There’s Joy on the Mountains

There’s joy on the mountains.
The valleys cry aloud.
Dry lands spring with fountains-
That of God we are proud.

Let all the sea and land
Tell wonders of our King.
The gospel’s now at hand.
The earth joins us to sing.

And let the moon and sun,
Together with the stars,
Shine bright to everyone-
That death contains no bars.

Above all God towers
Kind, though He’s supreme.
Through His priesthood powers
He gives us hope to dream.

-Gordon B. Hinckley


(D&C 128:23)
23 Let the mountains shout for joy,
and all ye valleys cry aloud; and all ye
seas and dry lands tell the wonders of
your Eternal King! And ye rivers, and
brooks, and rills, flow down with gladness.
Let the woods and all the trees of the field
praise the Lord; and ye solid rocks weep
for joy! And let the sun, moon, and the
morning stars sing together, and let all
the sons of God shout for joy! And let the
eternal creations declare his name forever
and ever! And again I say, how glorious is
the voice we hear from heaven, proclaiming
in our ears, glory, and salvation, and honor,
and immortality, and eternal life; kingdoms,
principalities, and powers!
24 Behold, the great day of the Lord is
at hand; and who can abide the day of his
coming, and who can stand when he appeareth?
For he is like a refiner’s fire, and like
fuller’s soap; and he shall sit as a refiner
and purifier of silver, and he shall purify
the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and
silver, that they may offer unto the Lord an
offering in righteousness. Let us, therefore,
as a church and a people, and as Latter-day
Saints, offer unto the Lord an offering in
righteousness; and let us present in his holy
temple, when it is finished, a book containing
the records of our dead, which shall be worthy
of all acceptation.

65, Gordon B. Hinckley, May 1996,
“This Glorious Easter Morn, ” Ensign