58 O Lord, How Shall I Meet Thee (5-6, 8)
77 All My Heart This Night Rejoices (4-5, 8b-15a)
105 Praise God the Lord (4-5)
171 Upon the Cross Extended (5, 7, 9b-12a)
207 Like the Golden Sun Ascending (1, 3, 5)
292 Lord Jesus Christ, with Us Abide (5, 7-8)
349 Jesus, Thy Boundless Love to Me (3, 5-6)
364 How Sweet the Name of Jesus Sounds (4)
444 Rise! To Arms! (4)
473 The Church's One Foundation (3)
520 Commit Whatever Grieves Thee (3-5, 7, 9-10)
523 Why Should Cross and Trial Grieve Me (4, 6, 8)
524 In Thee, Lord, Have I Put My Trust (3, 5)
528 If God Himself Be For Me (2, 7-10)
589 Oh, How Blest Are Ye Whose Toils Are Ended (5)
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26 Praise the Almighty (4)
66 Hark the Glad Sound! (3)
67 The Bridegroom Soon Will Call Us (3-4, 6)
86 Christ the Lord to Us Is Born (3-6)
90 Come, Your Hearts and Voices Raising (2-3)
91 Let the Earth Now Praise the Lord (4-5, 7)
106 The People That in Darkness Sat (3)
110 Across the Sky the Shades of Night (5)
132 O God of God (4)
133 Within the Father's House (6)
142 A Lamb Goes Uncomplaining Forth (4-5)
191 Christ the Lord Is Risen Today (5-6)
192 Awake, My Heart, with Gladness (7)
206 Jesus Christ, My Sure Defense (6-7)
212 A Hymn of Glory Let Us Sing (5)
235 O Holy Spirit, Enter In (2b-3a, 4-5, 7-8)
258 Lord of Our Life and God of Our Salvation (5)
264 Preserve Thy Word, O Savior (4)
275 My Soul Doth Magnify the Lord (2b, 5b-6)
305 Soul, Adorn Thyself with Gladness (4-5)
315 I Come, O Savior, to Thy Table (2, 4, 7-8, 10)
320 Lord Jesus, Think on Me (5, 7)
343 How Lovely Shines the Morning Star (2)
366 One Thing's Needful (2, 4)
371 Jesus, Thy Blood and Righteousness (3)
373 By Grace I'm Saved (3)
383 Seek Where Ye May (5)
417 How Can I Thank Thee, Lord (3, 6)
446 Rise, My Soul to Watch and Pray (6)
512 O Christ, Our True and Only Light (4)
522 When in the Hour of Utmost Need (3, 5)
529 I Leave All Things to God's Direction (3)
535 Rejoice, My Heart, Be Glad and Sing (6-7)
550 O Splendor of God's Glory Bright (4-5, 7-8)
552 Abide with Me (3, 5)
554 Now Rest Beneath Night's Shadow (4)
598 Who Knows When Death May Overtake Me (1-7, 10)
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9 O Day of Rest and Gladness (3-5)
30 O That I Had a Thousand Voices (5)
38 The Lord,My God, Be Praised (5)
56 Jesus Came, the Heavens Adoring (5)
57 O Bride of Christ, Rejoice (5, 7)
59 Hail to the Lord's Anointed (4)
94 Hark! the Herald Angels Sing (4)
123 Our God, Our Help in Ages Past (5, 7)
139 In His Temple Now Behold Him (4)
163 The Death of Jesus Christ, Our Lord (5, 7)
168 The Royal Banners Forward Go (6)
172 O Sacred Head, Now Wounded (2a, 3a, 6-7)
196 I Am Content (3)
208 Ye Sons and Daughter of the King (10)
234 Holy Ghost, with Light Divine (6)
238 All Glory Be to God Alone (6)
272 When All the World Was Cursed (4)
294 O Word of God Incarnate (2b-3a)
298 Baptized into Thy Name Most Holy (3, 6)
324 Jesus Sinners Doth Receive (4)
395 O God, Thou Faithful God (4a, 5b, 6)
399 Thee Will I Love (5)
402 O God, Forsake Me Not (5)
415 Lo, Many Shall Come (2, 4-5)
427 How Firm a Foundation (2, 4)
430 What Is the World to Me (2, 5-7)
442 Lord of Glory, Who Hast Bought Us (4)
459 Come, My Soul, Thy Suit Prepare (5)
462 I Love Thy Kingdom, Lord (3, 6)
465 Christ Is Our Cornerstone (3)
467 Built on the Rock the Church Doth Stand (4-5)
511 Jesus Shall Reign Where'er the Sun (5)
514 God Moves in a Mysterious Way (2)
596 This Body in the Grave We Lay (6)
597 For Me to Live Is Jesus (5, 8)
605 The World Is Very Evil (3b, 4b)
619 Jerusalem, O City Fair and High (4-5, 7)
652 I Lay My Sins on Jesus (4)
660 I'm But a Stranger Here (4)
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Susan,
ReplyDeleteThank you for doing this project. I have been slowly working my way through things but haven't had much time to get far. This is information that is quite useful to those of us who are concerned about the state of hymnody in the church.
Your work is very much appreciated!
Yes, thank you. I have not seen the new books yet. They have removed a lot of Gospel and instruction it seems.
ReplyDeleteMarie, they may have removed a lot of Gospel, but they have also put in a lot of Gospel. For example, LSB has
ReplyDeleteTo Jordan Came the Christ, Our Lord
Lord, Enthroned in Heavenly Splendor
Wide Open Stands the Gates Adorned With Pearl
From God the Father, Virgin-Born
My Song Is Love Unknown
O Love, How Deep, How Broad, How High
At the Lamb's High Feast
By All Your Saints in Warfare
Lo, He Comes With Clouds Descending
Not Unto Us
God's Own Child, I Glady Say It
All Christians Who Have Been Baptized
Christ Is the World's Redeemer
Evening and Morning
Thy Strong Word
Baptismal Waters Cover Me
Water, Blood, and Spirit Crying
The Infant Priest
Jesus, Once With Sinners Numbered
Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence
Prepare the Royal Highway
Hear Us, Father, When We Pray
In Thee Is Gladness
The Gifts Christ Freely Gives
LSB has improved some hymns from TLH, a few of which are --
Luther's hymn on the 10 Cmdmts
Oh Come, Oh Come, Emmanuel
Hark, the Voice of Jesus Crying
Holy God, We Praise Thy Name
The Royal Banners Forward Go
Jesus Sinners Doth Receive
Jesus Christ, Our Blessed Savior
as well as some improved tunes to good ol' texts.
Oh, and one other thing -- a lot of what was dropped from TLH were hymns that were just so-so, and even a few that were bad.
ReplyDeleteWow! Amazing work!!
ReplyDeleteSusan,
ReplyDeleteWow! Incredible work! Thank you so much for putting these lists together. Would it be ok if I printed these lists out?
Also...I've been trying to figure out the significance of the three groups in each listing. All I've come up with is...hymns that should be in LSB, hymns that are not critical that they're not in LSB, and hymns that are good they're not in LSB. I'm I close? I'm thinking not, but can't come up with anything else.
We are going to be attending the workshop on the 11th of this month. I can see that these lists will be very helpful in our decision. Our congregation is very attached to TLH.
Thanks again for all your hard work.
Mrs Lotz,
ReplyDeleteyes, it's okay if you print out the lists.
As for the "hard work" that y'all seem to think I put into this, it wasn't that hard. I had to check out the hymnal. I had to know what was there and what wasn't. The only "work" that I put into it was typing it into the computer.
I think LSB is an excellent hymnal. It is not as much better than TLH as I had hoped it would be. For me, these lists are mostly for the sake of remembering to hang onto some of the lovely things that are in TLH that got left out of LSB. But as you can see from the long long list of hymns that were left out, for the most part the hymnody committee made pretty good decisions. I mean, swapping TLH's "I Gave My Life for Thee" for LSB's "Baptismal Waters Cover Me" was the right thing to do! (Of course, it's not a one-to-one correspondence, but still, ...)
Regarding the question Mrs Lotz asked about the groupings within each list --
ReplyDeleteIt's kinda sorta by order of importance. But I didn't want to spend much effort dividing up things. For example, on the hymn list, the last grouping is hymns that I won't be sad if we don't sing again. Some of them are good and some are bad. But I just threw them all together under the concept of "I won't miss them." The first group in that list are ones where I think the hymnody committee seriously botched it by leaving them out. The middle group is a list of hymns where we've lost something, but maybe that can be justified when you look at what we "traded up" for. (Let's just not look at the ones where we "traded down"!)
In the list of significant translation changes, the final group is where there's improvement. The first group are ones that I am really kinda distressed over; sometimes it's doctrinal; sometimes it's about the poetry; maaaybe sometimes it's just emotional (although I don't think it is). The middle group is where the changes seem to give us a hymn of equivalent quality, or where there are some lines that are greatly improved while at the same time some other lines have been toned down from their previous beautiful imagery.