He also began compiling hymns from other Latter-day Saint musicians with his own. A couple of years ago, he felt a strong pull to practice writing hymn texts and wrote one every day in 2017. Young, 35, is a second-grade teacher in a German, dual-language immersion class at West Elementary School in Tooele, Utah. I actually worked literally to the very last minute on a submission with my uncle, right up to the deadline on July 1." "I was flying out on tour with the Tabernacle Choir when the announcement was made and I started writing lyrics on the flight. "It was a lot of work, and I started on Day 1," he said. Michael Young, for example, submitted the full 20 works in his own name, but he also worked with 75 collaborators. That allowed some lyricists and musicians to be involved in many more. However, contributors could also collaborate with others. It's also a once-in-a-generation opportunity for songwriters and lyricists to contribute to a book designed to inspire, provide spiritual nourishment and build faith.Įach person was allowed to contribute up to 20 submissions - five hymns, five children's songs, five hymn texts and five children's song texts. "It's a lot to go through," Livingston said. They are sifting through 45,000 suggestions received through an online feedback survey - recommendations for hymns to keep or remove from the current hymnbook, or hymns to adopt from other faiths. The 14 committee members asked for help from church members. Today, Americans constitute 40% of the faith. When the current hymnbook was published, 60% of church members lived in the United States. The goal is a hymnal both sacred and more reflective of a global church, which counts more than 16 million members. It will take years to complete, Livingston said. " The 1985 hymnbook (still in use today) generated about 6,000 submissions." "We were expecting about 10,000," said Audrey Livingston, secretary to both the hymnbook committee and the children's songbook committee. Contributions came from more than 60 countries. In fact, mailed submissions postmarked July 1 - the deadline for new hymns and songs - poured into church headquarters throughout early July. Two small committees have begun to wend their way through a mountain of 17,000 new songs submitted for long-awaited revisions of the hymnbook and children's songbook of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. SALT LAKE CITY - No toil nor labor fear, indeed.
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