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The Book of Hymns
The Book of Hymns was the official hymnal of The R. Young. The book contains 539 texts with 402 tunes
Methodist Church, later the United Methodist Church, in of which 122 texts and 119 tunes which previously had
the United States of America, until it was replaced in 1989 not been included.[4] The hymnal has been described as
by The United Methodist Hymnal. Published in 1966 it re- a prescriptive as opposed to a descriptive hymnal, mean-
placed The Methodist Hymnal, published in 1935, as the of- ing that the hymns and liturgy were meant to shape and
ficial hymnal of the church. mode worship and prescribe what is sung and done.
There is a dispute as to the proper title of this book. It contains most, but not all, of the section in The Book
The cover has the title The Book of Hymns but that is the of Worship for Church and Home titled Acts of Praise. Mu-
only place in the book where that title appears. The title sical settings for parts of the Lord’s Supper, the worship
page has The Methodist Hymnal: Official Hymnal of the United service and for the canticles were included. The book was
Methodist Church. The Book of Discipline, as well as other noted for adding the word Amen to the end of most of the
official publications, refer to the hymnal as The Book of hymns.
Hymns.[1][2] When it was published it had the title The
Methodist Hymnal. Two years after publication the
Methodist Church and the Evangelical United Brethren
References
Church (EUB) merged; the EUB was using a hymnal pub- [1] The Book of Discipline of the United Methodist Church,
lished in 1957. A special session of the General Confer- 1972, ¶1023.6
ence, in 1970, changed the name to The Book of Hymns and [2] The Book of Discipline of the United Methodist Church,
assured those who had belonged to the EUB that their 1984, ¶1214.3
hymnal would remain in print.[3] The EUB hymnal was al- [3] McIntyre, Dean "Why were there two names for
so considered to be (until 1989) an official hymnal of The the 1966 Methodist Hymnal?", General Board of
United Methodist Church. Discipleship. www.GBOD.org
The Book of Hymns was approved unanimously by the [4] Methodists add a favorite hymn: ’Old Rugged Cross’
1964 General Conference. The 1960 General Conference to be included in new volume, New York Times, 30
authorized the Commission on Worship to appoint a April 1964, pg. 17.
hymnal committee to revise the official hymnal. The 29 • The Book of Hymns: The Methodist Hymnal: Official
member committee, chaired by Edwin E. Voigt, had a hymnal of the United Methodist Church (Nashville,
dozen consultants, with the hymnal edited by Carlton Tennessee: The Methodist Publishing House, 1966)
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