Perhaps contacting Dr. Frank Smith would be a good idea to see if he knows who may have produced that index of psalms in the Red Trinity Hymnal? My understanding is that he was either the primary driver behind the words-only Trinity Psalter mentioned by Brandon M., or he was a significant part of getting it produced.
For those who don't know the history, Dr. Smith is the son of one of the founding members of the PCA. He served for many years as a conservative pastor in the PCA before leaving for the RPCNA.
Many PCA folks I run into also don't know that many years ago, the PCA produced a words-only super thin Trinity Psalter designed to accompany and use the tunes found right in the Trinity Hymnal.
While there might be better Psalters out there nowadays, this is a relatively cheap and great way to retain the beloved Trinity Hymnal while also having the ability to sing all 150 Psalms where the psalms are actually identified as such unlike the ones "hiding" in the Trinity Hymnal (ex: "Psalm 1" in TP instead of "That Man is Blessed" in TH).
Perhaps prayerfully bring it to your pastor or session or music director's attention as maybe a second step to take after getting use to singing the psalms already found within the TH as the document Brad posted would probably be the best first step to take (maybe just see if they can actually be identified as psalms when they're chosen to be sung so the congregation knows that they're singing Scripture).
This guide must not be for the 1961 Trinity because the page numbers don’t match up. Still, there is a scriptural index in the back of the 1961 Trinity Hymnal.
Perhaps contacting Dr. Frank Smith would be a good idea to see if he knows who may have produced that index of psalms in the Red Trinity Hymnal? My understanding is that he was either the primary driver behind the words-only Trinity Psalter mentioned by Brandon M., or he was a significant part of getting it produced.
For those who don't know the history, Dr. Smith is the son of one of the founding members of the PCA. He served for many years as a conservative pastor in the PCA before leaving for the RPCNA.
Great resource. Thank you for sharing it!
Many PCA folks I run into also don't know that many years ago, the PCA produced a words-only super thin Trinity Psalter designed to accompany and use the tunes found right in the Trinity Hymnal.
While there might be better Psalters out there nowadays, this is a relatively cheap and great way to retain the beloved Trinity Hymnal while also having the ability to sing all 150 Psalms where the psalms are actually identified as such unlike the ones "hiding" in the Trinity Hymnal (ex: "Psalm 1" in TP instead of "That Man is Blessed" in TH).
Trinity Psalter can be found here: https://www.gcp.org/ProductListMultiple.aspx?name=Trinity+Psalter&cat0=Psalter&resort=false
Perhaps prayerfully bring it to your pastor or session or music director's attention as maybe a second step to take after getting use to singing the psalms already found within the TH as the document Brad posted would probably be the best first step to take (maybe just see if they can actually be identified as psalms when they're chosen to be sung so the congregation knows that they're singing Scripture).
Right, it's for the 1990 (red) Trinity Hymnal.
This guide must not be for the 1961 Trinity because the page numbers don’t match up. Still, there is a scriptural index in the back of the 1961 Trinity Hymnal.