Favorite hymns?

[annamaureen]

Pretty basic question - what are your favorite hymns?

I love Redeemer of Israel, How Firm a Foundation, Spirit of God, Come Come Ye Saints... I tend to like the more rousing ones!

[Moksha]

Amazing Grace

Morning Has Broken

Come Come Ye Saints

A Mighty Fortress

If You Could Hie to Kolob

Let There be Peace on Earth

[Mirium]

Oh my Father

If you could hie to Kolob

Come thy Fount (Is that the right name hope you know the one I mean?)

[Vort]

My Heavenly Father Loves Me

Mary's Lullaby

The Wint'ry Day, Descending to Its Close (select "Words and music" and click on the Play button)

Let Us Oft Speak Kind Words (select "Words and music" and click on the Play button)

For All the Saints

Edit: Good idea, Moksha.

Edited November 2, 2009 by Vort

[Moksha]

YouTube - Come, Come, Ye Saints - Mormon Tabernacle Choir

YouTube - Mahalia Jackson - A mighty fortress is our God

YouTube - Let There Be Peace On Earth ~ The Boy's Choir of Harlem

[Wingnut]

Hymnbook hymns:

Lead, Kindly Light

Come, Rejoice

The Spirit of God (I never used to like this one...it was too ubiquitous...but I live in the Kirtland, OH Stake, and let me tell you -- it's a whole different experience singing that here.)

Come, O Thou King of Kings

Adam-Ondi-Ahman

Beautiful Zion, Built Above

Be Still My Soul

Guide Us, O Thou Great Jehovah

I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day

O Savior, Thou Who Wearest a Crown (the lyrics and the music are a little weird, causing the singers to draw out the vowels a little odd, but the music is beautiful.)

Praise to the Lord, the Almighty

Sing Praise to Him

Non-current-hymnbook-hymns (or songs that sound hymn-like in that they are worshipful):

Come Thou Fount

This is the Christ

Consider the Lilies

[Gretchen]

I LOVE A Poor Wayfaring Man of Grief.

Also;

How Firm a Foundation

Amazing Grace

O My Father

How Great Thou Art

Those are just some of the ones in the hymn book! I LOVE music!!!

[glow_inthe_dark_girl]

come, come ye saints

o my father

and I dont know the titles in english

asombro me da 118

para siempre Dios esté con vos 89

Yo se que vive mi señor 73

[jameslentz]

How Firm a Foundation

High on a Mountain Top

I Believe In Christ

Called to Serve

Praise to the Man

my number one favorite

Oh How Lovely Was the Morning

Because of the video every time I hear or sing that hymn I start to think about the magnificent event of that morning and it chokes me up.

[jadams_4040]

Pretty basic question - what are your favorite hymns?

I love Redeemer of Israel, How Firm a Foundation, Spirit of God, Come Come Ye Saints... I tend to like the more rousing ones!

Called to serve.

Israel Israel God is calling.

I need thee every hour.

Did yu think to pray.

Count your blessings.

Nearer my God to thee.

:):):):)

[Wingnut]

asombro me da 118

para siempre Dios esté con vos 89

Yo se que vive mi señor 73

I Stand All Amazed (193)

God Be With You Till We Meet Again (170)

I Know that My Redeemer Lives (136)

[pam]

Lead Kindly Light

Teach Me to Walk in the Light

Edited November 3, 2009 by pam

[astral]

It used to be "Come Come Ye Saints". I even saw the Mormon Tabernacle Chior sing the song this past summer. There have been major life changes this year which led me to become inactive. The only affiliation I have with the church is through this web-site.

I no-longer appreciate or like any hymn the church sings.

[bytor2112]

O' Divine Redeemer

Because I have been given much

I know that my Redeemer lives

Families can be together forever

I believe in Christ

O Holy Jesus

I need thee every hour

Abide with me

As now we take the Sacrament

High on the Mountain Top

[nbblood]

There's a lot of good ones and some of my favorites, but my most favorite (it isn't listed yet) is:

Let Us All Press On

[skippy740]

Here are some of my favorites, but not always the most recognizable:

True to the Truth (#254)

Brightly Beams Our Fathers Mercy (#335)

God of Our Fathers, Whose Almighty Hand (#78)

I Believe in Christ (#134)

There is Sunshine in my Soul Today (#227) - for the "words I cannot sing"!

Behold a Royal Army (#251)

Hope of Israel (#259)

Come, Listen to a Prophet's Voice (#21)

The Day Dawn is Breaking (#52)

[hordak]

Popcorn popping on the apricot tree. Anything sung by the Primary kids because they know how to read music.

Unfortunately this ability is lost upon graduation from primary.

Whether a song is Brightfuly, thoughtfully, joyfully , vigorously, or fervently they are all sung and played the same.

For the record

This is vigorously.

[KatieO]

I really like:

I believe in Christ

Come Come ye Saints

Be still my soul

I need thee every hour

[CarstenBN]

Here are 3 of my favorites, linked to MP3 audio, including my favorite part of each:

The Morning Breaks (#1, Listen as MP3)

Verse 1:

The morning breaks, the shadows flee;

Lo, Zion's standard is unfurled!

The dawning of a brighter day (2x),

Majestic rises on the world.

Lead, Kindly Light (#97, Listen as MP3)

Verse 2:

I was not ever thus, nor prayed that thou

Shouldst lead me on.

I loved to choose and see my path; but now,

Lead thou me on!

I loved the garish day, and, spite of fears,

Pride ruled my will.

Remember not past years.

Master, the Tempest Is Raging (#105, Listen as MP3)

Chorus:

The winds and the waves shall obey thy will:

Peace, be still.

Whether the wrath of the storm-tossed sea

Or demons or men or whatever it be,

No waters can swallow the ship where lies

The Master of ocean and earth and skies

They all shall sweetly obey thy will:

Peace, be still; peace, be still.

They all shall sweetly obey thy will:

Peace, peace, be still.

[Churchmouse]

How Great Thou Art.. I must have heard it over a thousand times in the past thirty years, but everytime I hear it I get a lump in my throat. When we sing it in Church I have never gotten through the third verse without having to stop.

[Churchmouse]

It used to be "Come Come Ye Saints". I even saw the Mormon Tabernacle Chior sing the song this past summer. There have been major life changes this year which led me to become inactive. The only affiliation I have with the church is through this web-site.

I no-longer appreciate or like any hymn the church sings.

Of course, I don't know your particular problems, but many times we blame the Church for problems in our life. When we take a closer look we see the problems have come from other forces. Before you make such a life changing decision, I hope you will talk to your Bishop or Stake President. It can't hurt. They can't force you to come back to Church. So, you have nothing to lose and perhaps a great deal to gain. May God bless you whatever your decision.

Edited November 4, 2009 by Churchmouse

[Jamie123]

Ummmm...not sure how many of these are in the LDS hymn book but....

The Church's One Foundation

O Love That Will Not Let Me Go

Love Divine All Loves Excelling

Be Thou My Vision

Onward Christian Soldiers

All My Hope on God is Founded

The Spacious Firmament on High

Shine Jesus Shine

Come Holy Ghost Our Souls Inspire

Panis Angelicus

He Who Would Valient Be

Jerusalem

Not Forever By Still Waters

The hymn that goes to the tune of Danny Boy, which they keep changing the words to

etc...etc...etc!

[ADoyle90815]

I'm not LDS, but here are some hymns I like:

Amazing Grace

Nearer My God to Thee

Ave Maria-I love when someone sings this in a solo performance

How Great Thou Art

Onward Christian Soldiers

Christmas carols that are religious:

The Holly and the Ivy

Silent Night-especially at a late night Christmas Eve service where everyone is holding a lighted candle after the chapel lights are turned off.

[Vort]

Ummmm...not sure how many of these are in the LDS hymn book but....

The Church's One Foundation

O Love That Will Not Let Me Go

Love Divine All Loves Excelling

Be Thou My Vision

Onward Christian Soldiers

All My Hope on God is Founded

The Spacious Firmament on High

Shine Jesus Shine

Come Holy Ghost Our Souls Inspire

Panis Angelicus

He Who Would Valient Be

Jerusalem

Not Forever By Still Waters

The hymn that goes to the tune of Danny Boy, which they keep changing the words to

etc...etc...etc!

"Onward Christian Soldiers" is sung in English-speaking LDS congregations. Don't recognize any of the others.

A hymn set to "Danny Boy"? Strange. But no more so, I suppose, than a hymn set to "Scotland the Brave".

D&C scripture mastery, to the tune of "Scotland the Brave/Hail to the Prophet":

Search these commandments, for they are true and faithful,

And the prophecies and promises which are in them shall

All be fulfilled. What I, the Lord, have spoken,

I have spoken, and I excuse not myself.

And though the heavens and the earth pass away

My word shall not pass away,

But shall all be fulfilled,

Whether by mine own voice or the voice of my servants,

It is the same. -D&C 1:37-38

[Vort]

I'm not LDS, but here are some hymns I like:

Ave Maria-I love when someone sings this in a solo performance

Which version? This is not one we sing in LDS services (obviously -- it's a prayer to Mary), but it is a personal favorite and a bit of a guilty pleasure. I first learned to love this as a song from Pavarotti's rendition of Schubert's version*. Some years later, I totally fell in love with

. I have since discovered

, which is quite pretty.

As a side "benefit", if you want to call it that, to loving this song, I have memorized the Latin version of the Catholic prayer Ave Maria**. Yay.

* The Mormon Tabernacle Choir actually did perform Schubert's Ave Maria, but with the words changed and with the title Heavenly Father.

** The prayer is based mainly on Gabriel's "Annunciation" visit to Mary: "Hail, thou that art highly favoured, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women." If you know any Latin at all, even if (like mine) it's pretty weak, you can easily follow the prayer. Very, very Catholic indeed, what with supplicating "Holy Mary, God's mother", to "pray for us now and at the time of our death":

Ave Maria, gratia plena, Dominus tecum. Benedicta tu in mulieribus, et benedictus fructus ventris tui Iesus. Sancta Maria, mater Dei, ora pro nobis nunc et in hora mortis nostrae. Amen. (The mater Dei part isn't in the song. You just have to remember it :).)

Edited November 4, 2009 by Vort