# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1947_S572
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572 PUBLICATION MATTERS
will be off the press, If that hope materializes, then, God willing,

the other two volumes wil] follow within a reasonable period ..
of time,

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Agenda, it is our intention, as Previously reported, to publish this ;
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not covered by the new Hymnal and additional hymns for funerals
weddings, ete, , :

At this convention the Committee requests Synod’s permission
to proceed with the publication of a pocket edition of the new
Hymnal, containing everything in that volume, but having the tune

. ComMirrer on Hymnotocy anp Lrrvrarcs
W. G, Potacx, Chairman

Word Edition of Hymnal
(Memorial 705)

venerable Synod to consider Seriously the publication of a word
edition of The Lutheran Hymnal.

The reasons which prompt us to come before you with this

church, it should also be a book for the home and the school. How-
ever, it is a well-known fact that many people, especially men, do
not like to carry a large and bulky book to church. They want a