3. For many years, the preacher led initiates (or, prior to the 1920s, a temple choir) in singing a hymn at this point. The hymn chosen would be one Latter-day Saints were likely to associate with "sectarian" Christianity--for instance, "Hail! Father, Son, and Holy Ghost" or "Rock of Ages." Hymn singing was discontinued during the late 1960s, when the widespread use of the filmed endowment made it awkward.