♪♪ >> LLOYD NEWELL: THE TABERNACLE CHOIR AND ORCHESTRA AT TEMPLE SQUARE, PRESENT MUSIC & THE SPOKEN WORD. ♪ GENTLY RAISE
THE SACRED STRAIN, ♪ ♪ AHH ♪ >> CONDUCTING TODAY'S PROGRAM IS MACK WILBERG AND RYAN MURPHY, WITH ORGANIST BRIAN MATHIAS, AND THE SPOKEN WORD BY LLOYD NEWELL. ♪♪ ♪ ON THIS DAY OF JOY
AND GLADNESS, ♪ ♪ LORD, WE PRAISE
THY HOLY NAME; ♪ ♪ IN THIS SACRED PLACE
OF WORSHIP, ♪ ♪ WE THY GLORIES
LOUD PROCLAIM! ♪ ♪ AL-LE-LU-IA, ♪ ♪ AL-LE-LU-IA, ♪ ♪ BRIGHT AND CLEAR
OUR VOICES RING, ♪ ♪ SINGING SONGS
OF EXULTATION ♪ ♪ TO OUR MAKER,
LORD, AND KING! ♪ ♪♪ ♪ OPEN WIDE
THE FOUNT OF ZION; ♪ ♪ LET HER RICHEST
BLESSINGS FLOW ♪ ♪ TO THE SAINTS
WHO NOBLY SERVE THEE ♪ ♪ IN THE GOSPEL
HERE BELOW. ♪ ♪ AL-LE-LU-IA, ♪ ♪ AL-LE-LU-IA, ♪ ♪ BRIGHT AND CLEAR
OUR VOICES RING, ♪ ♪ SINGING SONGS
OF EXULTATION ♪ ♪ TO OUR MAKER,
LORD, AND KING! ♪ ♪♪ ♪ MAY WE LABOR
IN THE KINGDOM ♪ ♪ BY THE PROPHETS
LONG FORETOLD ♪ ♪ WHERE THE CHILDREN
OF THE PROMISE ♪ ♪ SHALL BE GATHERED
IN THE FOLD. ♪ ♪ AL-LE-LU-IA, ♪ ♪ AL-LE-LU-IA, ♪ ♪ BRIGHT AND CLEAR
OUR VOICES RING, ♪ ♪ SINGING SONGS
OF EXULTATION ♪ ♪ TO OUR MAKER,
LORD, AND KING! ♪ ♪ SINGING SONGS
OF EXULTATION ♪ ♪ TO OUR MAKER,
LORD, AND KING! ♪ ♪♪ ♪ LORD AND KING! ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ 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. ♪ ♪♪ ♪ 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: ♪ 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. ♪ ♪♪ ♪ 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. ♪ ♪♪ ♪ 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. ♪ ♪ ALL THINGS
COME OF THEE ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ SOFTLY AND TENDERLY
JESUS IS CALLING, ♪ ♪ CALLING FOR YOU
AND FOR ME; ♪ ♪ SEE, ON THE PORTALS
HE'S WAITING AND WATCHING, ♪ ♪ WATCHING FOR YOU
AND FOR ME. ♪ ♪ COME HOME,
COME HOME, ♪ ♪ YE WHO ARE WEARY,
COME HOME; ♪ ♪ EARNESTLY, TENDERLY,
JESUS IS CALLING, ♪ ♪ CALLING, O SINNER,
COME HOME. ♪ ♪♪ ♪ WHY SHOULD WE TARRY
WHEN JESUS IS PLEADING, ♪ ♪ PLEADING FOR YOU
AND FOR ME? ♪ ♪ WHY SHOULD WE LINGER
AND HEED NOT HIS MERCIES, ♪ ♪ MERCIES FOR YOU
AND FOR ME? ♪ ♪ COME HOME,
COME HOME, ♪ ♪ YE WHO ARE WEARY,
COME HOME; ♪ ♪ EARNESTLY, TENDERLY,
JESUS IS CALLING, ♪ ♪ CALLING, O SINNER,
COME HOME. ♪ ♪♪ ♪ O FOR THE WONDERFUL LOVE
HE HAS PROMISED, ♪ ♪ PROMISED FOR YOU
AND FOR ME! ♪ ♪ THOUGH WE HAVE SINNED,
HE HAS MERCY AND PARDON, ♪ ♪ PARDON FOR YOU
AND FOR ME. ♪ ♪ COME HOME,
COME HOME, ♪ ♪ YE WHO ARE WEARY,
COME HOME; ♪ ♪ EARNESTLY, TENDERLY,
JESUS IS CALLING, ♪ ♪ CALLING, O SINNER,
COME HOME. ♪ ♪♪ ♪ EARNESTLY, TENDERLY,
JESUS IS CALLING, ♪ ♪ CALLING, O SINNER,
COME HOME, ♪ ♪ COME HOME,
COME HOME, ♪ ♪ COME HOME! ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ EACH LIFE THAT TOUCHES
OURS FOR GOOD ♪ ♪ REFLECTS THINE OWN
GREAT MERCY, LORD; ♪ ♪ THOU SENDEST BLESSINGS
FROM ABOVE ♪ ♪ THROUGH WORDS AND DEEDS
OF THOSE WHO LOVE. ♪ ♪♪ >> OVER THE PAST YEAR, A LOVING NIECE HAS REGULARLY CALLED HER WIDOWED, 94-YEAR-OLD AUNT HELEN. THEY SMILE, LAUGH, EVEN SHED A FEW TEARS TOGETHER AS AUNT HELEN RECOUNTS HER LIFE WHILE HER NIECE RECORDS THE CONVERSATION FOR POSTERITY. OVER THE COURSE OF THESE VISITS, THE NIECE HAS BEEN STRUCK BY HOW CLEARLY AUNT HELEN REMEMBERS PEOPLE AND EXPERIENCES FROM SO MANY YEARS AGO. IN PARTICULAR, SHE SEEMS TO REMEMBER BEST THOSE WHO WERE KIND TO HER. OF COURSE, SHE ALSO REMEMBERS SOME HARD TIMES, BUT IN RECALLING HER LIFE, SHE TALKS MOST VIVIDLY ABOUT MOMENTS OF JOY AND ACTS OF KINDNESS. YOU CAN LEARN A LOT FROM A WOMAN IN HER 95TH YEAR. IF MEMORIES LIKE AUNT HELEN'S PERSIST SO STRONGLY, THEN PERHAPS OUR SMALL AND SIMPLE INTERACTIONS ARE MORE POWERFUL THAN WE REALIZE. IT'S AS IF OUR EVERY GOOD AND SELFLESS DEED IS LIKE A SEED THAT WILL EVENTUALLY BEAR THE FRUIT OF SWEET MEMORIES FOR GENERATIONS TO COME. WE SHOULD NEVER UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF KINDNESS. SPEAKING OF SUCH ACTS OF SERVICE, THE LORD JESUS CHRIST SAID, "INASMUCH AS YE HAVE DONE IT UNTO ONE OF THE LEAST OF THESE ..., YE HAVE DONE IT UNTO ME." AUNT HELEN UNDERSTANDS THIS. INSPIRED, NO DOUBT, BY THE KIND PEOPLE IN HER LIFE, AUNT HELEN BAKES A CAKE EACH WEEK AND THEN PRAYS ABOUT WHO SHE COULD GIVE IT TO. SHE HAS A LONG LIST OF PEOPLE AND THEIR BIRTHDAYS SO SHE CAN SEND THEM BIRTHDAY CARDS WITH A SPECIAL NOTE; SHE IS ESPECIALLY CAREFUL TO INCLUDE THOSE WHO MIGHT OTHERWISE BE FORGOTTEN. AND OVER THE YEARS, SHE HAS QUILTED COUNTLESS BLANKETS FOR OTHERS. ALL THESE SIMPLE ACTS OF SERVICE GIVE HER SOMETHING AND SOMEONE TO THINK ABOUT. SHE EXPLAINS, "THEY HELP ME NOT TO WORRY ABOUT MY OWN PROBLEMS SO MUCH." NOT SURPRISINGLY, AUNT HELEN'S SENSITIVITY TO KINDNESS IS CLOSELY TIED TO HER FAITH IN GOD. SHE SPEAKS OFTEN OF HER BELIEF THAT HE IS WATCHING OVER HER. EVEN THOUGH SHE LIVES ALONE, SHE DOESN'T FEEL ALONE. SHE SAYS THAT SHE FEELS GOD'S KIND AND LOVING PRESENCE IN HER LIFE, ESPECIALLY IN THE MOMENTS AND MEMORIES OF KINDNESS. AND USUALLY, THAT SWEET, HEAVENLY FEELING REMINDS HER AGAIN THAT IT'S TIME TO BAKE A CAKE FOR SOMEONE! ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ AS I HAVE LOVED YOU, ♪ ♪ LOVE ONE ANOTHER. ♪ ♪ THIS NEW COMMANDMENT: ♪ ♪ LOVE ONE ANOTHER. ♪ ♪ BY THIS
SHALL MEN KNOW ♪ ♪ YE ARE
MY DISCIPLES, ♪ ♪ IF YE HAVE LOVE ♪ ♪ ONE TO ANOTHER. ♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ BY THIS
SHALL MEN KNOW ♪ ♪ YE ARE
MY DISCIPLES, ♪ ♪ IF YE HAVE LOVE ♪ ♪ ONE TO ANOTHER. ♪ ♪♪ ♪ IF YE HAVE LOVE ♪ ♪ ONE TO ANOTHER. ♪ ♪♪ ♪ AMEN. ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ STANDING ON THE PROMISES
OF CHRIST MY KING, ♪ ♪ THROUGH ETERNAL AGES
LET HIS PRAISES RING, ♪ ♪ GLORY IN THE HIGHEST
I WILL SHOUT AND SING, ♪ ♪ STANDING ON THE PROMISES
OF GOD ♪ ♪ STANDING,
STANDING, ♪ ♪ STANDING ON THE PROMISES
OF CHRIST, MY SAVIOR, ♪ ♪ STANDING,
STANDING, ♪ ♪ I'M STANDING ON THE
PROMISES OF GOD. ♪ ♪♪ ♪ STANDING ON THE PROMISES
THAT CAN NOT FAIL, ♪ ♪ WHEN THE HOWLING STORMS
OF DOUBT AND FEAR ASSAIL, ♪ ♪ BY THE LIVING WORD OF GOD
I SHALL PREVAIL, ♪ ♪ STANDING ON THE
PROMISES OF GOD. ♪ ♪ STANDING,
STANDING, ♪ ♪ STANDING ON THE PROMISES
OF CHRIST, MY SAVIOR, ♪ ♪ STANDING,
STANDING, ♪ ♪ I'M STANDING ON THE
PROMISES OF GOD. ♪ ♪♪ ♪ STANDING ON THE
PROMISES OF CHRIST THE LORD, ♪ ♪ BOUND TO HIM ETERNALLY
BY LOVE'S STRONG CORD, ♪ ♪ OVERCOMING DAILY WITH THE
SPIRIT'S SWORD, ♪ ♪ STANDING ON THE
PROMISES OF GOD. ♪ ♪ STANDING,
STANDING, ♪ ♪ STANDING ON THE PROMISES
OF CHRIST, MY SAVIOR, ♪ ♪ STANDING,
STANDING, ♪ ♪ I'M STANDING ON THE
PROMISES OF GOD. ♪ ♪♪ ♪ STANDING ON THE PROMISES
I CAN NOT FALL, ♪ ♪ LIST'NING EVERY MOMENT
TO THE SPIRIT'S CALL, ♪ ♪ RESTING IN MY SAVIOR
AS MY ALL IN ALL, ♪ ♪ STANDING ON THE PROMISES
OF GOD. ♪ ♪ STANDING,
STANDING, ♪ ♪ STANDING ON THE PROMISES
OF CHRIST, MY SAVIOR, ♪ ♪ STANDING,
STANDING, ♪ ♪ I'M STANDING ON THE
PROMISES OF GOD. ♪ ♪ AHH ♪ ♪ STANDING
ON THE PROMISES, ♪ ♪ STANDING
ON THE PROMISES, ♪ ♪ STANDING ON THE
PROMISES OF GOD! ♪♪ ♪♪ >> THIS PERFORMANCE CONTINUES THE 94TH YEAR OF CONTINUOUS BROADCASTING OF THIS HISTORIC PROGRAM. PLEASE JOIN US NEXT TIME FOR MUSIC & THE SPOKEN WORD. UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN, MAY PEACE BE WITH YOU THIS DAY AND ALWAYS. ♪ TILL WE MEET
TILL WE MEET ♪ ♪ GOD BE WITH YOU
TILL WE MEET AGAIN. ♪♪ CLOSED CAPTIONING BY
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