The Restoration Lyrics

I just want to tell you

What I believe

And know to be true

Whoa, whoa

Now please don't take my word

Just ask your Father above

Whoa, because I know this is true

I know

That God is our loving Heavenly Father

I know

That we are all His sons and daughters

I know

That He, the Son, and the Holy Spirit

Are three separate people

Yeah you bet I believe it

I know

The gospel blesses families

I know

That I can be with mine for eternity

I know

That God has called prophets throughout all time

I know

They had authority to preach and baptize

I know

That Christ set up His church while He was on earth

I know

That He died for me what a glorious birth

I know

After He and the apostles were gone

People changed the doctrine

People changed the song

But I know

That there is a prophet today

The Lord's restored the truth

And He's restored the way

Now let me tell you the story

About that prophet who died for God's glory

Joseph Smith was a boy

Looking for what was right

He didn't know what church to join

Yeah this was his plight

He studied it out in his heart

And in his mind

Then he turned to the Bible

Hoping that he could find

The answer

He came to the

Epistle of James

Yeah he read a verse

And he never was the same

It said, if any of you lack wisdom

Let him ask of God

That hit Joseph hard

And he finally saw

That he needed to pray

So he went to a place

Where he could be alone

He knelt with a solemn face

As Joseph prayed

In his own words, he said

"I saw a pillar of light

Exactly over my head

Above the brightness

Of the sun

Which descended gradually

Until it fell upon me

When the light

Rested upon me

I saw two personages

Whose brightness and glory

Defy all description

Standing above me in the air"

This was Joseph's account

It really happened to him there

The Father said

"This is my beloved Son"

And then They told Joseph

He should join none

Of the churches

Because they were all wrong

They had bits of the notes

But didn't have the whole song

So They told Joseph

What They would do

They'd call him to be

A prophet of truth

To restore the true church

Without any flaws

I know this is real

The restoration of God's laws

I just want to tell you

What I believe

And know to be true

Whoa, whoa

Now please don't take my word

Just ask your Father above

Whoa, because I know this is true

Joseph told people

Of his heavenly vision

But most didn't believe him

And treated him with derision

A few years later

An angel came and gave him a mission

Translate an ancient record

Into English from reformed Egyptian

The Book of Mormon

Is what this record is called

It's another testament of Christ

Now please don't be appalled

People hate it, people mock it

But still, its words are true

I know it cause I've read it

Then I prayed and knew

Joseph was taken

And thrown in a jail

A mob broke in and killed him

And thought this nonsense would fail

But the work of God moves forward

No unhallowed hand can stop it

I'm a disciple of Christ

I will never quit

So my invitation to y'all

Is to read the Book of Mormon

Pray and ask

If it's true at all

I know that if you do

Then the Father will respond

Because He loves all of us

With Him, we have a special bond

I just want to tell you

What I believe

And know to be true

Whoa, whoa

Now please don't take my word

Just ask your Father above

Whoa, because I know this is true

I know this is true

I know this is true

I know this is true

I know this is true