Comments on: Bless This Land https://defordmusic.com Free, downloadable sheet music (PDF) for LDS and other Christian use. Tue, 23 Sep 2025 20:30:01 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Daniel Uribe Salinas https://defordmusic.com/song-list/bless-this-land/#comment-51178 Tue, 23 Sep 2025 20:30:01 +0000 http://www.test.defordmusic.com/?page_id=6289#comment-51178 Querida Sally, acabo de descubrir tu bella música, y ahora me declaro tu fan, tengo mucho gusto en escuchar la sensibilidad de tus palabras y bella música, hacia mucho tiempo que no encontraba a alguien con estas características desde katt Perry, continua compartiendo tu talento con el mundo.

Muchas gracias, saludos desde El puerto de Veracruz México..

]]> By: Vicki Stamps https://defordmusic.com/song-list/bless-this-land/#comment-32766 Wed, 05 Jun 2024 22:52:19 +0000 http://www.test.defordmusic.com/?page_id=6289#comment-32766 We weren’t able to sing this on the 26th – too many members out of town. We are singing it this Sunday – just before Flag Day.
I did want to make it a little more for a choir, so we added the opening measures of the solo, the first verse is all melody (I really want the congregation to understand the words) with the women singing to “way;” the men sing to “forever;” and everyone sings from “Teach us faith” to the end. The second verse is all parts, and we are adding the 2nd ending of the solo to close.

Pray that it will be great! If you want, I’ll let you know how it went.

]]> By: Vicki Stamps https://defordmusic.com/song-list/bless-this-land/#comment-32067 Tue, 09 Apr 2024 00:12:58 +0000 http://www.test.defordmusic.com/?page_id=6289#comment-32067 A few years ago I attended a Sacrament meeting in Vermont on Memorial Day. The choir sang a song that touched my heart. I asked about it and one of the choir members gave me a copy.
This “Memorial Day Hymn” has touched my soul and our choir will be singing it May 26th.
Thank you so much, you are wonderful and God has blessed you with great talent. Thank you for sharing it.

]]> By: Jesse R. Andereck https://defordmusic.com/song-list/bless-this-land/#comment-27467 Sat, 01 Jul 2023 19:34:00 +0000 http://www.test.defordmusic.com/?page_id=6289#comment-27467 Sally: First I must say that I have sung many of your songs at the two churches (dual member) that I attend. Your insite to the scriptures has much depth and it shows in your music. The first piece I performed was, “If The Savior Stood Beside Me”. My favorite is, “The Most Beautiful Story That’s Ever Been Told.” (and it is). On Independance Day I usually sing, “God Bless America”, with the congregation joining in the second time. Tomorrow I will be singing. Bless This Land”, for the very first time. This brings to mind a situation some years ago where a young person said to me, “I do not like that song (God Bless America) because God should bless all nations rather than just America.) If she were today, I’m sure she would approve the chorus of, “Bless This Land”. ie., “Bless every land and nation under heaven”. Thank you for your music and ‘keep ’em coming kid. P.S. I turned 91 in April.

]]> By: Judy https://defordmusic.com/song-list/bless-this-land/#comment-27351 Mon, 19 Jun 2023 01:40:26 +0000 http://www.test.defordmusic.com/?page_id=6289#comment-27351 Sally!
This is a beautiful piece. A perfect prayer for all the nations in the world.
My choir was small, and time limited, and I LOVED the solo version. We all sang the melody in phrases. First the women, then same amount of phrases for the men back and forth.
Every time we sang the chorus we were in unison, and the last end phrase was also in unison. We enjoyed it so much! We truly hope the hymn version will be put into the new LDS Hymnal! Thank you for ALL your music!

]]> By: Bill Myers https://defordmusic.com/song-list/bless-this-land/#comment-16162 Sat, 29 May 2021 23:44:09 +0000 http://www.test.defordmusic.com/?page_id=6289#comment-16162 Will be using this piece for the Sunday before Memorial Day at the USNA Chapel. It is a beautiful piece that will be sung during communion at the first Sunday that regular congregants are being allowed back after COVID.

]]> By: KellieAnn Fryer https://defordmusic.com/song-list/bless-this-land/#comment-7465 Mon, 01 Jul 2019 16:18:26 +0000 http://www.test.defordmusic.com/?page_id=6289#comment-7465 Sally,

A friend and I sang “Bless This Land” in our Sacrament Meeting yesterday. I just happened across it while we were looking for arrangements of other patriotic songs that were Sacrament Meeting appropriate. We fell in love with it immediately! I would like to suggest that you submit it for the new Hymnbook. We need more patriotic hymns to sing, and this one is not only multi-cultural and applicable to all lands and nations, but also very beautiful, touching and inspiring!

Thank you for all your work in bringing beautiful music to us!

KellieAnn Fryer

]]> By: Grace Noble https://defordmusic.com/song-list/bless-this-land/#comment-7448 Sun, 30 Jun 2019 17:25:44 +0000 http://www.test.defordmusic.com/?page_id=6289#comment-7448 This was sung in our sacrament meeting today..so beautiful!

]]> By: Alisa Fisher https://defordmusic.com/song-list/bless-this-land/#comment-6480 Wed, 10 Apr 2019 04:46:30 +0000 http://www.test.defordmusic.com/?page_id=6289#comment-6480 The Nauvoo Community Singers are singing this song in Nauvoo, IL for the 2019 Memorial Day/Independence Day performance season along with the performing missionaries and people from all over the area. This song is a non-denominational community group that seeks to unify the community through the power of music. Thank you Sally DeFord for this lovely musical prayer.

]]> By: sallydeford https://defordmusic.com/song-list/bless-this-land/#comment-1687 Thu, 16 Nov 2017 21:32:33 +0000 http://www.test.defordmusic.com/?page_id=6289#comment-1687 In reply to Salli.

Salli, I don’t know how I managed to miss this for so long. Thank you!!!! As you can see, Phirun also wrote to talk about this event, and when I replied to him I saw this as well. Words just aren’t enough to express my gratitude… I keep typing and then erasing and starting over. So I guess, just thank you!

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