Click here to order quantities for congregational use.The new Presbyterian hymnal; Glory to God; will be published in September of 2013 but is now available for pre-order for individuals and congregations. This new book of congregational song will include: Over 800 hymns; psalms; and spiritual songs.Approximately 50% of included hymns will be from the 1990 Presbyterian hymnal. The remaining pieces will come from former Presbyterian hymnals; other denominational songbooks; and individual authors and composers.A musical setting of almost every Sunday lectionary psalm.Music from six different continents.Music covering all major historical and contemporary sacred genres; including approximately thirty-five African American/Gospel hymns.Comprehensive indexes.Glory to God will also contain worship aids and printed liturgies for Sunday services (including baptism and the Lords Supper) and services for daily prayer. Complete orders of service will include congregational responses; prayers; and creeds. These will be perfect resources for "green" congregations; camps and conference centers; daily prayer services; and time-pressed pastors.The pew edition of Glory to God is available in either of two colors; red and purple; in either of two versions: a Presbyterian edition and an ecumenical edition. The Presbyterian version is Glory to God: The Presbyterian Hymnal and will be stamped with the PC(USA) seal on the spine. The ecumenical version is Glory to God: Hymns; Songs; and Spiritual Songs and will not have the seal. The contents of both editions are identical.
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33 of 34 people found the following review helpful. Gems that changed the world.By YDMI picked up Aja Radens Stoned expecting a history of jewelry and was pleasantly surprised to find an in-depth social history of how human perceptions of value; desire and innovation have shaped the modern world. She starts with the beads that bought Manhattan (and in doing so makes a compelling case that it might not have been quite the con we think of it today) and ends with the wristwatch and its role in making modern warfare; aviation; navigation and personal private time possible.Raden divides the book into three main sections; Want; Take and Have. As someone who; once upon a time; pre-marriage; pre-children; pre-mortgage; had quite the jewel fetish; the first section; in which she links the idea of perceived scarcity to value; was particularly interesting. She calls out the great long con the De Beers diamond cartel ran; the Manhattan beads and the boom and bust of New World emeralds. The next section; Take; covers jewels in the making of Queen Elizabeth I; the diamond necklace of the French revolution and an Americans invaluable assistance in funding the fledgling USSR. Cultured Pearls and writstwatches make up the last section.The book is very; very well researched; Raden is a scientist as well a jeweler and scholar of ancient history; and while the book is well written; she uses toggles between a scholarly and colloquial tone quite a bit. She take odd turns of language (almost whedonesque) which will date the book; or at least this edition. Things like calling the women of the court of Versailles mean girls; or someone doing a solid for someone else. The first 100 or so pages; I found this quite jarring but by the the end of the book I found these phrases almost charming.If you are looking for a history of jewelry this book is probably not what youre looking for. Its first and foremost a social history; but if you want a book on how human nature shaped and is continuing to shape the modern era then I recommend Stoned.1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Historical bookBy Travel FanThe deeper into this book I got; the more history I read. It wasnt quite what I expected but I liked the historical information and the anecdotes.1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. This was a delight. An exhilarating combination of gemology and historyBy CustomerThis was a delight. An exhilarating combination of gemology and history. Well written.