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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New Book of Mormon Music

A short piece of music for a church choir: “Come to Christ”, by Jonathan Whitcomb

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A New Sacrament Hymn

“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

By Jonathan David Whitcomb

Earlier this month*, I wrote four verses of a hymn for which I altered an old hymn tune (*I later revised the text: from August 18th-Aug 25, 2017). I consider the following to possibly be appropriate for use in an LDS sacrament meeting, perhaps by a ward choir.

We Remember the Savior

By witness of the Spirit
I know my Father lives
He sent a willing Savior
To witness of their love
That we may share that love

The Light and Life descended
To make our hearts as one
He wants us to remember
The God who gave a Son
The well-beloved Son

Let not your heart be troubled
The risen Savior lives
He gives us life eternal
When He shall come again
And we shall live again

O God, Eternal Father,
We do remember Him
And witness we are willing
Our covenant fulfilling:
To remember Him

The music is an alteration of “O Love That Will Not Let Me Go.” The original version of the music was written by Albert Peace, not long after the original words were written (1882) by George Matheson. The copyright notice refers, of course, to the words. If anyone wants permission to use this hymn, feel free to contact me with the request; for noncommercial church or home use, however, feel free to use it with no need to contact me.

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Press Forward, Feasting on the Word

This is a new choir piece, a short composition based mostly upon Book of Mormon scriptures, beginning with II Nephi 31:20 (check out this music, which was written in June of 2022 by Jonathan David Whitcomb of Murray, Utah).

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Scientific Paper About Living Pterosaurs

My “Reports of Living Pterosaurs in the Southwest Pacific” was published in the Winter-2009 issue of the Creation Research Society Quarterly (Volume 45, #3). I now refer to the last four pages of this scientific paper, with links to images of those pages.

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Easter Verses