Note 2 — IV. PURPOSES SERVED BY SINGING HYMNS
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“Our hymns spring out of religious experience at its best, and they tend to lift experience to its highest levels. The very cream of truth and of soul life is gathered into them. They contain the refined riches, the precious essences, the cut and polished jewels of Christianity in all ages. They are truly prophetic, the records of the insight and intuition and rapture of the seer and the saint.” (Dr. Waldo S. Pratt, in Musical Ministries. [New York: Revell Co., 1915.] Used by permission.)