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♪ GENTLY RAISE THE SACRED STRAIN, ♪
♪ FOR THE SABBATH'S COME AGAIN ♪
♪ THAT MAN MAY REST, THAT MAN MAY REST. ♪♪
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>> LLOYD NEWELL: FROM HISTORIC
TEMPLE SQUARE IN
SALT LAKE CITY, WE WELCOME
YOU TO MUSIC & THE
SPOKEN WORD WITH
THE TABERNACLE CHOIR AND
ORCHESTRA AT TEMPLE SQUARE.
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>> CONDUCTING TODAY'S PROGRAM
IS MACK WILBERG,
WITH ORGANIST BRIAN MATHIAS,
AND THE SPOKEN WORD BY
LLOYD NEWELL.
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♪ MORNING HAS BROKEN LIKE THE FIRST MORNING; ♪
♪ BLACKBIRD HAS SPOKEN LIKE THE FIRST BIRD. ♪
♪ PRAISE FOR THE SINGING! ♪
♪ PRAISE FOR THE MORNING! ♪
♪ PRAISE FOR THEM, SPRINGING FRESH FROM THE WORD! ♪
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♪ SWEET THE RAIN'S NEW FALL SUNLIT FROM HEAVEN, ♪
♪ LIKE THE FIRST DEWFALL ON THE FIRST GRASS. ♪
♪ PRAISE FOR THE SWEETNESS OF THE WET GARDEN, ♪
♪ SPRUNG IN COMPLETENESS WHERE HIS FEET PASS. ♪
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♪ MINE IS THE SUNLIGHT! ♪
♪ MINE IS THE MORNING ♪
♪ BORN OF THE ONE LIGHT EDEN SAW PLAY! ♪
♪ PRAISE WITH ELATION, ♪
♪ PRAISE EV'RY MORNING, ♪
♪ GOD'S RECREATION OF THE NEW DAY! ♪
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♪ PRAISE WITH ELATION, ♪
♪ PRAISE WITH THE MORNING, ♪
♪ GOD'S RECREATION OF THE NEW DAY! ♪♪
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♪ LEAD, KINDLY LIGHT AMID TH'EN-CIRCLING GLOOM; ♪
♪ LEAD THOU ME ON!
♪ THE NIGHT IS DARK, AND I AM FAR FROM HOME; ♪
♪ LEAD THOU ME ON!
♪ KEEP THOU MY FEET, I DO NOT ASK TO SEE. ♪
♪ THE DISTANT SCENE, ONE STEP ENOUGH FOR ME. ♪
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♪ I WAS NOT EVER THUS, NOR PRAY'D THAT THOU ♪
♪ SHOULDST LEAD ME ON.
♪ I LOVED TO CHOOSE AND SEE MY PATH BUT NOW, ♪
♪ LEAD THOU ME ON!
♪ I LOVED THE GARISH DAY, AND, SPITE OF FEARS, ♪
♪ PRIDE RULED MY WILL. REMEMBER NOT PAST YEARS. ♪
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♪ SO LONG THY POW'R HATH BLEST ME SURE IT STILL ♪
♪ WILL LEAD ME ON
♪ O'RE MOOR AND FEN, O'RE CRAG AND TORRENT, TILL ♪
♪ THE NIGHT IS GONE.
♪ AND WITH THE MORN, THOSE ANGELIC FACES SMILE, ♪
♪ WHICH I HAVE LOVED LONG SINCE, AND LOST AWHILE! ♪
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♪ LEAD THOU ME ON!
♪ LEAD THOU ME ON!
♪ LEAD THOU ME ON! ♪
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♪ HAPPY, AND BLEST ARE THEY WHO HAVE ENDURED, HAVE ENDURED ♪
♪ HAPPY, AND BLEST ARE THEY WHO HAVE ENDURED, ♪
♪ ARE THEY WHO HAVE ENDURED ♪
♪ HAPPY, AND BLEST ARE THEY WHO HAVE ENDURED, ♪
♪ YEA, BLEST ARE THEY WHO HAVE ENDURED. ♪
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♪ FOR THOUGH THE BODY DIES, THE SOUL SHALL LIVE FOREVER, ♪
♪ FOR THOUGH THE BODY DIES, THE SOUL SHALL LIVE FOREVER ♪
♪ THE SOUL, THE SOUL SHALL LIVE FOREVER. ♪
♪ O BLEST, ARE THEY WHO HAVE ENDURED, WHO HAVE ENDURED ♪
♪ O BLEST AND HAPPY THEY O BLEST AND HAPPY THEY ♪
♪ YEA, BLEST ARE THEY WHO HAVE ENDURED, ♪
♪ O HAPPY THEY WHO HAVE ENDURED, ♪
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♪ FOR THOUGH THE BODY DIES, THE SOUL SHALL LIVE FOREVER. ♪♪
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♪ WHO WILL BUY THIS WONDERFUL MORNING? ♪
♪ SUCH A SKY YOU NEVER DID SEE. ♪
♪ WHO WILL TIE IT UP WITH A RIBBON ♪
♪ AND PUT IT IN A BOX FOR ME? ♪
♪ SO I COULD SEE IT AT MY LEISURE ♪
♪ WHENEVER THINGS GO WRONG, ♪
♪ AND I WOULD KEEP IT AS A TREASURE. ♪
♪ TO LAST MY WHOLE LIFE LONG. ♪
♪ WHO WILL BUY THIS WONDERFUL FEELING? ♪
♪ I'M SO HIGH, I SWEAR I COULD FLY. ♪
♪ ME, OH MY, I DON'T WANT TO LOSE IT. ♪
♪ SO WHAT AM I TO DO, TO KEEP THE SKY SO BLUE? ♪
♪ THERE MUST BE SOMEONE WHO WILL BUY ♪
♪ WHO WILL BUY.
♪ WHO WILL BUY.
♪ WHO W WILL BUY THIS WONDERFUL MORNING? ♪
♪ SUCH A SKY YOU NEVER DID SEE. ♪
♪ WHO WILL TIE IT UP WITH A RIBBON, ♪
♪ AND PUT IT IN A BOX FOR ME. ♪
♪ SO I COULD SEE IT AT MY "LEH-SURE" ♪
♪ WHENEVER THINGS GO WRONG. ♪
♪ AND I WOULD KEEP IT AS A TREASURE ♪
♪ TO LAST MY WHOLE LIFE LONG. ♪
♪ WHO WILL BUY THIS WONDERFUL FEELING? ♪
♪ I'M SO HIGH, I SWEAR I COULD FLY. ♪
♪ ME, OH MY, I DON'T WANT TO LOSE IT. ♪
♪ THERE MUST BE SOMEONE WHO WILL BUY, ♪
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♪ THERE'LL NEVER BE A DAY SO SUNNY, ♪
♪ IT COULD NOT HAPPEN TWICE. ♪
♪ WHERE IS THE MAN WITH ALL THE MONEY? ♪
♪ IT'S CHEAP AT HALF THE PRICE. ♪
♪ WHO WILL BUY THIS WONDERFUL FEELING? ♪
♪ I'M SO HIGH, I SWEAR I COULD FLY. ♪
♪ ME, OH MY, I DON'T WANT TO LOSE IT! ♪
♪ SO, WHAT AM I TO DO TO KEEP THE SKY SO BLUE? ♪
♪ THERE MUST BE SOMEONE WHO WILL, ♪
♪ WHO WILL BUY.
♪ WHO WILL BUY.
♪ WHO WILL BUY?
♪ WHO WILL BUY? ♪
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>> LLOYD D. NEWELL:
WE LIVE IN A WORLD THAT
SEEMS OBSESSED WITH
POWER--POLITICAL POWER,
MILITARY POWER,
EARNING POWER.
POPULAR MOVIES EVEN IMAGINE
SUPERHUMAN POWERS.
FEW OF US, IF ANY, EXPERIENCE
MUCH OF THOSE POWERS.
BUT THERE IS A POWER THAT WE
CAN ALL HAVE, AND IT'S THE
MOST IMPORTANT AND MOST
LASTING POWER IN THE WORLD.
IT IS THE POWER TO INFLUENCE
OTHERS FOR GOOD.
THINK OF THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE
HELPED SHAPE YOUR LIFE AND
YOUR OUTLOOK.
THINK OF THE TEACHERS,
ROLE MODELS, AND FRIENDS WHO
HELPED YOU BECOME THE PERSON
YOU ARE TODAY.
FOR MANY TALENTED FLUTISTS,
THE PERSON THEY THINK OF IS
MYRNA BROWN OF DENTON, TEXAS.
MYRNA WAS AN OUTSTANDING
FLUTIST WHO PERFORMED IN
WELL-KNOWN ORCHESTRAS.
BUT HER POWERFUL INFLUENCE
WAS FELT MOST STRONGLY BY HER
FIVE CHILDREN AND THE MANY
ASPIRING MUSICIANS SHE TAUGHT
OVER THE YEARS.
AND HER INFLUENCE EXTENDED
AROUND THE WORLD, AS MYRNA
SERVED FOR MORE THAN A
DOZEN YEARS AS THE EXECUTIVE
COORDINATOR FOR THE
NATIONAL FLUTE ASSOCIATION,
WHICH NOW HAS THOUSANDS OF
MEMBERS FROM MORE THAN
50 COUNTRIES.
ONE OF HER FORMER STUDENTS
DESCRIBED FEELING NERVOUS
BEFORE HER FIRST LESSON,
BUT WHEN SHE MET MYRNA,
SHE SAID, "MY NERVOUSNESS
DISAPPEARED."
"MY NEW SOFT-SPOKEN TEACHER
INTRODUCED ME TO THE MANY
DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF THE
FLUTE DISCIPLINE," SHE SAID.
"BUT MOST OF ALL, SHE TAUGHT
ME TO FIND CONFIDENCE WITHIN
MYSELF."
THAT'S POWER.
FOR MYRNA, THE FLUTE WAS THE
MEANS, BUT THE METHOD WAS HER
HEART--HELPING OTHERS WITH
GENTLENESS AND LOVE.
ONE OF THOSE WHOM MYRNA
INFLUENCED IS
JEANNINE GOECKERITZ, NOW
PRINCIPAL FLUTIST IN THE
ORCHESTRA AT TEMPLE SQUARE.
JEANNINE, LIKE HER MENTOR,
LOOKS FOR WAYS TO INFLUENCE
OTHERS WITH HER MUSIC.
"TO ME, THE FLUTE REPRESENTS
MORE THAN BEAUTIFUL MUSIC.
IT REPRESENTS AN OPPORTUNITY
TO BLESS SOMEONE'S LIFE--TO
BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER, TO
LIFT THEM, MAYBE EVEN TO HEAL
A WOUNDED HEART.
THAT'S WHAT MYRNA BROWN DID
FOR MANY PEOPLE, AND I HOPE I
CAN DO THAT TOO."
THE MUSIC OF THE FLUTE IS ONE
OF THE OLDEST AND MOST
BEAUTIFUL SOUNDS IN
MUSICAL HISTORY, BUT THE MOST
BEAUTIFUL MUSIC OF ALL IS THE
KIND WE CREATE WHEN WE GIVE
OF OURSELVES TO INFLUENCE OTHERS
FOR GOOD.
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♪ MY GOD, MY PORTION, AND MY LOVE, ♪
♪ MY EVERLASTING ALL,
♪ I'VE NONE BUT THEE IN HEAV'N ABOVE, ♪
♪ OR ON THIS EARTHLY BALL. ♪
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♪ WHAT EMPTY THINGS ARE ALL THE SKIES, ♪
♪ AND THIS INFERIOR CLOD!
♪ THERE'S NOTHING HERE DESERVES MY JOYS, ♪
♪ THERE'S NOTHING LIKE MY GOD. ♪
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♪ IN VAIN THE BRIGHT, THE BURNING SUN, ♪
♪ SCATTERS HIS FEEBLE LIGHT; ♪
♪ 'TIS THY SWEET BEAMS CREATE MY NOON; ♪
♪ IF THOU WITHDRAW, 'TIS NIGHT. ♪
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♪ LET ALL THAT DWELL ABOVE THE SKY, ♪
♪ AND AIR, AND EARTH, AND SEAS, ♪
♪ CONSPIRE TO LIFT THY GLORIES HIGH ♪
♪ AND SPEAK THINE ENDLESS PRAISE. ♪
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♪ THE WHOLE CREATION, JOIN IN ONE, ♪
♪ TO BLESS THE SACRED NAME, ♪
♪ OF HIM THAT SITS UPON THE THRONE, ♪
♪ AND TO ADORE THE LAMB! ♪
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♪ OF HIM THAT SITS UPON THE THRONE, ♪
♪ AND TO ADORE, AND TO ADORE, ♪
♪ AND TO ADORE THE LAMB! ♪
♪ ADORE THE LAMB! ♪
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>> WITH EACH PERFORMANCE THIS
YEAR WE CELEBRATE 90 YEARS 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.
♪ 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. ♪♪
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