---
title: 'The New Presbyterian Hymnal'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'J. Gresham Machen'
date: 1933-12-15
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '20th century'
topics:
- 'Hymnody and Psalmody'
- 'American Presbyterian and Reformed History'
scriptures:
- 'Luke 2'
- 'Psalms 98'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/20th-century/machen-1933-the-new-presbyterian-hymnal
---

# The New Presbyterian Hymnal

A 1933 Presbyterian journal criticizes the new denominational Hymnal as modernist and omitting doctrinal hymns, urging conservatives to retain older hymnody and keep Christ central at Christmas.

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