{"id":2034279,"date":"2025-09-19T11:57:38","date_gmt":"2025-09-19T11:57:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2034279"},"modified":"2025-09-19T11:57:38","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T11:57:38","slug":"president-nelson-writes-lyrics-for-song-in-new-church-of-jesus-christ-hymnbook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/president-nelson-writes-lyrics-for-song-in-new-church-of-jesus-christ-hymnbook\/","title":{"rendered":"President Nelson writes lyrics for song in new Church of Jesus Christ hymnbook"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"js-Story-Content-0\">\n<div class=\"StoryText-module_storyText__FWhP\">\n<p><span class=\"dateline\">SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) \u2014 <\/span>Russel M. Nelson, President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, wrote the lyrics for a song in the new hymnbook, \u201cHymns\u2014For Home and Church.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The lyrics to the hymn, called &#8220;Our Prayer to Thee,&#8221; were first published in the \u201cEnsign\u201d (now the \u201cLiahona\u201d) magazine in 2003. The hymn was also performed at general conference in October 2018 and April 2022.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a super, super special song,\u201d hymnbook singer Emily Winters, who sings on the new batch\u2019s English recordings, said. \u201cIt\u2019s very sacred, talking about us and God. It\u2019s a beautiful representation of our relationship.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nelson\u2019s hymn and 11 other songs continue to add to the collection of the new hymnbook. These additions bring the total number of songs in \u201cHymns\u2014For Home and Church\u201d to 60 in English, French, Portuguese, and Spanish.<\/p>\n<p>The new hymns now available are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cThou Gracious God, Whose Mercy Lends\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cHelp Us Remember\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cHow Did the Savior Minister\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cJesus Is the Way\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cCan You Count the Stars in Heaven?\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cHe Cares for Me\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cOur Prayer to Thee\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cJoseph Prayed in Faith\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cStand by Me\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cThis Day Is a Good Day, Lord\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cGo Tell It on the Mountain\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cLittle Baby in a Manger\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It&#8217;s been more than a year since The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints started releasing batches of the new hymnbook. <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/kutv.com\/news\/local\/final-edition-of-new-lds-hymnbook-to-be-printed-in-50-languages-by-mid-2027\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"https:\/\/kutv.com\/news\/local\/final-edition-of-new-lds-hymnbook-to-be-printed-in-50-languages-by-mid-2027\" class=\"themeColorForLinks\">The final edition is planned to be printed by mid-2027<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The plans to create a new hymnbook were first announced in 2018, with church leaders asking members to send in original songs and fill out a questionnaire regarding the church&#8217;s music. Church leaders reported that more than 17,000 songs were submitted.<\/p>\n<p>_____<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source kmyu.tv \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) \u2014 Russel M. Nelson, President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, wrote the lyrics for a song in the new hymnbook, \u201cHymns\u2014For Home and Church.\u201d The lyrics to the hymn, called &#8220;Our Prayer to Thee,&#8221; were first published in the \u201cEnsign\u201d (now the \u201cLiahona\u201d) magazine in 2003. 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