HymnalWatch

Updates about 'Hymns-for Home and Church' the new hymnbook for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Also: fun facts about our hymnody. (Unofficial)

[HymnalWatch @HymnalWatch]

🧵This will be the master thread for all #NewHymns being released for HYMNS - FOR HOME AND CHURCH. Each individual Hymn post will have additional information, recordings and more about that particular Hymn threaded there. So click through to the Hymn you're looking for!

[Brian Cragun @cragun47]

Today I sang 1003 "It is well with my soul." for the first time. It was the first time I'd ever really paid attention to the words, and they were very moving. Choked up and couldn't keep singing when I got to "That Christ has regarded my helpless estate and hath shed His own blood for my soul". and then felt such deep emotions when we got to "My sin, not in part but the whole Is nailed to the cross, and I bear it no more"

A new favorite for me.

(BTW I didn't realize it was an old traditional hymn. The arrangement was easier to sing than I expected just hearing the Tabernacle Choir sing it.)
Image by @grok

[HymnalWatch @HymnalWatch]

'About the Hymns' resource in Gospel Library under 'Books and Lessons'!

[Acts of the Apostles @actsofapostles_]

They’ve added my all time favorite hymn! Softly and Tenderly.

Can’t wait to sing it during sacrament.

[Church News @the_churchnews]

The third batch of songs released as part of the Church’s new hymnbook project includes "This Little Light of Mine" and "Faith in Every Footstep."
https://t.co/GSx60mGUYB

[HymnalWatch @HymnalWatch]

#NewHymn #1205 'Let Easter Anthems Ring' uses as its tune "Diademata" , which will be familiar to many as the tune behind the hymn "Crown Him With Many Crowns", as performed here by the @TheTabChoir
https://t.co/uWAzxja8Px

[HymnalWatch @HymnalWatch]

New ABOUT THE HYMN pages linked!

[HymnalWatch @HymnalWatch]

Here we gooooooo!

[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints @Ch_JesusChrist]

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is adding 15 new hymns to its global collection, “Hymns—For Home and Church” today, February 13, 2025. These songs will be available in the online Music Library, Gospel Library and Sacred Music app in English, Spanish, Portuguese and French within the next 24 hours.

The May 2024 release of 13 hymns, which included “Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing,” “Gethsemane,” and “It Is Well with My Soul,” is now also available in German, Korean, and Tagalog. Mandarin and Japanese will follow in the coming months.

“We hear the promise and prophecy in the scriptures that all people — every nation, kindred, tongue and people — will be able to learn of the gospel,” said Kayla Decker, the translation manager for the new hymnbook. “The taking of this hymnal to the world, to me, is a manifestation of that prophecy of God.”

Learn more at the link below.
https://t.co/yRu6XQGIQB

[HymnalWatch @HymnalWatch]

@HistoryofHymns Yeah, when logged in if not part of the pilot and you try to access it, you get this:

[HymnalWatch @HymnalWatch]

@HistoryofHymns This looks like what the OP had access to - the complimentary pilot study resource. Which seems to include some unreleased material still on the way. Exciting to see!

[History of Hymns @HistoryofHymns]

👀 Has anyone seen these new hymns? They aren’t appearing in my app (yet).

#churchofjesuschrist #newhymns

[History of Hymns @HistoryofHymns]

🎵 Hymn #1203: What Child Is This?
Lyrics by William Chatterton Dix (1836-1898)

Struck by a debilitating disease and confined to a bed for months, William Dix’s life couldn’t have gotten any worse. But it did. Let’s jump into the remarkable story behind "What Child is This" and the life of lyricist William Chatterton Dix. (And we'll uncover the truth about a false rumor tied to the famous carol!)

A 🧵: 1/11

#Hymns #ChurchofJesusChrist #NewHymnbook

[History of Hymns @HistoryofHymns]

🎵 Hymn #1202: He Is Born, the Divine Christ Child
Traditional French Carol

There are many translations of this hymn–but there are two particularly fascinating stanzas in the original French lyrics that are missing in our new hymnal that add depth to this joyful Chistmas carol. Let’s dive in!

A 🧵: 1/11

[HymnalWatch @HymnalWatch]

Excellent thread for background on #NewHymn #1204 "Star Bright"!

[History of Hymns @HistoryofHymns]

🎵 Hymn #1004: Star Bright
Music & Lyrics by Lorin Farrar Wheelwright

Lorin Wheelwright intentionally wrote his Christmas song to sound nothing like the timeless Christmas songs we are used to singing. Discover how this humble Christmas song weaves together ancient prophecies, bilingual lyrics, and a musical visionary’s skill of transporting the listener to the ancient Americas.

A 🧵: 1/13

#Hymns #ChurchofJesusChrist #NewHymnbook

[History of Hymns @HistoryofHymns]

🎵 Hymn #1004: Star Bright
Music & Lyrics by Lorin Farrar Wheelwright

Lorin Wheelwright intentionally wrote his Christmas song to sound nothing like the timeless Christmas songs we are used to singing. Discover how this humble Christmas song weaves together ancient prophecies, bilingual lyrics, and a musical visionary’s skill of transporting the listener to the ancient Americas.

A 🧵: 1/13

#Hymns #ChurchofJesusChrist #NewHymnbook

[Eric D. Huntsman @EricDHuntsman]

@ldshymnstats Also @HymnalWatch. Sacrament meeting in the Jerusalem Branch this Sabbath (Saturday), December 14: nos. 213, 187, 1203, and 201.

[HymnalWatch @HymnalWatch]

"Gloria".
https://t.co/k9x5YF72vQ