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Music

Conductor: Mack Wilberg 
Organist: Richard Elliott
Featuring: Bells on Temple Square, LeAnna Willmore, conductor
Announcer: Lloyd Newell

“For the Beauty of the Earth”^1,4
Music: John Rutter
Lyrics: Folliott S. Pierpoint

“Love Is Spoken Here”²
By Janice Kapp Perry
Arrangement: Sam Cardon

“Norwegian Rustic March” from Lyric Pieces, op. 54 (Organ solo)
Music: Edvard Grieg
Arrangement: Richard Elliott

“Joy in the Morning”
By Natalie Sleeth
Arrangement: Martha Lynn Thompson
With Bells on Temple Square, LeAnna Willmore, conductor

“Father” 
By R. Ross Boothe

”Fill the World with Love,” from Goodbye Mr. Chips ³
By Leslie Bricusse
Arrangement:  Mack Wilberg

1. On the CD Consider the Lilies.
2. On the CD Love Is Spoken Here and in the CD set Anniversary Collection.
3. On the CD Showtime! Music of Broadway and Hollywood.
4. In the CD set Encore Collection.

The Spoken Word

A Father’s Legacy

For nearly 40 years, a father worked hard in a steel mill to provide for his family. The work was difficult, hot, and gritty, with changing shifts and long hours. He may have wished he had pursued a different line of work or that he had better options. But he also felt a deep sense of duty and responsibility. So every morning he got up and went to work—and somehow managed to do it with a good attitude.

This father represents countless others who work hard to provide for their families; they labor day in and day out to give their loved ones a good life.

While there’s certainly a lot of joy in fatherhood, being a father also means doing things you’d really rather not do. Fathers make sacrifices. From home repairs to car repairs, from doing yard work to helping with homework—in a hundred different ways, they simply do what needs to be done. They set aside selfish desires and instead find joy in blessing their family. So instead of enjoying a quiet night at home, they support their children at recitals and concerts, sporting and school events. Instead of watching a favorite television program, they go outside and play catch or work on a science project with their son. Instead of reading the newspaper, they puzzle over math homework or read a book with their daughter.

In a day when people are encouraged to “find your passion” and “do your own thing,” it might be worth remembering those fathers who roll up their sleeves, go to work, and do things they may not particularly like—because they love their family and because they are responsible and dependable.

All this is not easy, but it has never been easy to be a good father. Most do their very best, even as they make mistakes along the way. But they give and keep giving. They care and keep caring. They build strong bonds of love. And in the process, they do find their passion after all—but it isn’t in doing their own thing. They become passionate about serving the loved ones who depend on them. And this becomes their greatest legacy.