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"As close to the original writer's
pen as I can find"
This project is copyright
© 2006-2009 by Bruce T. Forbes
This is a work in progress -
I began in 2006 and will
carry on
as I continue to research the subject.
As Latter-day Saints we have an incredible hymn
heritage - home-grown hymns as well as those borrowed from the vast hymn
library. As a writer I find it exciting to find an original version of
a text and discover how and why it was edited for use today - or, why we've put it back on the shelf.
My goal with this project is -
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FIRST,
to create a text/title index as well as an author index of all the
hymns that have appeared in the officially-commissioned
English-language hymnals of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints
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SECOND,
to discover which texts have been edited and to
find the original and complete versions - as close to
the original writer's pen as I can find. I've
already posted a few.
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as part of the above, to present other significant and historical texts
of interest from the LDS hymn library that are no longer used.
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FINALLY,
to present an electronic copy (or
link to) of each hymnal for your further study and use. I've already
posted a few.
My original dream was to publish this project as a
book when I completed it. But it will probably be my grandchildren who
complete it as it is such a huge project. So here you go - enjoy and be
uplifted while I continue to research. If you find mistakes or have help or suggestions to offer (or
even complements!) I
would be pleased to hear from you. Please write me at -
bruce@losthymnsproject.com
A special thinks to those without whom this project
would still be just a dream:
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Music & Cultural
Arts Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints -
especially Diane Bastian, who
graciously opened the department's library to my research
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Church History
Library & Archives of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints
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the Harold B. Lee Library,
Brigham Young University
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Kirk Kammeyer of
www.earlyldshymns.com and
his most-excellent data base
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Mark Dewey of Hymnwiki
for supplying some excellent material
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fellow LDS hymnists
Wade Kotter (also a librarian!) and Lynn Carson (respected historian
of Utah music heritage) - their friendship and their expertise
are both appreciated
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the Hymn
Society in the United States and Canada, especially for their patient assistance
in tracking down original Wesley texts
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CyberHymnal - proving that the internet is one powerful means in spreading the
music of God. What a 'pearl of great price' they are!
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my mother, Betty Mae Taylor Forbes,
who taught her children the Gospel with her piano and taught me to love
hymns
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all my musician friends, whose
encouragement and faith in me continues to give my faith wings
to fly.
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all of you who have written with thanks,
encouragement, suggestions, and complements. You make this project all the more
worthwhile and give me the motivation to continue on. Please, keep
writing to me!
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Dedication
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When the Lord needed scriptures brought
to light
and His church restored to the earth,
He called a man and molded him into a prophet.
But when He needed a hymnal that would
serve
as a foundation for generations to come,
He turned to that prophet's wife -
already trained for the task at hand.
Thank you, dear Sister Emma Smith,
for the
firm Gospel foundation
you have given
to an entire dispensation of time.
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"For my soul delighteth in
the song of the heart;
yea, the song of the righteous is a prayer unto me,
and it shall be answered with a blessing upon their heads."
Doctrine and Covenants 25:12
"If thou art merry, praise
the Lord with singing, with music,
with dancing, and with a prayer of praise and thanksgiving.
If thou art sorrowful, call on the Lord thy God with supplication,
that your souls may be joyful."
Doctrine and Covenants 136:28-29
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The LOST HYMNS Project:
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NOTE: most of these chapters were written independent of each
other
and collected into this project.
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PART ONE: Introduction |
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Chapter 1:
What Is a Hymn? |
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Chapter 2: The
Writer Writes... |
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Chapter 3: ... And the
Editor Edits |
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Chapter 4: A Very
Brief
History of LDS Hymnody |
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Chapter 5: How Should We Sing? |
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PART TWO: Significant Names in
LDS Hymnals |
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Chapter 6:
Isaac Watts |
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Chapter 7:
Charles Wesley |
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Chapter 8:
John Newton & William Cowper |
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Chapter 9:
Emma Smith, W.W. Phelps, Parley P.
Pratt, & Eliza R. Snow |
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PART THREE: The Lost Hymns |
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These chapters are constantly
being updated as I continue to work on the indexes.
I am past
the half-way mark in creating the indexes;
I will then concentrate
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Chapter 10:
Hymnals
/ Editions published by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints |
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Chapter 11: Title
Index of General
Congregational Hymnals |
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Chapter 12: Title Index of
Sunday School & Children's Hymnals |
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Chapter 13: Author Index - combines both of
the title indexes |
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Chapter 14: Notable LDS-written hymns that have not yet appeared in a hymnal |
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APPENDIX |
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Appendix 1: Scriptures on Singing |
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Appendix 2: Quotes from LDS
General Conference Addresses on Music and Hymns |
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Appendix 3: Other Quotes on
Music and Hymns |
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Appendix 4: Using
'King
James English' in Hymn and Prayer |
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Appendix 5: Truths, Myths, & Falsehoods on How Latter-day Saints are
Directed to Use
Music in their Worship Services |
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Appendix 6:
Versified Version of Doctrine &
Covenants 76 |
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See Also: Hymnastics
101 - addresses & magazine articles on hymns that don't fit the scope of this
project |
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Electronic Copies of LDS Hymnals
WordPad (.rtf or .txt) versions are on this website;
most
PDF
files will take you to other websites.
Thank you to Mark
Dewey of Hymnwiki
for creating the .txt files of the Manchester and Nauvoo hymnals
that I have, with his permission, modified to present here.
(Actually, I did it first and then got his permission to do it and
to present them here.)
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RTF |
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1835 - Kirtland
Hymnal; 1st (and only) Edition (goes to other website) |
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RTF |
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PDF
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1840
- Manchester Hymnal;
1st Edition
(goes to other website) |
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PDF |
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1844
- Manchester Hymnal;
4th Edition (goes to other
website) |
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1841
- Nauvoo Hymnal;
1st (and only)
Edition (goes to other website) |
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1908 -
Latter-day Saint Psalmody; 4th Edition (on this
website) |
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1908 -
Deseret Sunday School Songs (on this website) |
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1919 -
Relief Society Song Book (on this website) |
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1985 -
the current LDS Hymnal minus copyrighted material that
does not allow copying |
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1985/1989
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Current 1985 Hymnal and 1989 Children's Songbook
(takes you to
www.lds.org.) |
.pdf versions of LDS hymnals not commissioned by the church (takes
you to
another website):
1843
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"A Collection of Sacred Hymns Adapted to the Faith and Views of
the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints"
1844
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"A Collection of Sacred Hymns for the use of the Latter-day
Saints"
1908 -
Songs of Zion
1913 -
Millennial Hymns by Parley P.
Pratt, published by his family (on this website)
.pdf versions of poetry
collections which also contain hymns (takes you to another
website):
The Millennium and Other Poems,
by Parley P. Pratt, 1839
Poems Religious, Historical, and Political, Volume I, by
Eliza R. Snow, 1856
ALSO -
RTF
... Isaac Watts' 'Psalms David',
'Hymns and Spiritual Songs',
and
'Divine and Moral Songs for Children'. |
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... John Newton & William Cooper's famous Olney Hymnal |
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Links of Interest
If you have one to suggest, then please do!
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earlyldshymns.com |
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Early LDS hymns with the
tunes history says they were sung to |
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Hymnwiki |
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info on hymns, mostly those
used in LDS hymnals |
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Wikipedia
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direct link to a Wikipedia
article on LDS hymns & hymnals |
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CyberHymnal |
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with the
Noteworthy Composer program you can download
sheet music from their
7,000+ hymn library; includes information on authors & composers and
other historical references |
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Hymnlyrics.org |
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says to have over 10,000 hymn texts,
but they don't list authors or composers or give any historical references |
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Hymnpedia |
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info on hymns; appears to
be Lutheran-oriented |
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http://www.imslp.org/ |
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International Music Score
Library Project |
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Oremus
Hymnal |
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large collection of hymn texts
and tunes, mostly of the Anglican tradition |
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www.namethathymn.com |
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a discussion board where people ask each other for
help in finding lost
hymn texts |
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