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title: 'Minority Report of the Committee on Song in the Public Worship of God'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
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authors:
- 'John Murray'
date: 1947-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '20th century'
topics:
- 'Hymnody and Psalmody'
- 'Public Worship'
- 'Presbyterian Polity'
scriptures:
- 'Matthew 26'
- '1 Corinthians 14'
- 'Ephesians 5'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/20th-century/murray-1947-minority-report-of-the-committee-on-song-in-the-public-worship-of-god
---

# Minority Report of the Committee on Song in the Public Worship of God

Minutes of the 1947 Orthodox Presbyterian General Assembly. Minority report argues from the regulative principle that public worship should privilege singing the Psalms and restrict uninspired hymns.

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