• The Song of the Saints

  • A History of Latter-day Hymnbooks
  • By: Michael Young
  • Narrated by: Jennifer Esterholdt
  • Length: 3 hrs and 44 mins
  • 4.0 out of 5 stars (1 rating)

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The Song of the Saints

By: Michael Young
Narrated by: Jennifer Esterholdt
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With the new hymnbook and children’s songbook for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on the horizon, it is an excellent time to look back at where church music has been and to see where we might be going. The Song of the Saints examines the history of the hymnbooks and children's songbooks of the church, both the official and nonofficial versions. It examines what has changed over the years in church music and why and includes new interview content from Michael Moody, who was the chairman of the 1985 hymnbook committee and other hymnbook committee members, including Bonnie Goodliffe and Darwin Wolford. These interviews yielded material about the hymnbook creation process that has never been published. The song of the righteous is a prayer unto the Lord, and throughout the history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the members of church have saved these treasured expressions of faith in the pages of their hymnbooks. Come and see how the Latter-day Saints have built God's kingdom through music.

©2020 Michael D. Young (P)2023 Michael D. Young

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Interesting History of Latter-day Saints Hymnbooks

I read more fiction than non-fiction but I do find the history of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints fascinating. I heard the announcement of the soon-to-be-coming new hymnal so this book piqued my interest when I came across it. It's well written and is not only a history of all the hymnals and the whys to the changes but also has some great personal stories in the history. My favorite is the story of Helen Keller at the Tabernacle, it was really touching. These stories highlighted the importance of music in feeling the spirit and giving support to the soul. It was a great read.

Narrator- did a great job and was easy to listen to. I did prefer to listen at 1.5x speed but I normally listen around that speed anyway.

Parents- G- safe for all ages
Language- none
Violence- none
Sexual Content- none

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