My church just replaced our copies of the Book of Psalms for Singing with the new Trinity Psalter Hymnal published by the OPC and URCNA. I was asked to present an introduction to this new song book in our Sunday school class. It turned into a brief history of hymnody and psalmody in American Presbyterians along with looking at some distinctives of this wonder new hymnal.

You can listen on SermonAudio.

Some resources I used in preparation:

• A Quick First Glance at the Trinity Psalter Hymnal by Ligon Duncan
• Reflections On The 2018 Trinity Psalter Hymnal by Shane Lems
• Recovering Mother Kirk
• OPC General Assembly Minutes
• Between the Times
• Sing a New Song to the Lord: An Historical Survey of American Presbyterian Hymnals by James Rawlings Sydnor
• The New Presbyterian Hymnal by J. Gresham Machen
• What we can learn about Martin Luther from his hymn writing
• Origins of Calvin’s Theology of Music: 1536-1543 by Charles Garside, Jr.

I just discovered the PCA Historical Society’s has a thorough Bibliography for Reading in Presbyterian Church History and would commend it you you.

The Barrons of Rock Hill circa 1935.   Read More

Sketches of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian congregations of York County, SC (as of 1903).   Read More

The story of the 1926 study of the PCUSA on the "Causes of Unrest Among Women of the Church"   Read More

Brief Timeline of the Scottish Presbyterian Churches in America.   Read More

Biographical sketch of Rev. Dr. Alexander Martin of Rock Hill   Read More

Excerpt from the report from the outgoing moderator at the 7th General Assembly of the PCA.   Read More

Resources for learning about the history of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church.   Read More

A 1922 ad for individual communion cups.   Read More