“Foreign tongues spoken in their assembly would be just as useless in regard to their duty, their comfort and edification –as would be the sound of a trumpet, [unless] when it gave one of the usual and intelligible sounds by which it was known what the soldiers were required to do. Just as we would say that the mere beating on a drum would be useless — unless some tune was played by which it was known that the soldiers were summoned to the parade….
“To apply the case. If you use a foreign language — how shall it be known what is said, or of what use will it be, unless it is made intelligible by interpretation? … The practice of the papists accords with what the Apostle here condemns — where worship is conducted in a language not understood by the people!”
