Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod creator text utu 2025 monographic en 1 online resource : multiple file formats The "Evangelical Lutheran Hymn-book: Abridged edition" was published in 1912 as the first official English-language hymnal of the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod. This historic collection marked a pivotal transition from German to English worship for the denomination. Compiled by Professor August Crull and initially containing 543 hymns, it became affectionately known as the "old green hymnal" for its distinctive binding. The work served congregations until 1941, bridging traditional Lutheran worship with America's English-speaking communities. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Without music. Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evangelical_Lutheran_Hymn-Book Release date is 2025-07-13 Lisa Corcoran, Stephen Hutcheson, Dave Morgan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net Originally published: St. Louis MO: Concordia Publishing House, 1912 Lutheran Church -- Hymns Hymns, English BV St. Louis MO: Concordia Publishing House, 1912 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/76498 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/76498 UtSlPG 260607 20260610134754.0 76498