Mormon Tabernacle Choir "Redeemer of Israel"

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The Mormon Tabernacle Choir sings "Redeemer of Israel" during the Saturday morning session of the 178th Semiannual General Conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints held at the Conference Center in downtown Salt Lake City, Utah in October 2008.

"Redeemer of Israel" Hymn #6

1. Redeemer of Israel,
Our only delight,
On whom for a blessing we call,
Our shadow by day
And our pillar by night,
Our King, our Delivrer, our all!

2. We know he is coming
To gather his sheep
And lead them to Zion in love,
For why in the valley
Of death should they weep
Or in the lone wilderness rove?

3. How long we have wandered
As strangers in sin
And cried in the desert for thee!
Our foes have rejoiced
When our sorrows theyve seen,
But Israel will shortly be free.

4. As children of Zion,
Good tidings for us.
The tokens already appear.
Fear not, and be just,
For the kingdom is ours.
The hour of redemption is near.

5. Restore, my dear Savior,
The light of thy face;
Thy soul-cheering comfort impart;
And let the sweet longing
For thy holy place
Bring hope to my desolate heart.

6. He looks! and ten thousands
Of angels rejoice,
And myriads wait for his word;
He speaks! and eternity,
Filled with his voice,
Re-echoes the praise of the Lord.

Text: William W. Phelps, 1792-1872; adapted from Joseph Swain, 1761-1796. Included in the first LDS hymnbook, 1835.

Music: Freeman Lewis, 1780-1859

Relevant Scriptures: Exodus 13:21-22, 1 Nephi 22:12

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[legguar]

Very moving, beauty doesn’t even begin to describe this.

[DefendingMormonism]

@legguar Experiencing them live is amazing.

[spe07012]

What a fabulous spirit of love that comes when they sing.

[DefendingMormonism]

@spe07012 I feel the same way. God bless.

[CallieAlways2010]

I'm so proud to be Mormon and I love my religion

[DefendingMormonism]

@CallieAlways2010 Me too!

[JesseVictors]

How in the world does this have only 26,500 views?

[seomike07]

@RestoChristian - The Gathering is the most important idea of the restoration it is what saves the saints from the destruction of the last days. Rev:18:4, says come out of her, so we don't partake of her sins or her plague. D&C 64:24 says I will spare NONE that remain in Babylon. This is why we sing O Babylon we bid thee farewell... It's always disbelief that kills a pure religion, we've redefined Zion to a "state of mind" even though our own scriptures and Articles of Faith 10 state otherwise.

[seomike07]

@RestoChristian - You do it from one physical location because that is how the Master of the Vineyard ordered it done. Jacob 5. The servants are to go into the vineyard, find the natural branches that were grafted into the wild trees, pluck them out, then graft them back into the tame tree (ZION) and remove any of the spare wild branches that were grafted in to make room for them. What we're doing is leaving the branches in the wild trees and building temples/meeting houses in those same trees.

[RestoChristian]

@seomike07 Babalyon and Zion are not necessarily physical locations. The kingdom exists wherever the stakes of Zion are found. It is our task to prepare the world for his second coming. How can we do this from only one physical location? The literal gathering of Israel is occuring wherever we have operating temples; make no mistake that the tribes are being gathered...literally.

[KAtherine938]

I Love the God of Israel, my savior!

[yofavcracka]

Leaving on my mission on Nov 16th! woo!

[tzup85]

wow

[PierzStyx]

@seomike07 Look up the article "Building Zion" in the Sept 1977 Liahona and a similar article in the May 1977 Ensign.