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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 ARE
MACK WILBERG AND RYAN MURPHY,
WITH ORGANIST BRIAN MATHIAS,
AND THE SPOKEN WORD GIVEN BY
LLOYD NEWELL.
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♪ 'TIS THE GIFT TO BE SIMPLE, 'TIS THE GIFT TO BE FREE; ♪
♪ 'TIS THE GIFT TO COME DOWN WHERE WE OUGHT TO BE; ♪
♪ AND WHEN WE FIND OURSELVES IN THE PLACE JUST RIGHT, ♪
♪ 'TWILL BE IN THE VALLEY OF LOVE AND DELIGHT. ♪
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♪ WHEN TRUE SIMPLICITY IS GAINED, ♪
♪ TO BOW AND TO BEND WE SHAN'T BE ASHAMED, ♪
♪ TO TURN, TURN WILL BE OUR DELIGHT, ♪
♪ 'TILL BY TURNING, TURNING WE COME 'ROUND RIGHT. ♪
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♪ 'TIS THE GIFT TO BE SIMPLE, 'TIS THE GIFT TO BE STRONG, ♪
♪ 'TIS THE GIFT TO RAISE A VOICE IN CHEERFUL SONG. ♪
♪ AND WHEN THE BRIGHTEST DAY TURNS TO DARKEST NIGHT, ♪
♪ THE GIFT TO BE SIMPLE WILL LEAD US TO LIGHT. ♪
♪ WHEN TRUE SIMPLICITY IS GAINED, ♪
♪ TO BOW AND TO BEND WE SHAN'T BE ASHAMED, ♪
♪ TO TURN, TURN WILL BE OUR DELIGHT, ♪
♪ 'TILL BY TURNING, TURNING WE COME 'ROUND RIGHT. ♪
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♪ WHEN TRUE SIMPLICITY IS GAINED, ♪
♪ TO BOW AND TO BEND WE SHAN'T BE ASHAMED, ♪
♪ TO TURN, TURN WILL BE OUR DELIGHT, ♪
♪ 'TILL BY TURNING, TURNING WE COME 'ROUND RIGHT. ♪
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♪ AND WHEN WE FIND OURSELVES IN THE PLACE JUST RIGHT, ♪
♪ 'TWILL BE IN THE VALLEY OF LOVE AN DELIGHT! ♪
♪ LOVE AND DELIGHT!
♪ LOVE AND DELIGHT! ♪
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♪ THY WORDS WERE FOUND, AND I DID EAT THEM; ♪
♪ AND THY WORD WAS UNTO ME THE JOY ♪
♪ AND REJOICING OF MINE HEART: ♪
♪ FOR I AM CALLED BY THY NAME, ♪
♪ I AM CALLED BY THY NAME, ♪
♪ I AM CALLED BY THY NAME, ♪
♪ O LORD GOD OF HOSTS. ♪
♪ FOR I AM CALLED BY THY NAME, ♪
♪ I AM CALLED BY THY NAME, ♪
♪ I AM CALLED BY THY NAME, ♪
♪ O LORD GOD OF HOSTS. ♪
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♪ LORD GOD OF HOSTS. ♪♪
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♪ TELL ME THE STORIES OF JESUS ♪
♪ I LOVE TO HEAR;
♪ THINGS I WOULD ASK HIM TO TELL ME ♪
♪ IF HE WERE HERE;
♪ SCENES BY THE WAYSIDE, TALES OF THE SEA, ♪
♪ STORIES OF JESUS, TELL THEM TO ME. ♪
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♪ O LET ME HEAR HOW THE CHILDREN ♪
♪ STOOD ROUND HIS KNEE.
♪ I SHALL IMAGINE HIS BLESSINGS ♪
♪ RESTING ON ME.
♪ WORDS FULL OF KINDNESS, DEEDS FULL OF GRACE, ♪
♪ ALL IN THE LOVE-LIGHT OF JESUS' FACE. ♪
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♪ TELL ME, IN ACCENTS OF WONDER, ♪
♪ HOW ROLLED THE SEA,
♪ TOSSING THE BOAT IN A TEMPEST ♪
♪ ON GALILEE!
♪ AND HOW THE MASTER, READY AND KIND, ♪
♪ CHIDED THE BILLOWS AND HUSHED THE WIND. ♪
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♪ INTO THE CITY I'D FOLLOW ♪
♪ THE CHILDREN'S BAND,
♪ WAVING A BRANCH OF THE PALM TREE ♪
♪ HIGH IN MY HAND;
♪ ONE OF HIS HERALDS, YES, I WOULD SING ♪
♪ LOUDEST HOSANNAS! JESUS IS KING! ♪
♪ LOUDEST HOSANNAS! JESUS IS KING! ♪
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♪ JESUS IS KING,
♪ JESUS IS KING. ♪
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♪ HIS YOKE IS EASY,
♪ HIS BURTHEN IS LIGHT,
♪ HIS BURTHEN, HIS BURTHEN IS LIGHT, ♪
♪ HIS YOKE IS EASY,
♪ HIS YOKE IS EASY,
♪ HIS BURTHEN IS LIGHT,
♪ HIS BURTHEN, HIS BURTHEN ♪
♪ HIS BURTHEN IS LIGHT,
♪ HIS BURTHEN IS LIGHT,
♪ HIS BURTHEN, HIS BURTHEN IS LIGHT, ♪
♪ HIS BURTHEN, HIS BURTHEN IS LIGHT, ♪
♪ HIS BURTHEN, HIS BURTHEN IS LIGHT, ♪
♪ HIS YOKE IS EASY,
♪ HIS YOKE IS EASY,
♪ HIS BURTHEN IS LIGHT,
♪ HIS BURTHEN, HIS BURTHEN IS LIGHT, ♪
♪ HIS YOKE IS EASY,
♪ HIS YOKE IS EASY,
♪ HIS BURTHEN IS LIGHT,
♪ HIS BURTHEN, HIS BURTHEN IS LIGHT, ♪
♪ HIS YOKE IS EASY,
♪ HIS YOKE IS EASY,
♪ HIS BURTHEN IS LIGHT,
♪ HIS BURTHEN IS LIGHT,
♪ HIS BURTHEN, HIS BURTHEN IS LIGHT, ♪
♪ HIS BURTHEN, HIS BURTHEN IS LIGHT, ♪
♪ HIS BURTHEN, HIS BURTHEN IS LIGHT, ♪
♪ HIS YOKE IS EASY,
♪ HIS YOKE IS EASY,
♪ HIS BURTHEN IS LIGHT,
♪ HIS BURTHEN IS LIGHT,
♪ HIS BURTHEN, HIS BURTHEN IS LIGHT, ♪
♪ HIS BURTHEN IS LIGHT,
♪ HIS BURTHEN, HIS BURTHEN IS LIGHT, ♪
♪ HIS BURTHEN IS LIGHT,
♪ HIS YOKE IS EASY,
♪ HIS YOKE IS EASY,
♪ HIS BURTHEN IS LIGHT,
♪ HIS YOKE IS EASY,
♪ HIS BURTHEN IS LIGHT,
♪ HIS YOKE IS EASY,
♪ AND HIS BURTHEN IS LIGHT. ♪
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>> AS THE WORLD BECOMES MORE AND
MORE ELECTRONIC, IT ALSO BECOMES
LESS AND LESS CONNECTED.
IRONICALLY, TECHNOLOGY THAT
HELPS US COMMUNICATE WITH ALMOST
ANYONE THROUGHOUT THE WORLD
HAS SOMEHOW WEAKENED
OUR RELATIONSHIPS WITH THOSE
WHO ARE CLOSEST TO US.
FOR MANY PEOPLE OF ALL AGES,
IN-PERSON CONVERSATIONS ARE
BEING REPLACED WITH THE SCREENS
OF HAND-HELD DEVICES.
SMALL TALK ON A BUS,
THE FRIENDLY CHATTER IN LINE
AT THE STORE, OR JUST A GREETING
AS WE PASS ON THE STREET SEEMS
TO HAVE ALL BUT DISAPPEARED.
THESE MOMENTS MAY SEEM
INCIDENTAL AND EVEN
INSIGNIFICANT, BUT WITHOUT THEM
WE LOSE THE FEELING OF COMMUNITY
AND NEIGHBORLINESS THAT USED
TO BE THE NORM BUT NOW FEELS
QUAINT AND OLD-FASHIONED.
THE RESULT IS THAT MANY PEOPLE
AREN'T GETTING ENOUGH OF
A BASIC HUMAN NEED--BELONGING.
PSYCHOLOGIST SUSAN PINKER
RECENTLY EXPLAINED THAT THE
SECRET TO LIVING TO BE 100
HAS LESS TO DO WITH DIET AND
EXERCISE AND MORE TO DO WITH
FACE-TO-FACE INTERACTIONS.
STUDIES HAVE SHOWN THAT SIMPLY
TALKING WITH OTHER PEOPLE
THROUGHOUT THE DAY HAS THE MOST
DRAMATIC IMPACT ON OUR HEALTH,
OUR HAPPINESS, AND OUR
LONGEVITY.
IT COULD BE AS SIMPLE AS SAYING
HELLO TO SOMEONE--ANYONE.
IT COULD BE PARTICIPATING IN
A BOOK CLUB OR OTHER SOCIAL
GATHERING.
MAYBE YOUR FAMILY WOULD BENEFIT
FROM SETTING YOUR PHONES ASIDE
TO PLAY GAMES OR WORK ON
A PROJECT TOGETHER.
SPEAKING IN PERSON, RATHER THAN
MESSAGING, GIVES US A CHANCE
TO SMILE, REACT, AND SENSE
WHAT ANOTHER IS FEELING.
ONE MOTHER WANTED HER TWO
TEENAGE CHILDREN TO RECEIVE THE
BENEFITS OF SOCIAL INTERACTION,
SO SHE SIGNED THEM UP FOR AN ART
CLASS AND A TENNIS LESSON.
FOR AT LEAST A FEW HOURS EACH
WEEK, THEIR HANDS WERE TOO BUSY
TO PICK UP A PHONE.
SOON THEY WERE TALKING MORE WITH
OTHER CLASS MEMBERS, LAUGHING,
ASKING QUESTIONS, AND BUILDING
BONDS.
IN OTHER WORDS, THEY WERE
CONNECTING.
EVERYONE WANTS TO MATTER.
AND WHEN WE MAKE THE EFFORT
TO SPEAK FACE TO FACE,
WE ARE SHOWING, BY OUR ACTIONS,
THAT EVERYONE DOES MATTER.
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♪ THERE'S A PLACE FOR US ♪
♪ SOMEWHERE A PLACE FOR US ♪
♪ PEACE AND QUIET AND OPEN AIR ♪
♪ WAIT FOR US SOMEWHERE ♪
♪ THERE'S A TIME FOR US ♪
♪ SOMEDAY A TIME FOR US ♪
♪ TIME TOGETHER WITH TIME TO SPARE ♪
♪ TIME TO LEARN, TIME TO CARE ♪
♪ SOMEDAY
♪ SOMEWHERE
♪ WE'LL FIND A NEW WAY OF LIVING ♪
♪ WE'LL FIND A WAY OF FORGIVING ♪
♪ SOMEWHERE
♪ SOMEWHERE
♪ THERE'S A PLACE FOR US ♪
♪ A TIME AND PLACE FOR US ♪
♪ HOLD MY HAND AND WE'RE HALFWAY THERE ♪
♪ HOLD MY HAND AND I'LL TAKE YOU THERE ♪
♪ SOMEHOW
♪ SOMEDAY
♪ SOMEWHERE
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♪ HOLD MY HAND AND WE'RE HALFWAY THERE ♪
♪ HOLD MY HAND AND I'LL TAKE YOU THERE ♪
♪ SOMEHOW
♪ SOMEDAY
♪ SOMEWHERE. ♪
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♪ O COME YE NATIONS OF THE EARTH, ♪
♪ WITH JOY AND GLADNESS SING! ♪
♪ THE SPARK OF ALL CREATION GLOWS ♪
♪ IN EV'RY LIVING THING. ♪
♪ THE TOW'RING TREE AND TINY FLOW'R, ♪
♪ THE FISH AND FOWL AND BEAST ♪
♪ SALVATION'S LIGHT IS FOUND IN THESE, ♪
♪ THE GREATEST AND THE LEAST. ♪
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♪ O COME YE PEOPLES OF THE WORLD ♪
♪ AND LET THY LIGHT SO SHINE, ♪
♪ THAT ALL WHO SEE MAY GLORIFY ♪
♪ THE LIGHT OF HEAV'N DIVINE. ♪
♪ THEN SET THY FLAME UPON A HILL ♪
♪ AND SING THE ROUNDELAY: ♪
♪ "O LIGHT OF LIFE BURN BRIGHT IN US ♪
♪ UNTIL THE PERFECT DAY." ♪
♪ O COME YE CHILDREN OF THE LIGHT, ♪
♪ WITH PATIENCE RUN THE RACE, ♪
♪ AND BY THE FIRE WITHIN THY SOUL ♪
♪ BRING ALL MEN FACE TO FACE. ♪
♪ THEN, LIGHT OF ALL THE WORLD BREAK FORTH, ♪
♪ FOREVER VANQUISH NIGHT. ♪
♪ AND WIN THE PRIZE OF PEACE ON EARTH ♪
♪ BY LOVE AND ENDLESS LIGHT. ♪
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♪ AND WIN THE PRIZE OF PEACE ON EARTH ♪
♪ BY LOVE AND ENDLESS LIGHT. ♪
♪ BY ENDLESS LIGHT! ♪
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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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