19 Feb GS 1977 art 68
GS 1977 ARTICLE 68 – Book of Praise – Hymn Section
Committee IV presents:
Material
-Agenda 8, C, 1, a, 2 – Report Sub-Committee on the Book of Praise.
Observations
- 1. The report is only provisional, just to give Synod some idea of what is being done. We learn from this report that some hymns will be deleted and that some rhym ings of Scripture passages and some Scriptural songs will be added.
- 2. The report does not give any guidelines or reasons which brought the Committee to:
- a. deleting certain hymns;
- b. retaining other hymns;
- c. planning on a rhyming of Psalm 103 in the Hymn Section;
- d. adding a third rhyming of Romans 8;
- e. adding another rhyming of Revelation 7.
- 3. A division of the Hymns will be made which shows “the order of redemptive his tory which finds its climax in the mighty acts of God in Jesus Christ.”
- 4. The Committee estimates the number of Hymns to total approximately eighty, re sulting from inclusion of the so-called Canticles of the ancient Church.
- 5. The Committee expresses its willingness to present the results of their work on the Hymn Section even before the work on the Psalm Section has been completed.
Recommendations
Synod decide
1. Gratefully to acknowledge the work done by the Sub-committee on the Hymn Section.
ADOPTED
2. To express agreement with the suggested organization of the Hymn Section as proposed on pages 2 and 3 of the above report.
ADOPTED
3. To request the Committee on the Psalm and Hymn Section of the Book of Praise to present the results of their work on the Hymn Section to the Churches as soon as possible.