Write your own worship songs, but make them good!
Cover of Hymns and Spiritual Songs It was a daring move when, in 1707, Isaac Watts published his first book of hymns . At that time it was the practice of almost every congregation of the Church of England to sing only Old Testament psalms in their public worship. However, Watts had grown to dislike this because it restricted the Christian from being able to explicitly celebrate in song all those aspects of the gospel that are fulfilled and illuminated in the New Testament . In the preface to Hymns and Spiritual Songs , Watts addresses the worship situation of his time and offers a defense for writing and publishing new music. Many Ministers and many private Christians have long groaned under this Inconvenience, and have wished rather than attempted a Reformation: At their importunate and repeated Requests I have for some Years past devoted many Hours of leisure to this Service. Far be it from my Thoughts to lay aside the Psalms of David in public Worship; few can pretend so gr...