The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is adding 15 new hymns to its global collection, “Hymns—For Home and Church,” on Thursday, February 13, 2025. These songs will be available in the online Music Library, Gospel Library, and Sacred Music app in English, Spanish, Portuguese, and French within the next 24 hours.
The 15 new hymns are:
- “Close As a Quiet Prayer”
- “Come, Hear the Word the Lord Has Spoken”
- “Faith in Every Footstep”
- “Holy Places”
- “I Can’t Count Them All”
- “I Have Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ”
- “I Know That My Savior Loves Me”
- “Let Easter Anthems Ring”
- “Softly and Tenderly Jesus Is Calling”
- “Standing on the Promises”
- “Take My Heart and Let It Be Consecrated”
- “This Little Light of Mine”
- “To Love Like Thee”
- “Welcome Home”
- “Were You There?”
This release includes newly submitted music, songs from other Christian faith traditions, and hymns that have only been available in a small number of languages before now. This brings the total number of hymns in the new global hymnbook to 37. More songs will continue to be published every few months leading up to the release of the full hymnbook in print and digital formats.
Individuals, families, and Church congregations are encouraged to use this new music now in meetings and at home.
“Faith in Every Footstep” was composed to commemorate the 150th anniversary of Latter-day Saint pioneers entering the Salt Lake Valley. It was first printed in Church magazines in 1997, and used during the pioneer sesquicentennial celebrations. It was included in the Croatian, Czech, Estonian, Hungarian, and Romanian hymnbooks before being added to “Hymns—For Home and Church.”
Another familiar addition is the children’s song “I Know That My Savior Loves Me,” which was originally published in the Friend magazine in 2002. It has since been used with children in Primary and general conferences.
“This Little Light of Mine” originated in early African American Christian traditions in the Southern United States and grew in popularity during the U.S. Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s. The version included in “Hymns—For Home and Church” is an example of an expansion of musical styles in the collection.
Read more about the new songs, as well as new language translations for the previously released hymns, at Church Newsroom.
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