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Thursday, September 18, 2025

BREAKING NEWS: 12 New Hymns Released (Including One Penned by President Nelson)

Hello again, everyone! I am pleased to report this morning that 12 new hymns have been released. The new releases include African American, Geerman, Korean, Tagolag, and Tongan pieces, in addition to one penned by our beloved prophet, Church President Russell M. Nelson. What are these hymns? I'm glad you asked. They are as follows: 

“Thou Gracious God, Whose Mercy Lends”, “Help Us Remember”, “How Did the Savior Minister”, “Jesus Is the Way”, “Can You Count the Stars in Heaven?”, "He Cares for Me”, “Our Prayer to Thee”, “Joseph Prayed in Faith”, “Stand by Me”, “This Day Is a Good Day, Lord”, “Go Tell It on the Mountain”, and “Little Baby in a Manger”.

I am familiar with "Thou Gracious God, Whose Mercy Lends", "Our Prayer to Thee", and "Go Tell It on the Mountain", but not the others. The number of released new hymns for  “Hymns—For Home and Church”  now totals 60, 

We don't yet know what the ratio of new hymns vs. the core collection will be, but we do know that Primary General President Susan H. Porter, Young Men General President Timothy L. Farnes, and Elder Matthew L. Carpenter an Asssistant ExecutiveDirector of the Church's Priesthood and Family Department, are all quoted in relation to the newest release of the new hymns,

We also know that Church members are being encouraged to learn and share the new hymns. I pray that we will all do so. I am also looking forward to the next release of new hymns, which should occur sometime in December or so. And the entirety of the new hymnbook will be available to use and share at home and during Church services as well. I am grateful to have been able to learn of this update not long after it happened.

I invite you all to stay tuned here for my coverage of the latest updates from the Church News, Newsroom, and Church of Jesus Christ Temples sites. I’ll be sure to pass word of those along to you all as soon as I learn about them. In the meantime, that does it for now. All comments are, as always, welcome and appreciated on any post at any time, as long as all such feedback is made per the established guidelines. 

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  1. James G. StokesSeptember 18, 2025 at 10:27 AM

    While I have no desire whatsoever to detract from the release of the new hymns this morning, the Church News has shared one other report. My thanks once again to you all.

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