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At Last Far Off

by Daniel Snoke

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1.
Oh my soul! Oh Lord Jesus, Judas sold you for silver. I neglect you for less. Oh my soul! You, my Savior, Felt the kiss of betrayal From the lips of a friend. Oh my God, see what we've done Your Son, Jesus, betrayed. Oh my God, see what we've done Your Son, Jesus, denied. Oh my God, see what we've done Your Son Jesus, destroyed. Oh my soul! Oh my Savior, Three times Peter denied you, Fearing man more than God. Oh my Lord! When they mock you I say, "I do not know him", And try to prove that I don't. Oh my soul! Oh Lord Jesus, You were crushed and destroyed with The weight of sin and our guilt. Oh my soul! Oh my Savior, You accomplished salvation. "It is finished" for all.
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Stricken, smitten, and afflicted, See Him dying on the tree! ’Tis the Christ by man rejected; Yes, my soul, ’tis He, ’tis He! ’Tis the long expected prophet, David’s Son, yet David’s Lord; By his Son, God now has spoken ’Tis the true and faithful Word. Tell me, ye who hear Him groaning, Was there ever grief like His? Friends through fear His cause disowning, Foes insulting his distress: Many hands were raised to wound Him, None would interpose to save; But the deepest stroke that pierced Him Was the stroke that Justice gave. Ye who think of sin but lightly, Nor suppose the evil great, Here may view its nature rightly, Here its guilt may estimate. Mark the Sacrificed appointed! See Who bears the awful load! ’Tis the Word, the Lord’s Anointed, Son of Man, and Son of God. Here we have a firm foundation, Here the refuge of the lost. Christ the Rock of our salvation, His the Name of which we boast. Lamb of God for sinners wounded! Sacrifice to cancel guilt! None shall ever be confounded Who on Him their hope have built.
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Psalm 77 03:17
I cry aloud to God And he will hear my call. When troubles surround I seek the Lord My soul will not rest, I seek God and moan; And when I meditate My spirit faints.
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Micah 7 04:47
What misery is mine? The fruit that I desire Does not remain. The upright man is gone And those who love your name Can not be found. But I will wait for God And His forgiveness will Hear my cry. Who is a God like you, Who tramples on our sins? Who is a God like you, Who’s anger will not last? He will delight to show The love He swore to us long ago. I've sinned and I should bear The indignation of The LORD my God. But Christ has plead my cause, And He will satisfy The debt I owe. He’ll bring me to the light And then I shall be free To bless His name.
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Lyrics by Tennyson In Memoriam A.H.H Be near me when my light is low, When the blood creeps, and the nerves prick And tingle; and the heart is sick, And all the wheels of Being, slow. Be near me when the sensuous frame Is Life, a Fury slinging flame. But what of that? My darken'd ways Shall ring with music all the same; To breathe my loss is more than fame, To utter love more sweet than praise. Behold, we know not anything; I can but trust that good shall fall At last―far off―at last, to all, And every winter change to spring. Forgive what seem'd my sin in me; What seem'd my worth since I began; For merit lives from man to man, And not from man, O Lord, to thee. Ring out the want, the care, the sin, The faithless coldness of the times; Ring out, ring out my mournful rhymes, But ring the fuller minstrel in. Ring in the valiant man and free, The larger heart, the kindlier hand; Ring out the darkness of the land, Ring in the Christ that is to be.

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In making this worship EP, I took creative priorities from the book of Hebrews chapter 12.

“Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses… looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross…”

As we move in worship from darkness to light, from despair to hope, we are surrounded by other people. Each track highlights the human voice in harmony as a reflection of the cloud of witnesses that surround us. Worship is awkward, hard and uncomfortable. Worship challenges the status of our hearts and calls us to change. Thankfully, we do this together with other people and because of this, the human voice is an integral part of Christian worship.

“Therefore let us be grateful for receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, and thus let us offer to God acceptable worship, with reverence and awe, for our God is a consuming fire.”

As we move from darkness to light, from despair to hope; as we are brought near to the consuming fire, our hearts are purified.
Though our sin separates us from God, through worship we receive a taste of things to come. Though the consummation of our hope is far off, at last we can rejoice in the kingdom of God.

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released November 18, 2013

Recording and Production - Daniel Justice Snoke 2013

Vocals, Guitar and Mandolin - Daniel Justice Snoke
Rhodes - Anna Yong and Anna Schartner
Drums - Joel Chan and Peter Jackson
Banjo - Jeff Winkler
Clarinet - Alison Altman
Violin - Kristen Strom
Bass - Matthew Peterson and Jonathan Heins
Organ - Anna Yong and Dave Faith
Choir - Alexis Book, Kate Essig, Anna Schartner, Anna Yong, Andrew Gidley, Jonathan Heins, Joel Chan, Alisa Vickrey
Congregation - City Reformed Presbyterian Church congregation

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