Come Where the Lillies Bloom - Adoration at Pittsburg

A song that Adoration's Director Jym Tayag made fun of and disliked when he was a toddler in the mid 1960s upon hearing it from his hometown Angeles City Church Choir which to him then was composed of all oldies. He never heard the song again from anyone until a couple of months ago when a choir from the Philippines sang it. Reminded of his childhood days, he felt inspired that the song could be beautiful depending on how it is sung. Searching through the internet and finding only fragments of the song sheet music and surprised that it was an old song published in the 1870s, he felt he could restore a complete score and revised some notes and create a richness and a wide range of dynamics and expressions according to his liking, he was able to restore the song to this rendition by his own chorale group - ADORATION.

In a world full of pain, suffering, sorrow and all sorts of worries, our longing for lasting peace is given a taste in the serenity of nature that God created for us to enjoy.

Original words and music written by Will Thompson, this song was sung in its present edition by ADORATION at Pittsburg Seventh-Day Adventist Church on October 4, 2025. Directed by Dr. Jym Tayag.

PIANIST:

Rochelle Holman-Verrett

SOPRANOS:

Regina Fuller
Jovelyn Felices
Luzette Dela Fuente
Lislyn Lucrida
Marilyn Tayag
Milady Sowa

ALTOS:

Venus Castro
Mildred Garcesa
Ritchie Jane Maxwell
Normita Asuncion
Saffron Castro

TENORS:

Abraham Dela Fuente
Jorge Wooder
Edwin Dale William Araba
Janet Nichols

BASSES:

Jeffrey Maxwell
Kevin Broxton
Kito Asuncion