Not long ago, the source for all our hymn lyrics went ka-flooey. I used the Wayback Machine to capture what they had posted before they all went away.
I forgot to link a hymn correctly for Sunday and got http://www.lutheran-hymnal.com/
That link leads to the lyrics for The Lutheran Hymnal.
That was and is a priceless tool for using The Lutheran Hymnal. I hope it stays online.
Meanwhile we will continue to build The Bethany Lutheran Hymnal Blog, which has almost 11,000 views. (The is pronounced Thee in honor of Thee Ohio State University and its fans.)
Our planned features are -
- Graphics for the hymns, from Norma Boeckler,
- Links to the melodies for each hymn,
- Pictures of the hymn writers and links to their bios.
- Collections - all hymns by the same author, all translations by the same person, grouping of hymns for the church year.
- Biographies of significant hymn writers.
- Easy to use list of all the hymns in alphabetical order.
