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Updated Tuesday, March 18, 2008

New Baptist Hymnal song titles released

By Polly House

LifeWay Christian Resources

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - The mystery is over. The songs going in the new Baptist Hymnal have been chosen.

"Amazing Grace" is there, of course. So is "Holy, Holy, Holy." So are "Sanctuary" and "Shout to the Lord."

"There is a good mix of hymns, worship music and praise choruses," said Mike Harland, director of LifeWay Worship, a part of LifeWay Christian Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention. "We have composers from Beethoven to Fanny Crosby to Travis Cottrell represented in this hymnal."

The new hymnal has 674 hymns and worship songs. "About 300 of these songs are new ones to our hymnal," Harland said. "Of these 300, about 200 have been published in other hymnals, and about 100 are brand-new hymns and songs that haven't been published in any hymnal before."

The full list of the songs is available at www.lifewayworship.com.

 
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