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Hymns Sung (Texas)
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 Texas, 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 Texas (31 Dec 2017): 353,317
Congregations in Texas (wards and branches): 692
- 35 congregations from Texas participated in the survey (5.1%). The full list can be found below.
- 395 total sacrament meetings were reported (only a subset of wards reported every week).
Top 15 Overall
- How Great the Wisdom and the Love (23)
- I Stand All Amazed (23)
- There Is a Green Hill Far Away (22)
- Father in Heaven, We Do Believe (21)
- Jesus of Nazareth, Savior and King (21)
- Choose the Right (19)
- We’ll Sing All Hail to Jesus’ Name (19)
- Because I Have Been Given Much (18)
- In Humility, Our Savior (17)
- While of These Emblems We Partake (Aeolian) (17)
- I Am a Child of God (16)
- In Memory of the Crucified (16)
- Redeemer of Israel (16)
- Behold the Great Redeemer Die (15)
- He Died! The Great Redeemer Died (15)
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- With Humble Heart (15)
- ’Tis Sweet to Sing the Matchless Love (Meredith) (14)
- Count Your Blessings (14)
- God Loved Us, So He Sent His Son (14)
- Jesus, Once of Humble Birth (14)
- The Lord Is My Light (14)
- Thy Will, O Lord, Be Done (14)
- As Now We Take the Sacrament (13)
- How Firm a Foundation (13)
- I Know That My Redeemer Lives (13)
- Oh, Come, All Ye Faithful (13)
- Reverently and Meekly Now (13)
- Come, Follow Me (12)
- God, Our Father, Hear Us Pray (12)
- More Holiness Give Me (12)
- Put Your Shoulder to the Wheel (12)
- Sweet Hour of Prayer (12)
- The Spirit of God (12)
- We Thank Thee, O God, for a Prophet (12)
- ’Tis Sweet to Sing the Matchless Love (Hancock) (11)
Top 15, Adjusted (excl. sacrament hymns)
- Choose the Right (19)
- Because I Have Been Given Much (18)
- I Am a Child of God (16)
- Redeemer of Israel (16)
- Count Your Blessings (14)
- The Lord Is My Light (14)
- How Firm a Foundation (13)
- I Know That My Redeemer Lives (13)
- Oh, Come, All Ye Faithful (13)
- More Holiness Give Me (12)
- Put Your Shoulder to the Wheel (12)
- Sweet Hour of Prayer (12)
- The Spirit of God (12)
- We Thank Thee, O God, for a Prophet (12)
- Come, Follow Me (11)
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- I Need Thee Every Hour (11)
- Let the Holy Spirit Guide (11)
- Lord, I Would Follow Thee (11)
- Now Let Us Rejoice (11)
- Our Savior’s Love (11)
- Teach Me to Walk in the Light (11)
- As I Search the Holy Scriptures (10)
- High on the Mountain Top (10)
- I Believe in Christ (10)
- Love at Home (10)
- Nearer, My God, to Thee (10)
- Abide with Me; ’Tis Eventide (9)
- Angels We Have Heard on High (9)
- Battle Hymn of the Republic (9)
- For the Beauty of the Earth (9)
- Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (9)
- In Fasting We Approach Thee (9)
- Let Us All Press On (9)
- A Poor Wayfaring Man of Grief (8)
- Bless Our Fast, We Pray (8)