How many hymns are we giving up from the LBW?

The new Evangelical Lutheran Worship will contain nearly 700 hymns, but it will not include all of the hymns from the Lutheran Book of Worship (LBW) (1978).

192 hymns from the LBW will not be inlcuded in Evangelical Lutheran Worship

Aside from "Silent Night," however, I don't think any of the hymns will be missed greatly.

(I'm just kidding. "Silent Night" is still included.)

There are a few hymns, however, that I feel should have been included. While they may not have been "popular," they are uniquely Lutheran and I believe the editors have erred in leaving them out of the new book. These hymns are bolded in the folling list.

LBW hymns that will not appear in Evangelical Lutheran Worship

1. 22 - The Advent of Our God
   (Charles Coffin, 1736; no attempt to keep up appearances here: the very first hymn in the LBW is excluded)
2. 24 - Come, O Precious Ransom
   (Johann Gottfried Olearius, 1664)
3. 38 - O Savior, Rend the Heavens Wide
   (1623; this is an unfortunate loss of rich, Lutheran Advent imagery)
4. 43 - Rejoice, Rejoice This Happy Morn
   (Birgitte Katerine, 1778; this "hymn" has only one stanza)
5. 48 - All Praise to You, Eternal Lord (Martin Luther, 1524)
6. 49 - O Savior of Our Fallen Race (c. 1525)
7. 59 - When Christmas Morn is Dawning (I can't say I'm sad to see this one go)
8. 61 - The Hills Are Bare at Bethlehem
9. 64 - From East to West (this is a loss of a unique, though maybe difficult to sing, Sarum Christmas hymn in English)
10. 66 - Come Rejoicing, Praises Voicing
11. 68 - He Whom Shepherds Once Came Praising (this awkward, lengthy combination of three tunes has fortunately died a natural death)
12. 73 - All Hail to You, O Blessed Morn!
13. 77 - O One with God the Father (perhaps this great pairing of Anglican text and tune didn't belong in a Lutheran hymnal?)
14. 78 - All Praise to You, O Lord
15. 79 - To Jordan Came the Christ, Our Lord (a translation of a text by Martin Luther)
16. 81 - O Cheif of Cities, Bethlehem (a translation of a text by Prudentius, 348-413)
17. 83 - From God the Father, Virgin-Born (Latin office hymn)
18. 85 - When Christ's Appearing Was Made Known (Coelius Sedulius, c. 5th cent.)
19. 86 - The Only Son from Heaven (Elizabeth Cruciger, c. 1500-1535)
20. 93 - Jesus, Refuge of the Weary (Girolamo Savonarola, 1452-1498)
21. 95 - Glory Be to Jesus (a short 18th cent. Italian hymn)
22. 100 - Deep Were His Wounds (William Johnson, b. 1906)
23. 101 - O Christ, Our King, Creator, Lord (Gregory I, 540-604)
24. 103 - O Christ, Thou Lamb of God (Martin Luther possibly had a hand in arranging this single-stanza liturgical piece)
25. 106 - In the Hour of Trial (a self-centered 19th cent. hymn)
26. 110 - At the Cross, Her Station Keeping (a translation of the Stabat Mater)
27. 112/3 - Jesus, in Thy Dying Woes (a 21 stanza "metrical litany")
28. 114 - There Is a Green Hill Far Away (one of Cecil Frances Alexander's hymns on the Creed)
29. 119 - Nature with Open Volume Stands (Isaac Watts, 1674-1748, a little too esoteric? vague?)
30. 120 - Of the Glorious Body Telling (one setting of the Pange Lingua text, "Sing, My Tongue," is already included)
31. 124/5 - The Royal Banners Forward Go (Vexilla Regis prodeunt, first sung November 19, 568)
32. 127 - It Happened on That Fateful Night (Isaac Watts, text was "considerably altered" anyway)
33. 133 - Jesus Lives! The Victory's Won! (similar sentiment and same tune included with "Jesus Lives, My Sure Defense")
34. 138 - He Is Arisen! Glorious Word! (this single-stanza "hymn" was awkwardly set to the "Queen of Chorales" in the LBW)
35. 146 - Rejoice, Angelic Choirs, Rejoice! (this 11th cent. Latin hymn attributed to Augustine was, like the Exultet, sung at the blessing of the Paschal candle)
36. 150 - Make Songs of Joy (a short five-stanza Easter hymn)
37. 152 - Look, Now He Stands (George Utech, 1963)
38. 153 - Welcome, Happy Morning (I've always been a little wary of singing Aurthur Sullivan in church)
39. 155 - Praise the Savior, Now and Ever (this was an English translation of the Swedish translation of the Latin Pange Lingua)
40. 156 - Look, the Sight is Glorious (The Hymnal Companion calls this "among the finest hymns of the English language. Why wouldn't it be included?)
41. 159 - Up through Endless Ranks of Angels (along with his translations, this original hymn of Jaroslav Vajda has been cut)
42. 160 - Filled with the Spirit's Power (first published 1969)
43. 162 - Lord God, the Holy Ghost (first published 1819)
44. 164 - Creator Spirit, by Whose Aid (Veni Creator is included with "Creator Spirit, Heavenly Dove")
45. 167 - Glory Be to God the Father! (Horatius Bonar, first published 1867)
46. 181 - Greet Now the Swiftly Changing Year (a seven-stanza Vadja translation)
47. 182 - Rise, O Children of Salvation (This All Saints' hymn was penned by the first Lutheran pastor ordained in America, Justus Falckner. His ordination marked "the earliest recorded instance of the use of an organ in church services in the United States.")
48. 183 - The Son of God Goes Forth to War (it's probably best to excise this militaristic imagery)
49. 185 - Great God, a Blessing from Your Throne (first published 1880)
50. 186 - How Blessed Is This Place, O Lord (first published 1925)
51. 190 - We Praise You, Lord (first published 1971)
52. 192 - Baptized into Your Name Most Holy (baptism hymn of Johann J. Rambach, 1693-1735, was "considerably altered" in the LBW)
53. 201 - O God of Life's Great Mystery (first published in the LBW)
54. 202 - Victim Divine, Your Grace We Claim (Charles Wesley, 1745)
55. 204 - Cup of Blessing That We Share (first published 1966)
56. 208 - Lord Jesus Christ, You Have Prepared (Samuel Kinner, 1638)
57. 209 - Come, Risen Lord (George Wallace Briggs, 1931)
58. 211 - Here O My Lord, I See Thee (nineteenth cent. self-centeredness, first publishsed 1855)
59. 213 - I Come, O Savior, To Your Table (Friederich Christian Heyder, 1734)
60. 216 - For Perfect Love So Freely Spent (Louis Marchall McDowell, 1972)
61. 223 - In the Quiet Consecration (Constance Headlam, 1913)
62. 225 - Lord Jesus Christ, We Humbly Pray (Henry Eyster Jacobs, 1917)
63. 226 - Draw Near and Take the Body of the Lord (Bangor Antiphonary c.1680-91; did the Sullivan tune doom this text for Lutherans?)
64. 227 - How Blest Are They Who Hear God's Word (Johann Nordahl Brun, 1786)
65. 232 - Your Word, O Lord, Is Gentle Dew (Carl B. Grave, 1825)
66. 236 - When Seed Falls on Good Soil (Norman Peter Olsen, first published in LBW)
67. 238 - God Has Spoken by His Prophets (George Wallace Briggs, 1952)
68. 240 - Father of Mercies, in Your Word (Nicolai Grundtvig, 1817)
69. 243 - Lord, with Glowing Heart (Francis Scott Key, 1823; the unfortunate title of this hymn makes me think of E.T.)
70. 246 - The First Day of the Week (Fred Pratt Green, 1967)
71. 247 - Holy Majesty, before You (Samuel Johan Hedborn, 1812; Stulken: "one of our loftiest hymns of praise")
72. 249 - God Himself Is Present (Gerhard Tersteegen, 1729)
73. 255 - Lord, Receive this Company (Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, 1961; this single-stanza contemporary "hymn" is odd and poorly engraved in the LBW.)
74. 256 - Oh. Sing Jubilee to the Lord (Ulrik Vilheml Koren, 1874)
75. 258 - Hosanna to the Living Lord! (Reginald Heber, 1811)
76. 263 - Abide with Us, Our Savior
77. 264 - When All Your Mercies, O My God
78. 266 - Maker of the Earth and Heaven
79. 268 - Now that the Daylight Fills the Sky
80. 270 - God of Our Life, All-Glorious Lord
81. 273 - O Christ, You Are the Light and Day
82. 283 - O God, Send Heralds
83. 285 - Spirit of God, Sent from Heaven Above
84. 286 - Bow Down Your Ear, Almighty Lord
85. 287 - O Perfect Love
86. 289 - Heavenly Father, Hear Our Prayer
87. 291 - Jesus Sinners Will Receive
88. 298 - One There Is, above All Others (John Newton)
89. 301 - Come to Calvary's Holy Mountain
90. 302 - Jesus, Your Blood and Righteousness
91. 303 - When in the Hour of Deepest Need
92. 304 - Today Your Mercy Calls Us
93. 305 - I Lay My Sins on Jesus
94. 308 - God the Father, Be Our Stay
95. 310 - To You, Omniscient Lord of All
96. 311 - Wondrous Are Your Ways, O God!
97. 312 - Once He Came in Blessing
98. 313 - A Multitude Comes from East and West
99. 318 - The Lord Will Come and Not Be Slow
100. 319 - Oh, Sing, My Soul, Your Maker's Praise
101. 321 - The Day Is Surely Drawing Near
102. 322 - The Clouds of Judgement Gather
103. 324 - O Love That Will Not Let Me Go
104. 326 - My Heart Is Longing
105. 335 - May God Bestow on Us His Grace
106. 336 - Jesus, Thy Boundless Love to Me
107. 337 - Oh, What Their Joy
108. 342 - I Know of a Sleep in Jesus' Name
109. 344 - We Sing the Praise of Him Who Died
110. 347 - Jerusalem the Golden
111. 348 - Jerusalem, Whose Towers Touch the Skies
112. 349 - I Leave, as You Have Promised, Lord
113. 350 - Even as We Live Each Day
114. 353 - May We Your Precepts, Lord, Fulfill
115. 354 - Eternal God, before Your Throne
116. 366 - Lord of Our Life
117. 368 - I Love Your Kingdom, Lord
118. 371 - With God as Our Friend
119. 372 - In Adam We Have All Been One
120. 373 - Eternal Ruler of the Ceaseless Round
121. 375 - Only-Begotten, Word of God Eternal
122. 376 - Your Kingdom Come!
123. 378 - Amid the World's Bleak Wilderness (Vadja)
124. 381 - Hark, the Voice of Jesus Calling
125. 382 - Awake, O Spirit of the Watchmen
126. 384 - Your Kingdom Come, O Father
127. 387 - Spirit of God, Unleashed on Earth
128. 388 - O Spirit of the Living God
129. 389 - Stand Up, Stand Up for Jesus
130. 391 - And Have the Bright Immensities
131. 392 - O Lord, Send Forth Your Spirit
132. 395 - I Trust, O Christ, in You Alone
133. 396 - O God, O Lord of Heaven and Earth
134. 399 - We Are the Lord's
135. 402 - Look from Your Sphere of Endless Day (William C. Bryant, )
136. 411 - Lord of All Good
137. 413 - Father Eternal, Ruler of Creation
138. 418 - Judge Eternal, Throned in Splendor (Henry S. Holland)
139. 420 - Lord, Save Your World (Albert F. Bayly)
140. 422 - O God, Empower Us
141. 426 - O Son of God, in Galilee
142. 427 - O Jesus Christ, May Grateful Hymns Be Rising
143. 428 - O God of Earth and Altar
144. 430 - Where Restless Crowds Are Thronging
145. 431 - Your Hand, O Lord, in Days of Old (Edward H. Plumptre)
146. 432 - We Worship You, O God of Might
147. 435 - O God, Whose Will Is Life and Good
148. 437 - Not Alone for Mighty Empire
149. 440 - Christians, While on Earth Abiding (Johan Olof Wallin)
150. 442 - O Thou, Who Hast of Thy Pure Grace (Martin H. Franzmann)
151. 443 - Rise, My Soul, to Watch and Pray (Johann B. Freystein)
152. 444 - With the Lord Begin Your Task
153. 445 - Unto the Hills
154. 449 - They Cast Their Nets
155. 450 - Who Trusts in God, a Strong Abode (Joachim Magdeburg)
156. 452 - As Pants the Hart for Cooling Streams (Nahum Tate)
157. 460 - I Am Trusting You, Lord Jesus (Frances R. Havergal)
158. 461 - Fight the Good Fight (John S. B. Monsell)
159. 462 - God the Omnipotent! (Henry F. Chorley)
160. 466 - Great God, Our Source (George Utech)
161. 468 - From God Can Nothing Move Me (Ludwig Helmbold)
162. 477 - O God of Jacob (Philip Doddridge)
163. 478 - Come, Oh, Come, O Quickening Spirit (Heinrich Held)
164. 483 - God Moves in a Mysterious Way (William Cowper)
165. 484 - God, My Lord, My Strength (tr. Vajda)
166. 485 - Lord, as a Pilgrim (Wilhelmi Malnivaara)
167. 488 - Breathe on Me, Breath of God (Edwin Hatch)
168. 489 - Wide Open Are Your Hands (Bernard of Clairvaux)
169. 490 - Let Me Be Yours Forever (Nikolaus Selnecker)
170. 491 - O God, I Love Thee (Frances Xavier)
171. 493 - Hope of the World (Georgia Harkness)
172. 498 - All Who Would Valiant Be (John Bunyan)
173. 501 - He Leadeth Me: Oh, Blessed Thought! (Joseph H. Gilmore)
174. 502 - Thee Will I Love, My Strength (Johann Scheffler)
175. 505 - Forth in Thy Name, O Lord, I Go (Charles Wesley)
176. 506 - Dear Lord and Father of Mankind (John G. Whittier)
177. 509 - Onward Christian Soldiers (Sabine Baring-Gould)
178. 510 - O God of Youth (Bates G. Burt)
179. 511 - Renew Me, O Eternal Light (Johann F. Ruopp)
180. 512 - Oh, Blest the House (Christoph C. L. von Pfeil)
181. 517 - Praise to the Father (Elizabeth R. Charles)
182. 519 - My Soul, Now Praise Your Maker (Johann Gramann)
183. 521 - Let Us with a Gladsome Mind (John Milton)
184. 529 - Praise God. Praise Him (Vedamuthu Masillamony)
185. 531 - Before Jehovah's Awesome Throne (Watts)
186. 536 - O God of God, O Light of Light (John Julian)
187. 537 - O Jesus, King Most Wonderful! (Bernard of Clairvaux)
188. 538 - Oh, Praise the Lord, My Soul! (David F. Wright)
189. 541 - Praise the Lord of Heaven! (Thomas B. Browne)
190. 547 - Thee We Adore, Eternal Lord! (Latin Hymn, 4^th or 5^th cent.; tr. Thomas Cotterill)
191. 550 - From All That Dwell below the Skies (Watts)
192. 556 - Herald, Sound the Note of Judgement (Moir A. J. Waters)

National songs are also omitted.

Nota bene:

• 46 - "Once Again My Heart Rejoices" is included as "All My Heart Again Rejoices"
• 80 - "Oh, Wondrous Type! Oh, Vision Fair" is included as "Oh, Wondrous Image, Vision Fair" (loss of an exclamation point)
• 139 - "O Sons and Daughters of the King" is included as "O Sons and Daughters." The first line reads: "O Sons and Daughters, let us sing."
• 171 - "Rehoice, the Lord Is King!" is included as "Rejoice, for Christ Is King!"
• 177 - "By All Your Saints in Warfare" is included as "By All Your Saints." The first line reads: "By all your saints still striving." This shift away from military imagery is a welcome one.
• 199 - "Thee We Adore, O Hidden Savior" is included as "Thee We Adore, O Savior"
• 267 - "Father, We Praise You" is (I believe) included in an adapted version: "Father Most Holy."
• 271 - "O Splendor of the Father's Light" is included as the more lyrical "O Splendor of God's Glory Bright"
• 276 - "Now All the Woods Are Sleeping" is included as "Now Rest beneath Night's Shadow"
• 279 - "Oh, Gladsome Light," the third cent. Phos Hilaron is included in a translation by Carl P. Daw Jr.: "O Light Whose Splendor Thrills"
• 314 - "Who Is This Host Arrayed in White" is included as "Behold the Host Arrayed in White"
• 323 - "O Lord of Light, Who Made the Stars" is included as the Episcopal translation "Creator of the Stars of Night."
• 332 - "Battle Hymn of the Republic" is listed by its first line: "Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory"
• 340 - "Jesus Christ, My Sure Defense" is included as "Jesus Lives, My Sure Defense"
• 346 - "When Peace, like a River" is included without comma and also includes a subtitle: "It Is Well with My Soul."
• 358 - "Glories of Your Name Are Spoken" is included as "Glorious Things of You Are Spoken"
• 361 - "Do Not Despair, O Little Flock" is included as "Have No Fear, O Little Flock"
• 398 - "'Take Up Your Cross,' the Savior Said" is included without quotation marks.
• 446 - "Whatever God Ordains Is Right" is included as "What God Ordains Is Good Indeed"
• 454 - "If God Himself Be for Me" is included as "If God My Lord Be for Me"
• 472 - "Come, Holy Ghost, Our Souls Inspire" is included as "Creator Spirit, Heavenly Dove"
• 527 - "All Creatures of Our God and King" is included as "All Creatures Worship God Most High"
• 553 - "Rejoice, O Pilgrim Throng!" is included as "Rejoice, Ye Pure in Heart!"