Sunday, June 2, 2013

Sunday Tidbits- The Songs we Sing on Sunday



     1.      What was the original title to “Redeemer of Israel”?
     a.      Redeemer of the Holy Land
     b.      Jesus of Israel
     c.       Oh Thou, in Whose Presence My Soul Takes Delight
     d.      The Spirit of God

     2.      Which is the only song to be sung at all temple dedications (yes, all, including Kirtland and Nauvoo)?

     a.      The Spirit of God
     b.      Adam-ondi-Ahman
     c.       We Thank Thee O God For a Prophet
     d.      Come, Come, Ye Saints

     3.      What was the original title of “O My Father”?

     a.      Our Heavenly Parents
     b.      When I Come Back Home
     c.       Invocation, or the Eternal Father and Mother
     d.      Thy Holy Place on High

     4.      In W. W. Phelps original “Praise to the Man,” the 2nd verse stated “Long shall his blood, which was shed by assassins/ Stain   ____________ while the earth lauds his fame.”  Stain_________ was changed and gentled in the 1927 hymnal. What word filled the blank?

     a.      Missouri
     b.      The Carthage mobbers
     c.       Governor Ford
     d.      Illinois

     5.      Which favorite Church hymn, written by an LDS author, can be currently found in the Protestant New Church Hymnal ?

     a.      Called to Serve
     b.      Come, Come Ye Saints
     c.       The Spirit of God
     d.     High on a Mountain Top 

Yesterday’s answer:

     a.      A hat

The following from an interview with Emma Smith in 1856:
When my husband was translating the Book of Mormon, I wrote a part of it, as he dictated each sentence, word for word, and when he came to proper names he could not pronounce, or long words, he spelled them out, and while I was writing them, if I made a mistake in spelling, although it was impossible for him to see how I was writing them down at the time. Even the word Sarah he could not pronounce at first, but had to spell it, and I would pronounce it for him.

John W. Welch and Tim Rathbone, “The Translation of the Book of (Provo: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1986), 8.


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