Compared to Hymnals

	No.	Words	Music
Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs	116	Identical	Harmony in measure 3 altered to match measure 12; Alto ends DO TI SOL SOL instead of DO TI DO
Songs for Worship and Praise	231	Adds vs 4, “Beautiful Savior…”1	Alto ends on SOL instead of DO
Songs of Faith and Praise	288	Identical	Adds descant
Praise for the Lord	137	Adds vs 4, “Beautiful Savior…”1	Identical
Hymns for Worship (Revised)	41	Identical	Harmony in measure 3 altered to match measure 12; Alto ends DO TI SOL SOL instead of DO TI DO
Songs of the Church	102	Identical	Identical
Sacred Selections	514	Identical	Identical
Christian Hymns No. 2	450	Identical	Harmony in measure 3 altered to match measure 12; Alto ends DO TI SOL SOL instead of DO TI DO
Great Songs of the Church No. 2	369	Identical	Identical

¹This additional stanza comes from an alternate translation of the same hymn made by Joseph Augustus Seiss and published in The Sunday School Book for the Use of Evangelical Lutheran Congregations (Philadelphia, 1873):

Beautiful Savior,
  Lord of the nations,
Son of God and Son of Man!
  Glory and honor,
  Praise, adoration,
Now and forevermore be Thine!

This stanza is excellent. Unfortunately, it uses a slightly different meter, complicating the slurs and ties that would be necessary in the music to accommodate stanzas of unequal meter. For now, we have chosen not to include it. If you would like us to consider including it, email us at feedback@hymnsonline.org.

Sources

• Richard S. Willis, Church Chorals and Choir Studies (1850), p. 193:
  https://archive.org/details/churchchoralsan00willgoog/page/n198/mode/1up
• Fallersleben & Ernst, Schlesische Volkslieder mit Melodien (1842), #287:
  https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_ynY9AAAAcAAJ/page/n349

References

• J.R. Watson, “Fairest Lord Jesus,” The Canterbury Dictionary of Hymnology:
  https://hymnology.hymnsam.co.uk/f/fairest-lord-jesus