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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 GUEST ARTIST
STANFORD OLSEN, ORGANIST BONNIE
GOODLIFFE, AND THE SPOKEN WORD
BY LLOYD NEWELL.
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♪ REJOICE, THE LORD IS KING! YOUR LORD AND KING ADORE! ♪
♪ MORTALS, GIVE THANKS AND SING AND TRIUMPH EVERMORE. ♪
♪ LIFT UP YOUR HEART! LIFT UP YOUR VOICE! ♪
♪ REJOICE, AGAIN I SAY, REJOICE! ♪
♪ LIFT UP YOUR HEART! LIFT UP YOUR VOICE! ♪
♪ REJOICE, AGAIN I SAY, REJOICE! ♪
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♪ THE LORD, THE SAVIOR, REIGNS, THE GOD OF TRUTH AND LOVE. ♪
♪ WHEN HE HAD PURGED OUR STAINS, HE TOOK HIS SEAT ABOVE. ♪
♪ LIFT UP YOUR HEART! LIFT UP YOUR VOICE! ♪
♪ REJOICE, AGAIN I SAY, REJOICE! ♪
♪ LIFT UP YOUR HEART! LIFT UP YOUR VOICE! ♪
♪ REJOICE, AGAIN I SAY, REJOICE! ♪
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♪ HIS KINGDOM CANNOT FAIL; HE RULES O'ER EARTH AND HEAV'N. ♪
♪ THE KEYS OF DEATH AND HELL TO CHRIST THE LORD ARE GIV'N. ♪
♪ LIFT UP YOUR HEART! LIFT UP YOUR VOICE! ♪
♪ REJOICE, AGAIN I SAY, REJOICE! ♪
♪ LIFT UP YOUR HEART! LIFT UP YOUR VOICE! ♪
♪ REJOICE, AGAIN I SAY, REJOICE! ♪♪
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♪ REJOICE IN GLORIOUS HOPE! OUR LORD AND JUDGE SHALL COME ♪
♪ AND TAKE HIS SERVANTS UP TO THEIR ETERNAL HOME ♪
♪ LIFT UP YOUR HEART! LIFT UP YOUR VOICE! ♪
♪ REJOICE, AGAIN I SAY, REJOICE! ♪
♪ LIFT UP YOUR HEART! LIFT UP YOUR VOICE! ♪
♪ REJOICE, AGAIN I SAY, REJOICE! ♪
♪ REJOICE! ♪
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♪ LIFT UP YOUR HEART! LIFT UP YOUR VOICE! ♪
♪ REJOICE, AGAIN I SAY, REJOICE! ♪
♪ REJOICE! ♪
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♪ MORE HOLINESS GIVE ME, ♪
♪ MORE STRIVINGS WITHIN. ♪
♪ MORE PATIENCE IN SUFF'RING, ♪
♪ MORE SORROW FOR SIN, ♪
♪ MORE FAITH IN MY SAVIOR, ♪
♪ MORE SENSE OF HIS CARE. ♪
♪ MORE JOY IN HIS SERVICE, ♪
♪ MORE PURPOSE IN PRAYER. ♪
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♪ MORE GRATITUDE GIVE ME, ♪
♪ MORE TRUST IN THE LORD, ♪
♪ MORE PRIDE IN HIS GLORY, ♪
♪ MORE HOPE IN HIS WORD, ♪
♪ MORE TEARS FOR HIS SORROWS, ♪
♪ MORE PAIN AT HIS GRIEF, ♪
♪ MORE MEEKNESS IN TRIAL, ♪
♪ MORE PRAISE FOR RELIEF. ♪
♪ MORE PURITY GIVE ME, ♪
♪ MORE STRENGTH TO O'ERCOME, ♪
♪ MORE FREEDOM FROM EARTH STAINS, ♪
♪ MORE LONGING FOR HOME. ♪
♪ MORE FIT FOR THE KINGDOM, ♪
♪ MORE USED WOULD I BE, ♪
♪ MORE BLESSED AND HOLY, ♪
♪ HOLY,
♪ MORE,
♪ MORE, SAVIOR,
♪ DEAR SAVIOR,
♪ LIKE THEE. ♪
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♪ I SING THE MIGHTY POWER OF GOD ♪
♪ THAT MADE THE MOUNTAINS RISE, ♪
♪ THAT SPREAD THE FLOWING SEAS ABROAD ♪
♪ AND BUILT THE LOFTY SKIES. ♪
♪ I SING THE WISDOM THAT ORDAINED ♪
♪ THE SUN TO RULE THE DAY; ♪
♪ THE MOON SHINES FULL AT HIS COMMAND, ♪
♪ AND ALL THE STARS OBEY. ♪
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♪ I SING THE GOODNESS OF THE LORD, ♪
♪ THAT FILLED THE EARTH WITH FOOD; ♪
♪ HE FORMED THE CREATURES WITH HIS WORD, ♪
♪ AND THEN PRONOUNCED THEM GOOD. ♪
♪ LORD, HOW THY WONDERS ARE DISPLAYED, ♪
♪ WHERE E'ER I TURN MY EYE; ♪
♪ IF I SURVEY THE GROUND I TREAD, ♪
♪ OR GAZE UPON THE SKY! ♪
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♪ THERE'S NOT A PLANT OR FLOW'R BELOW ♪
♪ BUT MAKES THY GLORIES KNOWN; ♪
♪ AND CLOUDS ARISE, THE HEAVENS FLOW, ♪
♪ BY ORDER FROM THY THRONE; ♪
♪ WHILE ALL THAT BORROWS LIFE FROM THEE ♪
♪ IS EVER IN THY CARE, ♪
♪ AND EV'RY WHERE THAT WE CAN BE, ♪
♪ THOU, LORD, ART PRESENT THERE. ♪
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♪ AND EV'RY WHERE THAT WE CAN BE, ♪
♪ THOU, LORD, ART PRESENT THERE. ♪♪
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LLOYD NEWELL: WHY IS IT THAT
LIFE IS SO HARD FOR SOME AND SO
MUCH EASIER FOR OTHERS?
SOME PEOPLE SEEM TO HAVE MORE
HAPPINESS AND OPPORTUNITIES, AND
OTHERS MUCH LESS.
INDEED, LIFE CAN SEEM NEITHER
FAIR NOR EQUAL.
THERE MAY NOT BE A SINGLE
FORMULA OR STEP-BY-STEP RECIPE
FOR PEACE AND HAPPINESS IN THIS
LIFE.
AND THAT'S GOOD, BECAUSE NO
ONE'S LIFE IS SO PREDICTABLE
THAT IT ALWAYS STICKS TO THE
SCRIPT.
A LITTLE IMPROVISING IS OFTEN
NEEDED.
BESIDES THAT, EACH LIFE IS AS
DIFFERENT AS EACH INDIVIDUAL.
BUT THERE ARE NOTICEABLE
PATTERNS THAT CAN TEACH US HOW
TO COPE WITH LIFE'S DIFFICULTIES
AND CHALLENGES.
WE SEE SUCH PATTERNS OF STRENGTH
ALL AROUND US THAT WE CAN LOOK
UP TO.
THE MOTHER WHO SUDDENLY FINDS
HERSELF SINGLE DOES HER BEST TO
GO FORWARD, EVEN THOUGH HER LIFE
HAS BEEN TURNED UPSIDE DOWN.
THE DAD WHO HAS LOST HIS JOB BUT
SOMEHOW STAYS POSITIVE AND
STRONG EVEN IN THE FACE OF
REJECTIONS AND SETBACKS.
THE YOUNG ADULT WHO TRIES TO
STAY KIND AND SOFT-HEARTED IN AN
OFTEN HARSH AND HARDENED WORLD.
THE ACCIDENT VICTIM WHO KNOWS
THAT HIS LIFE WILL NEVER BE LIKE
IT USED TO BE BUT DOES HIS BEST
TO ADJUST TO THE NEW NORMAL.
WHAT IS THE CONSISTENT PATTERN
IN PEOPLE LIKE THESE?
THEY CERTAINLY WEREN'T BLESSED
WITH A LIFE OF EASE OR A SMOOTH
PATH.
BUT THEY ALL HOLD ON TO THE HOPE
THAT THINGS WILL WORK OUT AND
SOMEDAY GET BETTER.
INSTEAD OF COUNTING THEIR
GRIEVANCES OR ASKING, "WHY ME?"
THEY REMEMBER THEIR BLESSINGS.
INSTEAD OF FOCUSING THEIR
THOUGHTS AND CONVERSATIONS ON
WHAT THEY DON'T HAVE, THEY
CHOOSE TO RECOGNIZE WHAT THEY DO
HAVE.
RATHER THAN BEING CONSUMED BY
DISADVANTAGES AND PROBLEMS,
LIFE'S UNFAIRNESS AND
UNEVENNESS, THEY LOOK FOR-AND
FIND-THE GOOD IN THEIR LIVES.
IT'S A SIMPLE PATTERN, REALLY:
IF WE FOCUS ON WHAT WE HAVE
RATHER THAN WHAT WE DON'T HAVE,
WE BEGIN TO DISCOVER THE REAL
RICHNESS OF LIFE.
BLESSINGS ARE NOT DISCOVERED BY
ACCIDENT; THEY ARE REVEALED TO
THOSE WHO SEEK.
IN FACT, IF YOU LOOK FOR
PATTERNS OF STRENGTH AND
ENDURANCE IN YOUR OWN LIFE,
YOU'LL BEGIN TO FIND THAT YOU
ARE STRONGER THAN YOU MAY THINK.
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♪ LOVE DIVINE, ALL LOVES EXCELLING, ♪
♪ JOY OF HEAV'N TO EARTH COME DOWN. ♪
♪ FIX IN US THY HUMBLE DWELLING, ♪
♪ ALL THY FAITHFUL MERCIES CROWN! ♪
♪ JESUS THOU ART ALL COMPASSION, ♪
♪ PURE, UNBOUNDED LOVE THOU ART; ♪
♪ VISIT US WITH THY SALVATION, ♪
♪ ENTER EVERY TREMBLING HEART. ♪
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♪ BREATHE, O BREATHE THY LOVING SPIRIT ♪
♪ INTO EVERY TROUBLED BREAST! ♪
♪ LET US ALL IN THEE INHERIT, ♪
♪ LET US FIND THE PROMISED REST; ♪
♪ TAKE AWAY THE LOVE OF SINNING; ♪
♪ ALPHA AND OMEGA BE;
♪ END OF FAITH, AS ITS BEGINNING; ♪
♪ SET OUR HEARTS AT LIBERTY. ♪
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♪ COME, ALMIGHTY TO DELIVER, ♪
♪ LET US ALL THY LIFE RECEIVE; ♪
♪ SUDDENLY RETURN AND NEVER, ♪
♪ NEVERMORE THY TEMPLES LEAVE. ♪
♪ THEE WE WOULD BE ALWAYS BLESSING, ♪
♪ SERVE THEE AS THY HOSTS ABOVE; ♪
♪ PRAY AND PRAISE THEE WITHOUT CEASING, ♪
♪ GLORY IN THY PERFECT LOVE. ♪
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♪ FINISH, THEN, THY NEW CREATION; ♪
♪ PURE AND SPOTLESS LET US BE; ♪
♪ LET US SEE THY GREAT SALVATION ♪
♪ PERFECTLY RESTORED IN THEE; ♪
♪ CHANGED FROM GLORY INTO GLORY, ♪
♪ TILL IN HEAV'N WE TAKE OUR PLACE; ♪
♪ TILL WE CAST OUR CROWNS BEFORE THEE, ♪
♪ LOST IN WONDER, LOVE, AND PRAISE. ♪
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♪ TILL WE CAST OUR CROWNS BEFORE THEE, ♪
♪ LOST IN WONDER, LOVE, ♪
♪ AND
♪ PRAISE.
♪ A-MEN! ♪
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LLOYD NEWELL: 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. ♪
CLOSED CAPTIONING BY THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS
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