In the minority report, Professor John Murray takes up the two leading arguments of the majority. The first is what I would call the argument from analogy.
Prayer is one element of worship, singing is another.
But these Scripture songs may also be read as Scripture and they may be used in preaching. In such cases the actual materials are the same. But reading the Scripture is not the same exercise of worship as singing , and neither is preaching the same as singing , or reading the Scripture. The same kind of distinction applies to the exercises of praying and singing even when the content is identical. The question of the divine prescription regarding the songs that may be sung in the public worship of God must be answered, therefore, on the basis of the teaching of Scripture with respect to that specific element of worship.