New LDS Hymns Online
Let’s begin with new hymns for Latter-day Saints that are available online.
Amazing new words for “Amazing Grace”
Here’s the first verse:
Amazing grace! The Savior’s hand
Could save someone like me!
I once would sink but now I stand,
Was blind but now I see.
Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing
This hymn, in itself, is hardly new, but many LDS members had not yet sung it before it was made available on the Church site for the upcoming Hymns—for Home and Church as hymn #1001. Here is the first verse:
Come, Thou Fount of every blessing;
Tune my heart to sing Thy grace.
Streams of mercy, never ceasing,
Call for songs of loudest praise.Teach me some melodious sonnet,
Sung by flaming tongues above.
Praise the mount; I’m fixed upon it:
Mount of Thy redeeming love.
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Christ in Gethsemane—a New Sacrament Hymn
“Now in the Garden” might be called the grownup version of “Gethsemane”
verse #1
Now in the garden cool
Kneels the Beloved Son,
Feeling the dark perpetual chill:
His agony has begun.
Seeking his Father’s will
Finding his pain is worse,
He makes the choice, enduring it still,
In accepting the awful curse.
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A New Easter Hymn for Latter-day Saints
“Hail to the Son” has words, by Jonathan Whitcomb , set to the music of Felix Mendelssohn. Here is the first verse:
Hail to the King, the Holy Son of the Father!
Hail to the Son, the resurrected Redeemer!
Hail to the King forever more!
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New LDS lyrics for “Amazing Grace”
“I was surprised to find an even more serious problem with most of the verses: At least most of them had no direct reference to Jesus Christ. It seemed to me that this neglect was similar to what we had been warned about by the prophet Russel M. Nelson: Use the Savior’s name when talking about the atonement of Christ.” {That surely also applies to the grace of the Savior.]
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LDS Families Now Have New Hymns
These include “I’m a Pioneer Too”, “Amazing Grace”, “Like a River Flowing”, and “A Thousand Years of Zion”.
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New Hymns for LDS Church and Home
Now in the Garden
Hail to the Son
Victory Through Jesus Christ
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Jonathan David Whitcomb wrote this sacred Christian choir piece in celebration of the 200-year anniversary of the coming forth of the Book of Mormon (1823 to 1830).
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About the old Christian Hymn “Amazing Grace”
Amazing Grace is one of the most beloved and enduring hymns in Christian tradition. With its profound message of redemption and spiritual renewal, the hymn has touched millions of lives across centuries and cultures.
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LDS Hymn “Like a River Flowing”
As of at least mid-June of 2025, “Like a River Flowing” has not been promoted or endorsed by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. With that said, individual local units of the Church may use their own judgement in the use of this new hymn, for it may be copied for incidental noncommercial use at church or in the home.
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