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title: 'The Liturgical Position of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
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authors:
- 'Louis FitzGerald Benson'
date: 1897-07-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'American Presbyterian and Reformed History'
- 'Hymnody and Psalmody'
- 'Public Worship'
scriptures:
- 'Psalms 95'
- 'Psalms 150'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/benson-1897-the-liturgical-position-of-the-presbyterian-church-in-the-united-states-of-america
---

# The Liturgical Position of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America

Examines US Presbyterian liturgical history: the Westminster Directory’s legal status, colonial freedom in worship, and the psalmody controversy over Watts’s imitations.

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