The document is a hymn with multiple verses praising prophets of God and the Book of Mormon. It celebrates bringing forth God's word and gathering the righteous before the millennium.
The document is a hymn with multiple verses praising prophets of God and the Book of Mormon. It celebrates bringing forth God's word and gathering the righteous before the millennium.
The document is a hymn with multiple verses praising prophets of God and the Book of Mormon. It celebrates bringing forth God's word and gathering the righteous before the millennium.
The document is a hymn with multiple verses praising prophets of God and the Book of Mormon. It celebrates bringing forth God's word and gathering the righteous before the millennium.
& b 44 œ œ œ œ . œ œ œœ # ˙˙ œ. œ ˙ ⌜ ⌝ nœ. œ œ œ œ. œ ˙ 1. Now we’ll sing with one ac - cord, For a proph - et of the Lord, 2. And an an - gel sure - ly then, For a bless - ing un - to men, 3. And the Book of Mor - mon true, With its cov - ’nant ev - er new,
n œœ .. œœ œ œ 4. Pre - cious are the years to come, While the righ - teous gath - er home
? b b 44 œ œ œ œ . œ œ œœ œ ˙˙ œœ .. œœ ˙ J œ œ J ˙ b &b œ œ œœ ˙˙ œ . œj œ œ j œ œ œ. œ nœ. œ œ œ œ . œ nœ œ ˙ . Bring - ing forth his pre - cious word, Cheers the Saints as an - cient - ly. Brought the priest - hood back a - gain In its an - cient pu - ri - ty. For the Gen - tile and the Jew, He trans - lat - ed sa - cred - ly.
œ œ. œ ˙ For the great mil - len - ni - um, When they’ll rest in bless - ed - ness.
? b b œ œ œ œ . œ œ œœ ˙ œœ . œœ œœ ˙ . nœ œ. œ ˙ J J b j j & b œœ .. œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ . œ ˙˙ œœ .. b œœ b œœ œœ œœ n œœ . n œ ˙˙ When the world in dark - ness lay, Lo! he sought the bet - ter way, E - ven Jo - seph he in - spired; Yea, his heart he tru - ly fired God’s com-mand-ments to man - kind, For be - liev - ing Saints de - signed,
. ? b b œœ . Jœœ œ œ œœ œœ n œœ .. œœ œ œ n œ œ ˙ Pru - dent in this world of woes, They will tri - umph o’er their foes, ˙ œ œ J
b b ⌜œ . œj œ œ œ . œj œ œ b œ œœ n œœ œœ œ ˙ ⌝ & œ. œ œ œ #œ. œ œ œ bœ ˙ œ #œ And he heard the Sav - ior say, “Go and prune my vine - yard, son!” With the light that he de - sired For the work of righ - teous - ness. And to bless the seek - ing mind, Came to him from Je - sus Christ.
œ . œ œ˙ œ œ œ œœ bb œœ n œœ œœ ˙ While the realm of Zi - on grows Pur - er for e - ter - ni - ty.
? b b œœ .. # œœ œœ œœ œ. œ œ nœ J J ˙ Text: William W. Phelps, 1792–1872. Doctrine and Covenants 135:3 Music: Joseph J. Daynes 1851–1920 Moses 7:62, 67
