_Praise God in His sanctuary._ WORSHIP I. Its spirit is exultation. Is there gratitude in it? Yes, gratitude of the highest type and degree, and gratitude is an element of joy. Is there admiration in it? Yes, admiration of supreme excellence, and the mind admiring beauty, whether artistic or natur... [ Continue Reading ]
_Praise Him with the sound of the trumpet._ MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS IN WORSHIP 1. Albeit the typical ceremonies of musical instruments in God’s public worship, belonging to the pedagogy of the Church, in her minority before Christ, be now abolished with the rest of the ceremonies, yet the moral duties... [ Continue Reading ]
_Let everything that hath breath praise the Lord._ THE BREATH OF PRAISE I. Praise in every age is one of the most important parts of worship. The holiest saint, what is he in the sight of God by nature? A poor sinner, born, no doubt, again of the Spirit, made a new creature by the Holy Ghost. But... [ Continue Reading ]