Latter-day Saint hymn “Oh, How Lovely Was the Morning” (also known as “Joseph Smith’s First Prayer”)

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Christian devotional song Latter-day Saint hymn

The Latter-day Saint hymn “Oh, How Lovely Was the Morning” (also known as “Joseph Smith’s First Prayer”) is a devotional song that poetically recounts Joseph Smith’s foundational vision of God the Father and Jesus Christ in a grove of trees.

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instanceOf	Christian devotional song ⓘ Latter-day Saint hymn ⓘ
alternateTitle	Joseph Smith’s First Prayer NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedDoctrine	God speaks to humankind today ⓘ importance of sincere prayer ⓘ reality of the Father and the Son as distinct beings ⓘ
associatedEvent	First Vision NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedLocation	Sacred Grove near Palmyra, New York NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith	Joseph Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ
audience	Christian listeners interested in Latter-day Saint beliefs ⓘ members of the Latter-day Saint faith ⓘ
category	Hymn about visions of Jesus Christ ⓘ Latter-day Saint hymn about Joseph Smith ⓘ
commemorates	beginning of the Restoration in Latter-day Saint belief ⓘ
describes	Joseph Smith’s vision of God the Father and Jesus Christ ⓘ
doctrinalEmphasis	personal prayer leading to revelation ⓘ restoration of true church ⓘ separate personages of the Father and the Son ⓘ
focusesOn	youthful Joseph Smith seeking truth ⓘ
function	expressing gratitude for revelation ⓘ teaching Latter-day Saint history through music ⓘ
genre	hymn ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
literaryForm	poetic narrative ⓘ
liturgicalFunction	commemoration of the First Vision ⓘ
mentions	God the Father NERFINISHED ⓘ Jesus Christ NERFINISHED ⓘ heavenly light ⓘ pillar of light ⓘ
musicalContext	congregational hymn singing ⓘ
narrativePerspective	third-person account of Joseph Smith’s experience ⓘ
performedBy	Latter-day Saint choirs NERFINISHED ⓘ Latter-day Saint congregations NERFINISHED ⓘ
religiousTradition	Latter-day Saint movement NERFINISHED ⓘ The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints NERFINISHED ⓘ
settingDescribed	grove of trees ⓘ
subject	First Vision of Joseph Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ
theme	prayer ⓘ restoration of the gospel ⓘ revelation ⓘ theophany ⓘ
titlePhrase	“Oh, how lovely was the morning” ⓘ
tone	awe-filled ⓘ reverent ⓘ
use	Latter-day Saint worship services ⓘ devotional singing ⓘ home and family devotion ⓘ

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