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Dedication
When the Lord needed scriptures brought
to light
and His church restored to the earth,
He called a man and molded him into a prophet.
But when He needed a hymnal that would
serve
as a foundation for generations to come,
He turned to that prophet's wife.
Thank you, dear Sister Emma Smith,
for the
firm Gospel foundation
you have given
to an entire dispensation of time.
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"For my soul delighteth in
the song of the heart;
yea, the song of the righteous is a prayer unto me,
and it shall be answered with a blessing upon their heads."
Doctrine and Covenants 25:12
"If thou art merry, praise
the Lord with singing, with music,
with dancing, and with a prayer of praise and thanksgiving.
If thou art sorrowful, call on the Lord thy God with supplication,
that your souls may be joyful."
Doctrine and Covenants 136:28-29
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The LOST HYMNS Project:
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PART ONE: Introduction |
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What Is a Hymn? |
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The
Writer Writes... |
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... And the
Editor Edits |
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How & Why LDS Hymns & Hymnals
differ from others |
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How Should We Sing? |
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PART TWO: Significant Names in
LDS Hymnals |
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Isaac Watts |
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Charles Wesley |
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John Newton & William Cowper |
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Chapter 9: |
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Emma Smith, W.W. Phelps, Parley P.
Pratt, &
Eliza R. Snow |
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PART THREE: The Lost Hymns |
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These chapters are constantly
being updated as I continue to work on the indexes. I am almost to
the half-way mark in creating the indexes; I will then concentrate
on chasing down more of the original texts. |
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Hymnals
published by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints |
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Title
Index of General
Congregational Hymnals |
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Chapter 12: |
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Title Index of
Sunday School & Children's Hymnals |
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Author Index - combines both of
the title indexes |
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Notable LDS-written hymns that have not yet
appeared in a hymnal |
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APPENDIX |
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Appendix 1: |
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Scriptures on Singing |
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Appendix 2: |
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Quotes from LDS
General Conference Addresses on Music and Hymns |
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Appendix 3: |
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Other Quotes on
Music and Hymns |
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Appendix 3: |
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Using
'King
James English' in Hymn and Prayer |
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Truths, Myths, & Falsehoods on How Latter-day Saints are
Directed to Use
Music in their Worship Services |
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Editions of Official & Unofficial LDS Hymnals |
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See Also: |
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Hymnastics 101 - addresses & magazine articles on hymns that don't fit the scope of this
project |
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Electronic Copies of LDS Hymnals
WordPad (.rtf or .txt) versions are on this website;
most
PDF
files will take you to other websites.
Thank you to Mark
Dewey of Hymnwiki
for supplying the .txt files of the Manchester and Nauvoo hymnals
that I have, with his permission, modified to present here.
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WordPad |
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1835 - Kirtland
Hymnal; 1st (and only) Edition |
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WordPad |
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1840
- Manchester Hymnal;
1st Edition |
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1844
- Manchester Hymnal;
4th Edition |
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1841
- Nauvoo Hymnal;
1st (and only)
Edition |
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1889 -
Latter-day Saint
Psalmody; 4th Edition |
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1948
- Hymns from the 1st edition of the 1948 hymnal not
included in the 2nd Edition (1950) |
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1985 -
the current LDS Hymnal minus copyrighted material that
does not allow copying |
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1985/1989
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Current 1985 Hymnal and 1989 Children's Songbook
(takes you to
www.lds.org.) |
ALSO -
LDS-centered hymnals not commissioned by the church (both go to
another website):
1843
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"A Collection of Sacred Hymns Adapted to the Faith and Views of
the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints"
1844
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"A Collection of Sacred Hymns for the use of the Latter-day
Saints"
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Links of Interest
If you have one to suggest, then please do!
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earlyldshymns.com |
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Early LDS hymns with the
tunes history says they were sung to |
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Hymnwiki |
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info on hymns, mostly those
used in LDS hymnals |
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Wikipedia
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direct link to a Wikpedia
article on LDS hymns & hymnals |
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CyberHymnal.org |
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with
Noteworthy Composer 1.75 you can download
sheet music from their
6,800+ hymn library; includes authors & composers and historical references |
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Hymnlyrics.org |
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says to have over 10,000 hymn texts,
but they don't list authors or composers or give any historical references |
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Hymnpedia |
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info on hymns; appears to
be Lutheran-oriented |
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http://www.imslp.org/ |
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International Music Score
Library Project |
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Olney
Hymnal |
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John Newton & William Cooper's
famous hymnal |
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Oremus
Hymnal |
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large collection of hymn texts
and tunes, mostly of the Anglican tradition |
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Isaac
Watts |
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texts of 'Psalms David',
'Hymns and Spiritual Songs',
and
'Divine and Moral Songs for Children'. |
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