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Does the Journey Seem Long? Sing!



I am in the library trying to do homework, but I've been having a hard time focusing. This beautiful piece of music popped into my mind. The soloist is Shane Warby, who was the computer technician at Canyon View Junior High when I attended. This song is in our hymn book, but it is seldom sung. The message is magnificent.

Never forget the power of music to ward off discouragement, depression and temptation. The scriptures teach this very fact.

Doctrine and Covenants 10:5
5 Pray always that you may come off conqueror; yea, that you may conquer Satan, and that you may escape the hands of the servants of Satan that do uphold his work.

Doctrine and Covenants 25:12
12 For my soul delighteth in the song of the heart; yea, the song of the righteous is a prayer unto me, and it shall be answered with a blessing upon their heads.

The next time you feel lost, seek your Father in Heaven through prayer or even through song. He will help you. He has helped me.




Lyrics
1. Does the journey seem long,
The path rugged and steep?
Are there briars and thorns on the way?
Do sharp stones cut your feet 
As you struggle to rise
To the heights thru the heat of the day?

2.Is your heart faint and sad,
Your soul weary within,
As you toil 'neath your burden of care?
Does the load heavy seem 
You are forced now to lift?
Is there no one your burden to share?

3. Let your heart be not faint
Now the journey's begun;
There is One who still beckons to you.
So look upward in joy
And take hold of his hand;
He will lead you to heights that are new--

4. A land holy and pure,
Where all trouble doth end, 
And your life shall be free from all sin,
Where no tears shall be shed,
For no sorrows remain.
Take his hand and with him enter in.


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