I am under-qualified to evaluate them in any meaningful way as my knowledge of the history of liturgies and Divine Service Settings is entirely lacking. The Divine Service Settings are easy to follow. I also noticed that the making of the sign of the cross upon the forehead and heart occurs after the baptism itself, rather than before (which is how it is in LSB). This kind of questioning of the infant is absent from the baptismal rite in Christian Worship. Within the LCMS at least, questions are asked of the infant, but the congregation and sponsors speak and answer on the child’s behalf. The baptism service has different rubrics for the baptism of infants and the baptism of adults. I’m not sure why that is, but the longer rite is the second one presented. The service of baptism shows up twice in the front matter. For a small representative sample, the hymnal includes only seventeen of the first forty psalms. The only psalms found in the hymnal are those that are appointed for Sundays. I love that this hymnal presents the psalms in this way, but it comes at a significant cost, namely, not all the psalms are found in the hymnal-there simply isn’t enough space to do so.
Some of the Psalms are set entirely to music, such as Psalm 42, which is set to the popular musical number As the Deer by Martin Nystrom. Most of them also contain a recommended Psalm Tone. The Psalms in Christian Worship all contain a musical refrain.
The hymnal’s back matter includes acknowledgements and four indices: (1) sources, (2) metrical, (3) tunes, and (4) first lines and titles. The hymns start with #301 and conclude with #958 The rites are followed by the Athanasian Creed and Luther’s Small Catechism. The hymnal includes six rites: (1) Holy Baptism, (2) Service of Word and Prayer, (3) Christian Wedding, (4) Christian Funeral, (5) Corporate Confession and Absolution, and (6) Individual Confession and Absolution. There are also five pages of personal prayers. There are abbreviated daily devotions for the hours of the day (Matins, Lauds, Prime, Terce, Vespers, and Compline) as well as a daily lectionary with a separate schedule for reading the psalms.
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The hymnal’s front matter includes Church calendar information, a Three-year and One-year Lectionary, Psalms, three Divine Services, along with full services for Matins, Vespers, and Compline. For those who belong to the LCMS, this hymnal is the same size as Lutheran Service Book except that it is roughly ¼ inch thicker.
I do not have, nor have I consulted the voluminous supporting material for this hymnal such as: Hymnal Gift Edition, Psalter, Accompaniment for Hymns, Accompaniment for Services, Accompaniment for Psalter, Easy Hymn Accompaniments, Altar Book, Agenda, Our Worth to Him: Devotions for Christian Worship, or Christian Worship: Service Builder.Ĭhristian Worship is the new hymnal put out by the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod. This a review of the Christian Worship Hymnal Pew Edition only.
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