Write a New Song to the Lord

I recently started reading through Our Own Hymnbook, the hymnal compiled by Charles Spurgeon for use in the Metropolitan Tabernacle. Despite my Reformed Baptist convictions and love of hymnody, I had overlooked what has since become one of my favorite hymnals. Yet as I read, I found myself asking, Do our churches still need new hymns?The people of God are a people who sing. Our Own Hymnbook contains 1,130 hymns. If a congregation were to sing eight to ten songs a week, it could sing through the