A message from Elder John Thurber:
Sabbath Vespers – November 7, 2014
As the Sabbath hours come to us an hour earlier this week, I want to turn our thoughts to heaven and some of the wonders that we will someday find there. One of the best things that I look forward to is the music that we will be privileged to hear for the first time from all the heavenly hosts. We are told in Revelation 5:11,12 – “And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne and the beasts and the elders: and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands; Saying with a loud voice, ‘Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing.” That will be such a thrilling sound to hear!
Let’s sing together:
“There is singing up in heaven such as we have never known,
Where the angels sing the praises of the Lamb upon the throne;
Their sweet harps are ever tuneful and their voices always clear,
O that we might be more like them while we serve the Master here!
(Chorus) Holy, holy, is what the angels sing,
And I expect to help them make the courts of heaven ring;
But when I sing redemption’s story, they will fold their wings.
For angels never felt the joys that our salvation brings.
So, although I’m not an angel, yet I know that over there
I will join a blessed chorus that the angels cannot share;
I will sing about my Saviour, who upon dark Calvary
Freely pardoned my transgressions, died to set a sinner free.”
Happy Sabbath to you all! Keep a song on your heart all the time in praise to Him who brings us life eternal.