Lana Osmun Music

(Verse 1)

As we commemorate the birth of Jesus Christ

Two millennia ago

We offer our testimony

Of the reality

Of His matchless life

And the infinite virtue of His great

Atoning sacrifice

(Verse 2)

None other has had so profound an influence

Upon all who have lived

And will yet live upon the earth

He was the great Jehovah

Of the Old Testament

The Messiah of the new

(Chorus 1)

Under the direction of His

Father He was the creator

Of the earth all things were made by Him

And without Him was not any thing made that was made

Though sinless He

Was baptized to fulfill all righteousness

(Verse 3)

He went about doing good yet was despised for it

His gospel was a message

Of peace and goodwill

He entreated all to follow His example

He walked the roads of Palestine

Healing the sick

Causing the blind to see

Raising the dead

(Verse 4)

He taught the truths of eternity the reality

Of our premortal existence

The purpose of our life on earth

And the potential

For the sons and daughters

Of God in the life to come

(Chorus 2)

He instituted the sacrament as

A reminder of His great

A-toning sacrifice

He was arrested and condemned

On spurious charges

Convicted to satisfy a mob

And sentenced to die

On calvery's cross

(Verse 5)

He gave His life to atone for the sins of all mankind

His was a great vicarious gift

In behalf of all who would ever

Live upon the earth

We solemnly testify

That His life which is central to

All human history

Neither began

(Verse 6)

In Bethlehem nor concluded on Calvary

He was the first born of the father

The Only Begotten Son in the flesh

The Redeemer of the world

He rose from the grave to become

The first fruits of them that slept

(Chorus 3)

As risen Lord He visited

Among those He had loved in life

He also ministered among His other sheep

In ancient America

In the modern world

He and the father appeared

To the boy Joseph Smith

Ushering in

The long promised

Dispensation

Of the fullness of times

(slow part)

Of the living Christ

The prophet Joseph wrote

His eyes were as a flame of fire

The hair on his head

Was white like the pure snow

His countenance shown

Above the brightness of the sun

And His voice was as the sound

Of the rushing great waters even the voice

Of Jehovah saying

I am the first the last I am he

Who liveth I am he who was slain

I am your advocate

with the father

(Chorus 4)

Of him the prophet also declared and now

After the many testimonies

Which have been given of Him

This is the testimony last of all

Which we give of Him

That He lives!

(Verse 7)

For we saw Him even on the right had of God and we

Heard His voice bearing record

That He is the only

Begotten of the father

That by him and through him and of him

The worlds are and were created

And the inhabitants thereof

(Verse 8)

Are begotten sons and daughter unto God

We declare in words of solemnity

That his priesthood and his church

Have been restored upon the earth

Built upon the foundation of apostles and prophets

(Chorus 5)

Jesus Christ himself being the

Chief cornerstone we testify that

He will someday return to earth

And the glory

Of the lord shall be revealed

And all flesh shall see it together

He will rule as king of kings

And reign as lord of lords

And every knee shall bend and

Every tongue shall speak

In worship be-fore him

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Each of us will stand

To be judged of him according

To our works and the desires of our hearts

We bear testimony

As his duly ordained apostles

That Jesus is the living Christ

The immortal Son of God

He is the great king Emmanuel

Who stands today on the right hand of his father

He is the light the life and the hope

Of the world his way is the path that leads to happiness

In this life and eternal life

In the world to come

God be thanked for the matchless gift

Of his divine son,

Of his divine son