Tuesday, February 20, 2007

Ah... the Eternities...

We sang this Hymn Sunday.
It's one of my favorites and if I was to pass away tomorrow I'd want it sung at my grave side service - becasue it speaks of the mysteries of God and lists the things that have no end...
...and it just gives you an awesome vibe, when you stand and sing it with a friend...


It's called:
"If you Could Hie to Kolob "
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1. If you could hie to Kolob
In the twinkling of an eye,
And then continue onward
With that same speed to fly,
Do you think that you could ever,
Through all eternity,
Find out the generation
Where Gods began to be?
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2. Or see the grand beginning,
Where space did not extend?
Or view the last creation,
Where Gods and matter end?
Methinks the Spirit whispers,
"No man has found 'pure space,'
Nor seen the outside curtains,
Where nothing has a place."
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3. The works of God continue,
And worlds and lives abound;
Improvement and progression
Have one eternal round.
There is no end to matter;
There is no end to space;
There is no end to spirit;
There is no end to race.
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4. There is no end to virtue;
There is no end to might;
There is no end to wisdom;
There is no end to light.
There is no end to union;
There is no end to youth;
There is no end to priesthood;
There is no end to truth.
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5. There is no end to glory;
There is no end to love;
There is no end to being;
There is no death above.
There is no end to glory;
There is no end to love;
There is no end to being;
There is no death above.
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Text: William W. Phelps, 1792-1872

3 comments:

Burfica said...

that sounds beautiful I wish I could hear the music that went with it.

Dorko said...

I've got an instrumental version of it loaded up in the Mac Lab. (from a CD called Enoch Train)
Next time I'm over there I'll try to hook you up with an e-mail.... meanwhile, you might try going here:
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Canadian flake said...

I agree with fica...and the words alone are also very moving

1 Corinthians 12:31

... covet earnestly the best gifts: and yet shew I unto you a more excellent way.