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"The Morning Breaks, the Shadows Flee" is an 1840 hymn written by Latter Day Saint apostle Parley P. Pratt. The lyrics to the hymn were first published in May 1840 as a poem on the outside cover of the inaugural issue of the Millennial Star, a periodical of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints published in England.
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 song was first performed at a stake Primary conference in 1957. Several years later, apostle Spencer W. Kimball asked the Primary general board if the phrase "Teach me all that I must know / To live with him someday" could be changed to "Teach me all that I must do / To live with him someday".
1896 The Latter-Day Saints Psalmody 2nd Edition. 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.
The song is one of the 45 hymns that the church publishes in its basic curriculum sources that are used in areas of the world where the church is new or underdeveloped. [6] As a result, it is often one of the first hymns new Latter-day Saints receive and learn. "We Thank Thee, O God, for a Prophet" is hymn number 19 in the current LDS Church ...
The book was published on the 150th anniversary of the publication of the first LDS hymnbook, compiled by Emma Smith in 1835. Previous hymnbooks used by the church include The Manchester Hymnal (1840), The Psalmody (1889), Songs of Zion (1908), Hymns (1927), and Hymns (1948).
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.
"Joy to the World! The Lord Will Come" is an adaptation by W. W. Phelps of the popular Christmas carol "Joy to the World". The adapted song was included in A Collection of Sacred Hymns, the first Latter Day Saint hymnal, which was prepared for publication in 1835 and published in February 1836 [1] as well as all English-language hymnals published by the LDS Church since 1948. [2]. The textual ...