#286 "Oh, What Songs of the Heart"

I wasn't familiar with this hymn until our ward choir director asked the choir to learn it back in January 1998.  I have notes in my personal hymnal that the choir sang it on January 11, 1998.  The choir director wanted us to learn it so that we could help the congregation learn it and sing it at a later date.  I don't really remember singing it with the choir, but I remember singing it as a member of the congregation in March of 1998.  Why would I remember that kind of detail?  My first husband, Mike Ramsey, died on February 23, 1998.  When the congregation sang this hymn in March, the words really touched my heart.  Verse two has the following words:  "Tho our rapture and bliss there's no song can express, We will shout, we will sing o'er and o'er, As we greet with a kiss, And with joy we caress all our loved ones that passes on before."  These words really touched me when we sang them that day.  I remember having tears fall down my cheeks and that I had a difficult time singing the song.