Jonathan Edwards Quote on Music

posted September 18, 2008 by jordan

In this spiritual exericise, I hit this quote which I just had to share. This is the modernized version…

We sing in worship to engage and express our affections. There is no other reason to sing. If we aren’t dealing with our affections in worship, we might as well just read the lines of the songs dryly together in paragraph form without any music. We worship with music to because God has created music with a certain nature where it tends to move our affections deeply.

4 Responses to “Jonathan Edwards Quote on Music”

  1. gene Says:
    September 18th, 2008 at 10:36 am

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    really enjoyed this quote.

    thanks!

  2. Rudy Says:
    September 18th, 2008 at 11:17 am

    Ok, so this colors this verse differently for me. Wow…..thanks Jordan…

    Revelation 4:8
    And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him; and they were full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, LORD God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come.

  3. Jacob T Says:
    September 18th, 2008 at 12:37 pm

    Amen!

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    September 20th, 2008 at 11:02 am

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