Presbyterians for years. The Scottish Psalter was widely used. Music was low key in the Presbyterian Church. The United Church The Church Union of 1925 required that a new hymn book be written reflecting the heritage of the uniting churches and providing a book of common praise for the new church. In 1930, The Hymnary of the United Church of Canada was published. The preface to the Hymnary describes the book as having "... the stateliness and tenderness of the Scottish Psalter, the glowing passion and evangelical fervour of the Wesley's, and the lyrical qualities by which Congregational Hymnody has been ever distinguished."6 The Lot 16 United Church session moved to adopt the Hymnary and many were dedicated over the years as memor¬ ials. The Lot 16 Young People 's Union purchased copies of the Canadian Youth Hymnal published, in 1939, by the United Church Publishing House. The youth hymnal, which was three years in the making, contained over two hundred hymns to be used by Sunday Schools, Young People 's Unions, camps, summer schools, and colleges. Copies of the book are stored in the Lot 16 United Church. A hymn book generally has a life span of twenty-five years. In 1971, The Hymn Book of the Anglican Church of Canada and The United Church of Canada was published. The red Hymn Book reflected the changing taste in music and allowed expression to the current generation. The United Church and the Anglican Church agreed upon a joint effort which was over five years in the making. At the time there was still talk of union between the two denominations. The committee aimed to keep the best in inherited hymnody, while adding contemporary hymns that reflected the many cultural back¬ grounds of church congregations. The Lot 16 United Church Session introduced the red Hymn Book to the church pews, while keeping the Hymnary. Most were purchased as memo¬ rials. Songs of the Gospel, published in 1953 for the United Church, was also added along the way and at any given wor¬ ship service all three books could be in use. 184 United Church and Its People