---
title: 'Dr. Watts’ “Renovation of Psalmody”'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'Louis FitzGerald Benson'
date: 1912-07-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '20th century'
topics:
- 'Worship'
scriptures:
- 'Psalms 150'
- 'Ephesians 5'
- 'Colossians 3'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/20th-century/benson-1912-dr-watts-renovation-of-psalmody
---

# Dr. Watts’ “Renovation of Psalmody”

Essay examines Isaac Watts&#039; renovation of psalmody: promoting evangelical hymns, free composition, and Christianized paraphrases of Psalms to reform congregational worship.

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