Posted by:
winnip
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Date: January 14, 2011 09:40AM
First of all, this is my first time posting on this board - but I have been an eager reader for a few years now. I am never-mo, but had family in SLC that I visit regularly (numerous times a year) starting when I was in 7th grade. For the last 20 years (yes - even starting in 7th grade) I have studied Mormonism and have amassed a large collection of LDS related materials/books/resources.
As a music teacher - I am intrigued by LDS hymns - and their history. When comparing the original LDS hymn compilations with the 1985 green version, there are maybe 25 or so that are the same. Hymns are always a reflection of theology - and as theology changes, what you sing about theology will change too.
One gem from the late 1800's is "O Stop and Tell me, Red Man..."
Verse one:
O stop and tell me Red Man,
Who are ye? why you roam?
And how you get your living?
Have you no God;—no home?
There are seven more verses.
My question to throw out at you, especially older (wiser, of course) folks - what hymns/songs do you remember singing in your childhood that are no longer 'kosher' because of changing doctrine/emphasis?