#71 "With Songs of Praise"

This is a new hymn (as of 1985) so I didn't grow up in the church hearing it.  I like the tune and words.  I have notes in my personal hymnal to have the soprano sing the tenor line and octave higher, and the tenor sing the soprano an octave lower for the first seven measures.  Then break into SATB on the chorus.  I also have written to sing a "tag" ending (after the last fermata) and change the soprano's last three notes to high B, high C, and high D, with second sopranos singing the high B on the last note.  This would be a great hymn for a ward choir with these little changes.