The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1893-10-14
rFor the Ledger
A Reply to the Article on
PsamOdy.

Mr. EDITOR: I reply to the
article on Psalmody-
1st. Because I am the lady
referred TO.
End. Because l am misrepre.
sented, "Pou knoao that you a, right,
zoe think We are,' was a quotation
from noted Presbyterian Min:st,
er of South Carolina before body
Of A r P people.
Then n question is raised in
substance as to whether il is "riqht
to sing Psa'ms." Strange indeed
to hear it asked, us it tight to
praise God according TO his own
appointment" 1t is claimed that
In OF der to sing the Psalms, they
must be taken out of their original
language and paraphrased and by
so doing they can no longer be
regarded as the word of God
Does the good Brother, who
raises the question. read the Hoy
Scriptures to his people from the
original Hebrew and Greek or
does he simply read from a trans
station of the g languages We
think that we have only heard
him read from the English tran.
lation. Does he regard our Eng
lish Bible as no longer the word OF
God and no longer inspired just
because it has been translated
We think not. If these are facts
and We think that they will hardly
be denied, then why should it be
claimed that just because the
Palms have been translated into
verse, they are no longer the word
of God. They were written in
poetry in the original why criticise
their being so in English.
AS to our ,aing chem in prai.e
we feel that IL is only left tor us to
obey.
We have no criticism to offer as
to the faith of others. we follow
the tr,rh as ace zee it.
| remember that the quarterly
issued by the Presbyterian church
some time ago. in referring to the
Hymn sung" just after the Lords
supper had been observed for the
first time, and Just before Christ
find his APOSTLES went out into
the Mt of Olives, said. that it was
conceded 10 be a part of the old
Jewish hallel which is cont tained in
the 113 to the 11s Psalm. Strange
the Lord Jesus Christ should set
such an example if 1t Is wrong
And we remember that the
Apostle James gave this command
in his general epistle to christians
in all ages, 5ch 13vs us any among
you affiicted2 let him pray. Is
any merry let him sing Psalms"
These two commands came from
the same connection and from
the same verse if one is wrong
then the other must be also. If
it is wrong to sing Psalms, then
it must be wrong to pray when
afflicted. fit is right to do the
one then it must be right to do the
other. Other references might be
given, but we see from the above
that we have a Thus saith the
Lord" for what we are doing,
and when he gives us a new song
We will all JOIN in and sing it to
His praise.
For the present we certainly
feel that we do praise the Father
Son and Holy Ghost" from Davids
Psalms, which he wrote as he was
moved BY The Hoy Gtosf"
These Psalms lave been sung
by Christians 10 a.' ages. and sie
being sung today eveI though Il Is
almost nineteen hundred wears
after the Savior has come and
thou.aods will be found i'll sing.
ing them when the things of this
world will be no more. And
thousands too will be found in
Heaven who sang nothing else in
praise 10 God while ia thi, world.
This is not intended TO lead
to any controversy, and will
not, for not another line or word
from me will be written on the
subject no matter what grounds
may be taken in the future. Gods
word needs no vindication at my