If You Could Hie to Kolob

#284 – William W. Phelps

1. If you could hie to Kolob In the twinkling of an eye,
    And then continue onward With that same speed to fly,
    Do you think that you could ever, Through all eternity,
    Find out the generation Where Gods began to be?

2. Or see the grand beginning, Where space did not extend?
    Or view the last creation, Where Gods and matter end?
    Me thinks the Spirit whispers, “No man has found ‘pure space,’
    Nor seen the outside curtains, Where nothing has a place.”

3. The works of God continue, And worlds and lives abound;
    Improvement and progression Have one eternal round.
    There is no end to matter; There is no end to space;
    There is no end to spirit; There is no end to race.

4. There is no end to virtue; There is no end to might;
    There is no end to wisdom; There is no end to light.
    There is no end to union; There is no end to youth;
    There is no end to priesthood; There is no end to truth.

5. There is no end to glory; There is no end to love;
    There is no end to being; There is no death above.
    There is no end to glory; There is no end to love;
    There is no end to being; There is no death above.

If You Could Hie to Kolob
#284 – William W. Phelps
1. If you could hie to Kolob In the twinkling of an eye,
And then continue onward With that same speed to fly,
Do you think that you could ever, Through all eternity,
Find out the generation Where Gods began to be?

2. Or see the grand beginning, Where space did not extend?
Or view the last creation, Where Gods and matter end?

ALL:

Perhaps you didn't realize that Mormons -- when they praise their gods -- sing lyrical lines about mythical planets they came from in their churches...singing about "Where gods [plural] began to be" and "Where gods [plural] and matter end."

Now, you might think this hymn is somehow entirely unrelated to this thread. Well, it's not, actually.

You see, when you go to the big BYU Web announcement for this conference held last weekend -- 2013 BYU Church History Symposium -- what do you think was sung the evening of March 7 immediately prior to David F. Holland's message?

And I quote:

7:00-8:30 (JSB Auditorium): Plenary Session

Elder Steven E. Snow (Church Historian and Recorder), Conducting

...Special Musical Number, “If You Could Hie to Kolob”