# LCMS Convention Workbook_St. Louis Missouri_1969_S70
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

70 THEOLOGICAL MATTERS

The publication manuscript, as submitted to the
Synod’s publisher, contained a revised form for the
order of the Holy Communion (called Holy Eucharist
—One) and two experimental eucharistic liturgies;
updated forms for the offices of Matins and Vespers —
including a shortened version of the Te Deum; three
forms of services of prayer and preaching (when Holy
Communion is not to be celebrated); and three short
offices for use especially by families, schools, confer-
ences (Prime for early morning, the Noonday Office,
and Compline for evening). The necessary texts for
variable parts of the individual services have also
been included, as well as instructions for the wor-
shiper and for the minister (rubrics). Language
throughout the liturgical section of Worship Supplement
has been geared generally to the style of the Revised
Standard Version of the Bible and/or current American
English usage.

Most of the Hymn Text Committee’s time and effort
in the biennium were devoted to paring down the selec-
tion of hymns to be used in Worship Supplement and
to a refinement of the texts remaining. The hymns are
designed to fill presently felt needs in the hymnal and
to provide a bridge to the all-Lutheran hymnic materi-
als now being prepared by the Inter-Lutheran Commis-
sion on Worship.

Questions of theological content, style, language,
need, and suitability were applied to several hundred
hymns which had been studied by the committee in
preparation for the earlier projected revision of The
Lutheran Hymnal (prior to the Detroit convention).
From these, 93 were chosen for inclusion in Worship
Supplement. Certain classic hymns, missing from the
present hymnal, were added as were also examples of
folk and contemporary hymns and texts dealing with
social concerns, unity, peace, family, marriage, creation,
baptism of adults, and eucharistic joy. In a few cases
new or preferable tunes for old hymns justified the
repetition of certain revised or updated texts.

The Music Committee concerned itself totally with
the completion of hymn and liturgical music for inclu-
sion in Worship Supplement. For the 93 hymn texts,
87 tunes were assembled, six of which serve two hymns
each. Ten tunes are new (original) melodies which are
being introduced into a hymnal for the first time, For
most of the tunes, two settings were prepared anew.
Serious attention was given to casting them within
a comfortable singing range. The one setting is of
a polyphonic texture and is in the idiom of the organ.
The other is of a decidedly more simple character and
is in the idiom of the regular keyboard (a piano or an
organ without pedals). It was realized that for many
who serve the Synod’s parishes as organist a simple
and easily manageable setting — yet one with music of
quality — would likely be welcome. In all, 175 settings
for the hymns were prepared and submitted to the
Synod’s publisher.

Only the following orders were to have music in
Worship Supplement: Eucharist — One, Matins, Vespers,
and the Suffrages for Morning and for Evening — now

called Responsive Prayer for Morning and Responsive
Prayer for Evening. The Music Committee assigned the
preparation of this music to Dr. Paul G. Bunjes and to
Dr. Richard W. Hillert. Their completely original melo-
dies and settings were submitted to the committee for
review and criticism before being submitted for review
by the commission. In the music for the liturgy, careful
attention was given to provide fresh settings of com-
fortable range, of tuneful character, and of intelligible
harmonic vocabulary.

Editorial responsibility for Worship Supplement was
assigned to the following personnel: Rev. Hilton C. Os-
wald as general editor, Rev. Dr. Adalbert R. Kretzmann
as design editor, Rev. Herbert F. Lindemann as liturgi-
cal editor, Dr. Theodore A. Beck as editor for liturgical
music, Dr. Richard W. Hillert as editor for hymn music,
and Rev. E. Theo. DeLaney as editor for hymn texts.
Worship Supplement is expected to be ready for dis-
tribution by the time of the Synod’s convention in
Denver, and portions of it are to be used during the
convention’s worship periods. It will appear in two
editions issued simultaneously. The format of the tune-
text edition (both in liturgy and in hymns) is as con-
cise as practicable without the professional freight of
settings and harmonizations. This will be the book for
all except the organist. The edition for organist or
accompanist contains all the settings in appropriate
harmonizations for both the liturgy and the hymns.

Hymnal for the Deaf

At the request of the Ephphatha Conference of Lu-
theran Workers Among the Deaf. Rev. E. Theo. De-
Laney began the revision of Sing unto the Lord: A
Hymnal for the Deaf, which had been published in
1959 and has long been out of print. In this revision
he was ably assisted by Rev. Clark R. Bailey, his former
colleague in deaf mission work. From a very modest
collection of only 60 hymns in the original edition, the
revised edition contains 143 hymn texts — all arranged
for simultaneous singing by the deaf and the hearing.
Great interest in this hymnal for the deaf has been
expressed by church workers outside Lutheran circles.
Because of this the hymnal contains a number of hymn
texts which would not otherwise have been included
in a Lutheran hymnal as such (e. g., several so-called
Gospel songs). A sign-language version for the follow-
ing texts from The Lutheran Hymnal has also been
included in the revised hymnal at the request of Eph-
phatha Conference: Holy Communion (pages 15 ff.),
Morning Worship (pages 5 ff.), Matins, and Vespers.

The Commission on Worship has formally authorized
this hymnal for use in the Synod’s missions to the deaf
and has joined the Board for Missions in the publication
of the same. It is expected that copies of the revised
edition should be available for distribution by the time
of the 1969 convention in Denver,

Inter-Lutheran Commission on Worship

On the intersynodical level, following the directive
of the Synod’s Detroit convention in 1965, President