Music is designed with a melody that runs throughout the whole piece. Other parts add harmony. The melody is the beginning, and the ending. It is what holds the piece together. Lose the melody or make it a monotone—the same tone over and over--- and it ceases to...
Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns. Eph. 5:19. Teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns. Col. 3:16 If we are obliged to promote the temporal good of our neighbor, how much more the spiritual, by edifying discourses. But how is it? The...
"Put thou my tears into thy bottle; are they not in thy book? Psalm 56:8. DIVINE ANSWER. They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him."...
"The Lord will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer. Psalm 102:17. They looked unto him, and were lightened; and their faces were not ashamed. Psalm 34:5. See also the instance of the woman of Canaan, Matt. 15:21-28; and what Christ...