♪♪ >> LLOYD NEWELL: THE TABERNACLE CHOIR AND ORCHESTRA AT TEMPLE SQUARE, PRESENT MUSIC & THE SPOKEN WORD. WITH SPECIAL GUEST SHEA OWENS CONDUCTING TODAY'S PROGRAM IS MACK WILLBERG, WITH GUEST ARTIST SHEA OWENS, ORGANIST BRIAN MATHIAS, AND THE SPOKEN WORD BY LLOYD NEWELL. ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ LIGHT DAWNS ON A WEARY WORLD
WHEN EYES BEGIN TO SEE ♪ ♪ ALL PEOPLE'S DIGNITY. ♪ ♪ LIGHT DAWNS ON
A WEARY WORLD: ♪ ♪ THE PROMISED DAY
OF JUSTICE COMES. ♪ ♪ THE TREES SHALL
CLAP THEIR HANDS; ♪ ♪ THE DRY LANDS GUSH
WITH SPRINGS; ♪ ♪ THE HILLS AND MOUNTAINS SHALL
BREAK FORTH WITH SINGING! ♪ ♪ WE SHALL GO OUT WITH JOY
AND BE LED FORTH IN PEACE ♪ ♪ AS ALL THE WORLD IN
WONDER ECHOES SHALOM. ♪ ♪♪ ♪ LOVE GROWS IN A WEARY
WORLD WHEN HUNGRY HEARTS ♪ ♪ FIND BREAD AND CHILDREN'S
DREAMS ARE FED. ♪ ♪♪ ♪ LOVE GROWS IN A
WEARY WORLD; ♪ ♪ THE PROMISED FEAST
OF PLENTY COMES. ♪ ♪ THE TREES SHALL CLAP
THEIR HANDS; ♪ ♪ THE DRY LANDS GUSH WITH
SPRINGS; ♪ ♪ THE HILLS AND MOUNTAINS SHALL
BREAK FORTH WITH SINGING! ♪ ♪ WE SHALL GO OUT
IN JOY, ♪ ♪ AND BE LED FORTH
IN PEACE, ♪ ♪ AS ALL THE WORLD IN
WONDER ECHOES SHALOM. ♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ HOPE BLOOMS IN A WEARY
WORLD WHEN CREATURES ♪ ♪ ONCE FORLORN FIND
WILDERNESS REBORN. ♪ ♪ HOPE BLOOMS IN
A WEARY WORLD: ♪ ♪ THE PROMISED GREEN
OF EDEN COMES. ♪ ♪ THE TREES SHALL
CLAP THEIR HANDS; ♪ ♪ THE DRY LANDS GUSH
WITH SPRINGS; ♪ ♪ THE HILLS AND MOUNTAINS SHALL
BREAK FORTH WITH SINGING! ♪ ♪ WE SHALL GO OUT IN JOY,
AND BE LED FORTH IN PEACE, ♪ ♪ AS ALL THE WORLD,
IN WONDER ECHOES ♪ ♪ SHALOM, SHA-LOM, ♪ ♪ SHA-LOM, SHA-LOM ♪ ♪♪ ♪ SHA-LOM ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ I FEEL MY SAVIOR'S LOVE
IN ALL THE WORLD AROUND ME. ♪ ♪ HIS SPIRIT WARMS MY SOUL
THROUGH EV'RYTHING I SEE. ♪ ♪ HE KNOWS I WILL FOLLOW HIM,
GIVE ALL MY LIFE TO HIM. ♪ ♪ I FEEL MY SAVIOR'S LOVE,
THE LOVE HE FREELY GIVES ME. ♪ ♪♪ ♪ I FEEL MY SAVIOR'S LOVE;
ITS GENTLENESS ENFOLDS ME, ♪ ♪ AND WHEN I KNEEL TO PRAY,
MY HEART IS FILLED WITH PEACE. ♪ ♪ HE KNOWS I WILL FOLLOW HIM,
GIVE ALL MY LIFE TO HIM. ♪ ♪ I FEEL MY SAVIOR'S LOVE,
THE LOVE HE FREELY GIVES ME. ♪ ♪♪ ♪ I FEEL MY SAVIOR'S LOVE AND
KNOW THAT HE WILL BLESS ME. ♪ ♪♪ ♪ I FEEL MY SAVIOR'S LOVE AND
KNOW THAT HE WILL BLESS ME. ♪ ♪ I OFFER HIM MY HEART.
MY SHEPHERD HE WILL BE. ♪ ♪ HE KNOWS I WILL FOLLOW HIM,
GIVE ALL MY LIFE TO HIM. ♪ ♪ I FEEL MY SAVIOR'S LOVE,
THE LOVE HE FREELY GIVES ME. ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ LOVE HE FREELY
GIVES ME. ♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ THIS IS HARD TO SAY, ♪ ♪ BUT AS I WANDERED
THROUGH THE LEA, ♪ ♪ I FELT FOR JUST
A FLEETING MOMENT ♪ ♪ THAT I SUDDENLY WAS FREE
OF BEING LONELY. ♪ ♪ THEN I CLOSED MY EYES
AND SAW THE VERY REASON WHY. ♪ ♪ I SAW A MAN
WITH HIS HEAD BOWED LOW. ♪ ♪ HIS HEART
HAD NO PLACE TO GO. ♪ ♪ I LOOKED AND I THOUGHT
TO MYSELF WITH A SIGH: ♪ ♪ THERE BUT FOR YOU
GO I. ♪ ♪♪ ♪ I SAW A MAN
WALKING BY THE SEA, ♪ ♪ ALONE WITH THE
TIDE WAS HE. ♪ ♪ I LOOKED AND I THOUGHT
AS I WATCHED HIM GO BY: ♪ ♪ THERE BUT FOR YOU
GO I. ♪ ♪♪ ♪ LONELY MEN
AROUND ME, ♪ ♪ LONELY MEN
ALL AROUND ♪ ♪ TRYING NOT
TO CRY, ♪ ♪ NOT TO CRY
NOT TO CRY ♪ ♪ TILL THE DAY
YOU FOUND ME, ♪ ♪ FOUND ME ♪ ♪ THERE AMONG THEM
WAS I. ♪ ♪ THERE AMONG THEM
THERE WAS I ♪ ♪ I SAW A MAN
WHO HAD NEVER KNOWN ♪ ♪ A LOVE THAT WAS
ALL HIS OWN. ♪ ♪ I THOUGHT AS I THANKED
ALL THE STARS IN THE SKY: ♪ ♪ THERE BUT FOR YOU
GO I. ♪ ♪♪ ♪ LONELY MEN
AROUND ME ♪ ♪ TRYING NOT
TO CRY. ♪ ♪ TILL THE DAY
YOU FOUND ME ♪ ♪ THERE AMONG, THERE
AMONG THEM WAS I, ♪ ♪ THERE AMONG THEM
WAS I. ♪ ♪ THERE WAS I. ♪ ♪ I SAW A MAN
WHO HAD NEVER KNOWN ♪ ♪ A LOVE THAT WAS
ALL HIS OWN. ♪ ♪ I THOUGHT AS I THANKED
ALL THE STARS IN THE SKY: ♪ ♪ THERE BUT FOR YOU
GO I. ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ AS THE DEW
FROM HEAV'N DISTILLING ♪ ♪ GENTLY ON THE
GRASS DESCENDS ♪ ♪ AND REVIVES IT,
THUS FULFILLING ♪ ♪ WHAT THY PROVIDENCE
INTENDS, ♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ >> LLOYD NEWELL: TODAY, WE BEGIN OUR 94TH YEAR OF CONTINUOUS WEEKLY BROADCASTING WITH AN OBSERVATION ABOUT THE WAY EACH OF THOSE WEEKLY BROADCASTS ENDS. , MUSIC & THE SPOKEN WORD HAS CONCLUDED WITH A SIGNATURE THEME, PERFORMED BY THE ORGANIST. THE TUNE WAS WRITTEN BY JOSEPH J. DAYNES, A TABERNACLE ORGANIST WHO BEGAN PLAYING FOR THE CHOIR WHEN HE WAS JUST 16 YEARS OLD AND ACCOMPANIED THE CHOIR FOR 33 YEARS IN THE LATE 1800S. IF YOU'VE LISTENED TO THE BROADCAST BEFORE, YOU WILL RECOGNIZE HIS REVERENT AND EXALTING MELODY, TITLED "AS THE DEW FROM HEAVEN DISTILLING." LESS WELL-KNOWN, HOWEVER, ARE THE LYRICS THAT GO WITH IT. THEY WERE WRITTEN BY THOMAS KELLY, A 19TH-CENTURY IRISH PREACHER. BUT KELLY'S HYMN TEXT ACTUALLY HAS MUCH MORE ANCIENT ROOTS, REACHING BACK TO THE BIBLICAL "SONG OF MOSES": "GIVE EAR, O YE HEAVENS, AND I WILL SPEAK; AND HEAR, O EARTH, THE WORDS OF MY MOUTH. MY DOCTRINE SHALL DROP AS THE RAIN, MY SPEECH SHALL DISTIL AS THE DEW." HIORCARECORDS ARE NOT CLEAR ON WHY "AS THE DEW FROM HEAVEN DISTILLING" WAS CHOSEN AS THE CLOSING REFRAIN FOR MUSIC & THE SPOKEN WORD. EVEN SO, THE SYMBOLISM DOES FEEL APPROPRIATE. DEW FROM HEAVEN CAN REVIVE, NOURISH, AND UPLIFT. AND YET, UNLIKE THE OCCASIONAL HEAVY RAINSTORM, DEW DISTILLS GENTLY, PEACEFULLY, AND CONSISTENTLY--MORNING AFTER MORNING, YEAR AFTER YEAR. THIS IS OUR HOPE: TO SHARE WITH ALL THE WORLD GOD'S LOVE, HIS HOPE, AND HIS NOURISHING TRUTH "AS THE DEW FROM HEAVEN DISTILLING." SO TODAY, WHEN THE ORGANIST PLAYS THE CLOSING THEME, IN ADDITION TO ENJOYING THE BEAUTIFUL MUSIC, YOU MIGHT ALSO THINK ABOUT DEW FROM HEAVEN, ITS GENTLE INFLUENCE ON YOUR SOUL, AND THESE WORDS WRITTEN BY THOMAS KELLY SO LONG AGO: AS THE DEW FROM
HEAV'N DISTILLING GENTLY ON THE
GRASS DESCENDS AND REVIVES IT,
THUS FULFILLING WHAT THY PROVIDENCE
INTENDS, ♪ LET THY DOCTRINE, LORD,
SO GRACIOUS, ♪ ♪ THUS DESCENDING
FROM ABOVE, ♪ ♪ BLEST BY THEE,
PROVE EFFICACIOUS ♪ ♪ TO FULFILL THY
WORK OF LOVE. ♪ ♪ LET THY DOCTRINE, LORD,
SO GRACIOUS, ♪ ♪ THUS DESCENDING
FROM ABOVE, ♪ ♪ BLEST BY THEE,
PROVE EFFICACIOUS ♪ ♪ TO FULFILL THY
WORK OF LOVE. ♪ ♪♪ ♪ SOME DAYS WE
FORGET TO LOOK AROUND US. ♪ ♪ SOME DAYS WE CAN'T SEE
THE JOY THAT SURROUNDS US. ♪ ♪ SO CAUGHT UP INSIDE OURSELVES
WE TAKE WHEN WE SHOULD GIVE. ♪ ♪ SO FOR TONIGHT WE PRAY
FOR WHAT WE KNOW CAN BE. ♪ ♪ AND ON THIS DAY WE HOPE FOR
WHAT WE STILL CAN'T SEE. ♪ ♪ IT'S UP TO US TO
BE THE CHANGE ♪ ♪ AND EVEN THOUGH WE
ALL CAN STILL DO MORE ♪ ♪ THERE'S SO MUCH TO BE
THANKFUL FOR ♪ ♪♪ ♪ LOOK BEYOND OURSELVES
THERE'S SO MUCH SORROW. ♪ ♪ IT'S WAY TOO LATE TO
SAY I'LL CRY TOMORROW. ♪ ♪ EACH OF US MUST
FIND THE TRUTH; ♪ ♪ IT'S LONG OVERDUE. ♪ ♪ SO FOR TONIGHT WE PRAY
FOR WHAT WE KNOW CAN BE. ♪ ♪ AND EV'RY DAY WE HOPE FOR
WHAT WE STILL CAN'T SEE ♪ ♪ IT'S UP TO US TO
BE THE CHANGE ♪ ♪ AND EVEN THOUGH WE
ALL CAN STILL DO MORE, ♪ ♪ CAN STILL DO MORE, ♪ ♪ THERE'S SO MUCH TO
BE THANKFUL FOR. ♪ ♪ EVEN WITH OUR DIFF'RENCES, ♪ ♪ THERE IS A PLACE
WE'RE ALL CONNECTED. ♪ ♪ EACH OF US CAN FIN
ACH HERS LIGHT. ♪ ♪♪ ♪ AHH ♪ ♪♪ ♪ SO FOR TONIGHT WE PRAY FOR
WHAT WE KNOW CAN BE. ♪ ♪♪ ♪ SO FOR TONIGHT WE PRAY FOR
WHAT WE KNOW CAN BE. ♪ ♪ AND ON THIS DAY WE HOPE FOR
WHAT WE STILL CAN'T SEE. ♪ ♪ IT'S UP TO US TO
BE THE CHANGE ♪ ♪ AND EVEN THOUGH THIS WORLD
NEEDS SO MUCH MORE ♪ ♪ THERE'S SO MUCH TO BE
THANKFUL FOR ♪ ♪ THERE'S SO MUCH TO BE
THANKFUL FOR ♪ ♪ THERE'S SO MUCH TO BE
THANKFUL FOR ♪ ♪ THERE'S SO MUCH TO BE
THANKFUL FOR ♪ ♪ THERE'S SO MUCH TO BE
THANKFUL FOR. ♪ ♪ THANK-FUL FOR. ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ THE MORNING BREAKS,
THE SHADOWS FLEE; ♪ ♪ LO, ZION'S STANDARD
IS UNFURLED! ♪ ♪ THE DAWNING
OF A BRIGHTER DAY, ♪ ♪ THE DAWNING
OF A BRIGHTER DAY ♪ ♪ MAJESTIC RISES
ON THE WORLD. ♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ THE CLOUDS
OF ERROR DISAPPEAR ♪ ♪ BEFORE THE RAYS
OF TRUTH DIVINE; ♪ ♪ THE GLORY BURSTING
FROM AFAR, ♪ ♪ THE GLORY BURSTING
FROM AFAR ♪ ♪ WIDE O'ER THE NATIONS
SOON WILL SHINE. ♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ JEHOVAH SPEAKS!
LET EARTH GIVE EAR, ♪ ♪ AND GENTILE NATIONS
TURN AND LIVE. ♪ ♪ HIS MIGHTY ARM
IS MAKING BARE, ♪ ♪ HIS MIGHTY ARM
IS MAKING BARE ♪ ♪ HIS COV'NANT PEOPLE
TO RECEIVE. ♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ ANGELS FROM HEAV'N
AND TRUTH FROM EARTH ♪ ♪ HAVE MET, AND BOTH
HAVE RECORD BORNE; ♪ ♪ THUS ZION'S LIGHT
IS BURSTING FORTH, ♪ ♪ THUS ZION'S LIGHT
IS BURSTING FORTH ♪ ♪ TO BRING HER RANSOMED
CHILDREN HOME. ♪ ♪♪ ♪ TO BRING HER RANSOMED
CHILDREN HOME. ♪ ♪ AMEN! ♪♪ ♪♪ >> LLOYD NEWELL: THIS PERFORMANCE BEGINS 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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