A Song of Redeeming Love

In silent awe the seven angels dare, 
Approach the throne and golden altar fire, 
And one, with smoke of incense offers prayer 
For all the saints and souls who Him desire. 
For joy, the hills break forth in singing 
And all the trees of the field clap their hands. 
Seas roar, earth buds, stars fall, and healing 
Waters rush across the desert lands  
While hundreds of thousands with psalters 
Learn the new song that only they can sing 
Taught by heav’n—a voice of rolling waters 
And of thunder and of harpers harping— 
And cast their crowns before the great I Am, 
Echoing, “Worthy, worthy is the Lamb.”

Elizabeth Petty Bentley (Beth as she prefers to be called) lives in Walkersville, Maryland. She is thankful for her many children, children-in-law, step-children, foster children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren, and is happily engaged in family history research. She’s the ward Primary pianist and director of the stake family history center. She’s the owner and editor of Parables, which publishes realistic LDS-themed fiction.