A couple years ago, a friend of mine approached me and asked if I would arrange a hymn medley that her relief society could sing. As I thought about which hymns to include, I settled on three that have always brought me a spirit of peace, Where Can I Turn for Peace?, Abide With Me, and I Feel My Savior's Love. In the world there seems to be a never-ending supply of confusion and controversy regarding one thing or another. I am thankful that through it all I can enjoy the peace of the spirit. It calms my worries and helps me accept that I don't have all of the answers. "Nevertheless, I know in whom I have trusted. My God hath been my support; he hath led me through mine afflictions in the wilderness; and he hath preserved me upon the waters of the great deep" (2 Ne 19-20). He continues to do so and will continue to do so.
Where can I turn for peace?
Where is my solace
When other sources cease to make me whole?
When with a wounded heart, anger, or malice,
I draw myself apart,
Searching my soul?
Where, when my aching grows,
Where, when I languish,
Where, in my need to know, where can I run?
Where is the quiet hand to calm my anguish?
Who, who can understand?
He, only One.
He answers privately,
Reaches my reaching
In my Gethsemane, Savior and Friend.
Gentle the peace he finds for my beseeching.
Constant he is and kind,
Love without end.
You will hear strings here because MIDI strings sound better than MIDI voices. Imagine a women's chorus is singing.
This is one of my favorite hymns. Beautiful arrangement. Can you send us a copy so we can sing this with our ward?
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