LDS Hymns

-History: (Source: Wikipedia)

Written By: Frederick W. Faber

Frederick William Faber (28 June 1814 — 26 September 1863) was a British hymn writer and theologian. He was born at Calverley,Yorkshire, where his grandfather, Thomas Faber, was vicar.

Among his best-known hymns are:

• Faith of Our Fathers (hymn)
• Father of Mercies, Day by Day (1849)
• I was wandering and weary
• Jesus is God, the glorious bands (n. 298, The Church Hymn Book (1872)), written in 1862
• My God, how wonderful thou art (n. 195 in Hymn Book), written in 1849
• O Jesus, Jesus, dearest Lord (n. 754, Hymn Book), written in 1848
• O paradise! O paradise (n. 1443, Hymn Book), written in 1849
• Oh, come and mourn with me awhile (n. 464, Hymn Book), written in 1849
• Oh, gift of gifts (n. 676, Hymn Book), written in 1848
• Sweet Saviour, bless us were we go
• There’s a Wideness in God’s Mercy (translated into Swedish in 1970 by Britt G. Hallqvist)
• The Greatness of God
• The Will of God
• The Eternal Father
• The God of my Childhood
• The Pilgrims of the Night
• The Land beyond the Sea
• The Shadow of the Rock

Those hymns are also used in Protestant collections as well. Faber was a supporter of congregational singing and wrote his hymns in an age when English Catholics did not necessarily feel comfortable singing the hymns of their Protestant neighbors. So Faber, as a Catholic, expanded their hymns suitable for congregational singing and encouraged the practice.^[7]

Music By: Henri F. Henry & James G. Walton