5. That after the Committee afore
Hymn Book have carefully considered said shall have completed their revision
the various papers referred to them, of the Hymn Book, and their work has
and respectfully report to the General been approved by the Bishops as pro-
Conference that they are unanimously vided for in item 4, they shall have
of the opinion that a thorough revision
power to prepare a suitable Hymn and
of the Hymn Book now in use is imper-Tune Book for the use of the Church.
atively demanded. We therefore rec- 6. No compensation shall be paid to
the Committee employed in the revisal,
1. That the Board of Bishops be re-except for actual expenses incurred.
quested to appoint, as soon as practica-
ble, a Committee of fifteen, to whom
shall be committed the work of revision.
2. That this Committee be selected
with reference to convenience of loca-
tion for division into three sections for
working purposes.
3. That when the work of prepara-
tory revision shall be completed by the
several sections, the whole Committee
shall be duly notified, and the work of
each section shall be revised; and that
no hymn now in use shall be excluded
without a vote of two thirds of the
Committee for its rejection, and that no
hymn not now in the collection shall be
admitted without a vote of two thirds
of the Committee in its favor.
In accordance with the foregoing resolution, the Bishops appointed the following per
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