by Scott Bushey | Jun 22, 2014 | miscellaneous
“When we see men so malicious and wicked as to lift themselves up against God and to seek all means possible to pervert and corrupt the truth, is it fitting for us to be slothful then? No. We see today how the Pope has many seducers which seek nothing but to...
by Scott Bushey | Jun 13, 2014 | miscellaneous
“The singing of Psalms became the Reformed cultus [worship], the characteristic note distinguishing its worship from that of the Roman Catholic Church,” and, “The family in the home, men and women at their daily tasks, were recognized as Huguenots [Reformed Christians...
by Scott Bushey | Jun 13, 2014 | miscellaneous
“The law of the Lord, we are told, is perfect. It is sure. It is right. It is pure. It is true. It is sweeter than honey and more to be desired than gold. When we read this magnificent Psalm we should do so with the understanding that the Psalter is in these...
by Scott Bushey | Jun 13, 2014 | miscellaneous
‘I must say that I imitated David’s Psalms, not as the fittest book that could be made for Christian worship, but as the best which the churches would yet hearken to,’ (Isaac Watts, cited in R.M. Stevenson, Patterns of Protestant Church Music, p....
by Scott Bushey | Jun 11, 2014 | miscellaneous
Henry Cooke (1788-1868) Irish Presbyterian, champion of Trinitarianism against Unitarianism: “The most celebrated hymns of uninspired men are like Job’s friends, “miserable comforters” (Job 16:2), when compared with the experience of Christ in the...