Someone from my ward asked me to write an arrangement to accompany him with this song. He let me know what keys he wanted each of the verses in. I wrote the accompaniment without using the lyrics. As I was typing in the lyrics, I recognized just how much I was guided through the process of this song. I noticed that (unintentionally) the accompaniment notes for the lines “dripped like rain,” “water or this wine,” and “like a fountain unto thee” actually sounded like drops of water or rain. On the phrase, “Think what I for thee have done” and “Oh, remember what was done” the accompaniment slows down as if to have the us stop and actually think of what the Savior has done for us. The accompaniment slows down even more on the phrases, “I have ransomed even thee,” and “I have suffered death for thee.” In the final verse the Savior seems to be pleading with us. I love how the accompaniment pairs up with the phrase “Be obedient I implore, prayerful watchful evermore.” And finally, I felt like the piano should stop completely so the listeners could just hear the voice sing, “That thy Savior I may be.”

The main thing that really affected me was the realization that this is the only sacrament hymn written in first person as if the Savior is singing it. All of the other hymns are about the Savior, but this one is very personal because it is as if the Savior is singing to us directly.