Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. At the Synod of 1886 a committee on Psalmody was added to the regular standing committees. An important part of their work was the examination of the Revision of the Psalm Book by the Presbyterian Assembly of Ireland. This revision was commended as a great improvement on the old version, although, in the words of the committee, It makes some unnecessary changes, and fails to make some that are necessary. The following recommendation of this standing committee was then adopted.