The Hymnal AS AUTHORIZED AND APPROVED FOR USE BY THE GENERAL CONVENTION OF THE PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD MCMXVI TOGETHER WITH THE CANTICLES AT MORNING AND EVENING PRAYER AND OCCASIONAL ANTHEMS THE CHURCH PENSION FUND NEW YORK 2125 486 It was voted by both Houses of the General Convention, held in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and sixteen: That the New Hymnal, as reported by the Joint Commission on the Revision of the Hymnal, be authorized and approved for use in this Church. That the Commission be continued with authority to perfect the details of its work and to complete, for the benefit of the Church Pension Fund, musical editions of the New Hymnal. That the publication of the Hymnal be committed to the Trustees of the Church Pension Fund for the benefit of that Fund. Attest: GEORGE FRANCIS NELSON, Secretary of the House of Bishops. HENRY ANSTICE, Secretary of the House of Deputies. It is hereby certified that this edition of the Hymnal having been compared with, and corrected by, the standard book as the General Convention has directed, is permitted to be published accordingly. On behalf of the Commission empowered to superintend the publication of the Hymnal. CORTLANDT WHITEHEAD, Chairman. |