{"id":47954,"date":"2024-09-27T05:30:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-27T11:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.timesandseasons.org\/?p=47954"},"modified":"2024-09-23T00:40:14","modified_gmt":"2024-09-23T06:40:14","slug":"thoughts-on-the-second-wave-of-new-hymns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/2024\/09\/thoughts-on-the-second-wave-of-new-hymns\/","title":{"rendered":"Thoughts on the Second Wave of New Hymns"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Church recently released a new batch of hymns for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/notable-series\/hymns-for-home-and-church-the-new-latter-day-saint-hymnbook\/\">new Latter-day Saint hymnbook<\/a>. I feel like some of my predictions are paying off with the new round of hymns. Back in 2018, I called it that \u201cThis is the Christ,\u201d \u201cCome, Lord Jesus, Come,\u201d and \u201cAmazing Grace,\u201d would likely be added. (I could say the same for \u201cCome, Thou Fount\u201d with the last round, but that one was beyond obvious.) But, beyond those, there are some very excellent inclusions that I am excited about. Let\u2019s go through each of the new hymns and I\u2019ll share some thoughts and information (including some from the official press release):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>1010. Amazing Grace\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>This was probably the most highly anticipated hymn of this group. It was included in the 1841 Nauvoo hymnal, but has not been included since. I have heard many individuals express a desire to include \u201cAmazing Grace\u201d in the hymnbook over the years, and in early 2024, <a href=\"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/2024\/02\/hymnal-watch-february-2024\/\">Ray Robinson<\/a> said that the committee was planning on including \u201cCome, Thou Fount\u201d and \u201cAmazing Grace\u201d and expecting that they would be universal favorites. I\u2019ll admit that I\u2019m not overly excited about this one myself, but I am happy for those who have wanted it to be included over the years.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Amazing Grace | The Tabernacle Choir\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/C2arm5ydeJc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>1011. Holding Hands Around the World\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>This is an original Latter-day Saint children\u2019s song by Janice Kapp Perry that was published multiple times in the \u201cFriend\u201d magazine. I didn\u2019t recognize it, but my wife and some friends have said that it was a big part of their Primary program experiences growing up. Although I am not fond of militaristic imagery in hymns, I appreciate the message of global unity.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1012. Anytime, Anywhere\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>This one is new, short and sweet. I like it as a children\u2019s song.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1013. God\u2019s Gracious Love\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>I didn\u2019t know this one before the release of this batch, but it has quickly become a favorite of mine. It is a 19th-century Swedish hymn that was in the church\u2019s Swedish hymnal and has now migrated to the Church\u2019s universal hymnody.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A humorous side note with this one is that I\u2019ve heard that a lot of folks with ties to Germany have commented that it reminds them of a folk-pop song. Rolf Zuckowski wrote a children\u2019s song about &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jQP4MaYBrtY\">It&#8217;s so good that the Sun exists<\/a>&#8221; (&#8220;Wie gut dass es die Sonne gibt&#8221;) that likely borrowed from the Swedish hymn\u2019s melody. But, as Jonathan Green explained to me, Zuckowski \u201cbasically provided the soundtrack for German childhood for 30-40 years straight, starting around 1980, and everyone knows his songs,\u201d so folks who grew up in Germany are more likely to know his work than the hymn.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Wie gut dass es die Sonne gibt - Grundschule Hohenbrunn\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jQP4MaYBrtY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>1014. My Shepherd Will Supply My Need\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>This might be the one I was most excited to see, partly because I hadn\u2019t anticipated its inclusion. I have loved this one since I performed Mack Wilberg\u2019s arrangement in a choir when I was a teenager. (And yes, I do plan on having my ward choir sing that arrangement in the next couple months.) The beautiful early American hymn tune combined with a Psalm 23 text created by Godfather of English Hymnody is beautiful and moving. I also loved that they kept it as 4-part harmony, which seems to be on the decline in the new hymn music.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"My Shepherd Will Supply My Need, arr. by Mack Wilberg (2019) - The Tabernacle Choir\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5QOOwGZQa0Q?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>1015. Oh, the Deep, Deep Love of Jesus\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>This was a 19th-century English hymn with a new musical setting. It\u2019s exciting to see a hymn tune that seems to have been written for the submissions to the hymnal.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1016. Behold the Wounds in Jesus\u2019 Hands\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>This one was submitted in 1998 for the annual Church Music Submission and published in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.churchofjesuschrist.org\/study\/ensign\/2009\/04\/behold-the-wounds-in-jesus-hands?lang=eng\">April 2009 <em>Ensign<\/em><\/a>. It may be familiar to some, since it was performed by a combined choir from Brigham Young University in the October 2021 general conference.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Behold the Wounds in Jesus&#039; Hands\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/b9SSGNpQ_IQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>1017. This Is the Christ\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>This hymn combined the talents of a member of the First Presidency (James E. Faust), established hymn writer Jan Underwood Pinborough, and the chairman of the committee that created the 1985 hymnal (Michael Finlinson Moody). It rose to fame in the Church with its use in <em>The Testaments: Of One Fold and One Shepherd<\/em> and has been recorded by artists like the Tabernacle Choir and Marshall McDonald. I love this one and was excited to see it included.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Testaments: Tabernacle Choir Sings &quot;This is the Christ&quot;\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LiQcVM4xACw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>1018. Come, Lord Jesus\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>This was a main theme in David Zabriskie\u2019s Savior of the World musical that is performed on Temple Square each year around Christmas. It has previously been published in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.churchofjesuschrist.org\/study\/liahona\/2012\/10\/children\/come-lord-jesus?lang=eng\">Church magazines<\/a>. This was another one that I had hoped would be included. I am particularly excited to have it added as an <a href=\"http:\/\/archive.timesandseasons.org\/2023\/12\/advent-songs-in-the-latter-day-saint-tradition\/\">Advent hymn<\/a>.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Come, Lord Jesus (From Savior of the World: His Birth and Resurrection)\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ARZsnP9KGPA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>As far as some general notes, I feel like we\u2019re still not moving beyond Utah and the United States to a global and inclusive Church yet in the sense of content origin. \u201cGod\u2019s Gracious Love\u201d is the major exception in this group, since it comes from Sweden. Otherwise, however, the hymns and songs are either traditional American hymns or more recent compositions by Utahns. As far as inclusive language, they did pretty well, similar to <a href=\"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/2024\/07\/thoughts-on-the-first-batch-of-new-hymns\/\">the first batch of new hymns<\/a>. The main failing in this group is in \u201cThis is the Christ,\u201d which refers to Jesus as \u201cRedeemer of <em>mankind<\/em>.\u201d I recognize that mankind can be interpreted as the totality of humanity, but it can also mean men, as distinguished from women. There are more inclusive terms that could be used instead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>What are we still likely to see in upcoming waves? My short list, based on previous observations, would be the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Christmas:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>&nbsp;\u201cChristmas Comes Anew\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cLo, How a Rose E\u2019re Blooming\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cO Come, O Come, Emmanuel\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cGo, Tell It on the Mountain\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Latter-day Saint Hymns:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u201cPlacentero nos es trabajar\u201d (\u201cHow Pleasant to Work with the Lord\u201d)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cFaith in Every Footstep\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cWhat is This Thing that Man Calls Death?\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Primary Songs:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u201cIf the Savior Stood Beside Me\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cScripture Power\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Traditional Christian Hymns and Songs:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u201cWhen I Survey the Wondrous Cross\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cThis Little Light of Mine\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cEv\u2019ry Time I Feel the Spirit\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cI\u2019m Gonna Live So God Can Use Me\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cPoor Wayfarin\u2019 Stranger\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cTake Time to Be Holy\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Church recently released a new batch of hymns for the new Latter-day Saint hymnbook. I feel like some of my predictions are paying off with the new round of hymns. Back in 2018, I called it that \u201cThis is the Christ,\u201d \u201cCome, Lord Jesus, Come,\u201d and \u201cAmazing Grace,\u201d would likely be added. (I could say the same for \u201cCome, Thou Fount\u201d with the last round, but that one was beyond obvious.) But, beyond those, there are some very excellent inclusions that I am excited about. Let\u2019s go through each of the new hymns and I\u2019ll share some thoughts and information (including some from the official press release):<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10397,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2909],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47954","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hymns"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47954","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10397"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47954"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47954\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47955,"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47954\/revisions\/47955"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47954"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47954"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47954"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}