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January 10, 2016

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Sacred Music: The Ninety and Nine

As the daughter of a Jazz musician, I often struggled to like church hymns when I was in my early teens. The funerary pace at which most hymns were played, and the (un)written rules that crescendos, brass horns and anything fff were things for “other churches,” made listening to church hymns the least of my favourites. My father was yet patient, and taught me that sometimes you listen with your heart, rather than your ears. This memory came to me when I was searching for a hymn to share in this post. As an adult, I grew to appreciate well-performed hymns,...

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Elizabeth C. Clephane Relief Society Magazine Sacred Music The Ninety and Nine

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