Sister Sheri Peterson
Ward Music Director O MY FATHER - HYMN 292 This beautiful hymn is an epitome of the great drama of eternal life as revealed by the restored Gospel of Jesus Christ.
Elder Bruce R. McConkie wrote: "Implicit in the Christian verity that all men are the spirit children of an Eternal Father is the usually unspoken truth that they are also the offspring of an Eternal Mother."
This celestial parentage is heralded forth in this hymn written by Eliza R. Snow, who, at the time of it's writing, was married to the Prophet Joseph Smith. (from "Our Latter-Day Hymns by Karen Lynn Davidson pages 294-295)
Here is a beautiful story, authored by "Oliver M" and found in the comments underneath the following video:
"My parents sang in the Tabernacle Choir in the 1950's. In those days the choir had assigned seats. I sang in the choir in 50 years later and they moved our assigned seats around month to month. To my great delight, shortly after joining the choir, I was assigned the very chair my father always sat in and on Father's Day we sang "O My Father" that day. This was one of heaven's sublime mercies as my father had been gone a few years earlier. And on the cover on the music was a picture of the choir in the 1950's... my dad sitting in the chair I now was assigned for this exceptional day!" Happy Father's Day to all fathers.
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