#119 "Come, We That Love the Lord"

This is a short hymn with a nice message.  T.T. Noble has a "free organ accompaniment" to this hymn tune.  I've never used it, but I learned about "free organ accompaniments" at the BYU Music Workshop several years ago.  Back in February of this year, I was asked to play the organ at the memorial service for Rachel Taggart, daughter of Melanie Crandall, who is the daughter of Bud and Lynda (now deceased) Crandall.  Rachel was just 29 years old when she died.  Melanie (her mother) asked that this hymn, "Come, We That Love the Lord", be the closing hymn.  It seemed very unusual for a hymn at a funeral/memorial service, but Melanie was adamant about it.  She told me that two Sundays before, she was at the Green Tree Ward's sacrament meeting and this song was sung.  She related to me the feelings of peace it gave her, even though she could barely get through the song without crying that particular Sunday.  The last verse is as follows: "This mighty God is ours, Our Father and our Love.  He will send down his heav'nly pow'rs To carry us above."  I think these are the words they may have helped Melanie through a very sad time in her life.