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♪ GENTLY RAISE THE SACRED STRAIN, ♪
♪ FOR THE SABBATH'S COME AGAIN ♪
♪ THAT MAN MAY REST, THAT MAN MAY REST. ♪♪
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>> 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
ANDREW UNSWORTH, AND THE
SPOKEN WORD BY LLOYD NEWELL.
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♪ HOW FIRM A FOUNDATION, YE SAINTS OF THE LORD, ♪
♪ IS LAID FOR YOUR FAITH IN HIS EXCELLENT WORD! ♪
♪ WHAT MORE CAN HE SAY THAN TO YOU HE HATH SAID, ♪
♪ WHO UNTO THE SAVIOR, ♪
♪ WHO UNTO THE SAVIOR, ♪
♪ WHO UNTO THE SAVIOR FOR REFUGE HAVE FLED? ♪
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♪ IN EV'RY CONDITION IN SICKNESS, IN HEALTH, ♪
♪ IN POVERTY'S VALE OR ABOUNDING IN WEALTH, ♪
♪ AT HOME OR ABROAD, ON THE LAND OR THE SEA ♪
♪ AS THY DAYS MAY DEMAND, ♪
♪ AS THY DAYS MAY DEMAND, ♪
♪ AS THY DAYS MAY DEMAND SO THY SUCCOR SHALL BE. ♪
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♪ FEAR NOT, I AM WITH THEE; OH, BE NOT DISMAYED, ♪
♪ FOR I AM THY GOD AND WILL STILL GIVE THEE AID. ♪
♪ I'LL STRENGTHEN THEE, HELP THEE, ♪
♪ AND CAUSE THEE TO STAND, ♪
♪ UPHELD BY MY RIGHTEOUS, ♪
♪ UPHELD BY MY RIGHTEOUS, ♪
♪ UPHELD BY MY RIGHTEOUS, OMNIPOTENT HAND. ♪
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♪ THE SOUL THAT ON JESUS HATH LEANED FOR REPOSE ♪
♪ I WILL NOT, I CANNOT, DESERT TO HIS FOES; ♪
♪ THAT SOUL, THOUGH ALL HELL SHOULD ENDEAVOR TO SHAKE, ♪
♪ I'LL NEVER, NO NEVER, ♪
♪ I'LL NEVER, NO NEVER, ♪
♪ I'LL NEVER, NO NEVER, NO NEVER FORSAKE! ♪
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♪ I'LL NEVER, NO NEVER, NO NEVER FORSAKE! ♪
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♪ A-MEN! ♪
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♪ MY LIFE IS A GIFT; MY LIFE HAS A PLAN. ♪
♪ MY LIFE HAS A PURPOSE; IN HEAV'N IT BEGAN. ♪
♪ MY CHOICE WAS TO COME TO THIS LOVELY HOME ON EARTH ♪
♪ AND SEEK FOR GOD'S LIGHT TO DIRECT ME FROM BIRTH. ♪
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♪ I WILL FOLLOW GOD'S PLAN FOR ME, ♪
♪ HOLDING FAST TO HIS WORD AND HIS LOVE. ♪
♪ I WILL WORK, AND I WILL PRAY; ♪
♪ I WILL ALWAYS WALK IN HIS WAY. ♪
♪ THEN I WILL BE HAPPY ON EARTH ♪
♪ AND IN MY HOME ABOVE. ♪
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♪ I WILL FOLLOW GOD'S PLAN FOR ME, ♪
♪ HOLDING FAST TO HIS WORD AND HIS LOVE, ♪
♪ I WILL WORK, AND I WILL PRAY; ♪
♪ I WILL ALWAYS WALK IN HIS WAY. ♪
♪ THEN I WILL BE HAPPY ON EARTH ♪
♪ AND IN MY HOME ABOVE. ♪♪
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♪ GLORY, GLORY, GLORY UNTO OUR NATION, ♪
♪ GLORY EVER MAY HER BANNERS KEEP WAVING ON HIGH, ♪
♪ GLORY TO HER BRAVE SONS WHO E'ER ♪
♪ KEEP ADDING NEW HEIGHTS TO HER GLORY. ♪
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♪ LONG MAY HER SNOW CAPPED MOUNTAINS ♪
♪ BE A SYMBOL OF MIGHT, ♪
♪ GLORY,
♪ LONG MAY HER VALLEYS BLOOM ♪
♪ IN THE SUN'S RADIANT LIGHT. ♪
♪ GLORY TO OUR LAND,
♪ LONG MAY SHE STAND FOR WHATEVER IS RIGHT. ♪
♪ GLORY,
♪ GLORY,
♪ GLORY.
♪ WE DO PLEDGE TO YOU ♪
♪ OUR DEEP UNSWERVING DEVOTION. ♪
♪ WE DO PLEDGE TO YOU ALL OUR DEVOTION ♪
♪ FROM THE LANES AND FROM THE BYWAYS, ♪
♪ FROM THE MEADOWS RICHLY VERDANT, ♪
♪ FROM THE FIELDS AND FROM THE HIGHWAYS, ♪
♪ HEAR OUR VOICES PROCLAIMING YOUR GLORY, ♪
♪ GLORY,
♪ GLORY.
♪ ALWAYS YOU'VE LED US ♪
♪ THROUGH THE DARKNESS OF NIGHT ♪
♪ TILL THE DAWN BROKE THROUGH. ♪
♪ GLORY TO YOU,
♪ GLORY TO YOU,
♪ GLORY UNTO YOU FOR AYE! ♪
♪ OUR HOMELAND,
♪ HERE WE STAND, HAND IN HAND. ♪
♪ GLORY,
♪ GLORY,
♪ GLORY TO YOU.
♪ YOU WILL ALWAYS REIGN SUPREME ♪
♪ YOU WILL ALWAYS REIGN SUPREME ♪
♪ DEEP DOWN IN OUR HEARTS. ♪
♪ WE PROUDLY PLEDGE TO YOU, ♪
♪ NEVER, NEVER SHALL WE FALTER, ♪
♪ EVER SHALL WE BE TRUE. ♪
♪ GLORY,
♪ GLORY,
♪ GLORY,
♪ GLORY,
♪ GLO--RY,
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♪ GLORY,
♪ GLORY,
♪ GLORY,
♪ GLORY,
♪ GLORY! ♪
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♪ WHEN YOU SEE THE STORM IS COMIN' ♪
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♪ WHEN YOU SEE THE STORM IS COMIN' ♪
♪ SEE THE LIGHTNING PART THE SKIES ♪
♪ IT'S TOO LATE TO RUN, THERE'S TERROR IN YOUR EYES ♪
♪ WHAT YOU DO THEN IS REMEMBER ♪
♪ THIS OLD THING YOU HEARD ME SAY ♪
♪ IT'S THIS STORM, NOT YOU, THAT'S BOUND TO BLOW AWAY ♪
♪ HOLD ON, HOLD ON TO SOMEONE STANDING BY ♪
♪ HOLD ON, DON'T EVEN ASK HOW LONG OR WHY ♪
♪ CHILD, HOLD ON TO WHAT YOU KNOW IS TRUE ♪
♪ HOLD ON 'TIL YOU GET THROUGH ♪
♪ CHILD, OH CHILD, HOLD ON. ♪
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♪ WHEN YOU FEEL YOUR HEART IS POUNDIN' ♪
♪ FEAR A DEVIL'S AT YOUR DOOR ♪
♪ THERE'S NO PLACE TO HIDE YOU'RE FROZEN TO THE FLOOR ♪
♪ WHAT YOU DO THEN IS YOU FORCE ♪
♪ YOURSELF TO WAKE UP AND YOU SAY, ♪
♪ IT'S THIS DREAM, NOT ME, THAT'S BOUND TO GO AWAY ♪
♪ HOLD ON, HOLD ON THE NIGHT WILL SOON BE BY ♪
♪ HOLD ON, AND THINK OF SOMETHING ELSE TO TRY ♪
♪ CHILD, HOLD ON, THERE'S ANGELS ON THEIR WAY ♪
♪ HOLD ON AND HEAR THEM SAY ♪
♪ CHILD, OH CHILD. ♪
♪ AND IT DOESN'T EVEN MATTER IF THE DANGER AND THE DOOM ♪
♪ COME FROM UP ABOVE OR DOWN BELOW ♪
♪ OR JUST COME FLYIN' AT YOU FROM ACROSS THE ROOM ♪
♪ WHEN YOU SEE A MAN WHO'S RAGIN' ♪
♪ AND HE'S JEALOUS AND HE FEARS ♪
♪ THAT YOU'VE WALKED THROUGH WALLS HE'S HID BEHIND FOR YEARS
♪ WHAT YOU DO THEN IS YOU TELL YOURSELF TO WAIT IT OUT, ♪
♪ YOU SAY IT'S THIS DAY, NOT ME, THAT'S BOUND TO GO AWAY ♪
♪ CHILD, HOLD ON, IT'S THIS DAY NOT YOU ♪
♪ THAT'S BOUND TO GO AWAY ♪
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♪ HOLD ON!
♪ HOLD ON!
♪ CHILD, HOLD ON! ♪♪
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>> LIFE CAN BE SO
UNPREDICTABLE--JOYS AND SORROWS,
BEAUTIFUL BLESSINGS AND
DISTRESSING DIFFICULTIES,
CAN COME UNEXPECTEDLY.
OUR LIFE'S DREAMS AND PLANS
CAN CHANGE IN AN INSTANT.
WE ALL KNOW THIS TO BE TRUE.
SO HOW CAN WE FIND PEACE
AMID SUCH TURBULENCE?
HORATIO SPAFFORD KNEW SOMETHING
ABOUT LIFE'S UNEXPECTED
CHALLENGES.
HE WAS A SUCCESSFUL ATTORNEY AND
REAL ESTATE INVESTOR WHO LOST
A FORTUNE IN THE GREAT
CHICAGO FIRE OF 1871.
AROUND THE SAME TIME,
HIS BELOVED FOUR-YEAR-OLD SON
DIED OF SCARLET FEVER.
THINKING A VACATION WOULD DO HIS
FAMILY SOME GOOD, HE SENT HIS
WIFE AND FOUR DAUGHTERS ON A
SHIP TO ENGLAND, PLANNING TO
JOIN THEM AFTER HE FINISHED SOME
PRESSING BUSINESS AT HOME.
HOWEVER, WHILE CROSSING THE
ATLANTIC OCEAN, THE SHIP
WAS INVOLVED IN A TERRIBLE
COLLISION AND SUNK.
MORE THAN 200 PEOPLE LOST
THEIR LIVES, INCLUDING ALL
FOUR OF HORATIO SPAFFORD'S
PRECIOUS DAUGHTERS.
HIS WIFE, ANNA,
SURVIVED THE TRAGEDY.
UPON ARRIVING IN ENGLAND, SHE
SENT A TELEGRAM TO HER HUSBAND
THAT BEGAN: "SAVED ALONE.
WHAT SHALL I DO?"
HORATIO IMMEDIATELY SET SAIL
FOR ENGLAND.
AT ONE POINT DURING HIS VOYAGE,
THE CAPTAIN OF THE SHIP,
AWARE OF THE TRAGEDY THAT HAD
STRUCK THE SPAFFORD FAMILY,
SUMMONED HORATIO TO TELL HIM
THAT THEY WERE NOW PASSING OVER
THE SPOT WHERE THE SHIPWRECK
HAD OCCURRED.
AS HORATIO THOUGHT ABOUT HIS
DAUGHTERS, WORDS OF COMFORT AND
HOPE FILLED HIS HEART AND MIND.
HE WROTE THEM DOWN,
AND THEY HAVE SINCE BECOME
A WELL-BELOVED HYMN:
"WHEN PEACE LIKE A RIVER,
ATTENDETH MY WAY,
WHEN SORROWS LIKE SEA BILLOWS ROLL--
WHATEVER MY LOT,
THOU HAST TAUGHT ME TO KNOW
IT IS WELL, IT IS WELL WITH MY SOUL."
PERHAPS WE CANNOT ALWAYS SAY
THAT EVERYTHING IS WELL IN
ALL ASPECTS OF OUR LIVES.
THERE WILL ALWAYS BE STORMS
TO FACE, AND SOMETIMES THERE
WILL BE TRAGEDIES.
BUT WITH FAITH IN A LOVING GOD
AND WITH TRUST IN HIS DIVINE
HELP, WE CAN CONFIDENTLY SAY,
"IT IS WELL, IT IS WELL
WITH MY SOUL."
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♪ WHEN PEACE LIKE A RIVER ATTENDETH MY WAY, ♪
♪ WHEN SORROWS LIKE SEA BILLOWS ROLE, ♪
♪ WHATEVER MY LOT, THOU HAST TAUGHT ME TO SAY, ♪
♪ "IT IS WELL, IT IS WELL WITH MY SOUL." ♪
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♪ THOU SATAN SHOULD BUFFET, THOUGH TRIALS SHOULD COME, ♪
♪ LET THIS BLEST ASSURANCE CONTROL: ♪
♪ THAT CHRIST HAS GUARDED MY HELPLESS ESTATE, ♪
♪ AND HAS SHED HIS OWN BLOOD FOR MY SOUL. ♪
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♪ IT IS WELL, IT IS WELL WITH MY SOUL, ♪
♪ WITH MY SOUL,
♪ IT IS WELL WITH MY SOUL. ♪
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♪ MY SIN O, THE BLISS OF THIS GLORIOUS THOUGHT, ♪
♪ MY SIN NOT IN PART BUT THE WHOLE, ♪
♪ IS NAILED TO THE CROSS AND I BEAR IT NO MORE: ♪
♪ PRAISE THE LORD, PRAISE THE LORD, ♪
♪ O MY SOUL!
♪ IT IS WELL, IT IS WELL WITH MY SOUL, ♪
♪ WITH MY SOUL,
♪ IT IS WELL, IT IS WELL WITH MY SOUL. ♪
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♪ AND LORD, HASTE THE DAY WHEN MY FAITH SHALL BE SIGHT, ♪
♪ THE CLOUDS BE ROLLED BACK AS A SCROLL, ♪
♪ THE TRUMP SHALL RESOUND AND THE LORD SHALL DESCEND: ♪
♪ "EVEN SO"
♪ IT IS WELL WITH MY SOUL. ♪
♪ IT IS WELL, IT IS WELL WITH MY SOUL, ♪
♪ WITH MY SOUL,
♪ IT IS WELL, IT IS WELL WITH MY SOUL. ♪
♪ IT IS WELL, IT IS WELL WITH MY SOUL, ♪
♪ WITH MY SOUL,
♪ IT IS WELL, IT IS WELL WITH MY SOUL. ♪
♪ WITH MY SOUL,
♪ WITH MY SOUL. ♪
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♪ GUIDE US, O THOU GREAT JEHOVAH, ♪
♪ GUIDE US TO THE PROMISED LAND. ♪
♪ WE ARE WEAK, BUT THOU ART ABLE; ♪
♪ HOLD US WITH THY POW'RFUL HAND. ♪
♪ HOLY SPIRIT,
♪ HOLY SPIRIT,
♪ FEED US 'TILL THE SAVIOR COMES, ♪
♪ FEED US 'TILL THE SAVIOR COMES. ♪
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♪ OPEN, JESUS, ZION'S FOUNTAINS; ♪
♪ LET HER RICHEST BLESSINGS COME. ♪
♪ LET THE FIERY, CLOUDY PILLAR ♪
♪ GUARD US TO THIS HOLY HOME. ♪
♪ GREAT REDEEMER,
♪ GREAT REDEEMER,
♪ BRING, OH, BRING THE WELCOME DAY! ♪
♪ BRING, OH, BRING THE WELCOME DAY! ♪
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♪ WHEN THE EARTH BEGINS TO TREMBLE, ♪
♪ BID OUR FEARFUL THOUGHTS BE STILL; ♪
♪ WHEN THY JUDGMENTS SPREAD DESTRUCTION, ♪
♪ KEEP US SAFE ON ZION'S HILL, ♪
♪ SINGING PRAISES,
♪ SINGING PRAISES,
♪ SONGS OF GLORY UNTO THEE. ♪
♪ SONGS OF GLORY UNTO THEE. ♪
♪ SINGING PRAISES,
♪ SINGING PRAISES,
♪ SONGS OF GLORY UNTO THEE. ♪
♪ SONGS OF GLORY UNTO THEE. ♪
♪ UNTO THEE! ♪
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>> TODAY'S PERFORMANCE CONTINUES
THE 88TH 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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