New Order formed in 1980 following the tragic suicide of Joy Division’s lead vocalist Ian Curtis. The remaining members, Bernard Sumner, Peter Hook, and Stephen Morris, regrouped with Gillian Gilbert.
William W. Phelps, a key early Latter-day Saint leader and gifted hymn writer, transformed a British Baptist poem into one of the LDS Church’s most cherished anthems. Phelps masterfully adapted.
