From Generation to Generation

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(Chorus)
For the gospel must echo from age unto age,
A sacred assignment on history’s page.
We teach to our children the cross and the crown,
So they'll take up the torch when we lay our staff down.
From generation to generation, to generation
His truth is the light of the whole wide nation.

(Verse 2)
Then the Savior arose with the scars on His hands,
And issued a mandate to all of the lands.
With authority given in heaven and earth,
He sent out His followers to witness new birth.
"Go make My disciples of every tongue,"
Before the last anthem of time can be sung.
"And teach them to follow the path that I trod,
And lo, I am with you, the Spirit of God."

(Bridge)
We hold it in trust for the ones not yet born,
To point out the way through the dark and the morn'.
In kitchen-room whispers and tables of bread,
We speak of the living, we speak of the dead—
How grace found us waiting and pulled us apart,
And wrote His own law on the flesh of our heart.
Will our children remember the words that we said?
Will they walk in the truth where the Spirit has led?

(Outro)
To the sons and the daughters, the near and the far,
He leads them home safely like Bethlehem's star.
"I am with you always," to the end of the age.
Turn the page.
Pass it on.
From generation... to generation.

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(Verse 1) From the shadows of history, a promise was spoken, A thread of redemption that never was broken. Through patriarchs, prophets, and rivers of old, A story of mercy greater than gold. He carved on our hearts what our hands couldn't keep, A love that would rescue the lost and the sheep, And passed down the fire from father to son, To tell of the dawn where the kingdom begun. (Chorus) For the gospel must echo from age unto age, A sacred assignment on history’s page. We teach to our children the cross and the crown, So they'll take up the torch when we lay our staff down. From generation to generation, to generation His truth is the light of the whole wide nation. (Verse 2) Then the Savior arose with the scars on His hands, And issued a mandate to all of the lands. With authority given in heaven and earth, He sent out His followers to witness new birth. "Go make My disciples of every tongue," Before the last anthem of time can be sung. "And teach them to follow the path that I trod, And lo, I am with you, the Spirit of God." (Chorus) For the gospel must echo from age unto age, A sacred assignment on history’s page. We teach to our children the cross and the crown, So they'll take up the torch when we lay our staff down. From generation to generation, to generation His truth is the light of the whole wide nation. (Bridge) We hold it in trust for the ones not yet born, To point out the way through the dark and the morn'. In kitchen-room whispers and tables of bread, We speak of the living, we speak of the dead— How grace found us waiting and pulled us apart, And wrote His own law on the flesh of our heart. Will our children remember the words that we said? Will they walk in the truth where the Spirit has led? (Chorus) For the gospel must echo from age unto age, A sacred assignment on history’s page. We teach to our children the cross and the crown, So they'll take up the torch when we lay our staff down. From generation to generation, to generation His truth is the light of the whole wide nation. (Outro) To the sons and the daughters, the near and the far, He leads them home safely like Bethlehem's star. "I am with you always," to the end of the age. Turn the page. Pass it on. From generation... to generation.

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