"It's simpler, more authentic"

Proof please, from three, independent verifiable sources. One of them can't be Hymns Ancient and Modern

Oh and......

"After the initial success of the 1861 original edition, the editors of Hymns Ancient & Modern published the second edition in 1875. This became the most successful hymnal in the Church of England for more than 75 years and is still in print today. A supplement of 176 hymns was added in 1889. An attempt was made to introduce an historically more accurate new edition of 1904, but after this failed to sell, some of the less controversial material from that edition was added in a second supplement of 140 hymns in 1916. After 1924, the second edition with its two supplements was dubbed the "Standard Edition" of Hymns Ancient & Modern.

In 1950 the revised edition was published with G.H. Knight and J. Dykes having both edited since the death of Nicholson. Many hymns were weeded out for the 1950 edition as the editors wished, in part, to make space for more recent compositions, and in part to thin out the over-supplemented previous versions. In 1983 the New Standard edition was published; this comprised 333 of the 636 hymns included in A and M Revised and the entire 200-hymn contents of 100 Hymns for Today (1969) and More Hymns for Today (1980).

The most recent (2000) edition is called Common Praise, published by Canterbury Press. It is still used in a few parishes.

It seems the hymnal doesn't even bear the title, that WAV has been using, anymore.

Charlotte R