LSB 334: O, Lord, How Shall I Meet You
NOTE: The following blog post was previously published on 11/30/08, but it is timely given that Advent is fast approaching and your congregation may be singing LSB 334 this coming Sunday.
Some of you may have already discovered this, but I’ll pass it along for those that don’t know.
The stanza numbering for O, Lord, How Shall I Meet You (LSB 334) is incorrect in the LSB pew edition (or at least the copies I have seen). The six stanzas are numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, and 7, but omit 5. The Hymn Accompaniment edition and the Guitar Chord edition have the stanzas numbered as 1-6.
If you ever choose to sing selected stanzas of this hymn, you should verify the stanza numbers in your editions to minimize confusion during singing.
11/24/09 UPDATE: I have been informed that some pew editions don’t have this stanza numbering issue. Perhaps later print runs fixed it. My editions are probably from the initial print run.
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