Date: Apr 11 2001 23:57:58 EDT From: "Songs of Praise" Subject: Songs of Praise - More Than Anything Easter greetings to everyone! In this issue... (1) "More Than Anything" by Rhésa Siregar and Larry Holder (2) More CloudEight Stationery (3) Songs of Praise redesign (4) "O Cântico da Ressurreição" ("Resurrection Song" in Portuguese) ============================================================= Everyone is busy preparing for the Easter weekend. Thousands of people are out searching for music. It's almost as busy as Christmas, but a little more sober. This week I would like to introduce you to a new song by my close friends Rhésa Siregar and Larry Holder. Rhésa lives in Indonesia and recently got married. Rhésa sent me a midi file with some beautiful music and I shared it with Larry. Larry liked it and wrote the lyrics for "More Than Anything". It is the featured song on my "Songs by Theme" page and you can also hear it at Rhésa or Larry's web sites. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do... "More Than Anything" http://rhesa.gracemks.org/songs/more.html *** or *** http://www.larryholdermusic.org/morethananything.html . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Those folks at CloudEight have been busy again using my midi files in their stationery. This time they hit a little closer to home and made a stationery collection using my grandmother's paintings. My grandmother was Vera Griffin. You can see the stationery at CloudEight and also visit the web site my mother and I created to feature her paintings... http://thundercloud.net/stationery5/griffin/ http://gardenofpraise.com/vera.htm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I recently did some analysis of the visitors that come to Songs of Praise, and discovered that over 75% of the visitors stop by one time and never return. Now, why would that be? I also noticed that most of the people who use my "search" feature are looking for famous songs they already know. So, I thought it might be a good time to redesign the site and see if I could improve the situation. When you visit now you will notice that the frames are completely gone, there is a standard navigation bar at the top and bottom of every page (except the home page), and the home page has been completely redesigned (welcome to outer space). I may tweak things a little, but hopefully this will give first time visitors a clearer picture and they will stay around a little longer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A few newsletters ago I told you about the church in Portugal that translated our Easter play to Portuguese. Henrique Morais sent an email today saying that the play had been a success and that six people gave their lives to Christ afterwards. He has some pictures out on this page that you can view... "O Cântico da Ressurreição" http://www.novalianca.homestead.com/musica.html Here are the lyrics for "More Than Anything"... ============================================================= "More Than Anything" Copyright © 2001 by Rhésa Siregar and Larry Holder Standing now in the presence of Your glory I can see all the splendor of Your face I'm in awe of the wonder of Your love, Lord As my heart cries out within me now Falling on my knees I humbly bow... (Chorus) Oh, Lord, to know the fullness of Your grace I want to know You more, my Lord To live within Your warm embrace More than anything to love You, Lord! I'm alive by the riches of Your mercy I'm reborn into liberty and love I'm a child of the One who made the heavens My Redeemer, Savior, Lord and King Lifting up my voice I gladly sing.. (Repeat chorus 3 times) ============================================================= Have a happy Easter! Peace in Christ, Elton Smith http://songsofpraise.org (Songs of Praise) http://mp3.com/songsofpraise (Songs of Praise page at mp3.com) http://mp3.com/songsofpraisetracks (Songs of Praise tracks at mp3.com)