Sing to God new songs of worship

Sing to God new songs of worship. Michael Alfred Baughen* (1930- ). This version of Psalm 98, Cantate Domino, dates from ca. 1969, when the author was rector of a Manchester parish, starting to plan the collection of (mainly) Psalm versions which emerged as Psalm Praise in 1973. It was largely written on train journeys between Manchester and Bristol for some often difficult church and college negotiations. Baughen also chaired the editorial team for the book, envisaged as the next step after the newly-published Youth Praise 2 (1969) which had introduced some fresh approaches to the Psalms including his own ‘Blessed is the man’ (Psalm 1). Psalm 98, then in regular use as an alternative to...