Congregational Singing

Rev. Cammenga is pastor of Southwest Protestant Reformed Church in Grandville, Michigan. "In the churches only the 150 Psalms of David, the Ten Commandments, the Lord's Prayer, the Twelve Articles of Faith, the Songs of Mary, Zacharias, and Simeon, the Morning and Evening Hymns, and the Hymn of Prayer before the sermon shall be sung."  Church Order, Article 69. Historical Background The earliest Dutch Reformed synods addressed the matter of singing in the worship services. Already the synod...