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117nations of Kuki Christians also used the hymn book.However,during the 1950's different hymn books from differentChristian organizations appeared among the Kukis.But thesedifferent hymn books have almost all the same numbers andthe same hymns.They were published mainly to meet theindividual needs of the Kuki Christians.When the Kuki Christian Council was organized in1959, one of the objectives of the Council was to have acommon Christian literature for all the Kuki Christians,including the Bible and the hymn book. However, the KukiBaptist Convention published its own hymn book in 1981,inviolation of the Council's policy.There is a new hymn book which contains hymns thatwere composed by Kuki Christians of the past and present.These hymns employ traditional Kuki melodies and are meantto be used in the worship services of the church.At firstthe churches hesitated using them in the worship sLrvices,but now they have begun to use them.Kuki Christian Literature SocietyAsit was mentioned before, the Kuki Christian LiteratureSociety became one of the departments of the KukiChristian Council.The council felt that to have manyvarieties of hymn books and Bibles would encourage tendenciestowards division and also be uneconomical.At firstthe Kuki Christian Literature Society dealt only with Biblesand hymn books, but now this society concp.rns itself withall Christian literature for the Kukis. It serv~s a useful