The Hymn Book--“Banished and Vanished”-part 6
No one
that I know of has claimed that the hymn book is a musical cure all for all of
the problems of a Christian fellowship of believers, bur neither is it the
culprit that has caused all the problems and perplexities of a church’s
musicing unto God. When it comes to
musicing unto God in the context of worship, we have located the enemy and
surprisingly enough we have found this enemy to be US.! We either bring God to church with us because
we live in his presence or we hinder His workings with us because we have spent
the week doing what he has told us very clearly not to do. How can we possibly have accepted the notion
that He will tabernacle among us on Sunday morning if we refuse to obey him in
our everyday lives?
When our
musicing in God’s house is not done as a passionate response to the blessed
Trinity and when we are distracted and not really eager to worship our Lord and
Savior Jesus Christ, it is easy to blame someone or something else for the
lackluster musicing that takes place in the context of public worship. Unfortunately, the hymn book has been the
designated culprit for all of our worship problems. Again, I say if the hymnal is not up to date,
if it does not have fresh new hymns, time honored hymns, gospel hymns, gospel
songs, psalm settings, new praise and worship choruses—get a new book rather than
reacting by banning all hymn books.
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