David Pinegar Jr
176 Twin Brook Road
Chesterfield, New Hampshire
davidothesecond@gmail.com
Keene High School
A musical arrangement
I have formed a medley arranged for a full orchestra. Complete sheet music and a recording was submitted.
“The selection of this particular work comes from my respect for Joseph Smith Sr. and Lucy Mack Smith’s family. They consistently, throughout the raising of their family, taught their children to believe. This principle of teaching faith is one that is so important in our world today, especially given the advances of the adversary in leading youth away from the priorities that matter most. Referring to the Ammonite stripling warriors, in Alma 57:26, it reads, “And we do justly ascribe [their preservation] to the miraculous power of God, because of their exceeding faith in that which they had been taught to believe.” The Smith family’s devoted teaching of faith provided the setting for the Prophet of the Restoration, Joseph Smith, to be preserved.
This medley of hymns is meant a tribute to the sacrifice of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ in His Atonement and an homage to Joseph Smith, who “has done more, save Jesus only, for the salvation of men in this world, than any other man that ever lived in it” (D&C 135:3). Like the Smith family, I have always believed in the importance of teaching faith and teaching to believe. As a result, I will be serving a mission this coming July, in the Buenos Aires Argentina South Mission. As I prepare for this, I try to find more and more opportunities to teach others about what I know and believe. Particularly through music, I am able to teach others about my faith in Christ.”
