In our Lovely Deseret

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Hymns and the Topical Guide


Last week I shared our "super short and sweet" FHE lesson which was just each of us finding a scripture in the Topical Guide to read. We've done that often, and usually make it last a little longer. I was reminded of one of my favorite of these types of lessons when hymn #307 came up in the rotation to sing before family prayer one night last week. I loved singing this song when I was a girl in Primary, but it's not one that's sung often anymore. We sang it with the kids one night, and then each of us took a verse and found scriptural backup to share. It was a lot of fun. Look at all the amazing principles taught in this one song!


In Our Lovely Deseret by Eliza R. Snow


1. In our lovely Deseret,
Where the Saints of God have met,
There’s a multitude of children all around.
They are generous and brave;
They have precious souls to save;
They must listen and obey the gospel’s sound.

2. That the children may live long
And be beautiful and strong,
Tea and coffee and tobacco they despise,
Drink no liquor, and they eat
But a very little meat;
They are seeking to be great and good and wise.

3. They should be instructed young
How to watch and guard the tongue,
And their tempers train and evil passions bind;
They should always be polite,
And treat ev’rybody right,
And in ev’ry place be affable and kind.

4. They must not forget to pray,
Night and morning ev’ry day,
For the Lord to keep them safe from ev’ry ill,
And assist them to do right,
That with all their mind and might
They may love him and may learn to do his will.

Chorus: Hark! Hark! Hark! ’tis children’s music—
Children’s voices, oh, how sweet,
When in innocence and love,
Like the angels up above,
They with happy hearts and cheerful faces meet.

Comments

Beckstrand7 said…
Tell me about that "hymn rotation" thing...sounds interesting!