branches; and when every one has advanced about ten paces from the choicest tree, rustic pipes made from the hollow boughs of elder are played upon by young men, while Echo repeats the strain, and it seems as if fairy-musicians responded in low, sweet tones from some neighboring wood or ...
Insist on excellence.I’ll never understand why some churches develop the mindset that doing your best is carnal. You can’t just show up and wing it and expect God to bless your halfhearted efforts. Insist that your singers and musicians do their very best. Insist that your ministers give...
Songs of this sort include "Love Is the Theme" (# 293), "He Touched Me," and "Near to the Heart of God" (# 301). To bring a [133] Lord I'm Coming Home degree of tonal variety to the music the director sometimes has different voices sing different sections of the songs....