The Ninetieth General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in Canada resolved that The Book of Praise should be revised. The year was 1964, forty-six years after the launching of the hymn-book prepared under the convenership of Dr. W. J. Dey with Dr. Alexander MacMillan as secretary.
Now, in 1972, we present the new book to the Church. It is again called The Book of Praise and from this date should become the accepted hymn-book for use among our people. This is the second revision of our Church's praise since 1897 when the Presbyterian Book of Praise was published, followed twenty-one years later by the book we have just revised. Our new book still bears the stamp of the two previous hymnals-both of which were undoubtedly great books of praise. Our prayer is that the Great King and Head of the Church will accept this new revision and cause it to be used mightily all round the world.