August Crull and the Story of the Lutheran Hymn-Book 1912

<p>August Crull (1845-1923) edited and compiled the first edition of the Evangelical Lutheran Hymn-Book (1889) thus playing a critical role in shaping the hymnic tradition of The Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod as it transitioned from German to English. This study tells the story of Crull's pioneering labor in the formation of this seminal hymnal and documents the twenty-year journey to its final edition in 1912 which became the first official English-language hymnal of the Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod.</p>