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Currently, LDS hymnbooks for non-English speaking regions of the world are compiled by beginning with a core group of approximately 100 hymns mandated for all LDS hymnbooks, then a regional committee is given the opportunity to select 50 hymns from a list of suggestions and 50 additional hymns that are deemed to be important to their culture ...
In the 1985 revision of the hymnal, the only change directed by LDS authorities came from LDS Apostle Boyd K. Packer: to make this hymn read "Only he who does something helps others to live/To God each good work will be known", instead of "Only he who does something is worthy to live/The world has no use for a drone". [5]
The first official LDS hymnbook to include music was The Latter-day Saints' Psalmody, published in 1889. At that time, many of the familiar LDS Church's hymns that are sung today were finally fixed in place – but not with the tunes that were sung back in 1835.
Arrangements of the song have also consistently been used in the daily organ recitals at Temple Square. [5] A musical motif referencing the first line of "Come, Come Ye Saints" is used at the end of official broadcasts and videos released by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
The song continues to be sung throughout the various Latter Day Saint denominations, including the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), Community of Christ, and the Remnant Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. It is sung as part of the Hosannah Anthem, [3] a special piece for the dedication of LDS Church temples.
1948 LDS Hymnbook 1950 LDS Hymnbook. In 1948, a new hymnbook that replaced both the Latter-day Saint Hymns (1927) and the Deseret Sunday School Songs was published under the title Hymns: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and served as the official hymnbook of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1948 to 1985. The ...
God spake the word, and time began (William W. Phelps) Great is the Lord: ’tis good to praise (Eliza R. Snow)† The glorious day is rolling on (Eliza R. Snow) Before this earth from chaos sprung (Anon.) Thy mercy, my God, is the theme of my song (John Stocker) From Greenland’s icy mountains (Reginald Heber) O Jesus! the giver of all we ...
"We Thank Thee, O God, for a Prophet" is a hymn of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). It has been sung at many general conferences of the LDS Church since it was published in 1863. The text of the hymn was written sometime between 1860 and 1863 by William Fowler, an English convert to Mormonism.