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Make Us One

MP3 recording with vocals by Heather Prusse; violin by McKay Harline :   Hi-speed    Dialup    Download    CD:  I Have Not Seen, Yet I Believe
MP3 accompaniment track :   Hi-speed    Dialup    Download    CD:  I Have Not Seen, Yet I Believe--Accompaniment Tracks

View/print sheet music:     SATB / Violin obbligato     SSA     Solo     TTBB     SA (somewhat simplified)

    The solo and SA versions are one step lower than the others. The accompaniments are interchangeable. You'll notice that the SA version says "somewhat simplified." This isn't an easy song to perform, and proved almost impossible to simplify enough to qualify as really "simplified."

      Lyrics:

      How shall we stand amid uncertainty? Where is our comfort in travail?
      How shall we walk amid infirmity, when feeble limbs are worn and frail?
      And as we pass through mortal sorrow, how shall our hearts abide the day?
      Where is the strength the soul may borrow? Teach us thy way.

      Make us one, that our burdens may be light
      Make us one as we seek eternal life
      Unite our hands to serve thy children well
      Unite us in obedience to thy will.
      Make us one! teach us, Lord, to be of one faith, of one heart
      One in thee.

      Then shall our souls be filled with charity, then shall all hate and anger cease
      And though we strive amid adversity, yet shall we find thy perfect peace
      So shall we stand despite our weakness, so shall our strength be strength enough
      We bring our hearts to thee in meekness; Lord, wilt thou bind them in thy love?

      Take from me this heart of stone, and make it flesh even as thine own
      Take from me unfeeling pride; teach me compassion; cast my fear aside.
      Give us one heart, give us one mind
      Lord, make us thine
      Oh, make us thine!


      Church Music Contest: Anthem/Hymn Arrangement division--Award of Distinction 1995
      Relief Society division--Award of Distinction 1997
      The SSA arrangement of this song was performed at the September 1997 General Women's Broadcast.