Book of Mormon Feast
A Musical Tour of Moroni
Moroni 6:5
After his people had all been annihilated, the prophet Moroni remembered and wrote how “the church did meet together oft, to fast and to pray, and to speak one with another concerning the welfare of their souls.” He probably missed that fellowship, but he could still commune with God through fasting and prayer.
The Stormin’ Mormon
text by Paul L. Anderson; music by Clay Christiansen
Moroni 6:5,6
The Book of Mormon records Moroni’s reminiscences of attending church with other saints, including partaking together of the bread and wine, symbols of the sacrifice of Jesus.
’Tis Sweet to Sing the Matchless Love
Rachelle Woolston, soprano, and P J Woolston on the bassoon
text by George A. Manwaring; music by Ebenezer Beesley
Moroni 7:11
Mormon Said, “A bitter fountain cannot bring forth good water; neither can a good fountain bring forth bitter water; wherefore, a man being a servant of the devil cannot follow Christ, and if he follow Christ he cannot be a servant of the devil.”
Where He Leads Me I will Follow (I can hear my Savior Calling)
A Cappella Christian Hymns
Moroni 7:16,17
During his lone year, Moroni wrote some of the words of his father Mormon. Mormon taught that the Spirit of Christ is given to everyone to help them judge between good and evil in this life.
The Hacienda Heights 1st and 5th Wards
text by Joseph L. Townsend; music by Henry A. Tuckett
in Chinese, with Pinyin words
Moroni 7:45-
Moroni’s father Mormon taught the supremecy of charity, or love, which is kind and endures all things.
Drew Boushka
text and music by Lorin Farrar Wheelwright
Moroni 7:45-
Like Paul, Mormon urged his listeners to cleave unto charity, which is the greatest of all.
A Key Was Turned in Latter Days
Cantique Karaokes
text by Jan Underwood Pinborough; music: Charlene A. Newell
Moroni 7:47
Mormon said, “Charity is the pure love of Christ, and it endureth forever; and whoso is found possessed of it at the last day, it shall be well with him.”
O the Deep Deep Love of Jesus – epic version
Simon Khrolskiy
Moroni 7:48
Mormon taught that “charity is the pure love of Christ, and it endureth forever.” We can look to Jesus to discover how to love.
Mady Malouf
text and music by Sally DeFord
Moroni 9:22
Mormon wrote endearingly to his son Moroni, entrusting him to Christ, as they both faced the upcoming military battle that would destroy their people.
Altar of Praise Chorale
text by Charles Wesley; music by Joseph P. Holbrook
Moroni 10
The Book of Mormon is unique among all the world writings in that it has a promise that if the reader will ask God, he or shee may know that the book is true. The Book of Mormon was translated from ancient gold plates by the prophet Joseph Smith. It has a message God wants all the world to know. He has provided the testimony of Joseph Smith as to the truth of the record, as well as the testimonies of many who worked with Joseph Smith during those times. But God knows that we need more to be sure of its truth, so He himself will reveal it to anyone who desires to know, by the power of the Holy Ghost. Thousands, perhaps millions, of people have tested that promise and asked God, and have received a witness from the Holy Ghost that it is true. There is no expiration date on the promise. You may begin today on the quest to know.
Marilyn Arnold and Maurine Ozment rephrase the promise in “Ye May Know If I Write What Is True,” Sacred Hymns of the Book of Mormon, 31
Moroni 10:2
Moroni was the last writer of the Book of Mormon, or the gold plates. He was commissioned
by God to finish the record and to hide it in such a way that it would be preserved
and protected. He also had the opportunity, as a resurrected angel, to bring it
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text by Parley P. Pratt, 1807-
Moroni 10:4,5
The Promise of the Book of Mormon is that if a person reads with a desire to know, and asks God, with a sincere heart and with real intent, having faith in Christ, God will manifest the truth of it unto him by the power of the Holy Ghost.
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words by Jaclyn Thomas Milne; music by Carol Baker Black
Moroni 10:5
The promise of the Book of Mormon is wonderful and powerful, because the power of the Holy Ghost is ineffable and unique. It is like emotion, but from a different Source than one’s own feelings. People who have not experienced this power from God cannot appreciate or comprehend it, and often tend to mock it. But when one humbly seeks and God gives, it changes one’s life forever.
A Primary choir from stakes in Kaysville and Fruit Heights
text by Matilda Watts Cahoon; music by Laura Mildred Tanner Pettit
General Conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-
Moroni 10:5
The Book of Mormon promise teaches that God uses the power of the Holy Ghost to teach His children the truth of all things.
Doofus
words and music by Reid Neibaur Nibley
Cara Marie Harris
words and music by Merrill Bradshaw
Moroni 10:5-
Moroni encouraged his readers to “deny not the power of God,” and listen in faith to the Holy Ghost.
Latter-
text by Penelope Moody Allen; music by Martin Shaw
Moroni 10:31
Moroni, who had survived the extinction of his nation, nevertheless rejoiced because he knew that God would raise up another righteous nation upon the Land of Promise, and that Zion would be built by people who read and believed his words.
A Young Women Choir from stakes in Highland, Utah
text by Edward Partridge; music anon Wurtemberg, Germany
Moroni 10:32,33
At the very end of the Book of Mormon, Moroni, in a delicately poetic passage, explains the perfect union of grace and works, and how humility is the magnet that draws people to God:
“Come unto Christ, and be perfected in him, and deny yourselves of all ungodliness; and if ye shall deny yourselves of all ungodliness, and love God with all your might, mind and strength, then is his grace sufficient for you, that by his grace ye may be perfect in Christ; and if by the grace of God ye are perfect in Christ, ye can in nowise deny the power of God.”
The power of God is manifest in the Book of Mormon, and people who ask humbly may know of its truthfulness.
LDS Hymns and Music
text by Zara Sabin; music by Thomas L. Durham
Moroni 10:34
As he concludes the Book of Mormon record, Moroni writes with absolute confidence of his coming death: “And now I bid unto all, farewell. I soon go to rest in the paradise of God, until my spirit and body shall again reunite, and I am brought forth triumphant through the air, to meet you before the pleasing bar of the great Jehovah, the Eternal Judge of both quick and dead. Amen.”
Alex Boyé and the Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square
Music is the second movement of Antonin Dvořák's 9th symphony "The New World”
text by Williams Aims Fisher
Moroni 10:34
After a long and lonely life, Moroni prepared to bury the gold plates for the last time. As he bids farewell to his readers, he peacefully anticipates his death, promising to meet them at the “pleasing bar of God.”
music by Antonin Dvorak (“Largo,” from Symphony #9)
lyrics by one of Dvorak’s students, Willliam Arms Fisher
Fisher wrote, “The Largo, with its haunting English horn solo, is the outpouring
of Dvorak's own home-
The sensitive Book of Mormon reader may find that the song evokes the tragedy of
the destruction of Moroni’s people through a deeper dive into the history of the
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