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  • Author's Testimony & Introduction--FAQS
    • Table of Contents
  • 1 His Kingdom to Prepare
  • 2 My Choice Companions
  • 3 Companions
  • 4 Companions II
  • 5 A Mother's MTC Farewell
  • 6 Who Will Dare for Christ
  • 7 To a Chosen Generation
  • 8. I Feel Such a Strangeness
  • 9. Not Me
  • 10. My Brother's Father
  • 11. Not Far Away
  • 12. Questions for Our Leaders
  • 13. Questions From Our Leaders
  • 14. The Visit
  • 15. Show and Tell
  • 16. Within Our Slumber We Will Dream
  • 17. Servants in the Shadows
  • 18. Joya Escojida/Chosen Jewel
  • 19. Las Aguas Del Senor/The Waters of the Lord
  • 20. Come Fasting to the Meeting House
  • 21. As Voices Join in Sacred Sabbath Worship
  • 22. A Child's Baptismal Day
  • 23. In Temple White
  • 24. Temple Hill
  • 25. This Precious Day
  • 26. The Translators
  • 27. I Your Husband Who Have Fallen [First Poem of The Repentance Trilogy.]
  • 28. The Wife's Song
  • 29. Remember Not Past Years
  • 30. A Priesthood Lullaby
  • 31. The Season of Our Need
  • 32. Cherished Daughter, Valiant Servant
  • 33. Daughter, Hear and Heed Your Savior's Voice
  • 34. Bird Mom
  • 35. Eric's Song
  • 36. A Wedding Song of Praise
  • 37. Testimonies to My Daughters
  • 38. Prayer for a Caring Granddaughter
  • 39. Firstborn Son and Firstborn Daughter
  • 40. Father's Day
  • 41 The Hospital
  • 42. The Children of the World
  • 43. For the Healers of the World
  • 44. Simple Heroes of Our Day
  • 45. To This World So Prone to Peril
  • 46. Somewhere
  • 47. Servant of Servants
  • 48. We Wish That You Were Here
  • 49. The Teacher
  • 50. To Protect Marriage and Family
  • 51. Earth's Unborn Children Weeping
  • 52. Prayers for the Peacekeepers
  • 53. That Patriot Dreams Will Come to Pass
  • 54. We Would Do It All Again
  • 55. So Much More
  • 56. Passage and Pilot
  • 57. Because of the Son
  • 58. Growing Up
  • 59. The Olive Leaf
  • 60. Until All Are One With Him
  • 61. Death Has Not Won, But Lost
  • 62. Call to Arms
  • 63. When All Is Done
  • 64. How Rarely Have I Come This Way
  • 65. At a Place So Very Different
  • 66. My Best Years Lie Ahead
  • 67. Sons of Zion, Jesus Calls You
  • 68. Come, Sing Your Song to Me
  • 69. May It Be Always So
  • 70. Until Safe in Heaven's Embrace
  • 71. Seek the Spirit
  • 72. Undertow
  • 73. If I Am Given Time
  • 74. Sons and Daughters, Heirs of Promise
  • 75. Wrestling for a Call
  • 76. When Everything is Ready
  • 77. One Thousand Times
  • 78. Tearful and Fearful I Prayed Through the Evening
  • 79. Tell Us, How Do Servants and Teachers Like You Come Along?
  • 80. Blessings for Beloved Servants
  • 81. Our Gayla's Free at Last
  • 82. I Am a Witness of Your Worth
  • 83. I'll Live With You Again
  • 84. Brother, Friend, and Fellow Servant
  • 85. Grieve Not for Him
  • 86. Press On From Payson's Hill
  • 87. The Righteous Live in Me
  • 88. Homecoming
  • 89. In Honor of My Friends Unseen
  • 90. [An Invitation] We Call to You
  • 91. Fellow Americans, Let Us Talk
  • 92. Brothers and Sisters, Fulfilled Together
  • 93. What We Have Lost in Our Digital Paradise
  • 94. Running Out of Time
  • 95. Ere You Hear the Sound of Battle
  • 96. 21st Century Gadiantons
  • 97 The Setting Apart
  • 98. What Do You Say?
  • 99. To a Woman of Tempered Steel
  • 100. A Correction Soon Begins
  • 101. The Quiet of the Morning
  • 102. Slippery Slope
  • 103. Stormy--We've Got to Stop Meeting Like This
  • 104. Warriors of the Mind and Soul [Poetic Process Discussion]
  • 105. He Wrote Just as He Lived
  • 106. Life Singer
  • 107. Zion's Daughter Leanore
  • 108. Does Your House of Worship Now Seem Lonely
  • 109. Crucify the "Old Man of Sin"
  • 110. We Loved Them Once
  • 111. Winter's Mothers God Holds Most Dear
  • 112. Lord, Please Forgive Us Anew
  • 113. Patriot's Faith Will Triumph Yet
  • 114. Indexing
  • 115. I Am Liberty
  • 116. The Beauty
  • 117. To Aid the Innocents Abused
  • 118. A Noble Bugler Has Returned
  • 119. The Music of the Lord
  • 120. Frog Cat
  • 121. God's Storms
  • 122. The Daughters of the Lord
  • 123. Come Back, Before Our Souls for Error Yearn
  • 124. Don't Tell Me That My Time Has Come
  • 125. From the Dust [Comes The Book of Mormon]
  • 126 To See the Sun Again
  • 127. Mourning America
  • 128. For Baby Adam
  • 129. Despedida Ansiosa/Anxious Farewell
  • 130. Between the Lines
  • 131. Will You Ever Ask the Questions
  • 132. The Days I Spent With You
  • 133. For Nelda
  • 134. The Covenant Path
  • 135. Heartland Dream
  • 136 We Sent Our Very Best
  • 137. Sisters of the Covenant, Daughters of God
  • 138 Sisters Share Their Cheerful Hearts
  • 139 God Looketh On the Heart
  • 140 What of Me?
  • 141 The Return
  • 142 Latter-day Defenders
  • 143. "Come and See, Come and Help, Come and Share"
  • 144. The Best of Father's Seed I've Known
  • 145. [Complete, but pending.]
  • 146. When the Days of Wait Are Over
  • 147. Red Kettles and Silver Bells
  • 148. Victory
  • 149. He Lacks Not Faith
  • 150. "Am I a Friend of Jesus?" [Spring 2020 Semi-Final Examination]
  • 151. Christ is Our Refuge Once Again
  • 152. Until We Kneel at Our Savior's Feet
  • 153. Where You Stand, You Should Still Lift
  • 154. No Day Shall Pass nor Night Shall Fall
  • 155. We Pray for You
  • 156. Bountiful Harvest
  • 157. A Message of Peace and Love
  • 158. Israel, Israel God Shall Save Thee
  • 159. For Those Who Wait
  • 160. Friends Who Intercede
  • 161. Young Women's "Frog Camp"
  • 162 (a). A Daughter of Zion
  • 162(b). For the Worthy Widows of Zion (A needed variation of 162)
  • 163. United for Christ
  • 164. The Challenge of a Firstborn Son
  • 165. In Honor of Grizzly Cadets
106. Life Singer
BACKGROUND

After receiving 104, I imagined a great convocation of the righteous from “the People” after the great day of Judgment. An immense gathering of innumerable tribes, stretching over millennia, and encompassing all the Earth, would serve to harmonize and integrate the faithful of common ancestry.  For the event, priesthood robes would be replaced by traditional costumes; myriad tongues for so many tribes might be spoken in addition to the shared Adamic language; the skills, and arts, and glories of each sub-group could be seen and praised.  It would be an occasion for members of different tribes, regions, and time periods to understand one another; heal mortal discord; acknowledge the perfection of Father’s Plan; and share their uniqueness. [No, I would not be present. I did not share their special heritage.  I would however, have my own special reunions of diverse composition.]

One glorious element of that event, I imagined, would be carried out by “Life Singers”—gifted individuals who were graced to create and sing to each participant their “Life Song”.  This was nothing less than a Heaven inspired anthem telling the life story of each participant in wondrous verse and harmony. My imagination inspired the following--a poor attempt in pursuit of a grander future achievement.


Life Singer

In Father’s Courts you grew and learned,
To be like Him your spirit yearned,
By proper choice, this life you earned,
All this I’ll sing to you. 
 
First fearful breath ‘neath earthly sky, 
The tears your mortal mother cried,
And in the Heavens, gladsome sighs,
God’s holy Plan renewed.
 
The little child in need of care,
The friends and loves around you there,
Their prayers you would be Father’s heir,
Those years I’ll sing to you.
 
Advances in both mind and skill,
The risks of fierce, intemperate will,
Your need for Father’s guidance still,
All this, and more, is true.
 
In sacred waters, a promise made,
Priesthood invoking Spirit’s aid,
The power of righteous choice displayed,
The childhood you outgrew.
 
The trials and risk of growth and pain,
The danger found in selfish stain,
Repentance’ gift to start again,
Your Savior’s love in view.
 
A promise made to give your all,
Acceptance of your Savior’s call,
Your fight to end your brothers’ fall,
A mission bold and true.
 
The struggle for your daily bread,
Despite all risks, you would be wed,
Your call to serve at a family’s head,
A song begun anew.
 
The queen you loved with all your heart,
A Heavenly spirit with a mortal start,
God and Man a gift impart,
A child has come to you.
 
As capstone of a righteous life,
By overcoming sin and strife,
A glory waits for man and wife,
This praise I’ll sing to you.


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AFTERWARD

I grieve that I have no art sufficient to fulfill this dream.  I have, however, been blessed to record some "free verse" life narrations. The first of those was No. 99.  The second was prepared in honor of my mortal mother, Leanore McClellan Hicks.  That piece, terribly inadequate given its supernal subject, follows in No. 107.  A second piece, No. 135, returns to that subject (too briefly) in a poem with rhyme and meter.