Not exact matches
The classical
hymn and choral music people, as well as those loving the good old gospel songs, register their dismay
at the level
of «pap» in
praise - oriented songs and choruses.
Chapter XV, for example, is a group
of hymns to various gods, a
hymn of praise to Ra8
at rising; a
hymn and litany to Osiris; a second
hymn to Ra
at rising, followed by
He damns the religious structure in which the fervent
hymns of praise and the devout symbols
of dedication were matched by a fervent immorality and a devout pursuit
of vanity; in which Yahwism was enthusiastically endorsed
at the sanctuaries but — as Amos saw the Yahweh faith — blatantly violated in business, domestic, and personal relationships.
Hymns and canticles
of more recent composition, but also the old ones that have come down to us from our Christian past, enable us to sing the
praises of God along with those who have gone before us, while they unite us with others present
at worship in a common act
of adoration or petition or confession.
We sang this old
hymn this morning
at church — it's such a blessing to sing old
hymns of the faith mixed in with more contemporary songs
of praise!