Sometimes you can find interesting stuff on the Internet, such as, comments by Pastor Steven J. Cole comments at GOD'S HYMNBOOK (<---Link to entire essay)
"The roughout history, when the hearts of God’s people have been right before Him there has been singing and music. When God brought His people out of captivity in Egypt and delivered them from Pharaoh’s pursuing army, Exodus 15:1 records that they sang a song to the Lord. When God gave Israel victory over Jabin, the king of Canaan, under the leadership of Deborah and Barak, they sang (Judges 5). When David brought up the ark of the covenant into Jerusalem, there was much joy expressed through singing and music (1 Chron. 15:25-28). When King Hezekiah restored the temple worship in Jerusalem, the Levites sang praises to the Lord with the words of David and Asaph the seer, with joy, while the trumpets sounded and the whole assembly bowed low and worshiped (2 Chron. 29:30).
At the conclusion of the Lord’s Supper, just before Jesus and the disciples went out to the Mount of Olives where He would be betrayed and arrested, they sang a hymn (Mark 14:26), which commentators agree was the Hallel (Psalms 113-118). When Paul and Silas were unjustly thrown into jail in Philippi, with their backs laid open from being beaten and their feet in the stocks, they sang hymns of praise to God (Acts 16:25).
Since the days of the New Testament, God’s people have continued to sing. In A.D. 112, Pliny wrote a letter to the Emperor Trajan which reported, among other things, that the Christians sang hymns to Christ as God. In 1415, the Bohemian Reformer Jan Hus sang praises to God as he was burned at the stake. During the Reformation, Martin Luther promoted music in the church. A century and a half later, the Pietist movement under Spener and Francke was characterized by singing and hymn-writing. The great revivals under the Wesleys in the 18th Century and Moody and Sankey in the 19th Century were also marked by an upsurge in hymn-writing and singing. And one day in heaven, we will all be gathered around the throne of God, singing praises to the Lamb that was slain (Rev. 5:9; 14:3; 15:3). Whenever God’s people have their hearts right before Him, there has been, there is, and there will be singing and music."
You read weird stuff. Just like J! LOL!
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