Evan Stephens

Life

• Born: 29 June 1854
• Died: 27 October 1930

List of Works

(Each hymn is listed only once, though it may appear in multiple hymnals)

From Hymns of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1985

• Awake, Ye Saints of God, Awake!
• Father, Thy Children to Thee Now Raise
• For the Strength of the Hills
• In Remembrance of Thy Suffering
• Lean on My Ample Arm
• Let Us All Press On
• Lo, the Mighty God Appearing!
• O Home Beloved (text only)
• Our Mountain Home So Dear
• Praise Ye the Lord
• Raise Your Voices to the Lord
• See, the Mighty Angel Flying
• The Voice of God Again Is Heard
• Today, While the Sun Shines
• True to the Faith
• What Was Witnessed in the Heavens?
• We Ever Pray For Thee (adaptation)
• Ye Simple Souls Who Stray

From Hymns: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1948

• All Hail the Glorious Day
• Come, Dearest Lord
• Glory Be to God in the Highest
• Know This, That Every Soul Is Free (1948 hymnal tune)
• O Awake! My Slumbering Minstrel
• O Happy Homes Among the Hills
• Our God, We Raise to Thee
• Sacred the Place of Prayer and Song
• Savior, Redeemer of My Soul (1948 Choir version)
• Utah, We Love Thee (AKA Land of the Mountains High)

From Latter-day Saint Hymns, 1927

• All Hail the Glorious Day
• Arrayed in Light
• Away with Our Fears! the Glad Morning Appears
• Behold the Great Redeemer Comes
• Behold the Mount of Olives Rend!
• Behold! the Harvest Wide Extends
• Christ Is Born, the Joyful Story
• Come to Me, Will Ye Come to the Saints that Have Died
• Come, Come, My Brother, Wake! Awake!
• Come, Holy Ghost, Our Hearts Inspire
• Deseret, Deseret! 'Tis the Home of the Free
• Do We Not Know that Solemn Word?
• Sweet Is the Hour When Thus We Meet (Text only)
• The Breaking Waves Dashed High

From Deseret Sunday School Songs, 1909

• Affection
• Arbor Morning, Bright and Fair
• Gladly Meeting, Kindly Greeting
• Go When the Morning Shineth
• I'll Strive While Young to Tune My Voice (Text only)
• Joseph Smith
• Joseph the Blest
• Kind and Heavenly Father
• Let's Be Kind to One Another
• Let Love Abound
• Loving One Another
• Morning Thanksgiving
• Morning
• One Hundred Years
• Sing the Wondrous Story
• Song of Triumph
• Sweet Is the Breath of Morning Air
• That the Lord Will Provide
• The "Mormon" Boy
• The Bees of Deseret
• The Gushing Rill
• The Savior at Jerusalem
• Zion Prospers, All Is Well

From Young Women's Journal

• Forever Mine
• Home and Friends
• Seek We Knowledge
• Twilight Longings

From Eight Favorite Anthems, 1970

• Let the Mountains Shout for Joy
  • Published elsewhere before 1900.
• Song of the Redeemed
  • This song also appears in Spanish in Himnos de Sión, 1942.
    • Please note if you find this in an earlier compilation (1923 or before).

External Links

• A history from his neice.
• A Tribute to Prof. Evan Stephens, By Hannah Evans Deschamps
• 100 Hour Board (BYU)