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Hymns Sung (Pennsylvania)
During 2017, we conducted a sacrament meeting hymns survey to find out which hymns are sung most commonly in sacrament meetings around the world. This page shows results specific to Pennsylvania, United States. To see an overview of results from the full survey, see Hymns Sung in Sacrament Meetings.
About the data set
Church membership in Pennsylvania (31 Dec 2017): 51,765
Congregations in Pennsylvania (wards and branches): 109
- 9 congregations from Pennsylvania participated in the survey (8.3%). The full list can be found below.
- 86 total sacrament meetings were reported (only a subset of wards reported every week).
Top 15 Overall
- There Is a Green Hill Far Away (7)
- Father in Heaven, We Do Believe (6)
- God, Our Father, Hear Us Pray (5)
- He Died! The Great Redeemer Died (5)
- How Great the Wisdom and the Love (5)
- I’ll Go Where You Want Me to Go (5)
- More Holiness Give Me (5)
- ’Tis Sweet to Sing the Matchless Love (Meredith) (4)
- ’Tis Sweet to Sing the Matchless Love (Hancock) (4)
- Because I Have Been Given Much (4)
- Called to Serve (4)
- Do What Is Right (4)
- God Loved Us, So He Sent His Son (4)
- God Speed the Right (4)
- How Firm a Foundation (4)
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- In Fasting We Approach Thee (4)
- Jesus, Once of Humble Birth (4)
- O God, the Eternal Father (4)
- Teach Me to Walk in the Light (4)
- Thy Will, O Lord, Be Done (4)
- As Now We Take the Sacrament (3)
- Behold the Great Redeemer Die (3)
- Bless Our Fast, We Pray (3)
- Gently Raise the Sacred Strain (3)
- Go Forth with Faith (3)
- God Be with You Till We Meet Again (3)
- High on the Mountain Top (3)
- Home Can Be a Heaven on Earth (3)
- In Humility, Our Savior (3)
- In Memory of the Crucified (3)
- Jesus of Nazareth, Savior and King (3)
- Joy to the World (3)
- Lord, I Would Follow Thee (3)
- Nearer, My God, to Thee (3)
- O Thou, Before the World Began (3)
Top 15, Adjusted (excl. sacrament hymns)
- I’ll Go Where You Want Me to Go (5)
- More Holiness Give Me (5)
- Because I Have Been Given Much (4)
- Called to Serve (4)
- Do What Is Right (4)
- God Speed the Right (4)
- How Firm a Foundation (4)
- In Fasting We Approach Thee (4)
- Teach Me to Walk in the Light (4)
- Bless Our Fast, We Pray (3)
- Go Forth with Faith (3)
- God Be with You Till We Meet Again (3)
- High on the Mountain Top (3)
- Home Can Be a Heaven on Earth (3)
- Joy to the World (3)
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- Lord, I Would Follow Thee (3)
- Nearer, My God, to Thee (3)
- Precious Savior, Dear Redeemer (3)
- The Iron Rod (3)
- Truth Eternal (3)
- We Love Thy House, O God (3)
- A Poor Wayfaring Man of Grief (2)
- Angels We Have Heard on High (2)
- As I Search the Holy Scriptures (2)
- Cast Thy Burden upon the Lord (2)
- Christ the Lord Is Risen Today (2)
- Come unto Him (2)
- Come unto Jesus (2)
- Come, Follow Me (2)
- Come, Ye Thankful People (2)
- Far, Far Away on Judea’s Plains (2)
- Guide Me to Thee (2)
- Guide Us, O Thou Great Jehovah (2)
- Have I Done Any Good? (2)
- He Is Risen! (2)