LDS Hymns

-History: (Source: Wikipedia)

Written By: William W. Phelps

William Wines Phelps (February 17, 1792 – March 7, 1872) was an early leader of the Latter Day Saint movement. He was an assistant president of the church in Missouri, scribe to Joseph Smith, Jr., and a church printer, editor, and song-writer.

Today, William W. Phelps is probably best-known for his legacy of LDS hymns, many of which appear in the current edition of the LDS Hymnal.^[6]

• Adam-ondi-Ahman*
• Come, All Ye Saints of Zion*
• Come, All Ye Saints Who Dwell on Earth*
• Come, Let Us Sing an Evening Hymn*
• Gently Raise the Sacred Strain*
• Glorious Things Are Sung of Zion
• Hosanna Anthem
• If You Could Hie to Kolob
• Now Let Us Rejoice*
• Now We’ll Sing with One Accord*
• O God, the Eternal Father*
• Praise to the Man
• The Books of the New Testament
• The Spirit of God Like a Fire Is Burning*
• We’re Not Ashamed to Own Our Lord*

Phelps also reworded popular hymns turning them into uniquely Latter Day Saint hymns.

• Joy to the World! the Lord will Come*
• Redeemer of Israel*

* Included in the first Latter Day Saint Hymnal in 1835.

Music By: arr. Ralph Vaughan Williams

Ralph Vaughan Williams OM ( /ˌreɪf ˌvɔːn ˈwɪliəmz/;^[1] 12 October 1872 – 26 August 1958) was an English composer of symphonies,chamber music, opera, choral music, and film scores. He was also a collector of English folk music and song which influenced his editorial approach to the English Hymnal, beginning in 1904, containing many folk song arrangements set as hymn tunes, in addition to several original compositions.

Vaughan Williams was the musical editor^[28] of the English Hymnal of 1906, and the co-editor with Martin Shaw of Songs of Praise of 1925 and the Oxford Book of Carols of 1928, all in collaboration with Percy Dearmer.

• A Hymn of Glory Let Us Sing^[29]
• All Creatures of Our God and King^[29]
• Alleluia, Sing to Jesus^[29]
• Amid the Thronging Worshippers^[29]
• At the Name of Jesus^[29]
• “Come Down, O Love Divine”^[29] original hymnody by Bianco of Siena (1434)“Discendi, Amor santo”and entitled “Down Ampney” in honour of Vaughan Williams’s birthplace
• Come, Let Us with Our Lord Arise^[29] an Easter anthem
• Come Thou Long Expected Jesus^[29] a carol for the season of Advent
• For All the Saints harmonized from “Sine Nomine”
• God Be With You Till We Meet Again^[29]
• I Love You Lord, My Strength, My Rock^[29]
• I Sing the Mighty Power of God^[29]
• Jesus, Lord, Redeemer^[29]
• “Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence“, text of the Cherubic hymn of Liturgy of St James, harmonized to the French folk tune Picardy (1906)
• Make Room Within My Heart, O God^[29]
• My God, My God, O Why Have You Forsaken Me? a lament for Good Friday services during Passiontide
• O Come to Me, the Master Said^[29]
• “O Little Town of Bethlehem“ a popular Christmas Carol penned by the American Phillips Brooks adapted to the English tune “Forest Green”
• O Sing a Song of Bethlehem^[29]
• On Christmas Night All Christians Sing^[29]
• When the Church of Jesus^[29]

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