024: "Adam-ondi-Ahman"
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In this episode we learn the story behind the popular hymn “Adam-ondi-Ahman.” The text was written by William Wines Phelps and was also included in the first LDS hymnbook in 1835. The tune name for “Adam-ondi-Ahman” is “Prospect of Heaven,” an anonymous melody taken from a popular Christian songbook called Southern Harmony, published in 1835. This hymn was sung at the dedication of the Kirtland Temple.
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