#295 "O Love That Glorifies the Son"

This song isn't very familiar, but I have a note in my personal hymnal that the Oak Hills Ward Choir sang it on August 10, 1997.  Here's how we did it:

Verses 1-2  Women in unison measures 1-5.  Add alto on the last note of measure 5.  Add tenor and bass on the last note of measure 9.
Verses 3-4  SATB

Other than that, I don't remember singing it before or since.

#294 "Love at Home"

This is another classic LDS hymn that I've sung since my youth.  I remember my mom would start singing it to us when we (her children) got into arguments with each other.  One of my favorite arrangements of this hymn came at the end of a drama production we did while I was in high school.  The play was "House Talk" and at the end we sang "Love at Home".  Another of my favorite arrangements of this hymn is one done by the Osmond Brothers. 

I've used this hymn as a choir number and a congregational hymn and will continue to schedule it in the future.

#293 "Each Life That Touches Ours for Good"

When this hymn appeared in the 1985 hymnal, it quickly became one of my favorites.  My mom has already told me that she wants this hymn sung at her funeral.  I hope that is many, many years from now!

We have used this hymn as a choir number and a congregational hymn.  It isn't the easiest hymn to play because of the stretches of the fingers, but I will continue to work on improving the way I play it.

#292 "O My Father"

This is a classic LDS hymn with its doctrinal teaching about having a Heavenly Mother.  "In the heav'ns are parents single?  No, the thought makes reason stare!  Truth is reason; truth eternal tells me I've a mother there."

I've sung and played this hymn many times.  I currently use it as part of my weekly prelude and I've played it at many funerals.  It will always be a favorite hymn of mine.

#291 "Turn Your Hearts"

This hymn was new to the 1985 hymnal and it is one we learned and used several times over the years.  Its message about temple work for the living and the dead is relevant.  This hymn was a little tricky to play, but I like it!

#290 "Rejoice, Ye Saints of Latter Days"

This hymn seemed new to me, but I read in Karen Lynn Davidson's book, Our Latter-Day Hymns, that the words were revised from a hymn written for the 1945 Idaho Falls Temple Dedication.  The musical setting is new for the 1985 hymnal.  I think this hymn would work well for a sacrament meeting about temples.

#289 "Holy Temples on Mount Zion"

I recognized this hymn as soon as I began to play it today, but it is another one of those rarely used hymns.  I think I remember singing it at a fireside about temple work, but that's about it.  I don't have any special notes or markings in my personal hymnbook, so there isn't much else to say!