7. For God is the King of all the earth. The Jews
of our Saviour’s time resented this truth, but had their hearts been right they
would have rejoiced in it. Alas, how selfishness turns honey into wormwood.
Jehovah is not the God of the Jews only: all the nations of the earth are,
through the Messiah, to own him Lord. Meanwhile his providential throne governs
all events beneath the sky. Sing ye praises with understanding. Sound
doctrine praises God. Even under types and ceremonies, it is clear that the
Lord had regard to the spirituality of worship, and wants to be be praised
thoughtfully. It is to be feared from the slovenly way in which some make a
noise in singing, that they fancy any sound will do. On the other hand, from
the great attention paid by some to the mere music, we feel sadly sure that the
sense has no effect upon them. Is it not a sin to be tickling men’s ears with
sounds when we profess to be adoring the Lord? What has a sensuous delight in organs,
anthems, etc., to do with devotion? Do not people mistake physical effects for
spiritual impulses?
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