Hymns play an essential role in spirituality, revelation, and conversion.

Hymns are 'an essential part of our church meetings. [They] invite the Spirit of the Lord' (Hymns, ix).They often do this quicker than anything else we may do. President J. Reuben Clark Jr. said, 'We get nearer to the Lord through music than perhaps through any other thing except prayer' (in Conference Report, Oct. 1936, 111)."

Jay E. Jensen, "The Nourishing Power of Hymns," Ensign, May 2007, 11