"What's Is This Thing Called Death," Mormon Tabernacle Choir

We search to be taught from those who are dying
To feel their pain and breathe, with them, their last sighing
The love that's shared goes beyond this mortal life
And sweetens grief by deepening the soul unto Jesus Christ

Tenderly assuring us our loved one has been called back
Providing comfort when alone strength we lack
A turning of hearts unto bigger and greater things
Thus, preparing us for what e'er this life brings


here are the lyrics the Mormon Tabernacle Choir is Singing:

What is this thing that men call death,
This quiet passing in the night?
'Tis not the end, but genesis
Of better worlds and greater light.

O God, touch thou my aching heart,
And calm my troubled, haunting fears.
Let hope and faith, transcendent, pure,
Give strength and peace beyond my tears.

There is no death, but only change,
With recompense for vict'ry won.
The gift of Him who loved all men,
The Son of God, the Holy One.


"What Is This Thing That Men Call Death"
By President Gordon B. Hinckley
Music by Janice Kapp Perry