The Baptist hymn book - comprising a large and choice collection of Psalms, hymns and spiritual songs, adapted to the faith and order of the Old School, or primitive baptists, in the united states of america, carefully selected from va... #229572

God's people are not justifiable in using in appropriate words, and especially such words as are untrue, in their devotional exercises; for they are admonished to sing with the under standing, as well as with the spirit; and so to make melody in their hearts unto the Lord. Poems have been introduced into books which are used in many congregations, that are not ou ly destitute of the essential sentiments which the Spirit of pure devotion inspires, but actually express doctrines entirely antagonistic to the doctrine of the Bible. Christians should never sing what they do not believe to be true.