YEARNING FOR ZION
The name "Yearning for Zion" has been around for awhile. I remember it back in my Alta Academy days. After I was kicked out of Alta Academy by Warren Jeffs for passing notes to boys and getting in a water fight at the drinking fountain, I was told I would not be allowed to finish the 10th grade. I was placed in one of the Jeff's factories to work. I was 15 years old. Many of the kids who worked at the factory were ousted Alta students like myself. We sometimes joked about Warren Jeffs and his "Yearning for Zion". We called him the great Yearnal. - Kathy Jo Nicholson
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Yearning for Zion
by Warren Jeffs
Heavenly beings have come to direct the work of the fulness of times:
To bring to pass Zion, the Lord’s pure in heart, a people perfected in Christ.
Who will be Zion, filled with his love, laboring now with the hope
Of a glorious day, when Zion shall rise, and the words of the prophets unfold.
When Zion shall flourish upon the hills, the wilderness blossoming fair as the rose,
When Zion comes singing with songs of great joy
With praise and thanksgiving assembles to worship our Lord
Oh, Zion!
Put on thy beautiful garments,
Which are the powers and gifts of his Spirit in you,
Draw from the heavens the almighty power to build and redeem again Zion!
Oh, hearken all Israel!
Live for the promise of God.
Our Savior shall dwell in our midst
For the household of faith he will stretch forth his arm
And bring forth the redemption of Zion.
Imagine the people of Enoch of old, trained in the order of heaven
A beautiful city the Lord called his own and forever made his abode
Coming to join with the Zion on earth when finally the earth finds its rest
A kingdom established in celestial laws, a people the Lord can accept
A New Jerusalem it will be, a land of refuge, a city of peace
Upon every dwelling the Lord shall create
A cloud for a covering, a flaming
Oh Zion!
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