I remember learning this as a youth in the old Monterey Park Ward. What made it special is that our ward choir director had once lived in the area near Sinai--which is mentioned in verse one of the hymn--and he told us that this hymn was a favorite of the members of the little branch in that area.
I have a note written in my personal hymnbook about ending the second verse with a deceptive cadence and then repeating the last line "In all we do, in all we say". Have the last note (the deceptive cadence) be a C for the basses, G for the tenors, C for the altos, and an E-flat for the sopranos on the word "say" and then repeat the last line, holding the A-flat of the tenor line, before ending with the original chord as written. I played it that way this morning and it was very effective. I would like to use this hymn as a choir number and sing it that way.
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