, Œ and well, 11 rit U rit a live and E m7 - well! N Œ U U U U Œ Œ Œ Œ