HYMN 228. (L. M.)
1 To Kolob now my thoughts repair,
Where God, my Father, reigns above;
My heav’nly Mother, too, is there,
And many kindred whom I love. (Joel J. Johnson, Hymns
of Praise for the Young: Selected from the Songs of Joel [Salt Lake
City: Deseret News Company, 1882], 215)
HYMN 231. (7’s.)
1. Once our Father was like us,
In a world of toil and pain;
And in tribulation, thus,
Did his exaltation gain.
2 In a city paved with gold,
Shining with celestial light.
him, in love, we did behold,
And rejoiced with great delight.
3 By the blissful fountains there,
We once knew each parent’s face;
We received our Mother’s care,
And our Father’s love and grace.
4 Now they’ve sent us here to school,
In this world of toil and pain,
That we may, like them, by rule,
Endless exaltation gain.
5 Here, if faithful we remain,
‘Till our exit day arrives,
We’ll return to them again,
Crowned like them, with endless lives. (Joel
J. Johnson, Hymns
of Praise for the Young: Selected from the Songs of Joel [Salt Lake
City: Deseret News Company, 1882], 217-18)
