by Haruo » Sun Jul 28, 2019 1:53 pm
Pew hymnals in churches I have regularly attended include [i]Christian Worship[/i] (Northern Baptist/DOC), [I]讃美歌[/I] (United Church of Christ in Japan, 1954) and, in the Sunday School, [I]こどもさんびか[/I] (same, 1966), [I]The Hymnbook [/I] (Presbyterian, 1955), [I]Hymns for the Living Church [/I] (Hope, 1974), [I]Hymns for the Family of God[/I] (Paragon, 1976), [I]The Hymnal for Worship & Celebration Hymnal[/I] (Word, 1986; this is still the pew hymnal at Fremont Baptist), [I]讃美歌︙讃美歌第二編[/I] (UCCJ, 1970), [I]讃美歌21[/I] (UCCJ, 1995), and [I] Celebration Hymnal [/I] (Word, 1997); these last two are the current pew hymnals at Japanese Baptist. The Sacred Harp singings I attend overwhelmingly use the 1991 Denson Edition. All of these have contributed hymns and/or settings that I consider essential to my dream hymnal. I've never had the good fortune to live in one of the rare places with regular, in-person worship services in Esperanto. The sporadic services I have attended have used [I]Adoru kantante[/I] (KELI, 1971) and/or [I]Adoru: Ekumena Diserva Libro[/I] (IKUE/KELI, 2001). Both of these as well as several other Esperanto hymnals would also contribute to my dream hymnal. And among my 516+ hymnals, there are probably fifty or so other hymns that I wouldn't want to do without.
Haruo = Leland Bryant Ross
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