Note 1 — IV. PURPOSES SERVED BY SINGING HYMNS
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The instinct to use song in worship was recognized so long ago as 1695 by Dr. Hickman: “There never was any land so barbarous, or any people so polite, but have always approached their gods with the solemnity of music and have expressed their devotions with a song.” (Quoted by Dr. A. S. Hoyt in his Public Worship for Non-Liturgical Churches.)