The Singing Church: The Hymns It Wrote and Sang
CHAPTER IV
THE EMENDATION OF HYMNS 63 I THE CHANGES IN OUR HYMNS. Early Changes. The Abuse of the Editorial Revision. The Return to the Originals. II PRINCIPLES OF EQUITY INVOLVED IN THESE CHANGES. The Rights of the Original Writer. The Limits of the Author’s Rights. III EFFECT OF CHANGES ON QUALITY. Loss of Original Writer’s Vision. Biblical Precedent. IV ANALYSIS OF CHANGES MADE. The Omission of Verses. Reconstructing and Rewriting Faulty Hymns. Minor Felicitous Changes.