The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1894-05-05
IFor the Ledger.
Why We Sing Psalms.


"dy hut Mr. K, has gone So fac ,ha,
We can II" longer reffan. V. h- hss
made All ",,tn aud unwatr.uieo At,
tack up N the h,ctrine, Il III. ARP
Church. | the first place Nc r.. lie
mtnd. div, . ,utn,r,ty f.r .ur us.
of The PSal'ns rl ne, I'll, Wa. c., .,ye
aud give II tiom q .d's word. Fir,,,
!. must 10 u, hr,t ,,,. thai tue Ps. a..
are & ide &" rd, and gwen under the
hand of Il viue inspira,i III sud That
they we're used ia the o L Church ,r
dispensstinn, this Mr. II says is true.
Then we have the Pslsm. vivau ny
Curist TIE KING aud read III tie
church, If Wa leave him "ut Of then,
then lesvs him uu, If thu three
Persons IL The G III neal. W. c,ut
d. this, he says Me aud my father
are "ne. 'Befrs tho w.rld Was
Was, this 10 True. q ,is worlds truth
Now he tells ut tn slug P,alm, IT, his
word IL the Psalm. numb.I5 1T places
and We take him al his word aur
slnS Psa M, hut rsght here We want
to say that We Z ain the same Iuspira-
ton from metrIcsI yursi"ns MS we d.,
f,uu our EugIisn Bible. Hc.o Is
diYioe wsrcsnt Mr. r., now let rs
come on dawn Dat they use them
In the New Ie,ttment Cur;h ? Yes,
yes they had them We fni Paul
commeudins the Br r.turen t,r com,ug
In tu the Churcn with Psalm. Dad
ChIlst "niect tn them here? No.
Why, because tney ar. app i"Ied IN
his word. He can. - bach o, his
word. he says hi. words shall staud
though Heaven aud E,rtn saalI pa q
away but my words shalt MT d 8,
away. Then thes, psalm, are the
Io'us OF Cnri,t or the Holy three
Persons But Mr. r., has it that they
had HYMNS ia tue Clurch at this
time. We know that the Apostle
says 1" sing P-slms, Hymns and Spiri>
tual song. but he does no, say IN. k.
them. Well we will give MIR r.,
these Hymns aui SpirItuL s"gs if
he wanCs sIm4. Here lets see are the
Psalms found any mrre, y-. says
james is any merry let him sing
Psstms Well we clme "m getiiug
d wa 10 Revelation. Where are the
Hymns iust yJu had hack there ?
With Paul, Il mt ka,w. Hunt them
up. Revelation ~ gong t. cl ,se up.
Inc spirit says To John, w i'e quicka
w. ReVelhti ~ ci ,I-s uu aui Mr.
r., you cat tind ynuc hymus. We
dort believe that they had other n ,n
the Psalms. Ii tney did W. koow
that the di vine ha ,d his h-en less
careful of them aui sutf.red them to
be lost. Why? We dn ut know.
Now what IRE you g"i X tod, Nc X ?
You have TO hymEs. q ID ha. cl sed
up Is velati ~. Case u rev.ai hun
self I" man - the way II. "nce dit.
MIR r., suggest. w. will make U,
Hymns.' o.! Mr .tchf.rd, du
you think YOU can ,mpr we upon the
divine Plio? Yu have ac>
knowledgei that these P.slm, are Of
deVine in'"irtib", tnAL tney ~ 9
Gods word IJu say, incy d, not
SUIT mis- A.. and iim-. ID 4 the n IN.
a"h Head Of tne Cnurch not know
what the Churcn lee led i" ali ages
Y e. He says. Hi, ~rrI SHALL sand
HesU,n aud earth shall pass AWAY
but my words shall not pA-s.' You
oan't d" away with tue Psalms. Mr. K
Tney are Code ~or They like The
other words ot d.pins Inspiration have
stond the fires of Persecuiim ~ FIR ages
and We have them ia the church 10
day. When Heaven and earth pass
away they viii be .ung. You may
kick them out "f ur church, but
they are Gods ~u.d aai wall staod.
Take heed hoS y"u use y,,ur lihert, :,
is The iojuucti"u OF the Apostle.
Who ha, told you, siut cut .s You
are from diviue Inspiration, 4" uake
Hymns spd Sp'ri,usi s,ag-? Do
you thiUk yIu c,n IN ,k , b,tler sonls
for The sge thaU Carist has m.d- /
Did he uut know Lo,x what you
cbar.e him WITH, you charg. him
with ignorance aud folly
Now yoI have divine authority, you
surely se. this thing. What are you
writing iur. writing against Gpds
llriy Word AID the A X p d,cuine.
Paul say, Woe 10 me, i'll Pre,ch
''"t this q spell Mr r lssv-. the
lmpr-s,ion. 'Wos is n,e # Peach
no: against This A X p 4 .ct in-. N -.