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"Adam-ondi-Ahman"

History of Hymns with images of W.W. Phelps, Parley P. Pratt, Emma Smith, Eliza R. Snow and William Clayton.

In this episode we learn the story behind the popular hymn Adam-ondi-Ahman. The text was written by William Wine 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 Southern harmony, published in 1835. This song was sung at the dedication of the Kirtland temple. It is a song of revelation, and of the hope of revelation.

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"Adam-ondi-Ahman"

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