Title: New Century hymnal
Product review: The church I recently started working for uses this hymnal. And like the majority of our congregation, I don't like it. In taking gender out of some things and using more modern pronouns and other factors, they have destroyed some of the most beautiful poetry. Many hymns that I have known and loved since childhood are either removed from this hymnal or so altered that it is difficult to tell it's even the same hymn. In my humble opinion, "Dear Lord and Father of Mankind" shouldn't be altered to become "Dear God Embracing Humankind." It just doesn't have the same impact. Neither does "Nearer My God to You" in place of "Nearer My God to Thee." And don't even get me started on what they did to the Christmas carols. I suppose I can understand the need to change some things, but this is really over the top and overdone.
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