Today I finished the third (and probably final) verse of the following LDS sacrament hymn “Believe and Come to Him.” The tune is the old traditional one that has often been used for the text that begins “Dear Lord and Father of Mankind, Forgive our Foolish Ways.” This music is only slightly altered: One line is added at the end.
[Updated on November 26, 2017: version 49]
Christian LDS hymn “Believe and Come to Him”
Here are the three verses for the new hymn:
Believe in God and come to him
And feast upon his word
Receive the one the Father sent
By making sacred covenant
Partake the sacrament
Believe and come to him
Behold the feet, the hands and side
We know the Savior lives
By eating, we in him abide
And by the Holy Spirit Guide
Behold the Savior lives
We know the Savior lives
By drinking of the water we
Remember why he bled
We cleanse the vessel inwardly
Becoming as he we’d have us be
Remembering the son
Becoming like the Son
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Words are copyright 2017 Jonathan David Whitcomb
But noncommercial home or church use is OK
Listen to a simple MIDI audio of this music: Believe-and-Come-to-Him-049
Fourth Verse Added:
Partaking of the sacrament
We witness Him again
The bread and water represent
His body and His blood was spent
In cleansing us within:
Renewing us again
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A short piece of music for a church choir: “Come to Christ”, by Jonathan Whitcomb
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“We Remember the Savior”
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Press Forward, Feasting on the Word
A short LDS choir piece of music based upon Book of Mormon scriptures, and this includes II Nephi 31: 20
