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This collection of 52 early Adventist hymns is a revised and enlarged edition of Advent Singing. The book is divided into sections by time periods with an introduction and a list of contents for each segment. A history and stories about each hymn precede the words and music.
The Seventh-day Adventist Hymnal is the official hymnal of the Seventh-day Adventist Church and is widely used by English-speaking Adventist congregations. It consists of words and music to 695 hymns including traditional favorites from the earlier Church Hymnal that it replaced, American folk hymns, modern gospel songs, compositions by Adventists, contemporary hymns, and 224 congregational responsive Scripture readings.
Although Adventist hymnals seem to have a lifetime of about it 25 years, by the early 1980s the existing hymnal had been in service since 1941.The General Conference Music Committee created a diverse 19-member Church Hymnal Committee chaired by C.L. Brooks with Wayne Hooper as secretary.[1] As part of the process more than 3000 Adventist ministers were asked to rate the hymns of the then existing Church Hymnal. Those that were commonly used were retained. Songs that were added to the new hymnal include those of a more diverse and contemporary nature.
Companion to the Seventh-day Adventist Hymnal (ISBN 0-8280-0425-0) was authored by Wayne Hooper (musical co-editor of the hymnal) and Edward E. White. It contains the history of each hymn in the hymnal and biographical information on the composers and authors.
This hymnal, published in 1985, includes 695 hymns and gospel songs. It contains the best of fine old hymns, early Advent hymns, contemporary hymns, favorites from the Church Hymnal American folk hymns, modern gospel songs compositions by Adventists, 225 Scripture readings and worship aids, and 11 indexes. Many tunes and readings are cross-referenced for versatility. Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4'. This notebook-style hymnal is divided into two sections, each with hidden lay-flat wire-o binding.Size: 7' x 9 ' x 2'.
Singing has been an important part of the Adventist Movement from its very beginning. Even before the church was officially organized, its founders published hymnbooks. The current hymnal was compiled by a General Conference committee from 1982 to 1984.
In 1981, the General Conference chose 19 people for a hymnal committee. Headed by Charles L. Brooks, this group, together with a large advisory committee of 90 people worldwide, would compile a new church hymnal.
The compilers wanted hymns that upheld distinctive Adventist teachings and connected us with Christianity at large. For diversity, they chose some early advent hymns, modern gospel songs, African American spirituals, and folk hymns as well.
Since the arrival of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in the South Pacific, singing and musical expression have been considered essential components of the worship experiences of its people. With little formal understanding of the principles of harmonisation, congregations and choirs succeeded in producing local versions in four-part harmony of well-known hymns in the English language. Attempts to translate the English lyrics into local languages and dialects while utilising the well-known and accepted tunes were not always successful, however.
These attempts were made more challenging as the Church produced a series of new hymn books, often deleting older well-known hymns and replacing them with new, unknown hymns. These hymnals in the English language included Joyful Greetings, Hymns and Tunes, Christ in Song, Advent Hymnal, Church Hymnal, and more recently, The Seventh-day Adventist Hymnal.
While some work had been done previously, it was not until the 1980s that a serious attempt was commenced to produce hymnals with both lyrics and music in some of the major local languages of the Pacific Islands. Pastor Lester Lock had grown up in Papua when his father, WN Lock, was working in the mountain villages behind Port Moresby. Fluent in several languages, he was also very musical, well able to conduct a band and a choir.
On retirement, Pastor Lock travelled to Lae, Papua New Guinea, and began the task of translating a selection of hymns into Melanesian Pidgin, the common language of Papua New Guinea. The hymn book had the Pidgin title Ol Sing Bilong Lotu. Dr W Glynn Litster was asked to find a printer in Hong Kong who printed and soft-bound the 128 hymns, including an index. The price was three PNG kina or a little more than $A1.
Dr Litster, who had extensive experience as an educator in the island nations of the South Pacific and whose wife, Elva, was a skilled music teacher, continued the work commenced by Pastor Lock. Copyright permission was obtained for each hymn as appropriate and the following hymnals were produced:
Amene N Nebo: A hymnal in the language of Kiribati with words and music and printed at the Star Printery, Suva, Fiji, in 2003. The principal of Kauma Adventist High School in Kiribati, Tekamau Ribabati, was responsible for much of the work in preparing this hymnal.
Ai Vola Ni Sere Ni So-Kalou Ni Lotu Ni Kavitu E Viti: A hymnal in the Fijian language with words and music and printed by the Bluebird Printery Limited, Suva, Fiji, in 2007. In Fiji, schoolchildren were taught to sing using the tonic sol-fa version of music. The final layout of the hymnal shows both a full staff arrangement and a tonic sol-fa line for both soprano and bass voices.
Koa Be Ruka Mawaro: A hymnal in the language of the Koiari people of Papua with words and music and printed by the Seventh-day Adventist Press, Lae, Papua New Guinea, in 2008. Pastor Lock and Dr Litster collaborated in the production of this hymnal to celebrate the centenary of the arrival of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Papua New Guinea in 1908.
Nupela Ol Sing Bilong Lotu: A hymnal in the Melanesian Pidgin language of Papua New Guinea with words and music and printed by KHL Printing, Ltd, Singapore, in 2010. Pastor Lock and Dr Litster again collaborated on the production of this hymnal.
E Puka Imene Evangelia Akonoanga Ra Itu Kuki Airani: A hymnal in the language of the Cook Islands with words and music and printed by Ink Asia in China in 2013. Dr Litster was assisted by Cook Islanders: Eliu Eliu, Teina Taivairanga, and Porohu Taia; and by Nga Vailoa.
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