When the bishop asked me to prepare the choir to sing for ward conference on March 15, I heard one simple, quiet phrase in my mind - "Fair is the sunshine. Fairer the moonlight and all the stars in heav'n above..."
That's it... we would sing "Beautiful Savior" a children's song, a simple Silesian folk song, with lyrics written nearly 1000 years ago.
That's it... we would sing "Beautiful Savior" a children's song, a simple Silesian folk song, with lyrics written nearly 1000 years ago.
The Savior of the world was simple. He restored His gospel to a young, unschooled farm boy in upstate New York. And He spreads that gospel today to the world, not by means of learned ministers, but by worthy young missionaries.
"Thee will I honor, praise, and give glory, give praise and glory evermore!" The ward choir was angelic. They followed every crescendo, every sotto voce, every diminuendo. Elder Maughan did a beautiful job at the piano. We "became His" because we "became one."
"God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty" 1Corinthians 1:27
"God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty" 1Corinthians 1:27
4 comments:
Cool...I've always loved that song. The choir is going to miss you so much! Maybe you can come and lead my wards???
Will you PEEEEASE come to Tarma and lead a choir here? Singing in Peru is pretty grim. Congratulations on your performance.
Scott..I thought you'd never ask!
I love that song and would have LOVED to hear your choir sing it. The Tarma district choir practiced a number for the district conference and it sounded better the first time they sang it than the day of the performance. I was glad I was just the pianist.
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