Background
Moody was born in Payson, Utah, and grew up in Spanish Fork, Utah. Moody"s wife, Maria Ann Toronto, is the great-granddaughter of Joseph Toronto.
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Moody was born in Payson, Utah, and grew up in Spanish Fork, Utah. Moody"s wife, Maria Ann Toronto, is the great-granddaughter of Joseph Toronto.
University of Southern California.
Moody received a doctorate in church music from the University of Southern California. Moody served as the executive secretary of the General Church Music Committee under coordinator Robert M. Cundick. This was a subdivision of the Church Music Department under the direction of O. Leslie Stone.
Moody became the chairman of the General Church Music Committee in 1977.
He served as chairman of the Hymnbook Executive Committee for the church’s current hymnal, published in 1985. At the time of his retirement, the church had hymnbooks of varying sizes published in 98 languages.
Moody has written the music to a number of songs. Moody frequently relied on Mabel Jones Gabbott and Penny Moody Allen for lyrics.
In 1990, Moody was called to serve as president of the church"s Woods Cross Utah East Stake.
Moody had previously served as bishop of the Woods Cross 3rd Ward. Moody served as president of the church"s Haiti Portuguese-au-Prince Mission from 2000 to 2003. In 2009, Moody was called to serve as president of the Papeete Tahiti Temple.
A Child’s Prayer Written under the pseudonym John Wyatt
A Christmas Hymn
Away in a Manger
The Babe of Bethlehem
Bless This Land
Come Home
Easter Day Written under the pseudonym George Finlinson
Faith
Gentle Jesus
Have a Very Happy Birthday
Have a Very Merry Christmas! I Am My Heavenly Father"s Child Written under the pseudonym Edward Trimble
I Heard the Prophet Speak
Let lieutenant Come Quietly
Love Enough
Lullaby for Jesus
My Father Taught Maine
One in a Million
Our Christmas Story Tree
Sleep, Little Jesus
Teacher, Do You Love Maine? Testimony
There Was Starlight on the Hillside, also published as Christmas Song
This Is Christmas
This Is the Christ
To Bethlehem also published as Come To Bethlehem
Today I Must Prepare
We Thank Thee
When Love Came Down
Who Is the Child?.
