EMnE Hymn by Canyon
This hymn is based on Doctrine and Covenants 128:19-25 and other restoration scriptures. Section 128 is an epistle from Joseph Smith to the saints in Nuvoo and has always sounded like it could be a hymn; like Joseph was singing the words as he was writing. I took this as an opportunity to use his hymn-like language and combine it with a few Early Modern English syntactic and stylistic features. It is written in Long Meter and can be sung to the tune of Hymn #1, The Morning Breaks, the great restoration hymn penned by Parley P. Pratt and composed in Long Meter. Please enjoy.
Glad tidings from Cumorah heard
The Holy Father Father and the Son
Appear to Joseph in the Grove
Appear to Joseph in the Grove
A witness of their pow’r and love
At river’s bend, on bended knee
Joseph and Oliver receive
This dispensation's pow'r and keys
This dispensation's pow'r and keys
The prison burst for quick and dead
His house restored, the Lord appears
Pleas of his servants he doth hear
What do we hear in this good news?
What do we hear in this good news?
A voice of gladness, mercy, truth
Forward, brethren, to victory
Rejoice in your hearts; be glad and sing
Let earth sing forth and dead speak praise
Let earth sing forth and dead speak praise
King Immanuel set them free
With eyes now heav’nward turned and fixed
Proclaim ye his name forever more
Who shall abide his coming-day?
Who shall abide his coming-day?
His saints, his sons and daughters, we
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This is a powerful rendition of DC 128! I like the hymn tune you chose, and I really like the rhetorical figures you included, especially the "bend" and "bended" polyptoton in verse two, line one.
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