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♪ GENTLY RAISE THE SACRED STRAIN, ♪
♪ FOR THE SABBATH'S COME AGAIN ♪
♪ THAT MAN MAY REST, THAT MAN MAY REST. ♪♪
>> LLOYD NEWELL: FROM HISTORIC
TEMPLE SQUARE IN SALT LAKE CITY,
WE WELCOME YOU TO
MUSIC AND THE SPOKEN WORD
WITH THE MORMON TABERNACLE CHOIR
AND ORCHESTRA AT TEMPLE SQUARE.
CONDUCTING TODAY'S PROGRAM IS
MACK WILBERG, WITH ORGANIST
RICHARD ELLIOTT, AND THE
SPOKEN WORD BY LLOYD NEWELL.
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♪ THOU, WHOSE ALMIGHTY WORD ♪
♪ CHAOS AND DARKNESS HEARD, ♪
♪ AND TOOK THEIR FLIGHT:
♪ HEAR US, WE HUMBLY PRAY, ♪
♪ AND WHERE THE GOSPEL'S DAY ♪
♪ SHEDS NOT IT'S GLORIOUS RAY, ♪
♪ LET THERE BE LIGHT,
♪ LET THERE BE LIGHT!
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♪ THOU WHO DIDST COME TO BRING, ♪
♪ ON THY REDEEMING WING,
♪ HEALING AND SIGHT,
♪ HEALTH TO THE SICK IN MIND, ♪
♪ SIGHT TO THE INLY BLIND: ♪
♪ O NOW, TO ALL MANKIND, ♪
♪ LET THERE BE LIGHT,
♪ LET THERE BE LIGHT!
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♪ SPIRIT OF TRUTH AND LOVE, ♪
♪ LIFE GIVING, HOLY DOVE, ♪
♪ SPEED FORTH THY FLIGHT; ♪
♪ MOVE O'ER THE WATER'S FACE, ♪
♪ BEARING THE LAMP OF GRACE; ♪
♪ AND IN EARTH'S DARKEST PLACE, ♪
♪ LET THERE BE LIGHT!
♪ LET THERE BE LIGHT!
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♪ HOLY AND BLESSED THREE, ♪
♪ GLORIOUS DEITY,
♪ GRACE, LOVE, AND MIGHT! ♪
♪ BOUNDLESS AS OCEAN'S TIDE ♪
♪ ROLLING IN FULLEST PRIDE, ♪
♪ THROUGH THE WORLD FAR AND WIDE, ♪
♪ LET THERE BE LIGHT!
♪ LET THERE BE LIGHT!
♪ LET THERE BE LIGHT!
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♪ LET THERE BE LIGHT!
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♪ LET THERE BE LIGHT! ♪
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♪ I'VE GOT PEACE LIKE A RIVER, ♪
♪ I'VE GOT PEACE LIKE A RIVER, ♪
♪ I'VE GOT PEACE LIKE A RIVER IN MY SOUL. ♪
♪ I'VE GOT PEACE LIKE A RIVER, ♪
♪ I'VE GOT PEACE LIKE A RIVER, ♪
♪ I'VE GOT PEACE LIKE A RIVER IN MY SOUL. ♪
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♪ I'VE GOT FAITH LIKE A RIVER, ♪
♪ I'VE GOT FAITH LIKE A RIVER, ♪
♪ I'VE GOT FAITH LIKE A RIVER IN MY SOUL. ♪
♪ I'VE GOT FAITH LIKE A RIVER, ♪
♪ I'VE GOT FAITH LIKE A RIVER, ♪
♪ I'VE GOT FAITH LIKE A RIVER IN MY SOUL. ♪
♪ I'VE GOT HOPE LIKE A RIVER, ♪
♪ I'VE GOT HOPE LIKE A RIVER, ♪
♪ I'VE GOT HOPE LIKE A RIVER IN MY SOUL, ♪
♪ I'VE GOT HOPE LIKE A RIVER, ♪
♪ I'VE GOT HOPE LIKE A RIVER, ♪
♪ I'VE GOT HOPE LIKE A RIVER IN MY SOUL, ♪
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♪ I'VE GOT LOVE LIKE A RIVER, ♪
♪ I'VE GOT LOVE LIKE A RIVER, ♪
♪ I'VE GOT LOVE LIKE A RIVER IN MY SOUL. ♪
♪ I'VE GOT LOVE LIKE A RIVER, ♪
♪ I'VE GOT LOVE LIKE A RIVER, ♪
♪ I'VE GOT LOVE LIKE A RIVER IN MY SOUL. ♪
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♪ I'VE GOT FAITH LIKE A RIVER, ♪
♪ I'VE GOT HOPE LIKE A RIVER, ♪
♪ I'VE GOT LOVE LIKE A RIVER IN MY SOUL ♪
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♪ IN MY SOUL.
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♪ PEACE IN MY SOUL. ♪
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♪ THE HILLS ARE ALIVE ♪
♪ WITH THE SOUND OF MUSIC ♪
♪ WITH SONGS THEY HAVE SUNG ♪
♪ FOR A THOUSAND YEARS ♪
♪ THE HILLS FILL MY HEART ♪
♪ WITH THE SOUND OF MUSIC ♪
♪ MY HEART WANTS TO SING ♪
♪ EV'RY SONG IT HEARS ♪
♪ MY HEART WANTS TO BEAT ♪
♪ LIKE THE WINGS OF THE BIRDS THAT RISE ♪
♪ FROM THE LAKE TO THE TREES ♪
♪ MY HEART WANTS TO SIGH LIKE A CHIME THAT FLIES ♪
♪ FROM A CHURCH ON A BREEZE ♪
♪ TO LAUGH LIKE A BROOK
♪ WHEN IT TRIPS AND FALLS ♪
♪ OVER STONES ON ITS WAY ♪
♪ TO SING THROUGH THE NIGHT ♪
♪ LIKE A LARK WHO IS LEARNING TO PRAY ♪
♪ I GO TO THE HILLS WHEN MY HEART IS LONELY ♪
♪ I KNOW I WILL HEAR WHAT I'VE HEARD BEFORE ♪
♪ MY HEART WILL BE BLESSED ♪
♪ WITH THE SOUND OF MUSIC ♪
♪ AND I'LL SING,
♪ AND I'LL SING,
♪ AND I'LL SING, ONCE MORE ♪
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♪ MY HEART WILL BE BLESSED ♪
♪ WITH THE SOUND OF MUSIC ♪
♪ AND I'LL SING
♪ AND I'LL SING
♪ AND I'LL SING ONCE MORE. ♪♪
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>> NOT LONG AGO, PEOPLE ACROSS
THE COUNTRY PUT THEIR LIVES ON
HOLD FOR A FEW MINUTES, GATHERED
WITH FRIENDS AND STRANGERS,
AND GAZED INTO THE HEAVENS
TO SEE SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS
HERE ONLY EVERY FEW DECADES--
A TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE.
THE MOON PASSED BETWEEN
THE EARTH AND THE SUN IN THE
NORTH AMERICAN SKY.
FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF SOME
OBSERVERS, THE SUN WAS
COMPLETELY ECLIPSED, AND DAY
TURNED TO NIGHT FOR A BRIEF,
STUNNING MOMENT.
WHAT WAS IT THAT MADE THE
ECLIPSE SUCH A POWERFUL
EXPERIENCE FOR THOSE WHO
WITNESSED IT?
FOR SOME, IT SERVED AS A
REMINDER OF HOW TRULY BEAUTIFUL
THE HEAVENS ARE.
SUN UP, SUN DOWN, DAY IN,
AND DAY OUT--WE DON'T EVEN THINK
ABOUT IT, BUT THE UNIVERSE
FUNCTIONS LIKE CLOCKWORK.
PERHAPS IT TAKES SOMETHING
LIKE AN ECLIPSE FOR US TO
EVEN NOTICE THESE REMARKABLE,
HEAVENLY SPHERES.
BUT THE SUN AND THE MOON,
THE EARTH AND THE STARS CONTINUE
TO SHINE AND ROTATE
AND MOVE THROUGHOUT SPACE.
THIS TRULY IS AN
ASTONISHING UNIVERSE.
BUT THEN, AT LEAST PART OF THE
SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS EVENT CAME
NOT FROM WHAT WE SAW IN THE SKY
BUT WHAT WE SAW AROUND US.
SOMETHING WONDERFUL HAPPENS
WHEN WE GATHER TO EXPERIENCE
SOMETHING SUBLIME AND
TRANSCENDENT TOGETHER.
OUR SIGHTS AND OUR THOUGHTS ARE
LIFTED BEYOND THE HERE AND NOW,
BEYOND THE BARRIERS THAT
DIVIDE US.
WE ARE REMINDED THAT WE ALL
LIVE AND BREATHE ON THE SAME
MAGNIFICENT PLANET, WITH PLENTY
OF COMMON EXPERIENCES
THAT BIND US TOGETHER.
JUST AS WE DON'T APPRECIATE
THE SUN UNTIL IT'S GONE FOR
A MOMENT, WE SOMETIMES DON'T
REALLY APPRECIATE OUR LOVED
ONES, OUR HEALTH AND OUR
BLESSINGS, OUR NEIGHBORS
AND COMMUNITIES, UNTIL
SOMETHING CHANGES.
THE RECENT ECLIPSE GAVE US AN
OPPORTUNITY TO REFLECT ON THIS
BEAUTIFUL UNIVERSE, THE PEOPLE
IN IT, AND OUR SHARED HUMANITY.
BUT LET'S NOT WAIT ANOTHER
SEVERAL DECADES FOR THE NEXT
OPPORTUNITY.
WE CAN LOOK UP TO HEAVEN AND
LOOK TO EACH OTHER A LITTLE MORE
AND GLORY IN OUR WONDERFUL WORLD
AND THE PEOPLE IN IT.
AMAZING THINGS CAN HAPPEN
IN THE HEAVENS AND IN OUR HEARTS
IF WE LOOK FOR THEM.
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♪ LOOK AT THE WORLD, ♪
♪ EV'RYTHING ALL AROUND US: ♪
♪ LOOK AT THE WORLD, AND MARVEL EV'RY DAY ♪
♪ LOOK AT THE WORLD: SO MANY JOYS AND WONDERS, ♪
♪ SO MANY MIRACLES ALONG OUR WAY. ♪
♪ PRAISE TO THEE, O LORD, FOR ALL CREATION, ♪
♪ GIVE US THANKFUL HEARTS, THAT WE MAY SEE: ♪
♪ ALL THE GIFTS WE SHARE, AND EV'RY BLESSING, ♪
♪ ALL THINGS COME OF THEE. ♪
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♪ LOOK AT THE EARTH BRINGING FORTH FRUIT AND FLOWER; ♪
♪ LOOK AT THE SKY, THE SUNSHINE AND THE RAIN; ♪
♪ LOOK AT THE HILLS, LOOK AT THE TREES AND MOUNTAINS, ♪
♪ VALLEY AND FLOWING RIVER, ♪
♪ FIELD AND PLAIN:
♪ RAISE TO THEE, O LORD, FOR ALL CREATION, ♪
♪ GIVE US THANKFUL HEARTS, THAT WE MAY SEE: ♪
♪ ALL THE GIFTS WE SHARE, AND EV'RY BLESSING, ♪
♪ ALL THINGS COME OF THEE. ♪
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♪ THINK OF THE SPRING, THINK OF THE WARMTH OF SUMMER ♪
♪ BRING THE HARVEST BEFORE THE WINTER'S COLD. ♪
♪ EV'RYTHING GROWS, EVERYTHING HAS A SEASON, ♪
♪ TILL IT IS GATHERED TO THE FATHER'S FOLD: ♪
♪ PRAISE TO THEE, O LORD, FOR ALL CREATION, ♪
♪ GIVE US THANKFUL HEARTS, THAT WE MAY SEE: ♪
♪ ALL THE GIFTS WE SHARE, AND EV'RY BLESSING, ♪
♪ ALL THINGS COME OF THEE. ♪
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♪ EV'RY GOOD GIFT, ALL THAT WE NEED AND CHERISH ♪
♪ COMES FROM THE LORD IN TOKEN OF HIS LOVE; ♪
♪ WE ARE HIS HANDS, STEWARDS OF ALL HIS BOUNTY; ♪
♪ HIS IS THE EARTH, AND HIS THE HEAVN'NS ABOVE; ♪
♪ PRAISE TO THEE, O LORD, FOR ALL CREATION, ♪
♪ GIVE US THANKFUL HEARTS, THAT WE MAY SEE: ♪
♪ ALL THE GIFTS WE SHARE, AND EV'RY BLESSING, ♪
♪ ALL THINGS COME OF THEE. ♪
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♪ ALL THINGS COME OF THEE ♪♪
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♪ ALL CREATURES OF OUR GOD AND KING, ♪
♪ LIFT UP YOUR VOICE AND WITH US SING, ♪
♪ ALLELUIA!
♪ ALLELUIA!
♪ THOU BURNING SUN WITH GOLDEN BEAM, ♪
♪ THOU SILVER MOON WITH SOFTER GLEAM, ♪
♪ ALLELUIA!
♪ ALLELUIA!
♪ ALLELUIA!
♪ OH, PRAISE HIM!
♪ ALLELUIA!
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♪ THOU RUSHING WIND THAT ART SO STRONG, ♪
♪ YE CLOUDS THAT SAIL IN HEAV'N ALONG, ♪
♪ ALLELUIA!
♪ ALLELUIA!
♪ THOU RISING MORN, IN PRAISE REJOICE; ♪
♪ YE LIGHT OF EVENING, FIND A VOICE, ♪
♪ ALLELUIA!
♪ ALLELUIA!
♪ ALLELUIA!
♪ OH, PRAISE HIM!
♪ ALLELUIA!
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♪ THOU FLOWING WATER PURE AND CLEAR, ♪
♪ MAKE MUSIC FOR THY LORD TO HEAR, ♪
♪ ALLELUIA!
♪ ALLELUIA!
♪ THOU FIRE SO MASTERFUL AND BRIGHT, ♪
♪ THAT GIVES TO MAN BOTH WARMTH AND LIGHT, ♪
♪ ALLELUIA!
♪ ALLELUIA!
♪ ALLELUIA!
♪ OH, PRAISE HIM!
♪ ALLELUIA!
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♪ DEAR MOTHER EARTH, WHO DAY BY DAY ♪
♪ UNFOLDEST BLESSINGS ON OUR WAY, ♪
♪ ALLELUIA!
♪ ALLELUIA!
♪ THE FLOW'RS AND FRUIT THAT IN THEE GROW, ♪
♪ LET THEM HIS GLORY ALSO SHOW, ♪
♪ ALLELUIA!
♪ ALLELUIA!
♪ ALLELUIA!
♪ OH, PRAISE HIM!
♪ ALLELUIA!
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♪ ALLELUIA!
♪ OH PRAISE HIM!
♪ ALLELUIA!
♪ ALLELUIA! ♪
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>> TODAY'S PERFORMANCE CONTINUES
THE 89TH YEAR OF THIS
HISTORIC PROGRAM.
PLEASE JOIN US NEXT TIME FOR
MUSIC AND THE SPOKEN WORD.
UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN,
MAY PEACE BE WITH YOU
THIS DAY AND ALWAYS.
♪ GOD BE WITH YOU TILL WE MEET AGAIN; ♪
♪ BY HIS COUNSELS GUIDE, UPHOLD YOU; ♪
♪ WITH HIS SHEEP SECURELY FOLD YOU. ♪
♪ GOD BE WITH YOU TILL WE MEET AGAIN. ♪♪
CLOSED CAPTIONING BY THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS
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