Andrew: The PC enforcers are ripping the guts out of all our best hymns. A

reader alerts me to this one.

See how they have changed “For such a worm as I” to “For sinners such as I”?

Heaven forbid (actually, of course, it is His representatives who are

forbidding) that any Christian suffer such low self-esteem as to think

himself a worm!

Here’s a suggestion for Episcopalians, at any rate. Get yourself a decently

old edition of HYMNS ANCIENT & MODERN from Abebooks. (Mine is 1931.) Call

in to the church & find out what the hymns will be for whichever service

you’re going to. Look up the words & sing ‘em through in your head a few

times. If you have the 1982 ECUSA hymnal, compare & contrast, and make a

note of PC bowdlerizations. THEN, when singing in service, make a point of

singing the original words, as loud as you can — off key, even, so everyone

will notice. It’s not much, but at least they’ll know how you feel.

Get on it, you worms.