When was the popular and stirring missionary hymn "Called to Serve" first included in an LDS songbook?
(Answer on page 13)
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"Called to Serve" was first written as a children's song and was included in the children's songbook in 1920. Although it was occasionally sung for the next 65 years, it became widely known as a missionary anthem after 1985. That year, it was performed by missionaries at the annual mission presidents seminar. "The impact of this experience was so moving that tears were flowing," according to a Church News editorial. Elder Boyd K. Packer of the Quorum of the Twelve, then chairman of the Missionary Executive Council, arranged to have the song sung at the seminar.
Source: Our Children's Songs, p. 32, and Church News, Aug. 11, p. 16.
