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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]
Worship services of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) include weekly services held in meetinghouses on Sundays (or another day when local custom or law prohibits Sunday worship) in geographically based religious units (called wards or branches). Once per month, this weekly service is a fast and testimony meeting.
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.
Hymns of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints may refer to: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints hymns , hymns sung at worship services of the LDS Church Hymns of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (1985 book) , the hymnal currently used in the LDS Church
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 ...
Stanzas 1,2,3, and 6 appear in the LDS Church's hymnal as hymn verses 1 to 4. However, Hymns of the Saints, the Community of Christ hymnal from 1981 to 2013, did not include the sixth stanza. Community of Christ Sings, the current Community of Christ hymnal, includes the Bolton–Pratt revision of this stanza as the third of four verses:
In 1899, the Missionary Song Book, edited by Stephens, was distributed in the LDS Church's Southern States Mission. [7] In the 1927 English-language LDS Church hymnal there were 84 hymns written by Stephens. [4] Stephens's 18 works in the 1985 English-language edition of the LDS Church hymnal are:
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 ...