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An Old Anthem

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Seventh-day Adventist Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Nov 18, 1880

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 6, No. 43.

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An Old Anthem

An old Scotch lady, who had no relish for modern church music, was expressing her dislike for the singing of an anthem in her own church one day when a neighbor said: "Why, that is a very old anthem. David sang that anthem to Saul." To this the old lady replied; "Weel, weel! I noo for the first time understan' why Saul threw his javelin at David when the lad sang for him."