♪♪ >> LLOYD NEWELL: THE TABERNACLE CHOIR AT TEMPLE SQUARE PRESENTS MUSIC & THE SPOKEN WORD. ♪ GENTLY RAISE
THE SACRED STRAIN, ♪ ♪ AHH ♪ >> CONDUCTING TODAY'S PROGRAM IS MACK WILBERG, WITH ORGANIST RICHARD ELLIOTT AND BRIAN MATHIAS, AND THE SPOKEN WORD BY LLOYD NEWELL. ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ I THINK THE WORLD
IS GLORIOUS ♪ ♪ AND LOVELY
AS CAN BE. ♪ ♪ THE BIRDS AND BEES
AND BLOSSOMS BRING ♪ ♪ SWEET MESSAGES
TO ME. ♪ ♪ I SING, AND SING,
AND SING, AND SING ♪ ♪ A SONG OF JOY
AND LOVE. ♪ ♪ I SING, AND SING,
AND SING, AND SING ♪ ♪ MY THANKS TO
GOD ABOVE. ♪ ♪ I SING, AND SING,
AND SING, AND SING ♪ ♪ A SONG OF JOY
AND LOVE. ♪ ♪ I SING, AND SING,
AND SING, AND SING ♪ ♪ MY THANKS TO
GOD ABOVE. ♪ ♪♪ ♪ I THINK THE WORLD
IS GLORIOUS ♪ ♪ AND LOVELY
AS CAN BE, ♪ ♪ FOR I HAVE TEACHERS
KIND AND TRUE, ♪ ♪ AND PARENTS
WHO LOVE ME. ♪ ♪ I SING, AND SING,
AND SING, AND SING ♪ ♪ A SONG OF JOY
AND LOVE. ♪ ♪ I SING, AND SING,
AND SING, AND SING ♪ ♪ MY THANKS TO
GOD ABOVE. ♪ ♪ I SING, AND SING,
AND SING, AND SING ♪ ♪ MY THANKS TO
GOD ABOVE. ♪ ♪ I SING, AND SING,
AND SING, AND SING ♪ ♪ MY THANKS
TO GOD ♪ ♪ MY THANKS
TO GOD ♪ ♪ MY THANKS
TO GOD ABOVE. ♪ ♪ MY THANKS TO
GOD ABOVE. ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ IF THE SAVIOR
STOOD BESIDE ME, ♪ ♪ WOULD I DO
THE THINGS I DO? ♪ ♪ WOULD I THINK
OF HIS COMMANDMENTS ♪ ♪ AND TRY HARDER
TO BE TRUE? ♪ ♪ WOULD I FOLLOW
HIS EXAMPLE? ♪ ♪ WOULD I LIVE
MORE RIGHTEOUSLY ♪ ♪ IF I COULD SEE
THE SAVIOR STANDING NIGH, ♪ ♪ WATCHING OVER ME? ♪ ♪♪ ♪ IF THE SAVIOR
STOOD BESIDE ME, ♪ ♪ WOULD I SAY
THE THINGS I SAY? ♪ ♪ WOULD MY WORDS
BE TRUE AND KIND ♪ ♪ IF HE WERE NEVER
FAR AWAY? ♪ ♪ WOULD I TRY
TO SHARE THE GOSPEL? ♪ ♪ WOULD I SPEAK
MORE REVERENTLY ♪ ♪ IF I COULD SEE
THE SAVIOR STANDING NIGH, ♪ ♪ WATCHING OVER ME? ♪ ♪♪ ♪ HE IS ALWAYS
NEAR ME, ♪ ♪ THOUGH I DO NOT
SEE HIM THERE, ♪ ♪ AND BECAUSE
HE LOVES ME DEARLY ♪ ♪ I AM IN
HIS WATCHFUL CARE ♪ ♪ SO I'LL BE THE
KIND OF PERSON ♪ ♪ THAT I KNOW
I'D LIKE TO BE. ♪ ♪ IF I COULD SEE
THE SAVIOR STANDING NIGH ♪ ♪ WATCHING OVER ME. ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ HARK, ALL YE NATIONS!
HEAR HEAVEN'S VOICE ♪ ♪ THRU EV'RY LAND
THAT ALL MAY REJOICE! ♪ ♪ ANGELS OF GLORY
SHOUT THE REFRAIN: ♪ ♪ TRUTH IS RESTORED
AGAIN! ♪ ♪ OH, HOW GLORIOUS
FROM THE THRONE ABOVE ♪ ♪ SHINES THE GOSPEL
LIGHT OF TRUTH AND LOVE! ♪ ♪ BRIGHT AS THE SUN,
THIS HEAVENLY RAY ♪ ♪ LIGHTS EV'RY LAND
TODAY. ♪ ♪♪ ♪ SEARCHING IN DARKNESS,
NATIONS HAVE WEPT; ♪ ♪ WATCHING FOR DAWN,
THEIR VIGIL THEY'VE KEPT. ♪ ♪ ALL NOW REJOICE;
THE LONG NIGHT IS O'ER. ♪ ♪ TRUTH IS ON EARTH
ONCE MORE! ♪ ♪ OH, HOW GLORIOUS
FROM THE THRONE ABOVE ♪ ♪ SHINES THE GOSPEL
LIGHT OF TRUTH AND LOVE! ♪ ♪ BRIGHT AS THE SUN,
THIS HEAVENLY RAY ♪ ♪ LIGHTS EV'RY LAND
TODAY. ♪ ♪♪ ♪ CHOSEN BY GOD
TO SERVE HIM BELOW, ♪ ♪ TO EV'RY LAND
AND PEOPLE WE'LL GO, ♪ ♪ STANDING FOR TRUTH
WITH FERVENT ACCORD, ♪ ♪ TEACHING
HIS HOLY WORD. ♪ ♪ OH, HOW GLORIOUS
FROM THE THRONE ABOVE ♪ ♪ SHINES THE GOSPEL
LIGHT OF TRUTH AND LOVE! ♪ ♪ BRIGHT AS THE SUN,
THIS HEAVENLY RAY ♪ ♪ LIGHTS EV'RY LAND
TODAY. ♪ ♪ OH, HOW GLORIOUS
FROM THE THRONE ABOVE ♪ ♪ SHINES THE GOSPEL
LIGHT OF TRUTH AND LOVE! ♪ ♪ BRIGHT AS THE SUN,
THIS HEAVENLY RAY ♪ ♪ LIGHTS EV'RY LAND
TODAY. ♪ ♪ OH, HOW GLORIOUS
FROM THE THRONE ABOVE ♪ ♪ SHINES THE GOSPEL
LIGHT OF TRUTH AND LOVE! ♪ ♪ BRIGHT AS THE SUN,
THIS HEAVENLY RAY ♪ ♪ LIGHTS EV'RY LAND
TODAY. ♪ ♪ LIGHTS EV'RY LAND
TODAY. ♪ ♪ TODAY. ♪♪ ♪ "COME, FOLLOW ME,"
THE SAVIOR SAID. ♪ ♪ THEN LET US
IN HIS FOOTSTEPS TREAD, ♪ ♪ FOR THUS ALONE
CAN WE BE ONE ♪ ♪ WITH GOD'S OWN LOVED,
BEGOTTEN SON. ♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ >> LLOYD NEWELL: "JESUS, WALKING BY THE SEA OF GALILEE, SAW TWO [BROTHERS], PETER, AND ANDREW ... , CASTING A NET INTO THE SEA: FOR THEY WERE FISHERS. "AND HE SAITH UNTO THEM, FOLLOW ME, AND I WILL MAKE YOU FISHERS OF MEN. "AND THEY STRAIGHTWAY LEFT THEIR NETS, AND FOLLOWED HIM. "AND GOING ON FROM THENCE, HE SAW OTHER TWO [BROTHERS], JAMES, AND JOHN ... , IN A SHIP ... , MENDING THEIR NETS; AND HE CALLED THEM. "AND THEY IMMEDIATELY LEFT THE SHIP AND ... FOLLOWED HIM." IN THIS WAY, JESUS CALLED HIS FIRST DISCIPLES, HIS APOSTLES, WHO WOULD LABOR WITH HIM AND TESTIFY OF HIM FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES. THEY DIDN'T POSTPONE OR PROCRASTINATE. THEY DROPPED THEIR NETS, LEFT THEIR SHIPS, AND FOLLOWED THE LORD, IN THE WORDS OF THE SCRIPTURES, "STRAIGHTWAY," "IMMEDIATELY." SUCH A SIMPLE DESCRIPTION COULD GIVE THE IMPRESSION THAT THE CHOICE TO LEAVE EVERYTHING AND FOLLOW JESUS WAS ALSO SIMPLE. BUT SURELY IT WASN'T. WE CAN IMAGINE THAT PETER, ANDREW, JAMES, AND JOHN WERE RELATIVELY COMFORTABLE CATCHING FISH. THEY HAD PROBABLY BEEN DOING IT FOR A WHILE, AND IT WAS PROVIDING A LIVING FOR THEIR FAMILIES. NOW THEY WERE TO LEAVE ALL OF THAT AND BE "FISHERS OF MEN"? WHAT DID THAT MEAN? THEY LIKELY FELT UNPREPARED AND INADEQUATE. AND YET, WHEN THE CALL CAME, THEY ANSWERED WITH WILLING HEARTS, WITHOUT LOOKING BACK. ACTING WITH FAITH DESPITE THE UNCERTAINTY AHEAD, THEY FOLLOWED JESUS CHRIST THROUGH DIFFICULTY AND TRIAL, HARDSHIP AND HEARTACHE, UNTIL THE END OF HIS MORTAL LIFE. THEN, AFTER HIS RESURRECTION, THEY CONTINUED TO FOLLOW HIM, SPREADING HIS GOSPEL MESSAGE IN FAITHFULNESS AND DEVOTION. IN A SIMILAR WAY, JESUS ALSO CALLS YOU AND ME TO FOLLOW HIM. HE CALLS US TO SET ASIDE SELF-CENTERED PURSUITS. HE CALLS US TO KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS. HE CALLS US TO LOVE AND SERVE OUR NEIGHBOR. HE CALLS US TO STRIVE TO BE MORE LIKE HIM. AND HE CALLS US TO EXTEND THE SAME INVITATION TO OTHERS. IT WILL PROBABLY REQUIRE LEAVING OUR NETS--THOSE ENTANGLING THINGS THAT HOLD US BACK, THAT KEEP US FROM THE LORD AND HIS HIGHER, HOLIER WAYS. WE MAY FEEL UNPREPARED AND INADEQUATE. BUT THAT'S WHERE THE SAVIOR'S MERCY AND GRACE COME IN. WITH GENTLENESS AND LOVE, HE STRENGTHENS US. HE SUPPORTS US AS WE TURN TO HIM, YIELD OUR HEARTS TO HIM, AND STRAIGHTWAY, IMMEDIATELY FOLLOW HIM. ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ WITH HUMBLE EARTS,
WE JOIN IN SONG ♪ ♪ TO WORSHIP
AND TO PRAY. ♪ OUR LORD, REDEEMER,
SON OF GOD ♪ ♪ WHO TO OUR
RESCUE CAME. ♪ ♪ WE PRAISE THY LIFE
AND SACRIFICE; ♪ ♪ WE STRIVE
MORE EARNESTLY ♪ ♪ IN THOUGHT,
IN WORD, IN DEED, ♪ ♪ O LORD, MAY WE BE
MORE LIKE THEE. ♪ ♪♪ ♪ AS PILGRIMS ON A SEA
OF STRIFE, ♪ ♪ OFT WOUNDED,
LOST AND WEAK, ♪ ♪ WE FAST AND PRAY FOR
HEAVEN'S STRENGTH, ♪ ♪ THY HELP, THY GRACE,
WE SEEK. ♪ ♪ WE PLACE OUR BURDENS
AT THY FEET; ♪ ♪ WE YOKE OURSELVES
TO THEE, ♪ ♪ AND WITH THIS
HEARTFELT PLEA, ♪ ♪ O LORD, MAY WE
BE MORE LIKE THEE. ♪ ♪♪ ♪ WITH BROKEN HEARTS
WE SUPPLICATE, ♪ ♪ WE CAST AWAY
OUR SIN, ♪ ♪ OUR SORROW, AND
OUR SUFFERING, ♪ ♪ TO FIND THE
JOY WITHIN. ♪ ♪ REPENTANCE BRINGS US
LASTING PEACE; ♪ ♪ NEW EYES THAT
WE MAY SEE, ♪ ♪ FORGIVENESS TEACHES US
TO LOVE ♪ ♪ DEAR SAVIOR,
MORE LIKE THEE. ♪ ♪♪ ♪ WHEN IN THY ARMS
FOREVER CLASPED ♪ ♪ SAFE IN THY
TENDER CARE. ♪ ♪ THEN CHANGED BY
THY REDEEMING GRACE, ♪ ♪ AT LAST TO BE
JOINT HEIRS. ♪ ♪ WE'LL JOIN IN SONG
WITH HEAV'NLY THRONGS ♪ ♪ AND DWELL WITH
THEE ABOVE ♪ ♪ IN FAITH AND
HOPE AND CHARITY, ♪ ♪ WE'LL FEEL
THY ENDLESS LOVE. ♪ ♪ WE'LL JOIN IN SONG
WITH HEAV'NLY THRONGS ♪ ♪ AND DWELL WITH
THEE ABOVE. ♪ ♪ IN FAITH AND HOPE
AND CHARITY ♪ ♪ WE'LL FEEL
THY ENDLESS LOVE. ♪ ♪ THY ENDLESS LOVE. ♪♪ ♪ 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. ♪ ♪♪ ♪ 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. ♪ ♪♪ ♪ 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. ♪ ♪♪ ♪ 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. ♪ ♪♪ ♪ TILL WE CAST OUR CROWNS
BEFORE THEE, ♪ ♪ LOST IN WONDER,
LOVE, ♪ ♪ AND PRAISE. ♪ ♪ A-MEN! ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ >> LLOYD NEWELL: THIS PERFORMANCE CONTINUES THE 95TH YEAR OF THIS HISTORIC BROADCAST. 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
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