I remember singing this song in my youth, but something that happened at the Alhambra Ward Early Morning Seminary class during my senior year sticks with me. We were studying Lehi's Dream in 1 Nephi 8 and President Teddy M. Waters (East Los Angeles Stake President and my seminary teacher) asked what the iron rod represented. I raised my hand and answered "the word of God". He was impressed and asked how I knew that since we hadn't read the interpretation of Lehi's Dream yet. I replied, "Because of the song about the iron rod. It says 'the iron rod is the word of God'." Thanks to this hymn, I knew the answer!
I like the tune and words to this hymn. I especially like it when congregations sings all five verses so that the full message is presented and sung.
As a side note, I have been collecting pictures from the Ensign magazine since 1996 about Lehi's Dream. I have a notebook with all I've collected. So far, there are about 30 different pictures by LDS artists in my collection!
"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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