Joseph Smiths First Prayer

Song: Joseph Smith's First Prayer
Artist: LDS Hymnbook, pg. 26

It's been a really tiring and stressful day. I'm feeling anxious and overwhelmed. I want to scream, cry, throw up, run away and never come back! I want to sleep for a hundred hours straight! I taught a lesson about the Prophet Joseph Smith and his miraculous first vision. I love Joseph Smith and the more I learn about him and the life he lived the more my testimony is strengthened and my appreciation for the sacrifices he made to bring the gospel of Jesus Christ and establish Christ's church here on the earth is increased.

1. Oh, how lovely was the morning!
   Radiant beamed the sun above.
   Bees were humming, sweet birds singing,
   Music ringing thru the grove,
   When within the shady woodland
   Joseph sought the God of love,
   When within the shady woodland
   Joseph sought the God of love.
2. Humbly kneeling, sweet appealing--
   'Twas the boy's first uttered prayer--
   When the pow'rs of sin assailing
   Filled his soul with deep despair;
   But undaunted, still he trusted
   In his Heav'nly Father's care;
   But undaunted, still he trusted
   In his Heav'nly Father's care.
3. Suddenly a light descended,
   Brighter far than noonday sun,
   And a shining, glorious pillar
   O'er him fell, around him shone,
   While appeared two heav'nly beings,
   God the Father and the Son,
   While appeared two heav'nly beings,
   God the Father and the Son.
4. "Joseph, this is my Beloved;
   Hear him!" Oh, how sweet the word!
   Joseph's humble prayer was answered,
   And he listened to the Lord.
   Oh, what rapture filled his bosom,
   For he saw the living God;
   Oh, what rapture filled his bosom,
   For he saw the living God