‘Let Us OFt Speak Kind Words”

was written by Ebenezer Beesley who was born December 14, 1840, in Oxfordshire, England. He left England in April of 1859 to move to Salt Lake City and traveled by foot and handcart from Omaha with a company of 250-300 people. Beesley was a musician and music teacher who directed the Mormon Tabernacle Choir in Utah from 1880-1889 and other choirs in Utah. He wrote several hymns and edited Latter-day Saints Psalmody, the first LDS hymn book with both music and words.

The lyrics are attributed to Joseph L. Townsend.

This Arrangement Uses: