“Holy Temple” Vocal/Piano Sheet Music
“Holy Temple” sheet music download
Composed: Las Vegas, NV 2008
Vocals: Lisa Ferrin and Stephanie Bond
Piano: Erin Hatch
The Story: I was in the San Destin ward, attending the women's study class in the third hour of church. The lesson was about the temple. I remember clearly hearing a voice in my head, actually the pristine, beautiful voice of Charlotte Church, singing 'Holy temple, holy temple, sacred, reverent holy temple..' It was just so quietly piercing and beautiful. I grabbed a pen, and scribbled down the words I just heard. I've never had a song come to me like that before.
I then spent the next few weeks working on it, balancing taking care of my toddler son, and coming back to the piano when I could.
The second verse mentions 'Father, mother, children tender, this is what matters most.' At the time, I was watching the show 'Jon and Kate plus 8'. They were going through the whole family falling apart issue. This line was completely inspired from that. Silly, I know, but so true about the family being important.
The Message:
"Say the word temple. Say it quietly and reverently. Say it over and over again. Temple. Temple. Temple. Add the word holy. Holy Temple. Say it as though it were capitalized, no matter where it appears in the sentence.
Temple. One other word is equal in importance to a Latter-day Saint.Home. Put the words holy temple and home together, and you have described the house of the Lord!" Boyd K. Packer -1
The temple is a beautiful place of worship. It is the closest resemblance to heaven on earth. Families are joined together for eternity. The work of salvation for mankind is done there. The temple is a place of learning, and a place of peace. One boy nailed it perfectly,
"Grandpa, you are never lost when you can see the temple." -2
May we always keep the temple in our eternal sights.
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