{"id":660999,"date":"2026-10-29T21:16:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-29T21:16:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/660999\/"},"modified":"2026-10-29T21:16:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T21:16:10","slug":"more-christmas-songs-added-to-hymns-for-home-and-church-church-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/660999\/","title":{"rendered":"More Christmas songs added to \u2018Hymns for Home and Church\u2019 \u2013 Church News"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints released eight more hymns and songs for the new global hymnbook, \u201cHymns for Home and Church<\/a>,\u201d on Thursday, Oct. 29.<\/p>\n

Songs released on Oct. 29, 2026:<\/p>\n

As more new hymns are released, they can be found in the Gospel Library<\/a> on the Church\u2019s website and the Gospel Library app<\/a>, and at music.ChurchofJesusChrist.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n

To this point, the Church has now released 90 new songs online in English, Spanish, Portuguese and French in eight batches of releases. <\/p>\n

The Church also announced on Thursday, Oct. 29<\/a>, that the print version of the hymnbook will have 394 hymns. The print version is expected to be ready in those four languages by late 2027. Other language translations will follow.<\/p>\n

German, Korean, Japanese and Tagalog have also received several batches by now, and Armenian, Cebuano, Indonesian, Italian, Malagasy, Samoan, Tongan, Vietnamese and Russian are all at earlier stages of the release. <\/p>\n

Some of these newest songs will be familiar to many people. For example, \u201cO Come, O Come, Emmanuel<\/a>\u201d is a standard Christian Advent hymn, often sung and played during the Christmas season. \u201cBe Thou My Vision<\/a>\u201d is a standard Irish Christian classic, and \u201cOur Savior Brings Us Joy<\/a>\u201d originated in Swedish in the 1800s and is popular in African nations.<\/p>\n

Another Christmas song added to the new hymnbook in this release is \u201cA Quiet Night<\/a>,\u201d written by Ann Green Buys and submitted to the hymnbook committee in 2018.<\/p>\n

The other new hymns in the batch are new submissions as well from Latter-day Saint songwriters.<\/p>\n

The First Presidency and the Quorum of the Twelve have been intimately involved in every aspect of the new hymnbook, including the selection of hymns to be included in the print and digital versions. The hymns that have been approved \u2014 both new and old \u2014 accomplish the following five goals:<\/p>\n

Does the hymn increase faith in and worship of our Heavenly Father and His Son, Jesus Christ?Does the hymn teach the core doctrine of the gospel with power and clarity?Does the hymn invite joyful singing at home and at church?Does the hymn comfort the weary and inspire members to endure in faith?Does the hymn unify members throughout the Church?<\/p>\n

Not all of the current hymns in the current hymnbook will make it into the new book, Elder Dale G. Renlund<\/a> explained in 2025<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cYour favorite hymn may not be included. So, keep your current hymnbook and continue to enjoy your old favorites at home,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Elder Mark D. Eddy,<\/a> a General Authority Seventy and hymnbook adviser, said<\/a>: \u201cAs we worship together by joyfully singing these hymns, we trust you will feel what we have felt in the preparation of this new hymnbook. We have found increased faith in the eternal truths taught in its lyrics, and courage and peace in the beautiful sound and structure of its music. May we receive what the Lord has prepared for each of us in these sacred songs of the heart.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"ChurchChurch members sing selections from \u201cHymns for Home and Church\u201d during sacrament meeting in Murray, Utah. | The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints <\/p>\n

Stephen M. Jones, who is a member of the hymnbook committee, is chairing the music editorial subcommittee and has been part of this multi-year process of reviewing the Church\u2019s current hymnbook and Children\u2019s Songbook, hymns and songs from the current non-English Church hymnbooks, previously published hymns, existing hymns from other Christian traditions and over 17,000 original submissions.<\/p>\n

Jones said the hymnbook committee would essentially say, \u201cThis looks interesting, but it doesn\u2019t quite meet the goals of the Brethren.\u201d And so the committee \u201cwould ship it to either the text or the music editing committees. And we would then suggest changes per their requests or their suggestions. And we\u2019d go back and forth,\u201d Jones said. \u201cIt was a lot of work.\u201d <\/p>\n

Some well-known hymns and songs, both Latter-day Saint and from other faith traditions, have undergone revisions to make them musically more successful or more doctrinally accurate. Changes or suggestions would then be sent to the authors and composers, if they were still living. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe would go back and forth till it ironed out,\u201d Jones said. \u201cOur work was then passed on to Church leaders, who made final determinations about both the music and the lyrics.\u201d <\/p>\n

\"ChurchChurch members in Ghana sing hymns during their sacrament meeting. | The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints <\/p>\n

One of the goals of the new hymnbook was to help unify members throughout the Church. With more than 17 million members speaking 125 languages, the \u201cHymns for Home and Church\u201d is truly a global hymnbook, allowing members to learn music that has been created and loved in other cultures around the world.<\/p>\n

An article in the Liahona<\/a> pointed out that after Emma Smith was directed to compile a hymnbook, most of the hymns in the subsequent 1835 hymnbook came from other Christian traditions. \u201cBut Emma and others looked forward to the day when the Church would be \u2018blessed with a copious variety of the songs of Zion,\u2019\u201d the article said. <\/p>\n

Now to this point of releasing songs in \u201cHymns for Home and Church,\u201d 74% of all the hymns and songs have at least one contributor \u2014 such as author, composer or arranger \u2014 who is a Latter-day Saint.<\/p>\n

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