What can I say about the hymn that was sung at my husband's funeral? It was one of Mike Ramsey's favorites, so I chose it as the closing song at his funeral. I love the message of this hymn and the vocal harmonization.
I've used this hymn for stake choir in the following manner:
Verse 1: SATB
Verse 2: Soprano sings first 10 measures; add alto on measures 11-15; add tenor on measures 16-20; add bass on measures 21-25.
Verse 3: Tenor sings melody (an octave lower) and alto sings the alto line as written for measures 1-10; add soprano and bass on measures 15-25 with everyone singing their regular part as written (SATB) except that the basses sing a "C" instead of an E-flat on their last note.
Add a tag ending of the last five measures, in unison, with a ritard on measures 22-25, and tenor and bass sing their last note as written (measure 25).
This is a very effective arrangement that I have used in sacrament meeting. I didn't come up with the arrangement--it was something on an old Mormon Tabernacle Choir album that I just copied.
This hymn will always be special to me because of Mike's love of this song.
"SING * PLAY * LOVE"...My thoughts and memories as I play one hymn each day from the hymnbook of "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints" during 2012.
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