1. O how lovely was the morning!
Radiant beamed the sun above.
Bees were humming, sweet birds singing,
music ringing through the grove,
When within the shady woodland
Joseph sought the God of love,
When within the shady woodland
Joseph sought the God of love.
2. Humbly kneeling sweet appealing
‘twas the boy’s first uttered prayer
when the pow’rs of sin assailing
filled his soul with deep despair;
But undaunted still he trusted
in his Heav’nly Father’s care.
But undaunted still he trusted
in his Heav’nly Father’s care.
3. Suddenly a light descended,
brighter far than noon day sun,
and a shining glorious pillar
o’er him fell, around him shone,
While appeared two heav’nly beings,
God the Father and the Son.
While appeared two heav’nly beings,
God the Father and the Son.
4. “Joseph, this is my beloved,
Hear Him.” oh how sweet the word,
Joseph’s humble prayer was answered,
and he listened to the Lord.
O what rapture filled his bosom,
for he saw the living God.
O what rapture filed his bosom
for he saw the living God.
Joseph saw the living God.
Words: George Manwaring
“O My Father” by James McGranahan; “Joseph Smith’s First Prayer” by Sylvanus Billings Pond; arr. Beth Emmers
Copyright 2015 Beth Emmers. This work may be copied for incidental, noncommercial church or home use.