April 1908 General Conference Music

Apr 4–6, 1908

A PDF conference report is available at Archive.org.

Regular Sessions

Saturday Morning Session
Saturday, Apr 4, 1908, 10:00 AM

Saturday Afternoon Session
Saturday, Apr 4, 1908, 2:00 PM

Sunday Morning Session
Sunday, Apr 5, 1908, 10:00 AM

Sunday Afternoon Session
Sunday, Apr 5, 1908, 2:00 PM

Monday Morning Session
Monday, Apr 6, 1908, 10:00 AM

Monday Afternoon Session
Monday, Apr 6, 1908, 2:00 PM

Other Sessions

Overflow Meeting
Sunday, Apr 5, 1908, 10:00 AM

Second Overflow Meeting
Sunday, Apr 5, 1908, 2:00 PM

Outdoor Meeting
Sunday, Apr 5, 1908, 2:00 PM

Summary of Conference Music

Prof. Evan Stephens conducted the singing of the choir and congregation at all the conference meetings in the Tabernacle, and Prof. John J. McClellan played the accompaniments and voluntaries on the great organ, assisted by Edward P. Kimball and Walter J. Poulton, Jr.


From the April 1908 Conference Report booklet


Saturday Morning Session(Return to top) Download Stream Online

Now let us rejoice in the day of salvation (Congregational)

Words: William W. Phelps

Music: Unknown

Guide us, O Thou great Jehovah (Congregational)

Words: William Williams

Music: Unknown

From afar, Gracious Lord, Thou hast gathered Thy flock

Words: Giuseppe Verdi

Music: Unknown

Our God, we raise to Thee (Congregational)

Saturday Afternoon Session(Return to top) Download Stream Online

O ye mountains high, where the clear blue sky (Congregational)

Words: Charles W. Penrose

Music: Unknown

O say, what is truth? ’Tis the fairest gem (Congregational)

Words: John Jaques

Music: Unknown

Oh Shining Light

Solo: Clorinda Poulton

Lift up the voice in singing

Words: Anon.

Music: Unknown

Sunday Morning Session(Return to top) Download Stream Online

Hark! listen to the trumpeters!

Words: John A. Granade

Music: Unknown

Ye simple souls who stray

Words: Charles Wesley

Music: Unknown

Nearer to Thee

Solo: Charles Kent; Male chorus

In our Redeemer’s name

Words: Evan Stephens

Music: Evan Stephens

Overflow Meeting(Return to top) Download Stream Online

Redeemer of Israel, our only delight (Congregational)

Words: Joseph Swain; William W. Phelps (adapter)

Music: Unknown

Come, come ye Saints, no toil nor labor fear (Congregational)

Words: William Clayton

Music: Unknown

O say, what is truth? (Congregational)

Words: John Jaques

Music: Unknown

Lord dismiss us with Thy blessing (Congregational)

Words: John Fawcett; Walter Shirley

Music: Unknown

Sunday Afternoon Session(Return to top) Download Stream Online

O beauty of Holiness

God is our refuge

Words: Dudley Buck

Music: Dudley Buck

True to the Faith

Words: Evan Stephens

Music: Unknown

Hosanna!

Second Overflow Meeting(Return to top) Download Stream Online

We thank Thee, O God, for a Prophet (Congregational)

Words: William Fowler

Music: Unknown

O Thou, at whose supreme command

Words: Ida E. Redding

Music: Unknown

Praise ye the Lord! ’tis good to raise

Words: Isaac Watts

Music: Unknown

Hark! ten thousand thousand voices

Words: Thomas Raffles

Music: Unknown

Outdoor Meeting(Return to top) Download Stream Online

Sowing (Congregational)

Hope of Israel (Congregational)

Words: Joseph L. Townsend

Music: Unknown

Praise to the man who communed with Jehovah! (Congregational)

Words: William W. Phelps

Music: Unknown

Thy way not mine, O Lord

Kind words are sweet tones of the heart

Solo: Charles Kent

Words: Joseph L. Townsend

Music: Unknown

Nearer to Thee

Monday Morning Session(Return to top) Download Stream Online

Redeemer of Israel, our only delight (Congregational)

Words: Joseph Swain; William W. Phelps (adapter)

Music: Unknown

How firm a foundation, ye Saints of the Lord (Congregational)

Words: Selection of Hymns, John Rippon, 1787; Robert Keen

Music: Unknown

O Loving Father

Solo: Esther Davis

Do what is right; the day-dawn is breaking (Congregational)

Words: Anon.

Music: Unknown

Monday Afternoon Session(Return to top) Download Stream Online

Praise to the man who communed with Jehovah! (Congregational)

Words: William W. Phelps

Music: Unknown

God moves in a mysterious way (Congregational)

Words: William Cowper

Music: Unknown

The morning breaks, the shadows flee

Solo: John W. Summerhays; Noel S. Pratt

Words: Parley P. Pratt

Music: Unknown

We thank Thee, O God, for a Prophet (Congregational)

Words: William Fowler

Music: Unknown