♪♪ ♪ 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 <i>MUSIC AND THE SPOKEN WORD</i> WITH THE MORMON TABERNACLE CHOIR AND ORCHESTRA AT TEMPLE SQUARE. CONDUCTING TODAY'S PROGRAM IS MACK WILBERG, WITH ORGANIST RICHARD ELLIOTT, AND THE SPOKEN WORD BY LLOYD NEWELL. ♪♪ ♪ THOU,
WHOSE ALMIGHTY WORD ♪ ♪ CHAOS
AND DARKNESS HEARD, ♪ ♪ AND TOOK THEIR FLIGHT: ♪ HEAR US,
WE HUMBLY PRAY, ♪ ♪ AND WHERE
THE GOSPEL'S DAY ♪ ♪ SHEDS NOT
IT'S GLORIOUS RAY, ♪ ♪ LET THERE BE LIGHT, ♪ LET THERE BE LIGHT! ♪♪ ♪ THOU WHO DIDST COME
TO BRING, ♪ ♪ ON THY REDEEMING WING, ♪ HEALING AND SIGHT, ♪ HEALTH TO THE SICK
IN MIND, ♪ ♪ SIGHT TO
THE INLY BLIND: ♪ ♪ O NOW,
TO ALL MANKIND, ♪ ♪ LET THERE BE LIGHT, ♪ LET THERE BE LIGHT! ♪♪ ♪ SPIRIT OF TRUTH
AND LOVE, ♪ ♪ LIFE GIVING,
HOLY DOVE, ♪ ♪ SPEED FORTH
THY FLIGHT; ♪ ♪ MOVE O'ER
THE WATER'S FACE, ♪ ♪ BEARING THE LAMP
OF GRACE; ♪ ♪ AND IN EARTH'S
DARKEST PLACE, ♪ ♪ LET THERE BE LIGHT! ♪ LET THERE BE LIGHT! ♪♪ ♪ HOLY
AND BLESSED THREE, ♪ ♪ GLORIOUS DEITY, ♪ GRACE, LOVE,
AND MIGHT! ♪ ♪ BOUNDLESS
AS OCEAN'S TIDE ♪ ♪ ROLLING
IN FULLEST PRIDE, ♪ ♪ THROUGH THE WORLD
FAR AND WIDE, ♪ ♪ LET THERE BE LIGHT! ♪ LET THERE BE LIGHT! ♪ LET THERE BE LIGHT! ♪♪ ♪ LET THERE BE LIGHT! ♪♪ ♪ LET THERE BE LIGHT! ♪ ♪♪ ♪ I'VE GOT PEACE
LIKE A RIVER, ♪ ♪ I'VE GOT PEACE
LIKE A RIVER, ♪ ♪ I'VE GOT PEACE
LIKE A RIVER IN MY SOUL. ♪ ♪ I'VE GOT PEACE
LIKE A RIVER, ♪ ♪ I'VE GOT PEACE
LIKE A RIVER, ♪ ♪ I'VE GOT PEACE
LIKE A RIVER IN MY SOUL. ♪ ♪♪ ♪ I'VE GOT FAITH
LIKE A RIVER, ♪ ♪ I'VE GOT FAITH
LIKE A RIVER, ♪ ♪ I'VE GOT FAITH
LIKE A RIVER IN MY SOUL. ♪ ♪ I'VE GOT FAITH
LIKE A RIVER, ♪ ♪ I'VE GOT FAITH
LIKE A RIVER, ♪ ♪ I'VE GOT FAITH
LIKE A RIVER IN MY SOUL. ♪ ♪ I'VE GOT HOPE
LIKE A RIVER, ♪ ♪ I'VE GOT HOPE
LIKE A RIVER, ♪ ♪ I'VE GOT HOPE
LIKE A RIVER IN MY SOUL, ♪ ♪ I'VE GOT HOPE
LIKE A RIVER, ♪ ♪ I'VE GOT HOPE
LIKE A RIVER, ♪ ♪ I'VE GOT HOPE
LIKE A RIVER IN MY SOUL, ♪ ♪♪ ♪ I'VE GOT LOVE
LIKE A RIVER, ♪ ♪ I'VE GOT LOVE
LIKE A RIVER, ♪ ♪ I'VE GOT LOVE
LIKE A RIVER IN MY SOUL. ♪ ♪ I'VE GOT LOVE
LIKE A RIVER, ♪ ♪ I'VE GOT LOVE
LIKE A RIVER, ♪ ♪ I'VE GOT LOVE
LIKE A RIVER IN MY SOUL. ♪ ♪♪ ♪ I'VE GOT FAITH
LIKE A RIVER, ♪ ♪ I'VE GOT HOPE
LIKE A RIVER, ♪ ♪ I'VE GOT LOVE
LIKE A RIVER IN MY SOUL ♪ ♪♪ ♪ IN MY SOUL. ♪♪ ♪ PEACE IN MY SOUL. ♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ THE HILLS
ARE ALIVE ♪ ♪ WITH THE SOUND
OF MUSIC ♪ ♪ WITH SONGS
THEY HAVE SUNG ♪ ♪ FOR A THOUSAND
YEARS ♪ ♪ THE HILLS
FILL MY HEART ♪ ♪ WITH THE SOUND
OF MUSIC ♪ ♪ MY HEART
WANTS TO SING ♪ ♪ EV'RY SONG
IT HEARS ♪ ♪ MY HEART
WANTS TO BEAT ♪ ♪ LIKE THE WINGS
OF THE BIRDS THAT RISE ♪ ♪ FROM THE LAKE
TO THE TREES ♪ ♪ MY HEART WANTS TO SIGH
LIKE A CHIME THAT FLIES ♪ ♪ FROM A CHURCH
ON A BREEZE ♪ ♪ TO LAUGH
LIKE A BROOK ♪ WHEN IT TRIPS
AND FALLS ♪ ♪ OVER STONES
ON ITS WAY ♪ ♪ TO SING THROUGH
THE NIGHT ♪ ♪ LIKE A LARK
WHO IS LEARNING TO PRAY ♪ ♪ I GO TO THE HILLS
WHEN MY HEART IS LONELY ♪ ♪ I KNOW I WILL HEAR
WHAT I'VE HEARD BEFORE ♪ ♪ MY HEART
WILL BE BLESSED ♪ ♪ WITH THE
SOUND OF MUSIC ♪ ♪ AND I'LL SING, ♪ AND I'LL SING, ♪ AND I'LL SING,
ONCE MORE ♪ ♪♪ ♪ MY HEART
WILL BE BLESSED ♪ ♪ WITH THE SOUND
OF MUSIC ♪ ♪ AND I'LL SING ♪ AND I'LL SING ♪ AND I'LL SING
ONCE MORE. ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ >> NOT LONG AGO, PEOPLE ACROSS THE COUNTRY PUT THEIR LIVES ON HOLD FOR A FEW MINUTES, GATHERED WITH FRIENDS AND STRANGERS, AND GAZED INTO THE HEAVENS TO SEE SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS HERE ONLY EVERY FEW DECADES-- A TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE. THE MOON PASSED BETWEEN THE EARTH AND THE SUN IN THE NORTH AMERICAN SKY. FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF SOME OBSERVERS, THE SUN WAS COMPLETELY ECLIPSED, AND DAY TURNED TO NIGHT FOR A BRIEF, STUNNING MOMENT. WHAT WAS IT THAT MADE THE ECLIPSE SUCH A POWERFUL EXPERIENCE FOR THOSE WHO WITNESSED IT? FOR SOME, IT SERVED AS A REMINDER OF HOW TRULY BEAUTIFUL THE HEAVENS ARE. SUN UP, SUN DOWN, DAY IN, AND DAY OUT--WE DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT IT, BUT THE UNIVERSE FUNCTIONS LIKE CLOCKWORK. PERHAPS IT TAKES SOMETHING LIKE AN ECLIPSE FOR US TO EVEN NOTICE THESE REMARKABLE, HEAVENLY SPHERES. BUT THE SUN AND THE MOON, THE EARTH AND THE STARS CONTINUE TO SHINE AND ROTATE AND MOVE THROUGHOUT SPACE. THIS TRULY IS AN ASTONISHING UNIVERSE. BUT THEN, AT LEAST PART OF THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS EVENT CAME NOT FROM WHAT WE SAW IN THE SKY BUT WHAT WE SAW AROUND US. SOMETHING WONDERFUL HAPPENS WHEN WE GATHER TO EXPERIENCE SOMETHING SUBLIME AND TRANSCENDENT TOGETHER. OUR SIGHTS AND OUR THOUGHTS ARE LIFTED BEYOND THE HERE AND NOW, BEYOND THE BARRIERS THAT DIVIDE US. WE ARE REMINDED THAT WE ALL LIVE AND BREATHE ON THE SAME MAGNIFICENT PLANET, WITH PLENTY OF COMMON EXPERIENCES THAT BIND US TOGETHER. JUST AS WE DON'T APPRECIATE THE SUN UNTIL IT'S GONE FOR A MOMENT, WE SOMETIMES DON'T REALLY APPRECIATE OUR LOVED ONES, OUR HEALTH AND OUR BLESSINGS, OUR NEIGHBORS AND COMMUNITIES, UNTIL SOMETHING CHANGES. THE RECENT ECLIPSE GAVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO REFLECT ON THIS BEAUTIFUL UNIVERSE, THE PEOPLE IN IT, AND OUR SHARED HUMANITY. BUT LET'S NOT WAIT ANOTHER SEVERAL DECADES FOR THE NEXT OPPORTUNITY. WE CAN LOOK UP TO HEAVEN AND LOOK TO EACH OTHER A LITTLE MORE AND GLORY IN OUR WONDERFUL WORLD AND THE PEOPLE IN IT. AMAZING THINGS CAN HAPPEN IN THE HEAVENS AND IN OUR HEARTS IF WE LOOK FOR THEM. ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ 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: ♪ RAISE 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 ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ ALL CREATURES
OF OUR GOD AND KING, ♪ ♪ LIFT UP YOUR VOICE
AND WITH US SING, ♪ ♪ ALLELUIA! ♪ ALLELUIA! ♪ THOU BURNING SUN
WITH GOLDEN BEAM, ♪ ♪ THOU SILVER MOON
WITH SOFTER GLEAM, ♪ ♪ ALLELUIA! ♪ ALLELUIA! ♪ ALLELUIA! ♪ OH, PRAISE HIM! ♪ ALLELUIA! ♪♪ ♪ THOU RUSHING WIND
THAT ART SO STRONG, ♪ ♪ YE CLOUDS THAT SAIL
IN HEAV'N ALONG, ♪ ♪ ALLELUIA! ♪ ALLELUIA! ♪ THOU RISING MORN,
IN PRAISE REJOICE; ♪ ♪ YE LIGHT OF EVENING,
FIND A VOICE, ♪ ♪ ALLELUIA! ♪ ALLELUIA! ♪ ALLELUIA! ♪ OH, PRAISE HIM! ♪ ALLELUIA! ♪♪ ♪ THOU FLOWING WATER
PURE AND CLEAR, ♪ ♪ MAKE MUSIC FOR THY LORD
TO HEAR, ♪ ♪ ALLELUIA! ♪ ALLELUIA! ♪ THOU FIRE SO MASTERFUL
AND BRIGHT, ♪ ♪ THAT GIVES TO MAN
BOTH WARMTH AND LIGHT, ♪ ♪ ALLELUIA! ♪ ALLELUIA! ♪ ALLELUIA! ♪ OH, PRAISE HIM! ♪ ALLELUIA! ♪♪ ♪ DEAR MOTHER EARTH,
WHO DAY BY DAY ♪ ♪ UNFOLDEST BLESSINGS
ON OUR WAY, ♪ ♪ ALLELUIA! ♪ ALLELUIA! ♪ THE FLOW'RS AND FRUIT
THAT IN THEE GROW, ♪ ♪ LET THEM HIS GLORY
ALSO SHOW, ♪ ♪ ALLELUIA! ♪ ALLELUIA! ♪ ALLELUIA! ♪ OH, PRAISE HIM! ♪ ALLELUIA! ♪♪ ♪ ALLELUIA! ♪ OH PRAISE HIM! ♪ ALLELUIA! ♪ ALLELUIA! ♪ ♪♪ >> TODAY'S PERFORMANCE CONTINUES THE 89TH YEAR OF THIS HISTORIC PROGRAM. PLEASE JOIN US NEXT TIME FOR <i>MUSIC AND THE SPOKEN WORD</i>. 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
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