SUB TITLE:The Stories and the Messages

Hymns are a form of worship and prayer that are capable of expressing what mere words alone cannot. Many favorite Christian hymns and their authors have incredible stories that will make you listen to and sing these songs in an entirely different way. Our team spent thousands of hours researching and finding the most inspiring stories that will uplift those who take time to read or listen.

Musicians and congregations can join in the worship of our great God through the music of Saints of Zion. The Saints of Zion Songbook features fourteen hymns from the album arranged for piano and SATB choir as well as eleven shorter hymnal arrangements that are suitable for congregational singing or family worship.

The hymns in this collection have been favorites of members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints---from the Mormon pioneers to modern-day church members worldwide. Titles: * Abide with Me; 'Tis Eventide * Amazing Grace * Be Still, My Soul * Come, Come, Ye Saints * Come, Follow Me * God Be with You Till We Meet Again * Hark, All Ye Nations! * A Poor Wayfaring Man of Grief * Praise to the Man with Joseph Smith's First Prayer * The Spirit of God * We Thank Thee, O God, for a Prophet * Ye Elders of Israel with Called to Serve

Easy LDS Fingerstyle Guitar Hymns features beautiful instrumental arrangements of over 70 favorite hymns in standard notation and tab. Full tempo and slower tempo practice tracks for each song are available at www.ldsguitarbook.com. Songs include: I Know that My Redeemer Lives; Be Still, My Soul; Come, Follow Me; How Firm a Foundation; I Need Thee Every Hour; I Stand All Amazed; If You Could Hie to Kolob; The Iron Rod; Joseph Smith's First Prayer; Lead, Kindly Light; Redeemer of Israel; We Thank Thee, O God, for a Prophet ... and many more!

Hymns are more than beautiful musical compositions; they provide us with a heightened language for praising and speaking to God, all while teaching us theology that reflects both the depth and complexity of Our Lord. Sacred hymns in our day have given way to “fifth-rate poetry set to fourth-rate music,” as C.S. Lewis once remarked. At times, the music used in worship can make us feel as though the culture is usurping the Church rather than being transfigured by it. There is a clear and present need to resurrect those distinctively different songs with a distinctively different vocabulary for people who want to live distinctive lives as followers of Christ. In these pages, Fr. George William Rutler introduces and reflects upon dozens of the greatest hymns written from the earliest years of the Church through the Twentieth Century. The text and composition of each hymn is included, as well as inspiring accounts of their authors and composers, fascinating stories and historical events connected with them, and notes on the significant contributions each one made to theology and music. Fr. Rutler has recovered here a rich musical legacy that will help us to give glory to our God who is Lord of all.