Current Usage
Some Christian churches in the U.S. still do lining out. Many, though not all, churches calling themselves Primitive Baptist or Regular Baptist use it. The practice is becoming attenuated in some of them—the leader will begin lining out, but after the first verse or two will say "Sing on!", or a part of the service is lined out but other parts are not—so it is unclear how long it will survive. Many churches use Benjamin Lloyd's "Primitive Hymns" (1841) as a source of texts.
Some Presbyterian churches in Scotland also still do lining out, though often now in a restricted context, with other hymns being accompanied and not lined out. The practice is now more common in Gaelic Psalm singing than in English, and indeed is often considered a characteristic of Gaelic culture.
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