---
title: 'Dr. Chalmers’ Failure'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'Alexander Jeffrey McKelway'
date: 1900-03-28
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Hymnody and Psalmody'
- 'Presbyterian Polity'
- 'American Presbyterian and Reformed History'
scriptures:
- 'Exodus 15'
- 'Luke 1'
- 'Leviticus 10'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/mckelway-1900-dr-chalmers-failure
---

# Dr. Chalmers’ Failure

Editorial disputes Dr. Chalmers' psalm-only position, defending the right to sing hymns in worship and criticizing rigid psalmody as unreasonable and schismatic.

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