Hymnals

Left to right: Replica of A Collection of Sacred Hymns, selected by Emma Smith, 1835; Glory to God: The Presbyterian Hymnal, 2013; Hymns, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1985; Worship Hymnal, Saint Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church, 2011; The Baptist Hymnal, 1991. Hymnals displayed in an LDS Church meetinghouse in front of the painting “Mary and the Resurrected Lord” by Harry Anderson.

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Over the centuries and throughout the world, preachers, poets, and musicians have composed lyrics and set them to music for churchgoers to sing.

“It has been recorded that over 400,000 hymns have been identified around the world,” wrote J. Spencer Cornwall in his book “Stories of Our Mormon Hymns.” “The creators of these hymns are to be revered, such as Charles Wesley, an English hymnist, writing 6,500 hymns.”


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