Music & the Spoken Word Library

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A Reason of the Hope

November 26, 2023

All good things, all important things, take time. That’s a truth that even children learn, and the lesson seems to come most powerfully at Christmas....

On Good Days and Bad

July 30, 2023

We are blessed to live in a world of ups and downs, light and darkness, good and bad. We rejoice in the good, but it...

Advice to Your Younger Self

June 4, 2023

Do you sometimes wish you could live your life over? Maybe you made some regrettable choices or let opportunities pass, and you think, “If only...

The Morning Will Come

May 28, 2023

In every nation there are symbols of the character and courage of its people. In Great Britain, one of these symbols is the Cabinet War...

The Good Fight

May 21, 2023

The hymn just sung by the Choir was written well over 150 years ago, and it was inspired by words that are much older than...

Charles Dickens and His Christmas Carol

Here inside the Charles Dickens House in London, England, sits a desk that once belonged to the great novelist. It was here that Charles Dickens...

A Heart Full of Christmas

December 4, 2022

As Christmastime approached, a young boy carefully counts a handful of coins and bills. This is money he has earned by doing odd jobs around...

The Music of Faith and Hope

August 28, 2022

Over a decade ago, some friends got together to make music. They called it “an experiment in a new way to produce music visually.”[1] It...

Guide Us, O Thou Great Jehovah

July 31, 2022

Wales is known as the land of song, and the roots of The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square run deep here in this beautiful place....

As the Dew From Heaven Distilling

July 17, 2022

Today, we begin our 94th year of continuous weekly broadcasting with an observation about the way each of those weekly broadcasts ends. For nearly all...

Peace Like a River

June 5, 2022

Because God loves His children, He has filled this world with goodness and beauty that proclaim His love. Among those good and beautiful things are...

In the Direction of Hope

February 27, 2022

In one of George Bernard Shaw’s plays, a successful young woman challenges the idea that we are victims of our circumstances. “I don’t believe in...