Chords for Bill & Gloria Gaither - The Church Triumphant (Live)

[F] _ _ _ [Abm] _ [F] _ _ [Db] _ [Fm] _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ [Bb] Let [F] the church [Bb] be the [D] [Bb] church.
[F] Let the church be the church.
Let the people _ rejoice. _
For we've said [A] all that's right.
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We've made [F] our choice.
[Bb] Let [F] the anthems ring out.
Songs [Am] of victory [Dm]
swell.
[Bb] [F] For the church _ _ _ _ is alive.
[C] _ _ [F] _ If [Bb] the church is alive and well and I [D] can land on this here, [F] a great big amen.
Okay?
_ You know this old [F] ship's been through some battles _ before.
[C] It's been through storms and tempests _ [Bb] and rocks [F] on the shore.
Though the hull _ may be battered, don't worry about it.
_ [C] Inside, [Dm] it's safe and [Bb] dry.
And my friend, [F] it will carry its cargo [F] to the port [C] in [F] the sky.
_ [B] _ _ _
[Gb] God has always had a people.
Many a foolish conqueror has made the mistake of thinking that because he had driven the church of Jesus Christ out of sight,
that he [Abm] had stilled its voice and snuffed out its life.
But God has always had a people.
The powerful current of a rushing river is not diminished because it is forced to flow underground.
[Gb] No, the purest water is the stream that bursts crystal clear into the sunlight after it has forced its way through solid rock.
There have been charlatans who, like Simon the magician, [Abm] sought to barter on the open market that power which cannot be bought or sold.
[B] But God has always had a people.
Men who could not be bought and women who were beyond [Bbm] purchase.
Yes, God has always had a people.
There have been times of affluence and prosperity when the church's message has been nearly diluted into oblivion
by those who sought [B] to make it socially attractive, neatly organized, and financially profitable.
It has been gold-plated, draped in purple, and encrusted with jewels.
It has been misrepresented, [C] ridiculed, lauded, and scorned.
These followers of Jesus Christ have been, according to the women of the time, elevated as sacred leaders and martyred as heretics.
[Gb] Yet through it all, their martial is [B] on this powerful army of the [Gb] meek, God's [B] chosen people,
who can now [C] be fought, slaughtered, murdered, [E] or stilled.
Upon the ages they [D] marched [G] this church, that [C] church will remain [Gm] [G] alive and well. _
We join you.
For we stand on _ _ trust.
[C] _ We've made our [Db] choice.
[Ab] We end the greed now.
[Db] [Cm] Songs of victory [Fm] swell.
[Db] The [Ab] church is _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
alive.
The pastor is his church [Db] and it's still alive.
The missionary stands seat with confidence.
[D] The church is still alive. _
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[F] _ _ [Bbm] The faithful father, there's rest in the life.
The church is still alive.
_ _ [Ab] _ [Eb] Not pure God-wicked or noisy unbelief.
He's still alive.
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