Donald Hustad was the V.V. Cook Professor of Organ at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. The service begins with organ music (00:00-06:34). The speaker gives a word of prayer (06:35-07:50). Donald Hustad is introduced as the Page Lecturer (07:51-10:20). The choir sings the anthem (10:21-12:08). The title of Hustad’s lecture is “Sing Unto the Lord an Old Song.” Hustad speaks about hymns and worship in the evangelical tradition, and he walks through the problematic history of abandonment of historic worship for newer songs and styles as a reaction against traditionalism and liberalism (10:21-48:20). Hustad leads the audience in the reading of a hymn, and he gives the scriptural and historical background of the hymn (48:21-51:09). Hustad ends the service with a recommendation for reading hymnals (51:09-53:01).
