Be Thou My Vision | a new duet version by Abby and Annalie

We hope you enjoy this traditional hymn honoring our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Happy Easter! #BecauseofHim #Easter2020 #BecauseHeLives

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Though the most popular English version of this hymn dates back to 1912, the ancient Irish poem from which it comes is at least 1000 years old, written possibly as early as the 8th century.

Knowing that these words have inspired Christian believers for centuries makes them especially meaningful to our family. Though we have no evidence that our ancestors knew this song, for this video we chose to imagine that they did, and that they sang together while going about their daily activities, as we often do.

Though our costuming is not professional, we have tried to represent the following time periods and cultures from our heritage:
1) Celtic Britons, about 1270
2) Germanic Saxons, about 1470
3) Anglo-Americans settling in New England, about 1670.
Some of our earliest American ancestors were Thomas Minor and Grace Palmer, who helped settle Stonington, Connecticut in the 1650's and founded a church there.
4) Scandinavian immigrants to the American West, about 1870. We have ancestors who immigrated from Sweden, Denmark, and Norway to gather in Utah with other members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Our Johnson surname was anglicized from the Swedish "Johansson" during that immigration process.
5) American girls wearing parochial school uniforms, about 1970. We and many of our ancestors have attended religious schools or participated in religious education programs outside of school.
6) Abby and Annalie as ourselves, in 2020. We do not sing songs of faith because our parents make us sing them. We are all believers.

Note: You may have noticed that Abby has braces on her teeth in our Frozen 2 video but not in this one. This video was filmed last fall but we waited for an Easter release.

Music / video concept from heaven. We take no credit for coming up with this project. God gave us our voices, and He gave our mom the ideas for this video.

Video produced and directed by Mary Lynn Johnson, our mom, and funded and supported by David Johnson, our dad.

Music arranged for us, recorded and mastered by Masa Fukuda, director of One Voice Children's Choir.

Cinematography by RJ Idos, [email protected].
Editing by RJ Idos and Mary Lynn Johnson.

Filmed at various locations including private yards and land; city parks, especially Moyle Park in Alpine, Utah; and the American Fork Presbyterian Church in American Fork, Utah. We are grateful to the homeowners, church staff, and city officials who allowed us to film on their property!

Be Thou My Vision - Versified by Eleanor Hull, 1912

Be Thou my Vision, O Lord of my heart;
Naught be all else to me, save that Thou art.
Thou my best Thought, by day or by night,
Waking or sleeping, Thy presence my light.

Be Thou my Wisdom, and Thou my true Word;
I ever with Thee and Thou with me, Lord;
Thou my great Father, I Thy true son;
Thou in me dwelling, and I with Thee one.

Be Thou my battle Shield, Sword for the fight;
Be Thou my Dignity, Thou my Delight;
Thou my soul’s Shelter, Thou my high Tower:
Raise Thou me heavenward, O Power of my power.

Riches I heed not, nor man’s empty praise,
Thou mine Inheritance, now and always:
Thou and Thou only, first in my heart,
High King of Heaven, my Treasure Thou art.

High King of Heaven, my victory won,
May I reach Heaven’s joys, O bright Heaven’s Sun!
Heart of my own heart, whatever befall,
Still be my Vision, O Ruler of all.