Importance of Singing

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Dec 20, 1870

Importance of Singing.

“Oh! for hearty, unanimous singing in all churches! Napoleon’s army came to a pass in the Alps where the rocks could not be surmounted by the ammunition wagons. He went to the leader of the band, and asked for his portfolio; then, leaning over till he came to an inspiring march, he said, ‘Play that.’ The whole band struck the air with their instruments, and over the rocks went the ammunition wagons. And I tell you that over all obstacles, and over all superstitions, the church of Christ will march triumphantly when we can gather the great host of the living God, and hurl them against the battlements with some grand uplifting of Antioch, Woodstock, Mt. Pisgah, or Old Hundred.”