My Song in the Night — New to the LDS Hymnbook

Piano & Vocal Arrangement | SATB Choir Arrangement
Songwriting is the act of baring one's soul to another in the form of words and music.

Piano & Vocal Arrangement | SATB Choir Arrangement

There is a special kind of magic that happens when music brings two people together for the first time—especially when the message of that music is as profound as the Atonement of Jesus Christ.

I began writing this song in April 2021 after discovering Elder Wirthlin’s talk, ‘Sunday Will Come.’ At the time, it had been nearly a year since Eli passed away….

By allowing Jesus to lead us, we avoid pitfalls and wrong turns. He lifts us when we fall and strengthens us when we are weak.

In short, to “always remember him” means that we do not live our lives in fear. We know that challenges, disappointments, and sorrows will come to each of us in different ways, but we also know that in the end, because of our divine Advocate, all things can be made to work together for our good

“Hold on to Me” speaks to my soul, especially those times when I am just barely hanging on…i.e. every other day! I love the prayer in the lyric for Jesus to “hold on to me” when I am barely breathing, don’t believe in myself, when the weight of expectation is too heavy, when I don’t feel worth defending and tired of pretending….hold on to me!

I am hoping the song will speak for itself. But in writing it, I tried to inspire action on the topic that I was asked to write about…”How can we come to know Jesus Christ in the scriptures so that one day, when he comes again, we will actually know him and have a close relationship with him?”

This hymn has beautiful, heartfelt lyrics and really speaks to the journey the Jaredites had and really every one of our journeys through life.

It was in that talk (In his April 1972 general conference address) that my father first read in public the words he had written of the hymn: “I Believe in Christ.” His talk was entitled The Testimony of Jesus. (At the time he was not a member of the quorum of the 12 apostles, he was serving in the first council of the 70). But shortly after that general conference talk, (later that year) he was called to the apostleship.

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