Sister Sheri Peterson
Ward Music Director
The six verses of this hymn affirm many facets of the Savior's mission and personality. The vigorous words praise the Savior first as our invincible redeemer, then as our shepherd and protector, then as the millennial Messiah. The sixth verse is an ecstatic vision of his heavenly glory.
William W. Phelps was editor of The Evening and Morning Star, a newspaper in Jackson County, Missouri, when "Redeemer of Israel" was first published in that newspaper in 1832. It was included 3 years later in Emma Smith's hymnal. (Karen Lynn Davidson in "Our Latter-Day Hymns"; p. 35; Deseret Book Company, Salt Lake City; 1988)
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