Excerpts from A Puritan Theology, by Joel R. Beeke & Mark Jones

“… the Psalms contain many expressions of God’s dominion over all the earth and the future reign of the anointed King over the nations.  According to the design of the Holy Spirit, the Psalter is a missionary hymnal and prayer book. The Puritans loved the Psalms and sang from the Psalter every day.”  (A Puritan Theology, by Joel R. Beeke & Mark Jones, p.768).

“… if we want people to be faithful in praying for the spread of the gospel throughout the world, we should fill our worship services with the words of the missionary book … The practice of singing the Psalms in public and family worship would help turn the church’s inward focus outward to a world that desperately needs to worship the true God.” (ibid, p.769).