Of course, Luther sang in German anyway. Actually the words to most of our hymns are not original and have changed several times through the years. It was 1971, the Vietnam War was raging, and people were questioning the morality of the war. I don't know why they changed it. You know, worms are good.
Worms are our friends.
We need to take the sensitivities of our brothers and sisters seriously even if a particular wording doesn't offend us personally. But you can go too far to be politically correct. I'm sure our Music and Arts Committee won't be going that far, but they have a daunting task. After hours of work and research and prayer, they are bound to bring a recommendation we will all mostly like but all dislike at least a little bit. Changing hymnals reminds me of the old joke.