Hymns
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.
- 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.
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Famous quotes containing the word hymns:
“The form of act or thought mattered nothing. The hymns of David, the plays of Shakespeare, the metaphysics of Descartes, the crimes of Borgia, the virtues of Antonine, the atheism of yesterday and the materialism of to-day, were all emanation of divine thought, doing their appointed work. It was the duty of the church to deal with them all, not as though they existed through a power hostile to the deity, but as instruments of the deity to work out his unrevealed ends.”
—Henry Brooks Adams (1838–1918)
“Whether, if you yield not to your father’s choice,
You can endure the livery of a nun,
For aye to be in shady cloister mewed,
To live a barren sister all your life,
Chanting faint hymns to the cold fruitless moon.
Thrice blessed they that master so their blood
To undergo such maiden pilgrimage.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“What wondrous love is this
That caused the Lord of bliss
To bear the dreadful curse for my soul”
—Unknown. “What Wondrous Love is this!” L. 3-5, Dupuy’s Hymns and Spiritual Songs (1811)