When All Else Fails, Look Up!

When All Else Fails, Look Up!

From Ancient Words, Modern Message by Hebrew Christian Fellowship

May 25, 2026 · 34 min · Episode 87

About this episode

This episode explores the historical significance of the gospel song 'Do Lord, O Do Lord, O Do Remember Me' and its connection to hope in desperate times, particularly among African slaves and the Jewish people.

There is a “catchy” little gospel song that has been around for a long time, but originated among troubled people in a very difficult time. “Do Lord, O Do Lord, O Do Remember Me” has been sung joyfully, performed, and recorded by many, many people over many, many years, but it was African slaves in the mid-nineteenth century, prior to the War Between the States, who first put those words to music. With lives full of seemingly endless toil, despair, and hopelessness, they looked to the future, to the end of their lives and sang. . . “I’ve got a home in glory-land that outshines the sun.” It was that hope that enabled them to face each wretched day, and they couldn’t help but ask God in song to remember their hope and trust in Him when they were called into His presence. Throughout many centuries the Jewish people have likewise been in the most desperate of circumstances when the only real source of strength and comfort was the deliverance and joy awaiting them in the future. They, too, likely cried out, “Do Lord, O Do Lord, O Do Remember Us!” God sent a prophet to the Jewish people at a crucial time in their history when they greatly needed encouragement and strength, and the very…

People in this episode

Host: Hebrew Christian Fellowship

Topics covered

  • hope
  • gospel music
  • African American history
  • Jewish history
  • faith
  • encouragement

Keywords

  • gospel song
  • hope
  • African slaves
  • Zechariah
  • Jewish history
  • faith
  • encouragement

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