1. Alleluia
Choir
Greater Than Us All
GREATER THAN US ALL
(written by Kenneth Cope)
Before we all came to earth
We lived together with God in His world
He helped His children progress
Yet, One advanced so much more than the rest
He was greater than us all
Then Father offered a plan
He’d send us off with a way to return again
But this required a spotless man
One who’d be worthy to free us from sin
Someone greater than us all
And God’s most humble Son
Was the greatest One of all
We looked on Him
God’s best Son
Would He give His great life for us
Pay the price for all our sins?
And knowing no other could
He humbly said He would
He was greater than us all
God’s most humble Son
Was the greatest One
Every heart felt of His love
For us He’d come
The greatest One of all
© 1989 Mohrgüd Music (BMI)
2. Greater Than Us All
Kenneth Cope
More Than Just a Boy
MORE THAN JUST A BOY
(written by Kenneth Cope)
(Joseph:)
My Mary
You’re having a baby
A Savior
From Heaven He comes
An angel
Told me what to name Him
He’ll be Jesus
You’re having a Son
But He’ll be more than just a Boy
More than any man
So who am I to help this Boy
I’ll do all I can
Yet, it is He
Who will help me
CHORUS:
He is Messiah
He is the Holy One
Come to free His people
Son of the Highest
Sign of the Father’s love
He is the Lamb of God
(Joseph:)
My Mary
(Mary:)
Dear Joseph
You’re having a Baby
God’s sending His Son
A Savior
Messiah
From heaven He comes
We’ve waited so long
An angel
An angel
Told me what to name Him
Spake words sent from God
He’ll be Jesus
Jesus
You’re having a Son
He’s coming to us
But He’ll be more than just a boy
He’ll be Lord of all
More than any man
So who am I to help this Boy
God’s almighty Son
I’ll do all I can
Yet, it is He
He
Who will help me
Will help me
REPEAT CHORUS
He is Messiah
Savior of the world
He is Messiah
More than just a boy
Sent from His Father’s throne
More than just a boy
Helping His people home
© 1989 Mohrgüd Music
3. More Than Just a Boy
Featuring John Bytheway and Wendy Jones
His Hands
HIS HANDS
(written by Kenneth Cope)
From the days on His mother’s knee
Like no other before, He was all that a boy should be
Then the Boy became the Man
Hosanna, hosanna, hosanna to God and the Lamb
His hands—tools of creation
Stronger than nations, power without end
And yet through them we find our truest Friend
His hands—sermons of kindness
Healing men’s blindness, halting years of pain
Children waiting to be held again
His hands would serve His whole life through
Showing man what hands might do
Giving, ever giving endlessly
Each day was filled with selflessness, and I’ll not rest
Till I make of my hand what they could be
Till these hands become like those from Galilee
His hands—lifting a leper
Warming a beggar, calling back the dead
Breaking bread, five thousand fed
His hands—hushing contention
Pointing to Heaven, ever free of sin
Then bidding man to follow Him
His hands would serve His whole life through
Showing man what hands might do
Giving, ever giving endlessly
Each day was filled with selflessness, and I’ll not rest
Till I make of my hand what they could be
Till these hands become like those from Galilee
His hands clasp in agony
As he lay pleading, bleeding in the garden
While just moments away
Other hands betray Him out of greed, shameful greed
And then His hands are trembling
Straining to carry the beam that they’d be nailed to
As He stumbles through the streets
Heading for the hill on which He’d die
He would die
They take His hands, His mighty hands
Those gentle hands
And then they pierce them, they pierce them
He lets them because of love
From birth to death was selflessness
And clearly now I see Him with His hands calling to me
And though I’m not yet as I would be
He has shown me how I could be
I will make my hands like those from Galilee
© 1989 Mohrgüd Music (BMI)
4. His Hands
Featuring Lucie Gibbons
Never a Better Hero
NEVER A BETTER HERO
(written by Kenneth Cope)
Making His home with the lonely
Spending His days with the poor
Bringing hope to their hearts
Giving man a new start
With His cure
But not all would receive of His offering
Some even planned His decease
And yet He could not forsake
Those whose lives He might save
So He refused to leave
CHORUS:
Never a better hero
Never a truer man
Hoping to save us
By taking our pain in His hands
Never a greater compassion
Never a wasted day
Not one regret
True to the end
There was never a better way
Now He knew His life would be shortened
But never murmured a word of complaint
For He had in mind a much greater design
And it helped Him through the pain
He gave men power to take Him
Knowing His death would bring life
And it was no surprise
There was love in His eyes
When He died
REPEAT CHORUS
But death was not the end
For He would live again
REPEAT CHORUS
All that He did
Follow and live
There’ll be never a better way
© 1989 Mohrgüd Music (BMI)
5. Never a Better Hero
Kenneth Cope
No Other Name
NO OTHER NAME
(written by Kenneth Cope)
Since time began
Since Adam came
When has one man
One single name
Brought so much change
Eased so much pain
As the Babe of Bethlehem
He became earth’s greatest Man
Who else but He
Fathered by God
Ruling the seas
Moving the world
Came with such love
Then gave it all
Countless voices have so praised His name
CHORUS:
No other name
Has been so heard
No other man
Has brought more good
No other name
On earth that saves
Than the name of Jesus
Lord Jesus
Jesus Christ
No other name
Though man may search
He’ll never find
A hope more sure
A treasure more prized
Than knowing Him
Who knew no sin
He can bring us back to God again
REPEAT CHORUS
© 1989 Mohrgüd Music
6. No Other Name
Featuring Rebecca Packard
I'll Believe in Him
I’LL BELIEVE IN HIM
(written by Kenneth Cope)
I’ll believe in Him
All my life
Though the world turns Him away
How could I begin
To doubt in Him
No one else could be
More real to me
I’ll remember Him
Every day
Why He lived and why He died
And when I’m faced with sin
I will turn to Him
If I seek Him I shall find
CHORUS:
I’ll believe in Him
I’ll believe in Him
And this I’ll prove
In all I do
So when He comes again
He will call me friend
As I breathe
I’ll believe in Him
I will follow Him
Through the years
I will make His work my own
Keep His words with me
Love my enemy
Live to help my neighbor home
REPEAT CHORUS
He has won me with His love
He has given me so much
And for as long as I live
I will say it again and again
I believe in Him
I believe in Him
And this I’ll prove
In all I do
So when He comes again
He will call me friend
As I breathe
I’ll believe in Him
© 1989 Mohrgüd Music
7. I'll Believe in Him
Kenneth Cope
He Comes / Alleluia
HE COMES / ALLELUIA
(written by Kenneth Cope)
All the saints await the day
When the Lord of glory comes to earth again
And the time is drawing nigh
When we’ll see the King descending through the sky
In company of angels
Ten thousand strong
With all the powers of heaven
Lord Jesus comes
He comes
And Babylon shall pale with shame
As righteousness prevails again
And Israel’s God prepares to reign
He’ll reign
Even now the hour is near
So the warning voice goes out for all to hear
Who will hear
Soon the final trump shall sound
And the Lamb will bring His people in the clouds
Arrayed in robes of brightness
The waiting done
Hosanna in the highest
Messiah comes
He comes
He comes again
He comes to reign as King one thousand years
Sing Alleluia
Alleluia, Alleluia
Alleluia Reprise
More than just a boy
More than just a boy
© 1989 Mohrgüd Music
8. He Comes / Alleluia
Choir
Face to Face
FACE TO FACE
(written by Kenneth Cope)
If the earth could give its witness
All creation shout its praise
If the continents and oceans
Spoke to man of their devotion
Would mortals doubt Him so
If all were now made known
If the faithless of the ages
Were to feel His healing power
If the eyes and ears He opened
Might be theirs for just a moment
Would it soften hearts of stone
If He were truly known
Face to face
So few were in that place
When heaven sent Messiah
To reclaim this fallen race
If I could stand atop the mountains
And sound His name in every ear
If I had power to tell His story
Like the angels have before me
Would more sins be swept away
If the world could sense the debt He paid
Face to face
I’ll seek Him all my days
He means more than life to me
Death can’t take that away
But if I can’t convince a world
Then perhaps I’ll reach a soul
As I tell of how He’s changed me
How I wait for Him to take me—home
Then I’ll worship on my knees
And kiss once wounded feet
Though He knows of my praise
One day I’ll tell Him
Face to face
© 1991 Mohrgüd Music (BMI)
9. Face to Face
Kenneth Cope
