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There are some LDS Hymns that members of the Church hear so often that they begin to forget to pay attention to the message. For a song like “I Believe in Christ” they may even complain about the tempo or the number of verses and look right past the words and the feeling they can convey.
A new arrangement and music video from LDS singer/songwriter Cayson Renshaw and female pop singing group Elenyi bring new life to this hymn by combining it with “You Raise Me Up,” a beautiful song made popular by Josh Groban. The juxtaposition of the two songs enhance the message of each, bringing to our recognition things we might have been ignoring in this hymn that we hear so much.
“We think that the message and lyrics of the hymn ‘I Believe in Christ’ are under appreciated,”writes one of Elenyi’s vocal performers. “Combining that powerful hymn with the popular song ‘You Raise Me up’ just felt right . . . as that is what Christ does—He raises us up in our lives!”
See the music video below:
Debrah RoundyAugust 13, 2018
I must agree with some of you, the hand movements are distractive to me, and the singing is breathy. I think they are being emotive. I would like to suggest that different people like different forms of singing, opera for some sounds like screeching to others. I dislike the twang of cowboy music yet I have friends who could listen all day, but me, new age is the rage! So enjoy listening for a minute and move on to something we like and know that there is an audience out there emoting with them, swaying and moving their hands and lov’in it.
BenjAugust 12, 2018
If there is anything virtuous, lovely, or of good report or praiseworthy, we seek after these things - to me this fits that category. @Bob Sisk: Here is a beautiful rendition of What a friend we have in Jesus and Israel, Israel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pefDQ8l4aww